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toronto eats

You might be tightening your purse strings, but Toronto's food scene is too good to completely cut off going out or ordering in. However, you want to make it count, so who better to recommend Toronto's best food spots than the city's best chefs?

We asked 10 seasoned chefs and restaurateurs where they like to go on their day off (with a $25 budget), and they delivered their tasty top picks.

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If there's something about Toronto that locals will rave about and people will travel for, it's the food scene.

But for a city as filled with top-notch multicultural cuisine as the 6ix is, finding the places to get the stuff actual Torontonians are excited about may seem overwhelming, especially to visitors with only so much time to explore or newcomers with no prior knowledge.

For the locals, I know, these recs are likely overcited or familiar but that's the point. They may also not be west enough for you to count as "west end." For visitors, however, the west end is everything west of Yonge Street. The goal here is to give recommendations, with some variety of cuisines, to offer a starting point for some of the most popular dining areas in the city.

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If you've ever travelled to another city and discovered an epic place to eat, you know the trials and tribulations of painstakingly searching for the next best local dupe.

Gone are the days of settling because global sensation Pret A Manger has touched down from across the pond. This summer they opened a location in Vancouver (with more to come) — now it’s Toronto’s turn.

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From a classic eggs benny to shakshuka with feta, Toronto knows how to do brunch right.

It can be tempting to hit up your fave neighbourhood café week after week, but with all the amazing restaurants available to you, it’d be downright criminal not to shake up your routine every once in a while.

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An award-winning Italian dining spot is getting a permanent location in Toronto, and you can feast on pasta while enjoying unparalleled views of the city.

Don Alfonso 1890 has just revealed that it will be opening in what was once the Toula space at the Westin Harbour Castle. The restaurant does not have an official launch date yet, but it plans to welcome guests as soon as the end of June.

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