Tessa Virtue Shared Hers & Fiancé Morgan Rielly's Fave Toronto Restaurants For Date Night
"It's a real melting pot of different cultures and cuisine."
Tessa Virtue and Morgan Rielly at a Taylor Swift concert. Right: Tessa Virtue.
Skating icon Tessa Virtue lives in Toronto with her fiancé Toronto Maple Leafs star Morgan Rielly and she says they have a lot of fun exploring the city's booming food scene for their date nights.
Virtue spoke to Narcity following a special ceremony during which she was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame with her former skating partner over of 20 years, Scott Moir.
During the call, the Olympic athlete also talked about one of her favourite aspects of living in Toronto.
"I think the fun thing about living in a place like Toronto is that it's a real melting pot of different cultures and cuisine and it's just neat to kind of try new things," she said.
"I'm not a cook so it's nice to be downtown in the mix and exploring the restaurants."
As for where the couple likes to go, Virtue shared their four go-to restaurants in the city.
Union Restaurant
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Cuisine: French
Address: 72 Ossington Ave, Toronto
Why You Need To Go: Union restaurant is a French-Canadian bistro that is inspired by the "French vigour for good food," according to its website.
The restaurant works with fresh local and seasonal ingredients so they update their menu daily. Some of the more recent items featured on the menu include butter poached halibut, steamed P.E.I. mussels and elk sliders.
Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse
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Cuisine: American
Address: 12 Brant St, Toronto
Why You Need To Go: Jacob's & Co. Steakhouse is a classic steakhouse with elegant ambiance thanks to its piano bar.
It even has a spot in Toronto's Michelin Guide.
The menu includes fresh oysters, a seafood tower and 60-day dry aged rib eye.
VELA
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Cuisine: American
Address: 90 Portland St, Toronto
Why You Need To Go: Vela is a stylish restaurant that offers a variety of creative dishes like chicken liver mousse, caviar fried oysters, several pasta dishes and a raw bar.
The restaurant also launched a brunch program in 2022, which offers items like a Norwegian salmon tower, souffle pancakes and a caviar service.
Buca
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Cuisine: Italian
Address: Multiple locations
Why You Need To Go: If you like Italian food then you may want to try out Buca in Toronto. The restaurant offers a variety of pasta and pizza dishes.
It's also one that's recommended by both Virtue and Rielly.
Rielly spoke to Narcity during a pop-up ball hockey game in June and he named Buca as his favourite date night spot in the city.
"I like going to Buca on Portland. I like Italian food and, you know, that's where I like to go. But I mean, we like to mix it up as well," Rielly said.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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