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Restaurant prices in Toronto can vary significantly depending on where they’re located. For instance, dining in upscale neighborhoods such as Yorkville or in restaurants with a waterfront view like at Harbourfront may come at a premium price.

We’ll now be restricting our drinking at the city's best bars to certain hours of the day: happy hours. And if you can forgo the frills of fancy dfoicor, well-dressed waitstaff and elaborate plating, there’s an abundance of no-fuss joints serving delicious and cheap eats — just try not to look at the fluorescent lighting.

If you're a fan of frosé, bellinis, seltzers and beers, you'll have to stop by this three-floor bar and restaurant on Adelaide Street in downtown Toronto. You can even order their delectable mini crispy chicken sandwich duo, yam fries or truffle fries, all for under $10 a pop!

Copy Link It’s par for the course these days for steak menus to list the pedigree of meats like a wine list, but the practice was jarring in the early aughts when this steakhouse first splashed onto the scene. For its efforts revising the norm, the restaurant has become a premier spot for decadent steaks and embellished accoutrements. The waitstaff will happily guide you through the heritage breeds, touching on elements like geography, marbling, feed, certification, and more.

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Copy Link David Schwartz and Braden Chong’s Mimi (美美) — which loosely translates from Chinese to “beautiful, beautiful” — lives up to its name with crimson banquettes, pearly lotus wallpaper, and black lacquered tables. A meal here serves as a love letter to Guangdong and its Cantonese flavors, with deference to additional regions such as Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shanghai, Huangzhou, and Hunan. The stunning yet laborious char siu is a prized possession, requiring three days of prep work that includes brining, marinating in secret aromatics, and roasting twice.

Congee Queen is a super popular Cantonese restaurant chain in Toronto, and they’ve got a bunch of other restaurants under their brand.

If pitchers of sangria or margaritas are more your speed, indulge in one for $20; they will pair beautifully with their yuca fries and house-made tortilla chips.

There’s lots of great pizza in the city, but we’d wager most of it isn’t served with the raucous live entertainment regularly on the docket at The Black Pearl.

Toronto is an exciting city, complete with endless opportunities to check out the latest concerts, indulge in the latest offerings of the newest restaurants or witness incredible showings at its many museums. The world-renowned Batsheva, which has returned after a seventeen year absence, the Italian Film Fest or the year-round festivals are just a few of the draws that keep this glorious city in the spotlight.  Adventure in Toronto is the guide to unexpected finds. click here The vast shopping malls and boutiques that are part of the community offer the latest fashions, unique one of a kind finds and of course, the perfect gift for any occasion. Visitors and locals alike can visit the home of the LEGO Fan Festival and Expo or for those wishing to explore history, the Jewish Discovery Museum is a stunning memorial to an especially dark time in world history. The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Arts is a great way to pay respect to local and regional artists.

Brockton Village If you’re really looking to fill up for cheap, Pho Linh is the place to go. Humongous XL bowls of their legendary beef rice noodle soup are around $oito.50.

Copy Link Since 2009, this restaurant with a fast-casual counter has sent a couple thousand famed Portuguese chickens out the door each week. Owned by Carlos Martins and managed by his three sons, including Le Cordon Bleu graduate chef Steven Martins, this spot has all the markers of a family-owned restaurant operation. The family takes care to source ingredients directly from Portugal (such as fresh fish and seafood), and Papa Carlos makes the rounds glad-handing and toasting with guests like a local celebrity.

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