Maven Toronto

Maven - Review - Harbord Village - Toronto - The Infatuation

"After a wild week, nothing hits harder than a comfort meal, except maybe a nap. Maven in Harbord Village can help with that. These are homestyle Jewish dishes—simmering, sticky things with dill everywhere—just fancy enough to impress the toughest customers. Start with bagel-spiced cashews that taste like Trader Joe’s snack mix on steroids, then dive into pillowy pull-apart challah rolls with salty whipped butter or chicken liver mousse topped with sour cherry compote to tame the offal funk. Bird reigns supreme here: try a light, crunchy schnitzel with rich plum sauce or duck confit cholent, a schmaltzy mash-up of humble bean stew and French indulgence." - Erin Hershberg