Rolling list of places I recommend + want to try, for anyone who asks or wants to meet up!
낭만포차 Nangman Pocha
Bar · Newtonbrook
Might have gone here every weekend for the last month… get the budae jjigae, deep fried rice cake + fried chicken.

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Imanishi Japanese Kitchen
Japanese restaurant · Beaconsfield
Solid Japanese food + fun vibes. Corn kakiage is a fave.
Paris Paris Bar
Restaurant · Trinity Bellwoods
Pizzeria Badiali
Pizza restaurant · Trinity Bellwoods
Osteria Rialto
Permanently Closed
Cote de Bœuf
French restaurant · Trinity Bellwoods
Sugo
Italian restaurant · Old Toronto
(This is slowly turning into a calamari list, but the heart wants what it wants)
Crosley's
Permanently Closed
Milou
Bistro · Beaconsfield
Manita
Restaurant · Trinity Bellwoods