I love opportunities where I am not responsible for making dinner. I’ll take any excuse I can to eat out in a restaurant instead of slaving away in the kitchen myself. A great excuse to try some of the best restaurants Toronto had to offer is Summerlicious. Today, July 4th is the first day and it runs until July 20th this year. Either lunch or dinner is offered at these restaurants at a fixed price which is usually well below what it would cost to eat there for a regular meal, and each meal is three-courses.
If you are interested in trying it out this year, I’ve mentioned some of my favourite restaurants included in Summerlicious below. That way if you don’t like dinner you have someone to blame! Just joking – they are all excellent restaurants worth giving a try. Here is a link to the Summerlicious website to see all of your choices.
Bosk
Shangri-La Hotel Toronto
188 University Ave
I recently posted about my great experience at this restaurant. They describe their food as Canadian, and their flashy champagne cart and attention to detail on each plate wowed me. Check out my review here.
$25 Lunch, $45 Dinner
Canoe
66 Wellington St W, 54th Floor, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
I tried Canoe out one Winterlicious a couple years ago because I wasn’t sure I could afford it not during one of the “liscious” events! Canoe is expensive, but it has an amazing view of the city, and critics say it’s one of Canada’s best restaurants. This is one of the most popular choices of Summerlicious, and they only have availability on Monday the 7th!
Lunch $25, Dinner $45
Cibo Wine Bar
522 King St W
This trendy restaurant on the lively King West strip has some very ……interesting art in the basement, but the menu is very simple and offers traditional Italian food.
Lunch $15, Dinner $25
Fabbrica
49 Karl Fraser Rd
Fabbrica is not cheap, but they back up their prices with good food. The location is one of my favourites as its a part of the outdoor mall Shops at Don Mills. If you really like your dinner it’s likely you can pick up another one at Mark McEwan’s grocery store across the road to take home! They have lots of pre-packaged meals which are searched at all of McEwan’s restaurants across Toronto
Lunch $20, Dinner $35
La Société
131 Bloor St W
This Yorkville French restaurant is gorgeous. It’s like stepping into a restaurant in Paris. When I ate there for Summerlicious last year I loved that oysters were an appetizer option! My meal was perfect, and patio is great for people watching.
Lunch $20, Dinner $35
Lee
601 King St W
Lee (named after the Chef Susur Lee) is all about Asian and French food in family style portions. We had to make a 9pm reservation just to get not this restaurant, but the sushi was totally worth it!
Dinner $45
Weslodge
480 King St W
This saloon-style restaurant has a lot heads on the wall, and a lot of crazy drinks on the menu! It’s a packed bar at night, and I snacked on a scotch egg (my first one – very tasty!) and a “pastrami”-style sandwich which was made with bison, but really did taste like pastrami. I don’t know, maybe it WAS pastrami and they lied to me. Anyway, it was really good – and fun!
Lunch $20, Dinner $45
Stock
Trump International Hotel & Tower
325 Bay St, 31st Floor
Stock has their own chocolate lab, and they have special mini leather chairs to hold your purse. Does it get any more amazing than that? Stock is in the 31st floor so the views are amazing, and they even have a patio.
Lunch $25, Dinner $45
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