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The Menu

Special: Toronto

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21 July 2023

Episode 588

41 minutes


Photo: Alamy

We go on a culinary tour of Canada’s largest city where Monocle’s correspondent, Tomos Lewis, meets the people behind some of the best-regarded neighbourhood restaurants, coffee shops, boutique alcohol-makers and hospitality design studios.

21 July 2023

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Rob Rossi

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Chef Rob Rossi discusses his Italian-inspired restaurants – Giulietta and Osteria Giulia – and assesses the impact of the Michelin Guide to Toronto on the city’s restaurant scene.

13 minutes

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Florette

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We meet Jerry Zhang, a former music executive, who opened his first restaurant Florette earlier this year. We also discuss how to design a restaurant interior with Dyonne Fashina, founder of studio Denizens of Design.

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Chapter 3

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Milky’s Coffee

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Fraser Greenberg, owner of Milky’s Coffee, tells us about Toronto’s independent coffee shops.

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Chapter 4

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Kinsip

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Michael Waterston and Maria Hristov co-founded Kinsip – a family-owned distillery – in Prince Edward County in 2017. We visit for a gin tasting.

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

Jen Agg

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Jenn Agg is a writer and one of Toronto’s best-known restaurateurs. She assesses the challenges facing Toronto’s hospitality sector and takes us to Le Swan, the venue that inspired her love of restaurants, which she took over in 2018.

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