Toronto Life
April 2009

Top Ten New Restaurants

By James Chatto
Photographs by Lee Towndrow

The year’s best launches turned their backs on glamour and glitz in favour of honest food and easygoing ambience. When the economy plunged, they looked like prescient geniuses.

No. 1 - Nota Bene
Leave it to others to be cute or romantic – Splendido’s spacious sib offers smart sophistication, effortless service and good food. Chef David Lee’s menu suits the suits who flock here for lunch but also gives gourmets their lobster cobb salad before the ballet.

No. 2 - Black Hoof
No. 3 - Frank
No. 4 - Loire
No. 5 - The Harbord Room
No. 6 - Atelier Thuet
No. 7 - Mildred's Temple Kitchen
No. 8 - Grace
No. 9 - Delux
No. 10 – Gilead Café

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