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Make Your Winterlicious 2012 Reservations Now!

Posted on January 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

It’s that time of year again – slow, cold and many are realizing the eventual futility of their New Year’s Resolutions. It’s also one of the slowest times of year for the restaurant industry, which is why the City of Toronto has chosen January 27th to February 9th, 2012 to offer us Winterlicious.

Winterlicious is an annual event, now in its 10th year. Restaurants all over the city of Toronto offer prix fixe menus, and diners can have lunch for $15, $20 or $25 and dinner for $25, $35 or $45 depending on the restaurant, not including tax, drinks or tips.

It’s a great opportunity for those who would love to try some of the most high-end restaurants in the city without dropping hundreds of dollars on dinner. Reservations for Winterlicious (and its warm-weather counterpart, Summerlicious) can fill up fast so make them as soon as possible.

The main Winterlicious website is found here.
The full list of restaurants participating in this years’ Winterlicious festivities is found here, including menus and contact information to make reservations.

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Toronto’s Annual Winterlicious Food Festival

Posted on January 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

Winterlicious begins on January 28th and lasts until February 10th this year, taking place during the annual lull in the restaurant business. At Winterlicious, 150 Toronto restaurants will offer Prix Fixe menus of lunch for $15, $20 or $25, and dinner for $25, $25 or $45. Each of these menus include a starter, entree and dessert.

Toronto's Annual Winterlicious festival begins at the end of the month.

Winterlicious and its warm-weather counterpart, Summerlicious, have been running since 2003, when only 35 restaurants participated. Now, 150 restaurants participate each year, serving almost 200,000 meals and injecting up to $12 million into the Toronto economy.

It might seem a little early, but Prix Fixe reservations at the restaurants will be accepted starting tomorrow (January 13th), and spots can fill up fast.

For more information on which restaurants are participating as well as to see sample menus and prices, visit the 2011 Toronto Winterlicious website here.

Along with trying sampling the cuisines of Toronto, there are 14 special Culinary Events taking place throughout the festival, including:

The Rising Chef Citrus Cook-Off, which sees students from some of Ontario’s top culinary schools pitted against one another in a competition to create the best citrus appetizer, entree and dessert.

The Taste n’ Tour Casa Loma Marketplace, which explores the culinary atmosphere of the era with seasonal cheeses, local wines, hot apple cider, chocolate bread pudding and artisanal bread throughout different stations within the castle.

The Guilty Pleasures fashion brunch at the Drake Hotel, which offers a three-course brunch that includes “sexy scrambled eggs” along with a chance to peruse Canadian-designed clothing and limited-edition, one-of-a-kind jewelry.

For a full listing of these events as well as dates, times and ticket sales, visit the 2011 Toronto Winterlicious website here.

Get out and go explore and experience all the tastes the city of Toronto has to offer!

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Toronto is Winterlicious: January 29 – February 11

Posted on January 14, 2010 | Leave a comment

You don’t have to travel to Manhattan to experience urban haute cuisine.

Celebrate, explore and savour the amazing and diverse foods and cooking styles that can be found in the city. More than 100 local restaurants will be participating in the 8th annual Winterlicious foodie event in this year.

Several delectable culinary events will be taking place, including:

 January 29th and 30th, 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.   Eats, Beats and Tweets: Fans of the Food Network show Everyday Exotic can visit chef Roger Mooking’s Nyood restaurant on Queen Street W., which will feature a tasting of Mediterranean nibbles for $50.

January 31st, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.  The Rosewater restaurant at 19 Toronto Street will be showcasing the diverse cultures found in the city with a brunch featuring Italian, Peruvian and Brazilian cuisine.

February 2nd, 6 to 8:00 p.m. The Rising Chef Citrus Cookoff: Culinary students from around the country will create appetizers, entrees and desserts all revolving around the far from simple grapefruit at the SCHOOL restaraunt at 70 Fraser Avenue. For 35$, spectators can enjoy their own grapefruit-themed yummies made by celebrity chef Brad Moore.

 February 4th, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and February 6th, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fans inspired by the hit film Julie & Julia can attend a Julia Child-themed cooking class featuring her most popular dishes for 99$, along with receiving parting gifts that include a whole pound of butter as well as a copy of My Life in France, Julia Child’s memoir.

The rest of the restaurants will be offering three-course prix fixe meals starting at $15 for lunch and $25 for dinner.

 The list of restaurants and events can be found here: http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/se/restaurants.nsf/winterlicious

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