White House just started making rare roast beef in house, and let me tell you, what a difference a little blood makes!!!

The wild boar agnelotti with brown butter and cherry sauce is absolutely delicious!

the hot sauce is so addictive, the only thing that will stop the sweet burn is another bite. In the summertime, I also enjoy the corn on the cob, grilled, then slathered with hot sauce. Nandos, welcome to Canada - I've missed you!

These guys always have samples on Saturdays, and they must lure in a lot of customers that way since their prosciutto is the bomb! No stringy, stuck in your teeth nastiness here, just melt-in-your-mouth goodness...

The daily specials are always a bargain and certainly not what you would expect from a pub(lamb shank with garlic mash and seasonal veg that are actually seasonal and not frozen, for example). The staff is friendly, the bread pudding is delicious (banana chocolate, anyone?) and the wine list is incredibly reasonably price. Great place for a Thanksgiving dinner, by the way, for $15!!!

they have the whole Criterion collection. And it's right next to Mexitaco!

Did you know that the Bloor Court Market has Bagel House delivering fresh, Montreal-style bagels every day? Well, now you do. There is no need to suffer the indignity of sub-par bagels any longer, Bloorcourt dwellers!

This place is nice for dinner. This place is nice for brunch. It's nice all around.

If you like soft and chewy ginger cookies, this is the place for you. If you prefer hard and snappy gingerbread, then this place is also for you - they have the most excellent selection of gingerbread people. The Queen of Tarts allowed me to live out my homicidal dreams in a healthy and legally way: I bit Oprah's head off.

The lemon and rosemary olives are the best olives I've had in Toronto. Olives and lemon are such a wonderful combination, it's a wonder more delis don't offer it.

There are only two flavours, chocolate or vanilla, but the frosting really is top-notch butter cream. And you can get celestin baguettes while you're there!

Jamaican Crab Bisque is probably the best soup I've ever had on a cold winter's day.

Every time I go in, I buy something. To boot, it tends to be shoes, and as a lady with size 10 feet, let me tell you, that's no easy feat!!! (I apologize for the numerous bad puns up there) Seriously folks, this store is wicked awesome.

You know how ham is often gelatinous now? Not here. Thuet's country ham will make supermarket deli hams weep at their own insignificance. Pile some slices onto a delicious fresh baguette, and throw on some raw milk brie from their cheese counter (it tastes like real brie, not plasticine!), and you've got yourself one heck of a sandwich. If you're still hungry, stuff a danish in your mouth. Trust me.

Okay, so it's slightly outside of Toronto, but it's only 45 minutes by car. This winery has the best chardonnay in Ontario, and at $15.95, it doesn't really get any cheaper than that. The tasting room atmosphere is jovial and down-home (Pamela is the best!), and the tastings are free. Make sure to check out the Baco and Mountain Road Red - you'll be surprised how good these are!

The owner is the friendliest guy. The meat has an excellent price to quality ratio (the best in the market, in my opinion). They'll vacpac at no extra charge. They have the best bacon ever!

NSC doesn't have this salad any more, but I'm hoping this entry might sway them to put it back on the menu. Imagine it: a gem romaine whose leaves are stuffed with anchovies and parmesan cheese, grilled, then topped with a garlicky dressing and a poached egg. It's pure ceasar heaven!!!

I have a life-long quest to locate runny gorgonzola cheese like the one I tasted at the Borough Market. The gorgonzola at the Christie/Dupont Loblaws is the closest thing I've come to it. If you like your dolcelatte runny, creamy and mild, then run to this store!

This store got my boyfriend to start caring about sheets. He recently sniffed at a 500 thread count pair purchased at winners. Bottom line: 800 Thread Count for under $100 for a King bed - what else is there to say?

Eating breakfast in the back of a convenience store was never my thing until I went to Rosie's and had the Deluxe. Imagine it: two toasts, each covered with sauted spinach, bacon, slices of tomatoes, a perfectly poached egg and a slice of melting brie. Adequate homefries that are never undercooked and an apple shaped like a swan fill the rest of the plate. One thing - don't go there dying of hunger as it can take a while. On the upside, they have an excellent selection of out-dated tabloid

They have great pasta and canned tomatoes from Italy. There's fresh St. John's Bakery bread on Tuesdays. There are sometimes baked goods (one of the daugthers is a caterer). The price of the fruits and vegetables are more than fair, and the variety often surprises me.

It's pretty much the best falafel.

These guys pretty much have everything you need: great organic chickens from a local farmer, some great lamb and veal, which they'll cut in any way for you, and probably the best t-bone I've had in the city (and I didn't have to pay $27 per pound either). They also have a good selection of Italian sundries and the best, thickest tzatziki you'll ever taste.

Everything is amazing. I love the poutine, even if it's not real poutine (no curds?!!). The cheese plate is always at the perfect temperature. The wine list is extensive, and you can get at least twenty wines by the three ounce glass; imagine the variety. The coffee is also very tasty. It's from Balzac, but it just doesn't taste as good at home.