Category: Food and Drinks

Groupon Toronto Deal of the Day: Four-Course Dinner for Two or Four. Separate Set Menus for Each Option.

Buy now for only $60
Value $120
Discount 50%
You Save $60

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Two separate four-course set menus
Appetizer through dessert
Seasonal, local ingredients
Wine or beer flight for extra fee

The Fine Print
Expires Apr 1, 2012
Limit 2 per person. Valid only for option purchased. Dine-in only. Valid only for dinner. Not valid New Year’s Eve, Winterlicious, or Valentines’ Day. Not valid for weekend brunch. Limit 1 per table for dinner-for-two option. With a 5-day notice, up to three Groupons may be combined per table for dinner-for-four option.

Mildred’s Temple Kitchen
Liberty Village
85 Hanna Ave., Suite 104, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.templekitchen.com/

Today’s Groupon to Mildred’s Temple Kitchen. Choose between the following options:

For $60, you get a four-course dinner for two (a $120 value). Each option has a separate set menu; this option’s menu, called the Table for Two, includes an oven-roasted chicken breast entree, among other courses. Click here for a full overview of the courses.
For $130, you get a four-course dinner for four (a $275 value). Each option has a separate set menu; this option’s menu, called the Feast for Four, includes grilled loin steak and pan-roasted salmon, among other courses. Click here for an overview of the courses.

With a focus on seasonal local ingredients, Mildred’s Temple Kitchen alters its menus according to what’s freshest and the whims of its chef. The Table for Two menu ignites appetites with Italian bread soup, then plates shareable gnocchi poutine and shrimp and crab cakes awakened from a midday siesta by spicy coconut sauce. The main course ushers in an oven-roasted chicken breast resting between sweet tomato relish, garlic potatoes, and fresh seasonal greens or a side salad; an Italian affogato pairs Lindt milk-chocolate ice cream with hot espresso and biscotti for dessert. The Feast for Four menu adds a caesar salad bowl to the second course, and the main course features grilled strip loin steak drizzled with balsamic vinegar glaze and topped with caramelized onions, as well as organic pan-roasted Irish salmon wrested from a Gaelic grizzly. Sides are served family style, including bowls of hot buttered beans and garlic mashed potatoes. A tasting platter of homemade desserts and fair-trade coffee or tea concludes the evening in perfect form, like a midnight howl from a tuxedo-clad werewolf.

Though not included in today’s deals, Mildred’s can assemble a wine flight ($27/ person) or beer flight ($20/ person) exclusively for Groupon buyers. Four carefully chosen quaffs accompany each meal, stimulating conversation about the food or Mildred’s open kitchen, floor-to-ceiling windows, modern lines, and industrial-chic exposed floors and ceiling.

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Groupon Toronto Deal of the Day: Brunch Fare on Weekend Afternoons or All Day During the Week at Boom Breakfast & Co.

Buy now for only $10
Value $20
Discount 50%
You Save $10

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Sunday, August 7, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Pancakes & omelettes
Pure beef burgers
Fresh Start meals
Fresh-ground coffee

The Fine Print
Expiration varies
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Valid only for option purchased. Must purchase 1 food item. Dine-in only.

Boom Breakfast & Co.
Little Italy: 808 College St. Toronto, Ontario
Oakwood – Vaughn: 1036 St Clair Ave. W, Toronto, Ontario
Midtown Toronto: 174 Eglinton Ave. W, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.boombreakfast.com/

Today’s Groupon to Boom Breakfast & Co. This Groupon is valid at the locations on College Street, Eglinton Avenue, and St. Clair Avenue West. Choose between the following options:

• For $10, you get $20 worth of brunch fare after 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
• For $12, you get $25 worth of brunch fare all day Monday through Friday.

At Boom Breakfast & Co., taste buds wake up with a diverse menu of breakfast and lunch fare. In the open-concept kitchen, cooks conceptualize a cheese, tomato, and basil pesto caprese omelette ($8.99), a Fresh Start dish that can help diners kick-start morning metabolisms, increase concentration, and wrestle alarm clocks into submission. The Benny Boom stars nanuk smoked salmon, baby spinach, and two poached eggs that rest atop an english muffin drizzled in hollandaise sauce and buttressed by fresh fruit and frites ($10.99). Diners can discuss string theory with coworkers as they sip cappuccino ($3.69) from the espresso bar, or wrap fists around heaps of sweet-potato fries and a 100 per cent pure beef mediterranean burger strewn, like the shores of Greece, with feta, red pepper, and caramelized onions ($8.99).

The smell of fresh-ground coffee combines with moulded wood panelling, fresco murals, and blue subway tile to create a casual, refreshing setting. Patrons can venture out to the bamboo-inspired patio, often smiled upon by the beaming, unconditionally proud sun.

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Groupon Toronto Deal of the Day: Five-Course Italian Dinner for Two or Italian Fare and Drinks Sunday–Thursday or Friday–Saturday

Buy now for only $20
Value $50
Discount 60%
You Save $30

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Thursday, August 4, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Pastas, risotto & seafood
Global wine menu & martinis
Chandelier lighting

The Fine Print
Expires Feb 5, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Reservation required. Valid only for option purchased. Not valid toward Winterlicious menu.

Coco Lezzone
Little Italy
602 College St. Toronto, Ontario
http://www.cocolezzone.com/

Today’s Groupon to Coco Lezzone similarly stuns, and rightfully so. Choose from the following options:

• For $65, you get a five-course tasting menu for two (up to a $166 value).
• For $25, you get $50 worth of Italian fare and drinks on Friday or Saturday.
• For $20, you get $50 worth of Italian fare and drinks Sunday–Thursday.

The five-course tasting menu includes:

• Two shrimp bisques
• Two orders of caprese salad or seafood antipasto
• Two orders of mushroom risotto
• Two entrees of filet mignon, sea bass, or roasted chicken
• Two tiramisu or crème brûlée desserts

Coco Lezzone festoons plates with traditional pastas, risotto, and seafood. Once diners are fully strapped into seats, five-course meals begin with a traditional sounding of the dinner foghorn and a steaming bowl of shrimp bisque served with fresh dill and crème fraiche. Next, caprese salad and seafood antipasto joust for the affections of diners, followed by a course of creamy mushroom risotto, ideal for nibbling in between conversations about the origins of shoulder pads. Entrees include filet mignon, flanked by garlic mashed potatoes and peppercorn sauce, and sea bass lounging on a bed of basmati rice. To end the meal, chattering sweet teeth are supplemented with the creamy coolness of tiramisu or crème brûlée.

Alternatively, diners can opt to cruise the dinner menu on their own terms. Like a scarecrow’s briefcase, the ravioli bursts with squash, roasted garlic, and baby spinach ($18), and ossobuco’s slow-braised veal shank benefits from the fragrant addition of saffron risotto ($24). Bask at candlelit tables beneath crystal chandeliers and toast friends or enchanted mannequins with a martini or a selection from Coco Lezzone’s global wine list.

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Groupon Toronto Deal of the Day: $15 for Admission for Two to Conscious Food Festival on August 13 or 14 ($30 Value)

Buy now for only $15
Value $30
Discount 50%
You Save $15

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Monday, August 1, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Sample local food
Tastings, debates & seminars
Chef demonstrations
Live music & entertainment

The Fine Print
Expiration varies
Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for date purchased.

Conscious Food Festival
Fort York National Historic Site
100 Garrison Rd. Toronto, Ontario
http://consciousfoodfestival.ca/

Today’s Groupon: for $15, you get two tickets to the Conscious Food Festival (a $30 value; kids 12 and under get in for free). Choose between the following dates:

• Saturday, August 13, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Sunday, August 14, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Conscious Food Festival, located on the historic grounds of Fort York, brings together local farmers and companies with an interest in sustainable food that is both locally and naturally grown. Local vendors, most from within a 100-mile radius of the festival, cook up delectable offerings, hand out samples during tastings, and weigh down hot air balloons with produce, retail products, wine, and beer. Cool off with dandelion ice cream from Mapleton’s Organic Dairy, or quench thirst with lemon-tea beer from Mill Street Brewery. At ChocoSol’s booth, hands wrap their elastic fingers around homemade corn tortillas topped with organic black beans.

Between nibbling eats, visitors can spontaneously undulate to local music and entertainment acts, peruse interactive exhibits, and observe chef and farmer demonstrations. Meanwhile, a schedule of open forums and conscious debates illuminates issues surrounding food sustainability and local, natural produce. The festival’s booths blanket the Fort York National Historic Site.

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Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: Irish Embassy Pub and Grill – $15 for $30 Worth of Homemade Pub Fare and Drinks (Save 50% Off)

Buy now for only $15
Value $30
Discount 50%
You Save $15

This is a limited 4-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Irish pub fare
Beers & cocktails
Brunch on weekends
Historic building

The Fine Print
Expires Aug 3, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Not valid on St. Patrick’s Day or New Year’s Eve.

Irish Embassy Pub and Grill
49 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario
http://www.irishembassypub.com/irish/home.html

Irish Embassy Pub and Grill doles out a dinner menu of hearty homemade Irish grub. Traditional irish stew fills up bellies or time capsules with tender lamb and root vegetables enhanced by a redolent bouquet of fresh herbs ($15). Delve into the shepherd’s pie’s beefy realms, populated by a medley of vegetables and aged cheddar cheese ($13). Irish Embassy also cultivates a weekend brunch menu, which includes a hearty irish breakfast that introduces palates to pork sausages, back bacon, black pudding, and baked beans ($12). A late-night bar menu, meanwhile, sates bellies until 1 a.m., as patrons swap sock-sorting techniques beneath the glow of four 50-inch plasma TVs. Situated inside a repurposed bank building constructed in 1873, the dining area’s warm hues, wooden floors, and leather furniture make for a classy nosh fest.

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Today’s Groupon Toronto Deal of the Day: Chiado Restaurant – Gourmet Portuguese Five-Course Tasting Menu for Two or Cuisine and Drinks

Buy now from only $30
Value $60
Discount 50%
You Save $30

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight (Thursday, July 28, 2011). Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Renowned Chef Albino Silva
Fresh fish flown in daily
Tapas & wine bar
Bon Appetit top 3 restaurant in 2010

The Fine Print
Expires Jan 29, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table, 2 per table of 4 or more. Valid only for option purchased.

The Company
Chiado Restaurant
http://www.chiadorestaurant.com/
Little Italy
864 College St. Toronto, Ontario
(416) 538-1910

Eat gourmet fare with whomever you want with today’s Groupon to Chiado Restaurant. Choose between the following options:

• For $30, you get $60 worth of gourmet Portuguese cuisine and drinks.
• For $79, you get a five-course tasting menu for two (a $200 value).

Chiado Restaurant’s creator Chef Albino Silva crafts progressive Portuguese dishes, employing fresh components such as Azores Islands fish flown in daily. Tasting menu guests settle into an Old World European interior for five courses that span traditional and contemporary Portuguese fare. The five tasting courses include:

• Two cheese appetizers
• Two small fish plates or bisque
• Two scallops or fish plates
• Two pan roasted skate or Tyler fish entrees
• Two mixed platter of sweets.

Chef Albino opens the tasting menu with fresh cheese sprinkled, like a store bought fairy, in balsamic reduction, honey, and chutney. Diners decide on their second course from a selection of small plates such as pine nut and mint-covered grouper Carpaccio or shrimp and lobster bisque infused with aromatic cognac. A third course celebrates the union of pan-seared sea scallops and port wine reduction or monkfish and a piri piri glaze without the vuvuzelas typical of traditional weddings. The mealsperience crescendos with either Tyler fish glazed in muscatel and sidekicked by garlic mashed potato and sautéed spinach or pan roasted skate served with a lemon coriander risotto. The end of ingestion arrives as mixed platters brimming with gourmet sweets. Chef Albino pairs each course with fresh-caught wines in sparkling, white, red, and dessert varieties, carefully corralled from Portuguese vineyards.

Chef Albino regales evening patrons with grilled Atlantic salmon filet crusted in herbs and marine salt ($30) or roasted pheasant ($38), a terra firma ambassador, riding in an herb crust atop a garlic mashed potato. Guests can also test piercing techniques on hot and cold tapas ($5–$12) at the Senhor Antonio Tapas and Wine Bar, which passes around small plates of fresh fish, fowl, steak, and seasonal vegetables. Guest dine swaddled in the restaurant’s cream-coloured walls, and warm lighting illuminating rows of oil paintings. Servers and bartenders command a hardwood bar lit by red glass panels and the happiness radiating from each bartender’s gentle heart.

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