YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST OF TORONTO FOOD NEWS

Dear reader,

The food of summertime road trips often takes a backseat to the destinations—homemade sandwiches, salty chip truck fries, unremarkable meals at an OnRoute or obligatory burgers from Webers. It’s stuff you can eat while driving and impulse purchases made during inevitable bathroom breaks. Whenever we head to the family cottage, I always bring protein-packed wraps with a side of raw veggies and hummus—as if that one healthy car lunch will cancel out all the garbage I will almost immediately start consuming once we arrive. I gaslight my poor stomach every single time.

But, this summer, we at Toronto Life have put together a list of culinary experiences that are way more than just pit stops—they’re the reasons for the road trips. Each one is special in its own way (some require a bit of light foraging beforehand, others involve live ostriches), and they’re all less than three hours by car from the city.

Also in this week’s newsletter: our Trump-proof guide to buying locally made goods. Plus, where you and your thirsty friends can take down margarita towers this summer, what’s on the menu at Stackt Market’s new Wednesday lunch series, and a look inside a new four-table Italian restaurant.

You can whisper almost any culinary craving into the wind in Toronto and it will echo back in edible form. Beef momos with butter tea? Parkdale. Soy-marinated raw crab? Willowdale. Soul-satisfying jerk chicken? Oakwood Village. But some meals make sense only when they’re eaten beside the garden that grew them, under the trees where they were foraged or after locking eyes with a nearby ostrich (just trust us). We rounded up nine restaurants worth the drive this summer—places serving food (and vibes) you just can’t find in Toronto.

For more of our food-and-drink coverage, visit torontolife.com or subscribe to our print edition.

It’s great to buy Canadian, but it’s even better to support all of the amazing makers right here in our own city. As part of our Trump-proof guide to buying local (which also includes fashion and home decor), we pulled together more than 20 of the best made-in-Toronto pantry staples.

From now until September 17, select Stackt Market vendors will serve up lunch for $15 or less every Wednesday, when the shipping container park will transform into an outdoor mecca of affordable eats, including sliders, hot dogs, sushi and brisket sandwiches.

The building at the corner of Queen West and Walnut—home to Noce for 30 years—has a spicy new tenant: Little Ese, an Italian-slash-Mexican spot where you and your pals can get a margherita pizza with a margarita tower.

On Davenport, just west of Ossington, is Archi Disegno, a hospitality concept that wears many hats: it’s a design studio with a retail gallery, a wine club, private residences, a daytime café, a nighttime crudo bar and 1147 Ristorante—what may be the city’s smallest, most exclusive Italian restaurant.

In the July issue: A look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford. Plus, the thief, his cam girl and the missing $13 million; our Trump-proof guide to shopping local; and the case for digital abstinence. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today.

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