Food & drink
L’Unità
Terroni on adelaide Street
Piano Piano
Italian Fare
Terroni
Terroni has been a Toronto dining
institution for 25 years. Its owners
pride themselves on Italian cooking
techniques that emphasize simplicity
and quality ingredients, and a menu
fine-tuned to mimic a true Calabrese
dining experience. Look no further
for fresh handmade pasta and
classic cut-it-yourself pizza.
720 Queen St. W.; 1095 Yonge St.;
57 Adelaide St. E., terroni.com
Pizzeria Libretto
Pizzeria Libretto helped kick-start
the Ossington strip’s restaurant
boom, and has flourished to five
locations. The thin-crusted pies,
which include duck confit and
Bosc pear–topped Bianca, mix
Old World pizza-making traditions
with daring experiments. 221
Ossington Ave.; 155 University Ave.;
545 King St. W.; 550 Danforth Ave.,
pizzerialibretto.com
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Ardo
Plates at this east-end spot are
steeped in the Sicilian kitchen
customs of chef Roberto Marotta’s
family, emphasizing coastal,
seafood-forward options and
flatbread-esque pizzas made with
grandma’s time-tested sourdough
recipe. Save room for the heavenly
pistachio-dusted cannoli.
243 King St. E., ardorestaurant.com
Splendido into this mellow
trattoria. The makeover, featuring
a room playfully decorated by local
artists, has been nothing short of
brilliant—from the first antipasti
to the final dolce, every dish
displays a wonderful burst of
colour and flavour. 88 Harbord St.,
pianopianotherestaurant.com
Sotto Sotto
A-listers and high rollers discovered
this snug home for Italy-by-way-of-
Mediterranean flavours back in the
1990s. Today, Sotto Sotto endures
as a world-renowned culinary
destination and celebrity mainstay.
120 Avenue Rd., sottosotto.ca
Piano Piano
Chef Victor Berry recently
converted fine-dining institution
7 Numbers
Nonna Rosa Marinuzzi keeps her
midtown cucina humming along
with simple, soulful cooking, while
her son Tony mans the stoves at
their Danforth offshoot. Both
locations nourish patrons like
family, with hearty lasagnas, osso
buco and pastas smothered in
Rosa’s famous tomato sauce.
516 Eglinton Ave. W.; 307 Danforth
Ave., sevennumbers.com
Queen Margherita
Few follow the laws of Neapolitan
cuisine as stringently as this local
chain of homey pizzerias. Nothing
but perfectly chewy, blistered thin
crusts, topped with ingredients from
Italy and an exclusively sourced fior
de latte exit Queen Margherita’s
Naples-imported wood-fired ovens.
1402 Queen St. E.; 785 Annette St.;
772 Dundas St. W.; qmpizza.com
L’Unità
This intimate, exposed-brick
dining room in Yorkville doles out
generous portions of authentic
seasonal fare in full view of an
impressive wine bar. It also boasts
one of the best cannolis in T.O., but
other desserts, such as panna cotta
and tiramisu, are equally exquisite.
134 Avenue Rd., lunita.ca
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