If you’re hankering to carb load, try the Mac & Charlie, a franken-grilled cheese stuffed with mac and cheese. And if you must consume a vegetable of some kind, check out the deep-fried Brussels sprouts massaged with a balsamic-honey reduction. Open in Google Maps
If you’re looking to stuff your face sans sticker shock, there’s no better place than Juicy Dumpling. The restaurant first put down roots inside Dragon City Mall in Chinatown — a potentially risky move in a neighbourhood packed with affordable spots to knock back dumplings.
Outfitted with enough fake trees and string lights to make you feel like you’re in an adorable courtyard, Bar Poet takes the cake as our favourite cheap date spot.
"We're excited about the potential the app has to make an immediate impact among Canadians, who pride themselves on being environmentally - and food waste - conscious, but who may not have access to the tools that help them be part of the solution."
Compounding inflation with other student costs such as housing and tuition makes discounts all the more valuable for students. Here are some of the places that offer student discounts on food.
Soulpepper's ticket options (external link, opens in new window) include free tickets for those 25 years-old and younger available the day of a show, as well as “Pay What You Choose Tuesdays” with prices starting at $10.
Cookin is an awesome app that connects you with professional home cooks and chefs, so you can have chef-quality, homemade food delivered right to your home.
At the pass, corporate executive chef Ted Corrado serves up Parisian plats du jour with delicate nods to Canadiana, such as butter-engorged escargot vol-au-vent that’s placed inside a bird’s nest of ethereally flaky house-made puff pastry; pungent foie gras terrine gilded with ice wine gelfoie; and salt-kissed steak frites (sourced from Ontario Woodward Farms) completed with red wine jus. End with quintessential tarte tatin featuring squidgy caramelized apples and butter-caramel sauce.
If here pitchers of sangria or margaritas are more your speed, indulge in one for $20; they will pair beautifully with their yuca fries and house-made tortilla chips.
The main annoying thing is that some of the copy on the app is written in Chinese (specifically some restaurants and the coupon section) with no option to translate to English.
You can see the estimated delivery time, delivery fee, and rating of each restaurant all at a glance, and it’s visually appealing and not too cluttered.
Karen Doradea Summerlicious is back in Toronto and they’ve partnered with some of the city’s best restaurants for really great meal deals. There are a number of Toronto restaurants taking part in this event, and some are even offering specials $35 and under. From July 5th to 21st, 2024, Summerlicious will offer prix fixe lunch and dinner menus from more than 200 local restaurants.
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and one of the most culturally diverse on the planet, making it an ideal destination for sampling cuisines from all over the world.
How it works is that a personal shopper picks up and delivers your order to you, or you can order ahead and pick up your own order at the store.