By Nicholas Katers
Famous Toronto Steakhouses
Toronto serves as
Canada's culinary center with restaurants, wine bars and boutique grocers covering dozens of cultures. The city reflects Canada's intersection of English and French cuisine as well as a burgeoning local and organic food movement. Tourists looking for more traditional meals in Toronto can enjoy wine, steak and dessert at the city's steakhouses. Toronto hosts dozens of steakhouses with varying prices, menu offerings and atmospheres to accommodate hungry travelers.
The Keg Steakhouse & Bar
The Keg Steakhouse & Bar is a national chain of steakhouses in Canada in operation since 1971. Visitors to Toronto choose from one of seven Keg Steakhouse & Bar locations, including its well-traveled Jarvis Street restaurant. The lunch menu at this Toronto steakhouse includes mushrooms Neptune, steak sandwiches and burgers for diners on the go. The dinner crowd enjoys appetizers such as shrimp cocktail and escargot before digging into prime rib, chicken and sirloin steaks at the Keg Steakhouse & Bar.
The Keg Steakhouse & Bar
515 Jarvis St.
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2H7, Canada
(416) 964-6609
en.kegsteakhouse.com/
Barberian's Steak House
Barberian's Steak House has been an institution among Toronto diners since opening in 1959. The steak house uses its signature Steak Spice to add a distinct flavor to its steaks. Barberian's maintains an extensive wine menu that includes Chateau des Charmes Cabernet Sauvignon and Burrowing Owl Pinot Noir. Diners enjoy appetizers such as oysters on the half-shell and fresh lobster cocktail while they wait for rib steaks and beef tenderloin brochettes. The Barberian's dessert menu includes the crème caramel and liqueur parfait.
Barberian's Steak House
7 Elm St.
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1H1, Canada
(416) 597-0335
barberians.com/
Hy's Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar
Hy's Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar offers six Canadian locations from Toronto to Vancouver. The Toronto restaurant offers guests appetizers such as prawn cocktail and sautéed garlic shrimp to get this fine-dining experience started. The house specialties at Hy's Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar include the filet steak Neptune and the roast rack of lamb. Each dish can be augmented with Hy's Steakhouse accompaniments including creamed corn, sugar snap peas and crab legs.
Hy's Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar
120 Adelaide St. West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1, Canada
(416) 364-6600
www.hyssteakhouse.com/
Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar offers a casual setting for Toronto tourists and residents to enjoy delicious meals. The restaurant's appetizers include the portobello mushroom salad and crab cakes that tide guests over until their entrees arrive. The dinner menu offers plenty of options for food lovers like the Provini veal chop and the surf and turf plate. Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar features a sizable wine list of reds and whites from Canada, Argentina, France and beyond.
Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar
3438 Yonge St.
Toronto, Ontario M4N 2M9, Canada
(416) 483-4800
www.wildfiresteakhouse.com/
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About the Author:
Nicholas Katers has been a freelance writer since 2006. He teaches American history at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wis. His past works include articles for "CCN Magazine," "The History Teacher" and "The Internationalist" magazine. Katers holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in American history from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, respectively.
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Photo by Benson Kua (Flickr)
