Smokehouse

This is the biggest patio in the city. Let us be clear, though: there is no patio. Don’t worry, you haven’t entered the Twilight Zone, and we’re not engaging you in doublethink. The fact is, Queen West’s latest addition, Smoque N Bones, is across the street from Trinity Bellwoods Park

The smell of wood and open flame; meat cooking in the same room it’s being served. Blankets on benches. Muskoka in the city. This is how to get your country fix without leaving the 416. This is Big Crow, and here's why you should go

Despite its enormous size, we swear it’s often hard to find something unique to eat in this city. Want a taco? Cause we know about 30 places off the top of our head. A gourmet burger, perhaps? Just walk four blocks in any direction and we’re sure you’ll find one. Which is why when we came across Karelia Kitchen, a Nordic Smokehouse and Café, we knew we had to try it

BBQ is all the rage in Toronto, and the newest member of the smokehouse restaurant crop is Hardy's Hogtown Brasserie, a sensory spot on St. Clair West that could have just as easily been called 'Carnivorous Paradise'. Find out more about this meatastic spot in today's feature

Lovers of Montreal's Joe Beef, like yours truly, head over to this culinary playground as often as we can. And come mid-October, we'll taking a piece of it home with us when The Art of Living According to Joe Beef hits store shelves. That's right, one of our favourite restaurants is launching a cookbook. Notable, no?