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Folia Grill: Classic Greek Fast Food

Mar 14th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Folia Grill: Classic Greek Fast Food

Just off the main track of Toronto’s Danforth you will find the Folia Grill in the nearby Pape Village. Toronto’s main drag for Greek restaurants is the on the Danforth but locals will know and tell you that the Greek influence on the neighborhood reaches beyond the Danforth.
Enter Folia Grill, newly opened (from October 2009) [...]



Sai-Gon Palace

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Sai-Gon Palace

One of my favorite things to do in this city is to be a “tourist in my own town”. I’ll head out into various neighborhoods of Toronto, armed with a nap-sack, camera and wallet and take in neighborhood or two, snapping photos, stopping in some shops and ultimately, recharging with a bite to eat.
One of [...]



Alexandros “World Famous Gyros”

Feb 7th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Alexandros “World Famous Gyros”

I’m going to crank-up the frequency of my “Talk Toronto” posts on my blog. These posts will be primarily related to food, leisure or anything else I feel worthy about sharing when it comes to Toronto. What a better place to start than with  some Greek food. Greek fast food. One of my favourite quick [...]



Kostas Meat Market

Apr 14th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Kostas Meat Market

Seeing as how it is Holy Week for the Greek-Orthodox, most of us are fasting in some degree and we’re also juggling the duties of preparing for the big feast that awaits us this upcoming Sunday for Easter.
Toronto boasts of having about 120,000 Greeks in the Toronto area, over a dozen churches and our very [...]



Greek House Food Market

Mar 24th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Greek House Food Market

In the comments section of each post, through an email or in person, I often get asked where I go shopping. Of particular interest is where I buy my Greek ingredients.
Once again, in an effort to showcase more of Toronto and it’s food scene, today we’re hitting Toronto’s Greektown, locally known as “The Danforth”. It [...]



The Cheese Boutique

Mar 9th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
The Cheese Boutique

My blog has been trucking along since the Spring of 2007 and most of you are familiar with my travels to Greece and love of my native cuisine, Greek food.
Being a Greek who lives abroad (Diaspora), I feel lucky that my parents chose Canada as the country of choice to start a new life and [...]