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Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, this is my wife and I's go-to place. That seafood mac n' cheese = sacrilegiously good
Oh, shiii...! here we go! D:
JJ
Zombie James
Banned
Tell me about good poutine, T-GAF. It's been many, many years since I've had it and I'm pretty sure it was New York Fries. A friend recommended Smoke's Poutinerie but reviews online are really mixed.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I've been there....waaaaaaaay freakin overrated.
People swear by Square Boys.
Me, I think I've yet to have good poutine anywhere in this city.
added_time
Member
The Montreal smoked meat poutine is actually pretty good at Smoke's Poutinerie. It's fast food though so you have to really be in the mood for junk.
Most people like Poutini's the best but I've never tried it.
If you like weird stuff, the Saag Poutine from Burger Bar in Kengsington is amazing! It's Saag Paneer on fries:
Smokes on Richmond. Real curds. Crazy toppings.
Eeh. I like Smoke's Poutinie. It's a great comfort food, but I'd guess it's far from traditional. I've only ever had Poutini's House of Poutini's once and I was totally underwhelmed by the portion, the fries and the plastic like cheese curds. Plus it means I have to get off the streetcar during rush hour. No thanks!
Everyone yells at me when I say this - but KFC's poutine.
I have had poutine out of trucks, in restaurants, poutinieries... fucking... everywhere. Even have had it in montreal.
KFC still wins for me.
Smoke's is like okay, it's great when you're wasted, but I find that they serve it too cold and the cheese doesn't melt enough.
Poutini's is pretty great though. I would go there.
What I wouldn't give to go to Montreal for some.
Heathen
Smoke's isn't doing it for you?
Not going to lie, everyone was pretty much jizzing over Smoke's, but when I tried it, it wasn't anything spectacular.
I think their stupid ad campaign of slapping their stickers on anything and everything has really put me off of their poutine. It's really obnoxious.
Zombie James
Banned
I've got the nicest breeze coming in through my window right now. A shame we're going back to hell temperatures in a few days 
Thanks for the poutine suggestions, I'll probably try one of those places
this week.
Thanks for the poutine suggestions, I'll probably try one of those places
(except KFC )
)I've got the nicest breeze coming in through my window right now. A shame we're going back to hell temperatures in a few days
Fuck. Right when Fan Expo happens.
BigJonsson
Member
I don't "get" poutine, I'm getting sick of fries and cheese + fries is meh to me
It's cheese + fries + gravy man
Sometimes +bacon, too.
added_time
Member
Toronto photo of the day:
Can you count the construction cranes just in this one photo?
Can you count the construction cranes just in this one photo?
(there are nine)
Toronto photo of the day:
Can you count the construction cranes just in this one photo?(there are nine)
Disgusting! They have destroyed the west waterfront.
added_time
Member
Have you been down there recently? They have built a bunch of new parks right by the water, added a small cute beach thing next to Redpath Sugar factory, added more boardwalk areas and built multiple wave deck things in places where the street used to meet the water abruptly.
It's not perfect by any means but the western waterfront is looking a million times better than it ever has.
Here are some photos of the newish stuff:
Simcoe Wavedeck
Sugar Beach
Sherbourne Commons Park
New boardwalk south of Corus building
All of this stuff was done in just the last few years. It's pretty amazing to me considering how this area of the waterfront looked for my whole lifetime.
Yeah it's getting a lot of working and it's going to keep getting a lot of work, hopefully.
added_time
Member
People are forgetting how horrible it used to be for sure. Here is that same area back in the 1960s:
I'm just not a big fan of the giant condo everywhere. In the east end they are making a effort to fit the condo's into the existing architecture. Not a lot of giant 50 storey buildings. most of them are 12-15 and fit nicely with the area.
The west is just glass and concrete.
Well the existing architecture for the waterfront downtown was mostly warehouses, and parking lots. In the east end along the waterfront, there are very few projects, given the height restriction on buildings because there is feeling they want to preserve. The west actually turns green quite quickly following the waterfront, but after reading your post again I guess you're speaking about 'east' and 'west' downtown and not actual east / west beaches.
If they were ripping up important historical buildings at the waterfront to put in condos and parks, there would be something to complain about. I agree with you that I still don't find visiting Harborfront and waterfront downtown that great, but I would love it if I was living in the area.
No issues west of High Park in Swansea. Twitter seems to say that power is out around Kipling though.
that was north kipling though, no? (yesterday)
power came back though... woot
No, not the bus incident. Other people reporting power went out about 10:30am today. At least yours is back on, hooray.
It's what happens when you cut off the waterfront with an expressway.
Not sure how many comedy fans we have here but there's an amazing comedy festival coming to Toronto next month.
http://www.jfl42.com/?gclid=CLeqxdiY-bECFcUKKgodNk8Axw
$100 for the festival pass which gets you into everything. I paid close to that for tickets to see Louis CK last year at the Sony Centre. I don't quite understand the check in system yet. You get 4 credits with the basic pass and you can reserve 4 shows with those credits. I think how it works is that you get the credits back when you check in at a given show and can use them on additional shows.
For those looking for recommendations for outstanding acts beyond Louis, I'd start with the following:
Reggie Watts - saw this guy in Brooklyn last month, think I'd pay $100 for his show alone
Todd Barry
Patton Oswalt
Amy Schumer
Pete Holmes
Todd Glass
http://www.jfl42.com/?gclid=CLeqxdiY-bECFcUKKgodNk8Axw
$100 for the festival pass which gets you into everything. I paid close to that for tickets to see Louis CK last year at the Sony Centre. I don't quite understand the check in system yet. You get 4 credits with the basic pass and you can reserve 4 shows with those credits. I think how it works is that you get the credits back when you check in at a given show and can use them on additional shows.
For those looking for recommendations for outstanding acts beyond Louis, I'd start with the following:
Reggie Watts - saw this guy in Brooklyn last month, think I'd pay $100 for his show alone
Todd Barry
Patton Oswalt
Amy Schumer
Pete Holmes
Todd Glass
lunarworks
Member
So, the latest developments in the body being cut up and thrown in creeks thing...
Doesn't sound like organized crime at all. Nope.
Doesn't sound like organized crime at all. Nope.
I don't use Facebook either but I made a random fake account to help some GAFer in a contest so I'll just use that.
Also living in Mississauga, but you're right
Everyone I work with wants to go, I'd go to see louis ck, but the memes on the site made me angry.
Distillery for sure, thanks!
No offense though, but I wouldn't show Kensington to anyone from out of town. The absolute worst part of the downtown city for me. Smelly, dirty, roach-infested, barren of any of my interests and just plain awful to look at it. Sorry.
. I've wanted to leave five minutes after getting there every time I've been forced to go.Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Distillery for sure, thanks!
No offense though, but I wouldn't show Kensington to anyone from out of town. The absolute worst part of the downtown city for me. Smelly, dirty, roach-infested, barren of any of my interests and just plain awful to look at it. Sorry.
HEATHEN! D:
Distillery = favourite part of city for me though. St. Lawrence Market is also awesome, and the Beaches is pretty cool too. Since I live in Riverdale/Leslieville, I'm in the middle of all of them.
Leslieville over to the Beaches is a really nice area of the city to show off if your friends are okay with just walking around and spending time near the water. There are a bunch of nice patios over there as well and after a few days of being surrounded by towers, they might find the community pretty interesting.
Rob Ford wants a fountain like Edmonton instead of the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization. Maybe we should get our existing fountains working first. It's been out of service since 2009.
It was so nice when it was working, too. It's such an eyesore at this point.
It was really quite embarrassing to walk by when I had family visiting in 2010.
Well, there are a number of reasons for the delay in fixing it aside from just the funding.
http://torontoist.com/2010/08/for_a_water_feature_situated/
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