Soup Alternatives

[Evan Leibovitch]

A few other possibilities


   - Kabab Grill, Yonge & Gerard (middle eastern) -- good reviews, meat and
   veggie variety, has upstairs seating that could be talked into reserving a
   spot for regulars.

   - Donair Kebab House, same area  -- ditto except for the upstairs

   - Yueh Tung, Dundas @ Elizabeth

   - There's always the food court in the Toronto Life bldg (NE corner
   Yonge & Dundas, where the futureshop is. There are a number of highly-rated
   non-chain places there.




On 23 April 2013 22:20, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > We were puzzling over possibilities that might be preferable to Salad
> King
> > for pre-meeting dining, and, as the set of possibilities seemed not quite
> > sufficient, it seemed like a good idea to draw ideas from a somewhat
> broader
> > audience.
> >
> > The difficulty that was observed was that the room was rather noisy, but
> it
> > wouldn't do to jump to something else and leap from bad to worse, hence
> > here's a set of constraints that seem needful:
> >
> > a) Needs to be "near enough" to the meeting, basically within a 15 minute
> > walk.  (Think about how far Pho88 was from the U(T) engineering
> building...)
> >
> > b) Not too expensive (Barberian's is doubtless good, but they haven't
> got an
> > entree below $25!)
> >
> > c) Quiet enough
> >
> > d) Open until 7:30 (it appears there are restaurants targeting lunch
> crowd
> > that will be closed for dinner)
> >
> > e) Reasonable range of food that notably has offerings to vegetarians
> better
> > than "oh, there's a slice of tomato on the burger"
> >
> > f) Can cope with 20 people arriving in a bit of a disorganized flurry,
> > without massive formal reservation
> >
> > The only thing leaping to mind was the Pickle Barrel @ Atrium, which
> wasn't
> > exciting the group too much.
>
> This afternoon I attended a downtown talk by Oracle about their new T
> and M series SPARC computers (not a good talk but for reasons outside
> Oracle's control, two fire alarms during the talk). After I had a walk
> around Yonge & Dundas looking at possible "Salad King"
> alternatives.... I would add a point to the above list:
>
> g) Must be "family" friendly.
>
> With the above in mind here are the places I looked at briefly this
> evening and my take on them:
>
> Discards:
>
> - Milestones - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas 4th floor - very limited
> number of under $15 menu items.
> - Jack Astor's - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas 4th floor - very limited
> number of under $15 menu items.
> - Johnny Rockets - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas off Dundas, Ground floor
> - Very little for the vegetarians
> - Five Guys Burgers - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas, off Yonge, Ground
> floor - Vegetarian hostile
> - Chipotle Mexican Grill - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas, off Yonge,
> Ground floor - Very limited menu
> - Zanzibar - Yonge just north of Gould east side - Has "Adult"
> entertainment, enough said.
> - Made in China - Yonge just north of Gould east side - Dining room
> seemed too small
> - Korean Grill House - Yonge just north of Gould east side - Dining
> room seemed too small
> - St. Louis Bar and Grill - Atrium on Bay N/W corner Yonge & Dundas -
> Sporting event on and place was PACKED.
>
> Worth further review:
>
> - Tim Hortons - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas Ground floor (entrance off
> Victoria) - Basic, reliable
> - Food court - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas 3rd floor - Good range of
> inexpensive food, didn't seem that crowded about 7 PM
> - Panera Bread - N/W corner Yonge & Edward. - Sandwiches, soup, &
> pasta. Has 2nd floor eating area
> - Pickle Barrel - Atrium on Bay - N/W corner Yonge & Dundas - Good all
> round spot
> - Hard Rock Cafe - On Yonge, just south of Dundas Square - Touristy
> but otherwise has possibilities
> - Swiss Chalet - Yonge just north of Gould west side - Basic, reliable
> - Spring Sushi - N/E corner Yonge & Dundas 5th floor - Didn't see
> dining room, but menu looks interesting
> - Spring Roll - Atrium on Bay N/W corner Yonge & Dundas - Seemed a bit
> busy but has possibilities.
>
> Based on what I saw the most tempting three seemed to be Pickle
> Barrel, Swiss Chalet and Panera Bread. Other thoughts?
>
>
> Colin McGregor
>
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