Monday Eating Out in Toronto (city)

If it helps, I'm entertaining a friend and client who is visiting from out of town. So for ambiance, not too casual, professional but relaxed and good food. Good "street cred" since we are foodies and some of what we like is listed above, plus places like Pangaea, Earth, Ultra, etc. Thanks so much for the insight!!

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Monday Eating Out in Toronto (city)

Hi, a lot of places are closed on Mondays. I have a narrowed list of some of Lower Downtown/Below Queen St restaurants. Which one of these would you pick and why?

Scarpetta www.thompsonhotels.com/hotels/toronto/thompson-toronto/eat/scarpetta
Lee www.susur.com/lee/menus.html
Buca www.buca.ca/
Crush Wine Bar http://crushwinebar.com/
Tutti Matti www.tuttimatti.com
Vertical www.verticalrestaurant.ca/
Starfish www.starfishoysterbed.com/
Bymark www.bymark.ca/

If you know of a better place between say Bathurst and Church/ Front and Adelaide, and they are open on Mondays, please add.

Remember, this is a Monday. So it's about good food and good ambiance not necessarily blowing your bank account (hence why Canoe is not on the list). Also, Nota Bene is not here because we've both been. (same for Trevor, Brassai and Lucien - which was horrible).

Thanks! Your help is much appreciated!!

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Tutti Matti
364 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON M5V1R7, CA

Bymark
66 Wellington St. W, Toronto, ON M5K 1J3, CA

Nota Bene
180 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 2A1, CA

Buca
604 King St. West, Toronto, ON M5V 1M6, CA

Crush Wine Bar
455 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1K4, CA

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Where is "IT" at?

Thanks for getting it. I live in a big city with 'celebs' all around and I don't care who I see or meet and I too mostly don't notice until it's pointed out to me. I am just trying to please everybody. The question I have about Bar Pritti and Minetta (which sound like the two most interesting places to check out), are they worth it for more that the people watching? Is the food any good? Drinks any good?

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Where is "IT" at?

Thanks to all who responded and sorry if the post did not seem CHOW related. I don't care about celeb hangouts or pretentious places. I have a friend travelling with who does and hence the query.

I was hoping to hear of the 'new and up and coming" places where foodies in NYC might go before the 'regular' folks hear about it and fall in love. That was my point three. For example, I was at Momfuku long before it was beloved here. I heard about it from an industry person who recommended it and I'm very glad I did.

I have no idea if the comment about Ninja is a joke at my expense or not as I'm not a New Yorker. I'm just trying to take the little time I have in the city and spend it as gastronomically pleasantly as possible. I'm also trying to please people with different tastes and different interests and was hoping I could 'kill a few pheasants with one stone'.

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Question: How good is this lobster sandwich? As good as the one at 'lunch' near Amanganset?

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Where is "IT" at?

I'm asking for what is the 'hot spot' where people feel fabulous and you want to be 'seen' as if you are the celebrity - the cool in place to be, where everyone looks good and fun and friendly and you leave at the end of the night saying ‘man, I am one popular cat.’ to yourself. #2 Is the place to gawk at others; the celeb hangout or hot spot and the place that will be hot in 6 months...that's hopefully the place with the coolest crowd (as found in option 1), best food or drink or interesting ambience, food or drink but isn’t the publicly popular place that #1 is. A discerning Chowhound might be just person to sniff out such a gem with those super sensory olfactory senses.

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Where is "IT" at?

For which category?

1) To be seen ie hot spot
2) To see others ie celeb spot
3) To go where it's so in, it's not even 'in' yet.

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HELP: If you could Eat ANYTHING...

Is this seared or pate?

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HELP: If you could Eat ANYTHING...

Thanks everyone! we have some awesome choices and I'm really torn.

So if we want one really fancy night where do we go? I want to do Per Se but that might have to wait until the next visit so I'm left with:

1) Bernadin
2) Jean Georges
3) EMP
4) Marea
5) La Grenouille
6) WD-50

Did I miss any? I'm looking for this particular dinner to be very dressed up, fine dining, great ambience, excellent service, food but still innovative and interesting enough to remain memorable.

Help!

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Where is "IT" at?

I am travelling to Manhattan with some friends and one in particular likes to feel important. So, in that vein, where would one go to be 'seen' and 'see others'? To make it interesting, and to make it more chow related than just an exercise in 'plating', I've broken it down to three questions:

1) Where would you go to be seen? Hottest spots in the city
2) Where would you go to see others? Celebs, alas!
3) Where would you go to eat or drink that would blow the socks off your friends back home three months from now when that becomes the hottest place to be seen and see others? (yay! I'm ahead of the curve)

Please note, this is food related so I'm only looking at places to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner/drinks or late night snack.

Thanks so much!

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HELP: If you could Eat ANYTHING...

Well, the only reason i said not to is bec I know they're great!

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