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Best lunch counters! No silly, not that kind...!

Cave Carson

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Here is a list, from east to west, of a dozen of my favourite restaurants where you are not likely to impress a lady friend but where you can get a very good meal at a reasonable price:

Original Bo Peep - Kingston Rd. near Cliffside

Lakeview Fish & Chips - Queen St. E. just west of Victoria Park

Goof Restaurant - Queen St. E. near Balmy Beach Blvd.

Anchor Fish & Chips (Double the fish of most places for the same price!) - Kingston Rd. east of Woodbine

The Tulip (Tremendous steaks for the price!) - Queen St. E. at Coxwell

Logan Grill - Gerrard St. at Logan

Victoria Coffee Shop - Queen St. East at Victoria

Lindy's Restaurants (Inexpensive but decent steaks!) - Yonge St. south of Carlton

Coach House Restaurant - Yonge St. north of Wellesley

Avenue Coffee Shop - Davenport St. at Avenue Rd.

People's Foods Restaurant - Dupont east of Spadina

Bloor - Jane Restaurant - Bloor St. east of Jane

The restaurants I miss the most are A&W Drive-Ins, the Nag's Head on King St. near Yonge, Diana Sweets/Joe Birds Lounge on Yonge near Richmond, Elias Bros. Big Boy on Yonge near Queen and the Dairy Dell on Annette just east of Jane which some evil wretch converted to another me-too Irish pub just last summer!


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Astroboy

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If you ever have a mad craving for steak, check out T-Bones on eglinton near midland....24/7 baby, if your there at like 3am enough LE to chill with :)
 

james t kirk

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The big slice on Younge and Gerrard.

Still the best slice in town.

(When it's hot)

Also, the Black Dog Pub in Pickering just south of the 401 off Port Union Road.

THE BEST FISH AND CHIPS.
 

Astroboy

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Mamas Pizza, on Dawes Road, north of Danforth, but be careful when he asks how big you want your calzone!
 

Hepcat

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Kirk!

You have me confused! I believe Port Union Road is entirely in Scarborough not Pickering.

Astroboy!

Mamas Pizza sounds like my kind of place. I'll check it out this weekend!

If you are ever in London, make a point of visiting Mario's on Clarence St. downtown or Tony's on Dundas Street east of Quebec St. opposite the Western Fairgrounds for some panzerotti. I believe that one of these two places "invented" this delicacy - a deep-fried pizza! The size of the panzerotti at Tony's is so incredible that you don't believe you have any chance of finishing the whole thing! Definitely for the young man!



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luckyjackson

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Best Steak and Veal Sandwiches,

San Frans on Clinton, (not the other imitation places by the same name), and very honourable mention to California Sandwiches around the corner.

Hot Steak, small olives...and a Brio.....aaaahhhhh best thing after a trip to your favourite MP
 

Hepcat

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#*&*#!

Astroboy!

So I strolled up to Mamas Pizza (which is actually over a kilometre north of Danforth) early Saturday evening for some calzone and it was closed! For good!

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Girlwatchr

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Three Restaurants that may not classify as lunch counters but can still provide an excellent lunch at very reasonable cost are:

1) IL Paesano 396 Brown's Line--South of Evans Avenue, North of I & P Studio, on the west side of the street--best Pizza in the West end of the city.

2) The Grill 1596 The Queensway, East of 427 on the north side of the road right across from Licks.-- Great burgers and Steak.--What a burger joint used to be!

3) Miller’s Country Fare 5140 Dundas Street West On the north side of the road about a block east of Islington --Great chicken fast service

I was saddened to hear of the demise of the Dairy Dell—One of my last connections with high school in the early sixties and almost totally unchanged.
 

Fine Wine

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I am shocked...!

that the learned members of this board have not nominated Mars Restaurant on College Street for best lunch counter, because it wins, hands down. When I first came to TO in the 60s, I was introduced to Mars and it became my home away from home. I moved away and returned again in the 80s and visit there regularly when I ventured down from the rolling country side. For breakfast you can't beat their corned beef hash and for lunch or dinner you will die for their liver, onions and bacon. Mars has been going for over 50 years and I highly recommend it to fellow board members. Regretably, they do not serve...


...Fine Wine...!
 

Cave Carson

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Wino!

I'm well aware of the Mars Restaurant! I had a late lunch there of a ham steak just today! The problem with Mars is it has become a parody of itself i.e. the prototypical diner! The result is noticeably higher prices than the other similar diners I've mentioned! Also, the mashed potatoes at Mars taste like they've been made from an instant mix!
 

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I love Miller's Country Fare Restaurant! It's sort of like a Swiss Chalet but it's not part of an impersonal chain and it has a slightly more varied menu. Try the country sausages or tourtiere or just get a combination plate!

Here are some more diners that belong on this list:

Dundas Street Grille - near Kipling

Goody's Diner - Sherbourne at Dundas

Jim's Best Westerns Restaurant - Queen St. East near Leslie

Rib House Restaurant - Woodbine St. north of Lumsden

Wimpy's Restaurant - Kingston Rd. east of Warden


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Cave Carson

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Another diner I really miss is the Rainbow Cafe which was in the southeast corner of the basement level of the downtown Bay store on Queen Street. It was moved to the southwest corner and renamed the Coffee Shop perhaps seven years ago but it lost something in the transition (besides the wonderful name). The Coffee Shop was closed as well perhaps six months ago.

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Foxhound

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TERBites journeying to enjoy some ballet in Niagara Falls may want to stop off at Hutch's on Van Wagners Beach Road in Hamilton. This place is an absolute classic lost in time! Hutch's is set on the beach and the original neon sign dating back to the twenties is sure to catch your eye. Weekly cruise nights are held in the summer. The burgers by themselves are worth the trip (but avoid the fish and chips)!

The eateries I miss the most are the lunch counters in Kresge and Woolworths stores where I could often get my mother to buy me a metal dish of ice cream. The banana splits were far too much to ask for and I had to content myself with gazing wistfully at the cardboard cutouts on the wall picturing these fabulous syrupy treats!

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Jenn_angel

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I have a few... But am only listing two right now...

House of Tae... On Weston Rd just below Finch... 30$ to feed 6 people...

On Bloor by Perth Ave... There is this little grocery store/deli... Homde soup to die for! I used to get a sandwich on a fresh baked roll the (6 inches long or so) Loaded with what ever you wanted for dirt cheap... I think I pay $3.50 For that and a can of Brio... The woman who runs it is ultra sweet! Don't ask me the name... I can't remember... The sign is too faded to stand out...
 

shack

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Veal sandwiches are my favourite and I must agree with Monsieur Jackson as to San Fran's and California.
I think the west end of town is being left out and must say that the Texas Longhorn Cafe on Dundas in Mississauga has the best fajitas anywhere.
 

Hepcat

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Among the tiniest and the best lunch counters around is Euro Burgers on Pape St. just north of Bloor. I've been going there for years. Very cozy!

Personally I love any place that has either a Campbell's Soup display or a Kellogg's Cereal display! Either of these provides a nice "homey" touch adding to character/atmosphere. A liquor license intrinsically detracts from atmosphere and the clientele attracted by the liquor license further detracts from the comfortable lunch counter atmosphere!
 

iguana

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Veal sandwiches

If you're in the Shep/Vic PArk area try "Delicioso". It's a house, just before a plaza on Vic Park between Shep and Finch.
Also I think the Black Dog is in Pickering.
 

peteeey

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How about Country Style (the restaurant, not the doughnut chain) on Bloor between Brunswick and Bathurst for hardy schnitzel and a moderate price? I think the only one left of many great Hungarian restaurants in that area.
 

shack

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Hungarian

I used to love the wooden platter at The Continental across from Country Style. It was the best. The Shmenges (SCTV) used to eat there.
 
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