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The Best Jamaican Patties in Toronto
October 18, 2023
The best Jamaican patties in Toronto are turmeric-tinged portable snacks packed with the bright flavours of the Caribbean. A simple amalgam of delicate pastry and aggressively seasoned fillings, they're a comfort food that makes a welcome snack or entire meal.
Highlights from Toronto Life’s seventh annual Best Restaurants event
May 24, 2023
Inspired by the pages of Toronto Life’s Where to Eat Now 2023 issue, the seventh annual Best Restaurants event was held on May 15, 2023, at Evergreen Brick Works. Bringing together over 20 restaurants and more than 1,000 hungry guests, the night was a celebration of the city’s culinary scene.…
Root & Seed Podcast: Season 4, Episode 5
November 7, 2022
The inside of East York Eats looks like a hyper-compressed version of a food court. There’s a 30-seat communal dining room flanked by a number of different small food booths, each emblazoned with their own…
From pop-up to permanent: Some of Toronto’s hottest food ventures find a home in this micro food hall
September 1, 2022
The inside of East York Eats looks like a hyper-compressed version of a food court. There’s a 30-seat communal dining room flanked by a number of different small food booths, each emblazoned with their own…
Got a passion for patties? Try this popular new pop-up in East York
June 23, 2022
Metro Morning's food guide, Suresh Doss, joins us every week to discuss one of the many great GTA eateries he's discovered.
This week, he talked to Ismaila Alfa about a new patty shop run by a Vietnamese Canadian cook.
Highlights from Toronto Life’s sixth-annual Best Restaurants event
May 31, 2022
Inspired by the pages of Toronto Life’s Where to Eat Now 2022 issue, the sixth-annual Best Restaurants event was held last night at the Evergreen Brick Works. Bringing together over 20 restaurants and more than 800 hungry guests, the night was a …
Jamaican patties not peameal bacon sandwiches should be Toronto’s signature food
Decemer 05, 2021
Peameal bacon sandwiches were declared Toronto's signature dish back in 2016, and maybe five years later it's time for a refresh: should we officially change it to the Jamaican patty?
The Best Jamaican Patties in Toronto
August 25, 2021
The best Jamaican patties in Toronto continue to bring Caribbean cuisine to the forefront of city eats with the ultimate handheld snack. These flaky, turmeric-stained pastries come stuffed with savoury fillings ranging from beef to jerk pork, served Scotch Bonnet-hot and paired with coco bread.
Phamilyeats is the place for homemade patties and pot pies in this Toronto neighbourhood
July 13, 2021
New Leaside patty and pot pie purveyor Phamilyeats has been a labour of love for owner Peter Pham. After years of working as a cook for restaurants like Gusto 101 and Buca on King St. W., Peter Pham pivoted to take a break from the…
6 Toronto home cooks who created successful online food businesses
April 8, 2021
"NOW WHAT?” IS the question many had to ask themselves when their lives and livelihoods were interrupted by a virus that once felt far away. While COVID has brought so much to a crashing halt and several to their knees, it’s also pushed people to find answers in an unexpected, yet familiar place: the home.
Fine dining is over: How comfort food is keeping Toronto restaurants afloat
February 18, 2021
If you haven’t noticed, fried chicken sandwiches are having a moment.
We’re looking for culinary escapism, but not the kind that comes from intricately composed dishes challenge our palates. We want crispy batter, fluffy buns,…
Phamilyeats is East York's newest spot for beef patties and pot pies
2021
"Gather round good food" and "made with love in Toronto" are the mottos of the newly-opened Phamilyeats, a local shop that "exists to bring people together over delicious eats." More specifically, these eats come in the form of homemade beef patties and hearty pot pies.
Toronto chef keeps selling out of his homemade beef patties
January 30, 2021
Toronto's hunger for beef patties has turned a local entrepreneur's side gig into a home business that pumps out hundreds of patties weekly.
Peter Pham, the owner of Phamilyeats, says he never expected his business to see the success it has so far…