{"id":2817023,"date":"2014-07-13T13:36:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/?p=2817023"},"modified":"2015-07-03T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:41:16","slug":"kalofagas-toronto-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalofagas Toronto Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yianni and I recently took a road trip to Toronto. On our itinerary was meeting food bloggers Peter Minaki<\/a> and Paula Costa<\/a>\u00a0at 420 Smokehouse<\/a> for dinner, as well as seeing Nia Vardalos in Theatre 20’s<\/a> production of Sondheim’s musical\u00a0Company<\/span>.\"VictoriasMansion2\"
\nWe stayed at Victoria’s Mansion<\/a>, an adorable Inn & Guest House.<\/p>\n

\"VictoriasMansion\"
\nGloucester Street, Church Street and the area around it has been home\u00a0to the Toronto gay community for many decades. This “geighborhood” was fabulous<\/em>! We also visited Toronto’s Botanical Gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TorontoGardens\"Here’s a pic of Yianni and I before heading out to meet Peter and Paula for dinner.<\/p>\n

\"YianniKitoula\"We were delighted by the casual atmosphere of 420 Smokehouse, its delicious food and the Cabbagetown neighborhood. \u00a0Cabbagetown, now very gentrified, was once one of Toronto’s\u00a0poorest neighborhoods, inhabited by many\u00a0Macedonian immigrants. Some say the area got its name then, when cabbage was a staple food of \u00a0its struggling working class and many grew it in their gardens.\"420SmokeHouseWe started our dinner with some delectable oysters.<\/p>\n

\"420We also enjoyed sharing\u00a0macaroni and cheese with\u00a0bacon topped with a warm baby spinach salad with walnuts.<\/p>\n

\"420I ordered the smoked chicken dinner with\u00a0aligot ( garlic & cheese mashed potatoes) and sauteed kale.<\/p>\n

\"420Yianni chose St Louis ribs glazed with\u00a0ale sauce with 420 Caesar salad.<\/p>\n

\"420<\/p>\n

Peter went for the St Louis ribs with\u00a0dry rub and a side of aligot.<\/p>\n

\"420Paula ordered the Southern Fried Chicken wings\u00a0& hot sauce with slaw.<\/p>\n

\"Peter\"Danforth\"It was so nice to meet fellow food bloggers Peter and Paula that I have known for years online and now know in real life! Internet FTW!\"Danforth\"Afterward we went to the Danforth Greektown neighborhood for dessert and coffee and a little window shopping. Here’s a shop that was proud of the Greek soccer team’s performance in the World Cup.\"StLawrenceMarket\"The next day we headed out to visit Toronto’s famous St. Lawrence Market<\/a>. National Geographic’s “No. 1 food market in the world” was overwhelming to say the least. Next stop… Theatre 20.\"Company\"What a wonderful show! I am so glad we got the chance to see it. The cast was full of extremely talented theatre actors.<\/p>\n

\"NiaTheatre20\"All in all a great weekend in Toronto. I recommend you dine at 420 Smokehouse when next you’re there and check to\u00a0see if you can catch\u00a0a show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yianni and I recently took a road trip to Toronto. On our itinerary was meeting food bloggers Peter Minaki and Paula Costa\u00a0at 420 Smokehouse for dinner, as well as seeing Nia Vardalos in Theatre 20’s production of Sondheim’s musical\u00a0Company. We stayed at Victoria’s Mansion, an adorable Inn & Guest House. Gloucester Street, Church Street and … Continue reading Kalofagas Toronto Weekend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[431,435,434,433,424,426,423,422,427,429,428,425,430,432],"yoast_head":"\nKalofagas Toronto Weekend - Kitoula's Greek Food Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our visit to Toronto includes meeting food bloggers Peter Minaki of Kalofagas and Paula Costa of Dragon's Kitchen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kitoula\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kitoula\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610affd2867fead5d767dc93895afcdf\"},\"headline\":\"Kalofagas Toronto Weekend\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-13T17:36:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-03T16:41:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/\"},\"wordCount\":382,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610affd2867fead5d767dc93895afcdf\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VictoriasMansion2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"420 Smokehouse\",\"Cabbagetown\",\"Danforth\",\"Danforth Greektown\",\"Dragon's Kitchen\",\"Greeks\",\"Kalofagas\",\"Nia Vardalos\",\"Sondheim's Company\",\"St Lawrence Market\",\"Theatre 20\",\"Toronto\",\"Toronto Botanical Gardens\",\"Victoria's Mansion\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reviews & Recommendations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/\",\"name\":\"Kalofagas Toronto Weekend - Kitoula's Greek Food Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VictoriasMansion2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-13T17:36:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-03T16:41:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Our visit to Toronto includes meeting food bloggers Peter Minaki of Kalofagas and Paula Costa of Dragon's Kitchen\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VictoriasMansion2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VictoriasMansion2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2014\/07\/kalofagas-toronto-weekend\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kalofagas Toronto Weekend\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/\",\"name\":\"Kitoula's Greek Food Journal\",\"description\":\"I'm Greek. 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