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Porticello

Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 370 Queens Quay W. (at Lower Spadina Ave.) • View on map »
  • 416-598-2572
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The outdoor patio overlooking a harbour inlet is charming on a warm summer night. Inside, the feel is equally cheerful, with orange walls, outsized statuary and plants, and a radio playing behind the wooden bar. The small menu of Italian standards and the equally truncated Italian wine list are dishearteningly unadventurous, but the affable owner can be trusted to find a more interesting bottle and to recommend whatever is freshest and best from the kitchen. ...

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