Flavour of the Month: Toronto’s 10 best meatballs
Flavour of the Month: Toronto’s 10 best meatballs
By Matthew Hague |
By Matthew Hague |
By Matthew Hague | Photographs by Christopher Stevenson | Styling by Linsey Bell
Toronto chefs are making meatballs in every variation known to humankind. Here, 10 spectacular, sloppy spheres.
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I don’t understand the exemption of Hey Meatball!, which probably inspired the article. Was it prepared with the sole intention of excluding Rodney Bowers?
do you know if any of these are made without eggs and flour?
Bar Hop on King has deep fried meatballs on a stick, just saying.
I know the agorophiles at TL won’t venture to less population-dense areas north of Bloor, but Picea 997 has 2 ginormous meatballs as an $8 appetizer that could easily suffice as a main course. Haven’t tried the rest but I’d be willing to wager these are the best.
Wow…three people to put this article together? Nice work.
I agree, I think HEY MEATBALL should definitely be on this list.
Ditto on the Picea meatball.
Yum – i want one now.
Shh, you let the secret out. Now everyone’s going to head to Picea 997.
I too marvel at the exclusion of Hey Meatball–so, so good.
Maybe they wanted to include more innovative meatballs than beef with tomato sauce (Hey)
What is lame about this is Toronto Restaurants never do their own thing. jump on the meatball band-wagon. zzzzzzzzzz
What about the gigantic meatball at Gio Rana’s Really Really Nice Restaurant in Leslieville? AKA the Big Nose
I agree! The Nose has some yummy balls! mmmm Scotty’s meatballzzzz….drooolllll….:)
The Veal Meatballs at 7 Numbers (Eglinton and Chaplain) are out-of-this-world good. My favourite for sure.
how is it possible that “Hey Meatball” was not even mentioned?
Come on, Hey Meatball may have started this meatball craze, however they were underwhelming….and not impressive to the restaurants listed above. They need to rethink their recipe and presentation.
I would argue that if you are so inept in the kitchen that you are willing to go out and pay for meatballs you should probably excuse yourself from the foodie table. What’s next? A list of Toronto’s best restos that serve only pasta with butter and parm? C’mon folks get out there and try stuff you can’t friggin’ make easily at home. I’m not saying Uni cappuccino is the way to go either ( trust me) but there is good honest interesting food out there that people keep forgetting about cause it’s not cool in NYC or on King St; wherever.