Introducing: Red Sauce, the Italian-American snack bar that replaced Little Italy’s Acadia
Introducing: Red Sauce, the Italian-American snack bar that replaced Little Italy’s Acadia
Name: Red Sauce
Contact info: 50C Clinton Ave., 416-792-6002, redsaucetoronto.com, @RedSauceToronto
Neighbourhood: Little Italy
Owners: Acadia owners Lindsay and Scott Selland
The Food: The simple menu is stocked with Italian-American staples: hero sandwiches, miniature calzones and veal parmigiana rolls—all prepped by scratch with ingredients from local sellers like The Butcher Shoppe and Hooked. The restaurant’s dedicated clam bar serves raw, steamed and baked shellfish.
The Drinks: Beverage options include a tight wine list, a house ale from Ontario brewery Flying Monkeys and diner-inspired cocktails, like a caramelized-popcorn float. Fans of Acadia’s popular draught negronis will be glad to know the kegged cocktails survived the restaurant makeover.
The Place: Acadia’s slightly dreary interior has been transformed into a 1950s-style diner with worn wooden booths and teal-green wainscoting. By night, the space becomes a cozy cocktail bar.
The Numbers:
• 12 house cocktails
• 7 days a week until 2 a.m.
• 1 loyalty card program (20 per cent off on every fifth visit)
• 1 draught negroni
• 0 reservations
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- Red Sauce was inspired by Italian-American restaurants in New York and Chicago in the 1950s
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- Teal-green wainscoting and decorative diner menus make the space feel like a 1950s pizzeria
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- By day, the restaurant wecomes neighbourhood families; at night, it turns into a cocktail bar
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- Beverage options include wine, a house ale by <strong>Flying Monkeys</strong> and innovative cocktails, including some carryovers from Acadia
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- Popcorn Float: aged rum, caramelized-popcorn ice cream and coke ($9)
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- Negronis are available on tap for $6
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- Negronis are available on tap for $6
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- Muffuletta sandwiches come stuffed with salami, capicola, mortadella, Berkshire ham, provolone and homemade giardiniera, an Italian-American pickled vegetable relish ($8/half; $14/full)
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- In the Knuckle Sandwich, a terrine made out of pork knuckle and ham hock is crusted with panko, deep-fried and served on a Kaiser roll with broccoli rabe, grainy mustard and marinara sauce ($9)
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- Panko-crusted pork knuckle and ham hock terrine on a Kaiser roll with broccoli rabe, grainy mustard and marinara sauce ($9)
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- Sweet-and-sour chicken wings ($9)
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- Pepper-stuffed calamari with marinara sauce ($14)
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- House ginger beer, root beer, tonic and grapefruit soda are kegged and bottled on-site ($4)
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- Amaretto Sour: amaretto, bourbon, egg white and Angostura bitters ($9)
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- Drawing supplies are provided to occupy kids
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Name: Red Sauce
Contact info: 50C Clinton Ave., 416-792-6002, redsaucetoronto.com, @RedSauceToronto
Neighbourhood: Little Italy
Owners: Acadia owners Lindsay and Scott Selland
The Food: The simple menu is stocked with Italian-American staples: hero sandwiches, miniature calzones and veal parmigiana rolls—all prepped by scratch with ingredients from local sellers like The Butcher Shoppe and Hooked. The restaurant’s dedicated clam bar serves raw, steamed and baked shellfish.
The Drinks: Beverage options include a tight wine list, a house ale from Ontario brewery Flying Monkeys and diner-inspired cocktails, like a caramelized-popcorn float. Fans of Acadia’s popular draught negronis will be glad to know the kegged cocktails survived the restaurant makeover.
The Place: Acadia’s slightly dreary interior has been transformed into a 1950s-style diner with worn wooden booths and teal-green wainscoting. By night, the space becomes a cozy cocktail bar.
The Numbers:
• 12 house cocktails
• 7 days a week until 2 a.m.
• 1 loyalty card program (20 per cent off on every fifth visit)
• 1 draught negroni
• 0 reservations
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Total ripoff of Parm in NYC…but hopefully it’s good!