Introducing: Reds Midtown Tavern, the downtown power-restaurant’s sleek second location
Introducing: Reds Midtown Tavern, the downtown power-restaurant’s sleek second location
Name: Reds Midtown Tavern
Contact Info: 382 Yonge St. (in the Aura condo), 416-598-3535, redsmidtowntavern.com, @redswinetavern
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
Owner: Peter Fowler, the CEO of restaurant superpower SIR Corp, which also runs Bay Street hotspots Far Niente, Four and the original Reds Wine Tavern
Chef: Matt Robertson, the former sous chef at Canoe and TOCA
The Place: The space is a dead ringer for the Adelaide Street location, from the communal redwood tables and leather banquettes to the trio of chandeliers made from recycled wine bottles. One unique detail: an illuminated glass case displaying 27 antique Zippo lighters.
The Food: The same menu as the original Reds: casual burgers, sandwiches and wings, plus some less conventional options, like chili-spiked lobster guacamole and potato flatbread topped with chimichurri aioli.
The Drinks: The bar has 30 beers on tap, two-thirds of which are local craft brews, and an extensive wine list. The cocktail menu includes holdovers from the original Reds, like the maple-bacon Manhattan with bourbon-soaked cherries.
The Numbers:
• 7,000 pounds of poured concrete for the bar top
• 720 bottles of wine doubling as décor
• 78 storeys in the Aura condo tower
• 3 chandeliers fashioned out of wine bottles
• 2 shuffleboard tables
• 1 old-school cigarette machine
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- The entrance to Reds Midtown Tavern at the corner of Yonge and Gerrard
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- The restaurant, located in the bottom of the Aura condo tower, is 6,800 feet square
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- One of two shuffleboard tables
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- The chandeliers are identical to the ones at the original Reds location on Adelaide
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- The private dining room
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- The glass case holds a collection of 27 antique Zippo lighters
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- Charcuterie board with pickled vegetables, mustard and toast ($20)
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- Lobster guacamole with Guajillo chili ($18)
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- Sliders with cheese and dill pickles ($14.50)
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- Ceviche with Serrano chili and radishes, served with house-made tortilla chips ($11.75)
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- Potato flatbread with arugula, Parmesan, garlic, chimichurri aioli, roasted tomatoes and balsamic gastrique ($10.75)
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- Bacon cheeseburger ($15.25)
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- Buffalo-butter chicken wings with blue cheese dipping sauce ($13.25)
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- Carrot cake with molasses–cream cheese icing, candied pineapples, pecans, walnut meringue and edible flowers ($8)
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- Maple-bacon Manhattan with bourbon-soaked cherries and bacon bitters ($10)
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, 416-598-3535, redsmidtowntavern.com, @redswinetavern
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
Owner: Peter Fowler, the CEO of restaurant superpower SIR Corp, which also runs Bay Street hotspots Far Niente, Four and the original Reds Wine Tavern
Chef: Matt Robertson, the former sous chef at Canoe and TOCA
The Place: The space is a dead ringer for the Adelaide Street location, from the communal redwood tables and leather banquettes to the trio of chandeliers made from recycled wine bottles. One unique detail: an illuminated glass case displaying 27 antique Zippo lighters.
The Food: The same menu as the original Reds: casual burgers, sandwiches and wings, plus some less conventional options, like chili-spiked lobster guacamole and potato flatbread topped with chimichurri aioli.
The Drinks: The bar has 30 beers on tap, two-thirds of which are local craft brews, and an extensive wine list. The cocktail menu includes holdovers from the original Reds, like the maple-bacon Manhattan with bourbon-soaked cherries.
The Numbers:
• 7,000 pounds of poured concrete for the bar top
• 720 bottles of wine doubling as décor
• 78 storeys in the Aura condo tower
• 3 chandeliers fashioned out of wine bottles
• 2 shuffleboard tables
• 1 old-school cigarette machine
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Looks like a great place and I’m looking forward to trying it out but who in the hell came up with the name “Reds Midtown”? He or she needs a lesson in 21st-century Toronto geography! For God’s sake, who in their right mind would consider Yonge and Gerrard “midtown”? Maybe in the 1860s it could be considered midtown but holy crap the city extends north to Steeles nowadays and midtown is Yonge and Eglington. If anything, this is the “midtown of downtown”. I realize they probably want to differentiate themselves from the financial district location of “Reds” but then why not call it something like “Reds on Yonge” or “Reds at Aura”? At least come up with something slightly less ridiculous than using the term “midtown” for a location that is in the middle of downtown.
Power restaurant…
I was confused by that too
Since when is Gerrard and Yonge “midtown?