What’s on the menu at Fabbrica’s new grab-and-go location in the PATH
Name: Fabbrica
Contact: TD Centre, Concourse Level, 66 Wellington St. W.., 416-214-0320, fabbrica.mcewangroup.ca
Neighbourhood: Financial District
Owners: Mark McEwan
Chefs: Head chef Justin Graham (One), Brooke McDougall (Bymark) and Drew Ellerby (One, Bymark)
The food
Hot and cold dishes from all over the Italian boot, everything from Roman pizza to Tuscan bruschetta and Sicilian arancini. There are always at least a dozen dishes on the hot table including meatballs, chicken cacciatore and gnocchi bolognese, all sold by weight, in addition to sandwiches and a 26-item antipasto bar.
The drinks
There are all the usual soft drinks on offer, along with some harder-to-find Italian pops like Lemoncoco and Limonata.
The space
The 2,900-square-foot space is jam-packed with food. There’s a take-out counter, an antipasti bar, a hot table and fridges packed with grab-and-go dishes, sauces and charcuterie board staples. And in the nooks, where there wasn’t room to stuff a fridge, there are shelves stocked with imported Italian goods like dried pasta, oils and balsamic vinegars.
Caroline Aksich, a National Magazine Award recipient, is an ex-Montrealer who writes about Toronto’s ever-evolving food scene, real estate and culture for Toronto Life, Fodor’s, Designlines, Canadian Business, Glory Media and Post City. Her work ranges from features on octopus-hunting in the Adriatic to celebrity profiles.
