Restaurants
Pastissima
Hidden among the trendy and big chain clothing stores at Y&E is Pastissima, a small Italian boutique serving up some of the best pasta, paninis and Italian sandwiches north of the city's core.
With prices like $5 for a homemade meatball sandwich or $6 for a spicy 3-meat paninis with provolone cheese, you can't go wrong. They also have frozen tortellinis, soups, sauces and several other additional pasta dishes to choose from.
During my visit to this little shop, I actually get a large frozen lasagna ($16). A huge tray that I popped into my oven - ready in an hour. Trust me when I say that I very rarely eat frozen food - but Pastissima serves up some great ones.
The lasagna, cooked just over an hour has alternating layers of fresh pasta, ricotta and spinach with a traditional meat tomato sauce and covered with mozzarella cheese. It certainly was yummy and more than enough for 2 people.
Pastissima also have several vegetarian options and cooking products for sale. I made sure to grab some Parmesan cheese, to top my slice of the pie.
PS. They also deliver 7 days a week between 5-9 pm around the neighbourhood.
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That said, I will have to check this place out now. :)
That being said, many thanks for the recommendation. The lasagna looks scrumptious. What veg options do they have?
I hate to do this, but does that make Broadview 'east of the city'?
re: north of the city...I live in the area, and it feels like it to me. I guess not for others...
They are building a 60 storey condo at Eglinton. The 15-20 storey Canadian tire building is across the street, the Yonge-Eglinton centre is 30 and 20 storeys... All the buildings along Eglinton are 15-20ish, with taller ones (to about 30 storeys) set back a block South. Even the buildings across from the park at Lawrence are 15-ish. So if height is really a consideration, I don't think "north of the city" is a good description. WTF do you do with North York's 'downtown'?
If you want to say Y&E is north of *downtown*, fine, but city goes too far. We're not talking about the capital-C City of London here. That's like saying everything across False Creek in Vancouver is 'south of the city' because it isn't in the geographically-defined downtown. Is Brooklyn 'east of the city'? Come on.
Yonge & Eglinton is as far from City Hall as High Park is. Is High Park "west of the city"? Perhaps to some. It's outside the core, for sure.
Yonge & Eglinton is as far from City Hall as Danforth & Greenwood is. Is Greenwood "east of the city"? Maybe.
It's all relative I guess :)
jokes ;)
(I currently live in Etobicoke) :)
An eerie feeling is dawning on me. Could it be that these great Toronto-oriented sites are populated by suburbanites. Oh goy. Call me a jaded downtowner if i feel closer to our homeless.