News flash! Dining is fun again. Not a lot was invested in the decor of this two-room (plus terrace) storefront -- wooden tables, some geometric patterns painted on the walls -- but once the inventive food starts coming, you won't even notice or care. The chefs' new take on gazpacho one night, for instance, consisted of milk, almonds, and cut green grapes served in a tumbler -- not a tomato in... more

Black Cat Café

www.blackcatcafe.ca My first taste of chef Trish Donaldson's food at the Black Cat Café came as a trio of freebies: a slice of her wonderful "angry bread" (reddened with chillies and paprika); a dish of her spicy orange-infused olives; and a buttery nugget of monkfish, dredged in Indian spices on a perky, sandy Bolognese with dill and saffron oil in green dribs and orange drabs on the plate.... more