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A sandwich with some of our favorite ingredients.

A homey dish made with seitan.

Okay I have two suggestions. 1. Ellas Restaurant on Pape right across from Pape subway station. Its not in Scarborough but not too far from it. Its a greek restaurant but they have a big banquet hall upstairs that would hold the...

Yup... chicken and pork. For example, Mister Greek on Danforth east of Pape has a special where if you buy 10 you get free tzatziki (not sure of the price of the souvlaki). I happen to like Ellas on Pape south of Danforth because...

Lots of Ontario lamb at the Greek butchers on and around the Danforth. Personally we like Ellas on Pape. This is the only lamb I’ve ever bought so I can’t compare it with others, but I can attest no cryovac or...

If you like Falafal (probably not spelled right) I like Far Hut in the Nasr Plaza on Lawrence just west of Warden on the north side. I’ve also been to Mediteranian Sun in a little plaza on Danforth rd just east of Danforth...

Doesn’t help the OP who is in the west end, but I will plug for Ellas on Pape south of Danforth. Definitely real butchering going on there, if you want it and they don’t already have it out they will go to the back...

. For breakfast, I’d recommend Ella's, Kate’s Breakfast and/or The Pork Store.

I grew up in Lawrence, which is near Trenton/Princeton/Ewing. People always said us (609) area code people were more PA than Jersey, so maybe that’s why all of this is foreign to me.