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The 5 hottest new restaurants in Toronto

Prime patio real estate on the roof is especially hard to snag and in the weeks approaching TIFF it's not going to get any easier. Want to dine on sushi inside? It's probably still best to plan ahead as the most highly coveted time slots are already filled up over the next couple weekends.

The Best Rooftop Patios in Toronto

The elegant rooftop terrace in the Financial District is endowed with an outdoor bar and boasts sweeping views of the city to the south and to the west. Cinq a sept cocktails and al fresco dining are the big draw.

Details of Union Station food pop-up revealed

Front Street Foods, the urban food market coming to Union Station this summer, has revealed more details about its eight week run at the newly christened Sir John A. MacDonald Plaza in front of the historic train station. Most notably, we now have a sense of the first vendors on board for the outdoor market.

NEW, HOT, DELICIOUS

When it comes to American-style seafood, the Chase Hospitality Group has spent the past couple of years perched at the top of the food chain - first, with its double-decker Chase restaurants in the financial district, then with the upscale Little Fin chippy next door.

Venue: Kasa Moto

Setting a new standard for Toronto’s hospitality is Kasa Moto, the new two storey contemporary Japanese restaurant brought to you by the Chase Hospitality Group.

Kasa Moto Review

Kasa Moto is a sprawling Japanese restaurant in Yorkville from the Chase Hospitality Group. Like itssister restaurants, 

Toronto’s Kasa Moto raises the bar for Japanese cuisine

If your favourite Japanese restaurant has bento boxes, that’s delightful for a Wednesday lunch. However, contemporary Japanese cuisine has raised the bar.

Introducing: Kasa Moto, the Chase empire’s swanky Japanese spot, in Yorkville

The Food: Contemporary Japanese dishes including a mix of izakaya and robata-grilled hot and cold small plates with some larger options, too (like a whole roasted bass).

Major Flake: a purist's list of the city's 10 most decadent croissants

At Colette, heritage red fife, plus a sprinkle of sesame and fennel seeds, gives the whole wheat croissant a nutty twang.

What Mom Really Wants to Get This Mother's Day

If there's one holiday to go all-out for, it definitely ought to be Mother's Day. Though no gift is quite worthy enough for the woman who brought each of us into this world, we've uncovered some items we think express how much we truly care for her.

The 360 Thompson Experience

With two restaurants, two bars, a nightclub, a rooftop pool and all of the amenities you can possibly want, you’ll never have to leave The Thompson Hotel.

Top 10 Lobster Dinners

Rewarding yourself for a recent accomplishment or celebrating an achievement should include treating yourself to a Lobster dinner!

Make This: Stuffed Bass

At The Chase, one of Toronto’s best power lunch sports, seafood is on the menu. Hell, seafood is the menu.

New Toronto Restaurants: May Edition

The latest in opulent dining from the Chase Hospitality Group (The Chase, 

The 10 most anticipated Toronto restaurant openings for spring 2015

The massive multi storey, contemporary Japanese restaurant from the Chase Hospitality Group is set to open at 115 Yorkville Ave.

Toronto's 9 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings for Spring 2015

The Chase group (which includes The Chase, The Chase Fish and Oyster, Little Fin and

9 Secret Weapons Behind Toronto's Top Restaurants

Munshaw is responsible for all cooks who work on the fish station — no small task at a seafood restaurant, and a real achievement for a young chef who’s been with The Chase for under a year. 

Best New Restaurants 2015: #15, Colette

The kitchen, overseen by The Chase’s Michael Steh, doesn’t screw around when it comes to towering soufflé, lobster vichyssoise and crispy frog legs

THE BEST ICE CREAM SANDWICHES IN TORONTO

Toronto’s Ice Cream Sandwich scene is one of the best and we want to make sure that everyone is fully aware of it. Enjoy our Top 10 Best Ice Cream Sandwiches around town

THE 10 BEST FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICHES IN TORONTO

Take a look at the Best Fried Chicken Sandwiches that Toronto has to offer these days.

Industry Leaders Unite with Common Goals at Pinnacle Awards

Sustainability and top-notch service were themes woven through the winners stories during Friday's Pinnacle Awards, where industry executives culminated at Toronto's Fairmont Royal York hotel on Friday to enjoy the "Oscars" of the hospitality industry.

Building An Empire

Toronto's Chase Hospitality Group is redefining hospitality, creating a unique experience with top-notch food and service.

25 New Restaurants to Try in Toronto

Even though the elegant rooftop seafood restaurant the Chase towers over its next-door sibling, this irreverent take-out joint isn't overshadowed by its predecessor. Little Fin serves up unexpected fare such as a maple-smoked salmon burger on a charcoal-black bun and lobster poutine.

The top 25 fish and chips in Toronto by neighbourhood

Little Fin is a seafood-centric fast food spin-off from the same folks as The Chase, the haddock (priced at $9) with crispy potato wedges and slaw is an excellent value.

Restaurant review: Colette Grand Café, Toronto

Pretend you're actually sitting at a cute café in Paris, thanks to Toronto's newest hotspot, Colette Grand Café.

Digital Journal - New Seafood Takeout Spot to Open in Downtown Toronto

Toronto foodies are about to get hooked on a new downtown seafood concept. The Chase Hospitality Group is proud to announce the opening of Little Fin, Toronto's latest source for flavorful, healthy cuisine. 

Toronto Life - The Chase Expands Again With Next-Door
Fish Shop Little Fin

Little Fin, which is set to open at 4 Temperance Street, plans to capitalize on a few current food trends, including the city's ongoing obsession with seafood. 

The Globe and Mail - The 10 Best New Restaurants in Toronto

Investor Michael Kimel and front-of-house whiz Steven Salm, 

built The Chase, their high-end, Montauk-by-way-of-Manhattan flagship,

from scratch. 

Tonic Toronto - The Chase: Financial District Finery

The Chase is a "special occasion" spot on the fifth floor of a renovated downtown building. It is sexy-formal, a true dining room with beautiful views of the office towers wispy with winter steam. 

Toronto Life - Scarpetta Is Closing At The Thompson Hotel So That The Chase Can Move In

Last year's biggest, splashiest restaurant duo, pescaterian penthouse The Chase

and its casual sister restaurant The Chase Fish and Oyster, are already

expanding - in characteristically grandiose fashion. 

BlogTO - Scarpetta Makes Way For The Chase At The
Thompson Hotel

In a press release sent out this morning, The Chase has announced that it'll be

taking over the Italian restaurant's space at the Thompson Hotel sometime this spring. 

The Grid - Closing Time: Scarpetta Closing, The Chase
Moving In

The Chase restaurant group announced today that it plans to open a French-inspired restaurant and cafe called Colette Grand Cafe and Bakery. 

Canadian Lodging News - Recent Openings, Sales and Renos

The Thompson Hotel and The Chase Hospitaliry Group have announced the

opening of Colette Grand Café and Bakery in Toronto's King West District. 

BlogTO - Best New Restaurants in Toronto 2013

Boasting a prime penthouse address with a killer rooftop patio, this elegant bistro in the Financial District will readily indulge champagne tastes. It's easy to be enamoured with the luxurious menu listing seafood platters, foie gras spiked vegetables and suckling pig

BlogTO - The 10 Most Expensive Restaurants In Toronto

If you venture a little east to Temperance Street, just west of Yonge, you find The Chase, one of the city's most notable places to open this past summer. 

KA Magazine City Guide - The Chase: Toronto

The Chase represents what Steven and Michael love to experience when dining - small plates with big flavors; entrees that are satisfying and adventurous, but healthy, and experiences that exude sociability and interaction with the staff. 

Re: Porter

It’s not only bankers and CEOs who are cheque-ing out this penthouse restaurant

in the financial district.

Toronto Life - Bay Street Ends The Year On a High Note

At The Chase, financiers sit down for expense-account lunches and party long

after the dinner dishes are cleared. 

Casino Marketing Group - The Chase - Toronto's Newest Hotspot

The city has arrived. There is no better example of this then The Chase. This hotspot has incredibly married opulence, exquisite dining, and atmosphere to create a truly memorable experience. 

The Globe and Mail - The Chase: Moneyed Toronto's Hottest Reservation Earns The 3-Star Buzz

In only two months, The Chase has become moneyed Toronto's hottest reservation. 

Glamour Magazine - Where To Eat In Toronto

The rooftop restaurant has just the right mix of good food and food company -

with a buzzing Toronto crowd enjoying the views from the drinks terrace. 

BlogTO - The Chase Fish & Oyster

Located on the ground level, The Chase Fish & Oyster's interior has subtle nautical vibe that conjures up a beach-side oyster bar. 

Toronto Life - Introducing: The Chase, A Swishy New Penthouse Restaurant In The Financial District

The brand-new Dineen building penthouse oozes casual elegance with white crown molding, crystal chandeliers, and fabrics designed by Ralph Lauren.

The Grid - The Chase and The Chase Fish and Oyster
Set To Open

Seafood restaurant The Chase Fish & Oyster and Canadian restaurant The Chase are now ready to open after a long overhaul of the historic Dineen Building at 10 Temperance St. 

Swallow Daily - Interview: Restaurateur Steve Salm

Toronto is a massive city. We have the best of everything, and the worst of everything. The Chase represents what we (Chef Michael Steh and I) believe in, and it always derives from quality.

The Globe and Mail - How Toronto's Financial District Is Getting Great Food

Michael Steh pointed to the many cranes and construction sites

surrounding the space that will soon become The Chase, his new

seafood restaurant in Toronto’s financial district.

Toronto Standard - New Restaurant The Chase Deploys Truck

Find the daily location of this truck by following #ChaseTheChase on Twitter. 

Good Food Revolution - The Chase Preview

The building, with it's multiple bars, patios, panoramic views and so on would be enough to attrach crowds, but Salm's acquisition of talent stacks the deck in a way that seems destined to put bums in the hundreds of seats offers by the sister restaurants. 

Toro Magazine - The Chase Fish and Oyster Food Truck

To promote the new restaurants, the Chase Fish and Oyster food truck is rolling 

across the city, handing out free samples right from the menu of executive chef 

Michael Steh. 

The Grid - Deals on Meals: Free Food From The Chase
Fish and Oyster

To promote The Chase and The Chase Fish & Oyster restaurants opening this summer in the historic Dineen Building, a mobile kitchen will be roaming the city for the next three weeks handing out free samples to future diners. 

Toronto Food Trucks - The Chase Food Truck Coming To a Street Corner Near You

A new food truck will be hitting Toronto's streets over the next few weeks serving

up free samples of lobster rolls, seafood chowder and other eats from the sea. 

The Grid - Niagara Street Café's Anton Potvin Now at
The Chase

Just over a year after closing the Niagara Street Café, Anton Potvin has confiremd he's joining soon-to-be-opened restaurants The Chase and The Chase Fish & Oyster as general manager. 

Canadian Restaurant News - The Chase Builds Up
On Yonge Street

Offering a teaser of what is to come at The Chase and The Chase Fish and Oyster, executive chef Michael Steh served up an apple, walnut, and lobster salad on a fresh-baked egg roll to hungry Torontonians from a food truck in June. 

Toronto Life - Best New Restaurants in Toronto

Chef Michael Steh has revived surf and turf in a big way with his expertly prepped platters of fresh seafood and prime cuts. The glitzy room on Temperance Street serves up expense account dining at its finest

Restaurant Review: Colette Grand Café

Hidden away from the bustling King West crowd is Colette Grand Café(beside the Thompson Hotel on Wellington St).  This Parisian-style café is like a mini retreat from Toronto as soon...

Toronto’s Colette Grand Café offers a relaxed atmosphere, excellent service and delicious food including shellfish mariniere and croissants from their bakery

“The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.”

Colette, the great writer and worshipper of cats, would have been comfortable sitting down at this eponymous restaurant. Colette Grand Café is truly a destination restaurant, it is worth travelling to Toronto just to dine here.

Jamie Sarner - The Chase

The elegant gold lighting fixtures, exposed yellow brick, and intricate ceiling mouldings make the atmosphere feel intimate and warm. The luxurious and

specially picked chairs are not the only high-end elements of décor - from the marble floors to the flowers to the vast wine coolers that are visible from every

part of the restaurant, everything is top-of-the-line. 

Notable - 5 Notable Pre/Post Event Cocktail Spots

If you venture a little east to Temperance Street, just west of Yonge,

you find The Chase, one of the city’s most notable places to open

this past summer. It offers a more mature feel than a place like

Weslodge but avoids being overly pretentious.