636927 Wed Jul 15 16:19:42 -0700 2009 13 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 4862169 Anything worth checking out in my area. Not crazy about going downtown or too far out. All input is appreciated. Wed Jul 15 16:19:42 -0700 2009 1093967 zeva 1 4862217 Not sure if Yonge/Lawrence counts as North York, but another Milagro just opened near there. Wed Jul 15 16:41:35 -0700 2009 4862169 271658 morefoodplz 2 4862358 I second Milagro. Wed Jul 15 17:34:49 -0700 2009 4862217 12124 TorontoJo 2 4863400 Looks like Yonge and Lawrence is still North Yourk, even though I see the NY boundaries have changed and ward 7, which was once in NY is now a part of Etobicoke. http://www.toronto.ca/committees/community_councils.htm Thu Jul 16 06:00:13 -0700 2009 4862217 41175 foodyDudey 1 4862647 Milagro has sort of a cantina feel, with casual apps and more formal mains. No complaints whatsoever about the food. Nice effort on the drinks. Slightly more formal and quieter is Frida, on Eglinton west of Avenue Road. Similar priced apps, slightly more expensive mains, quality and authenticity are up there on the same level with Milagro, which is high. Chimichanga, on Yonge just north of Eglinton, is more of a bar feel, with dark walls and clubby music. The food is fresh, but more casual, tacos, burritos, and guacamole made table side to order. Wed Jul 15 19:33:29 -0700 2009 4862169 80671 Snarf 1 4862648 Zeva, maybe too far out is La Taquiza in the outer stores at Vaughn Mills, take a day, visit the plaza too ( yeh or ugh, a plaza ). There are surprising things, a limited menu, order thicker than normal tortilla chips, a salsa bar with about 5 or 6 salsas and limes and onion and jalapeno to place on your plate, and a hot habenero sauce to ask for not at the salsa bar. I think of the commercial " It's Worth The Drive To " La Taquiza!! So many complaints about the Mexican restaurants not being Mexican, go here!!!! We watched for the opening for well over a year as Hector brought from Mexico and decorated the restaurant himself, thought it was to never open, he did it all and took time, and his Mexican mother is in the kitchen. If possible, make it an outing for a day and tour around, so much to do and see from concrete to forest!!! If you never make it to La Taquiza, I think us 905ers invade the sacred TO area much more often than Downtowners and outer Torontonians who fear to be without cement exposure, exhaust fumes and a need for salad, but not nature's greenery! Wed Jul 15 19:34:09 -0700 2009 4862169 13563 Jar 2 4863337 oooo sounds interesting... do they serve Menudo at la taquiza? do you have a menu for them anywhere? Thu Jul 16 05:38:23 -0700 2009 4862648 223856 Pigurd 2 4867118 La Taquiza sounds great. I'll try it. Vaughan Mills is quite near me and I've been to a couple of restaurants around the area but I haven't seen this one. I guess I wasn't looking. Fri Jul 17 08:16:26 -0700 2009 4862648 1093967 zeva 3 4880184 La Taquiza is in the separate mall stores, best I can describe it is east of Jane, on a corner south/east ending south strip at a connecting road. Wed Jul 22 07:00:10 -0700 2009 4867118 13563 Jar 4 4880191 do you know if there is a menu anywhere for this place? i looked online and what appears to be their website doesn't go anywhere when "enter" is clicked... Wed Jul 22 07:03:00 -0700 2009 4880184 21259 auberginegal 5 4885656 Hi Auber -- well, doubt there is a website as they took a year while Hector brought everything from Mexico, built it himself and his Mexican mother is in the kitchen. Menu is very limited, but food is great --- check threads and find the mini salsa bar, the unusually wonderful thick tortilla chips, the many Spanish customers, etc. The best I can say is, talk to them, so very helpful, , , I was planning to go this week at lunch, missed, maybe next week I'm hoping! Thu Jul 23 18:24:11 -0700 2009 4880191 13563 Jar 1 4867122 Thanks everyone for your input. I'm new to the board but I can see already I'm gonna get great results from picking everyone else's expertise. Fri Jul 17 08:17:14 -0700 2009 4862169 1093967 zeva 1 4879296 okay I never remeber the name of the place but it is next to highway 61(on bayview near eglington) The mexican place is never busy but I enjoyed the food the two times I have been and is not to expensive (one day I will remember to write down the name) Tue Jul 21 20:02:29 -0700 2009 4862169 267366 bsv 1 4886799 I've had good experience at La Mexicana on Bathurst & Wilson. Very casual. Perhaps a little on the dingy side, but the food is very good. lunchboy http://nofreelunchonbayst.blogspot.com/ Fri Jul 24 07:38:18 -0700 2009 4862169 1095840 lunchboy