Office lunch catering in downtown Toronto - ideas?

[corktown11]

I am occasionally responsible for ordering our weekly office lunch (downtown Toronto, Yong/Bloor neighbourhood) and I am running out of good ideas. We have tried every pizza there is, subway sandwiches, Barburrito, Mr. Sub, Scaccia and Focaccia (on Hayden St.). I'm looking for other suggestions to "mix it up". I know there are Chowhounders out there that can help...please!

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Barburrito
238 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V1Z7, CA

Scaccia Restaurant
55 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M4W1A5, CA

[canmark]

The office that I work in (Financial District) gets a lot of catering from Rose Reisman: http://www.rosereismancatering.com/

[DonS23]

This may no longer be relevant, however, I can recommend a small catering company that we have used many times for office lunches. Terry's Comfort Catering. www.terryscomfortcatering.com email:[e-mail]

They will deliver for groups as small as six. Sandwiches blow away the competition. They primarily use local and organic ingredients. Great salads, soups. they will customize the menu and are reliable!

[corktown11]

Thanks Don!

[estufarian]

Sorry, missed this first time around (was away at the time).

Boccone (Yonge south of St Clair) has superb sandwich trays - not sure how far they deliver as I had it at St Clair & Yonge.

[kingsway]

Panera Bread will cater from Mississauga I believe. I am sure they will eventually be closer to the core

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Panera Bread
55 Square One Dr, Mississauga, ON L5B0E2, CA

[sharand]

I use Vert for lunches catered at our office - lots of compliments from some particular guests. Well presented, fresh, interesting selections. And then, if you want something different, Afghan Women's Catering is great value for authentic recipes - but you have to plan ahead a bit.

[Googs]

I can guarantee you haven't had EVERY pizza. Hey corktown, if you're really in Corktown you can spend your money in your home neighbourhood and have it delivered to your work neighbourhood. Try Fusilli. You'd have to arrange it in advance, but it's well worth it. Giuseppe makes my favourite pizza in the city. His sauces are testament to the elegance of simplicity.
http://fusilli.ca/contact-us.html

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Fusilli
531 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5A1V1, CA

[corktown11]

Interesting idea Googs...I've eaten at Fusilli but never had their pizza. Maybe I'll do a "test run" at home tonight :). Thanks for the recommendation.

[Googs]

corktown11, Fusilli's Margherita is a perfect example of sauce meets pizza. Let me know how that goes would you please?

[gttahaveit]

You've got to try Fabarnak, located near you at 519 Church St. http://www.facebook.com/fabarnak
Socially conscience, focus on locally produced food and amazing prices too!
Here's a review on Yelp: http://www.yelp.ca/biz/fabarnak-resta...

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Fabarnak
519 Church St, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C9, CA

[corktown11]

Thank you all - these are excellent suggestions! I knew Chowhound was the place to come :). I'm starting with Black Camel as it's only a few blocks north of us...will let you know how it goes!

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Black Camel
4 Crescent Rd, Toronto, ON M4W1S9, CA

[canadianbeaver]

I ordered from Shopsy's and everyone loved it. You could try Mykonos, for Greek.

You can also try these:
http://www.corporatecravings.com/downloads/CC_Menu_2011_Web.pdf
http://www.maximcatering.com/app/down...

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Mykonos Restaurant
572 Adelaide St N, London, ON N6B3J5, CA

[canadianbeaver]

Today we got catering for 16 from Corporate Cravings. We got a sandwich mix, pop and juices, and Quinoa Salad. Everyone was raving about it. The sandwiches were really good, too (one of mine was on a crossisant bun and had brie cheese, apple, and cranberry sauce). Friendly, on-time delivery, and good selection. And the quinoa salad was a refreshing take on a side salad, some people in my group had never tried/heard of quinoa and really loved it.

[corktown11]

Hi Canadian beaver - I realize you wrote this a long time ago but we're now using Corporate Cravings and they are fantastic!

[canadianbeaver]

So good to hear!! Thanks for the follow-up :-)

[justpete]

Caplankys will deliver; yuzu isn't far from you, and porchetta and co does sell their meat by the pound, beyond that, I'm not sure - but you can always pay a cab to deliver food for you - from anywhere.

[peppermint pate]

Black Camel. Call in advance to order either personalized combos for each person or a variety of mixed sandwiches with toppings on the side. Hop on the subway to Rosedale - or walk if you have the time - and voila.They have a steady bunch of regulars from the financial district that do this all the time.

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Black Camel
4 Crescent Rd, Toronto, ON M4W1S9, CA

[bytepusher]

You might try ordering from Tiffinday, I think you are inside their delivery area, depends on how your office mates would react to vegan Indian.

[cloudscape]

Free Times Cafe (320 College St, near Spadina) has pretty good food. I haven't tried their catering though.

If everyone's okay with sushi, you could try Sushi On Bloor (on Bloor, b/w Spadina and Bathurst). We ordered several large sushi party trays for parties and conferences in the past, and while I'm no sushi connoisseur, I thought it was pretty good. Everyone else thought it was tasty too, though I must warn you, we were all hungry university students.

Good luck on feeding your office!

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Sushi On Bloor
515 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S1Y4, CA

Free Times Cafe
320 College St, Toronto, ON M5T1S3, CA

[stargazercd]

Have you tried Sage Cafe - 166 McCaul Street?
My fav lunch spot and I heard good things about their catering service.