Zuccarini’s pizzas, however, are an altogether different kettle of calamari. Moroccan-spiced chicken ($17.95) gets sided with spinach, smoked paprika-dusted spuds and optional spring asparagus ($6.95), while Spaghetti Chitarra alle Vongole ($14.95) tossed with a dozen manila clams might as well be summer on a plate. Another salad of wilted kale with currants and pine nuts in lemony vinaigrette (Cavolo Nero, $11.95) seems like a half-portion by comparison. Pair it with chef Daniel Mezzolo’s stellar wood-grilled octopus ($13.50) over crisp haricot vert in a pool of citrusy basil vinaigrette mined with black olive tapenade and go home a happy camper.Ī veritable Vesuvius of arugula comes dressed with roasted plum tomatoes, sliced avocado and a good 6 ounces of medium-rare flank (Tagliata di Manzo, $15.95), more main than starter. And loud! The tall-ceilinged room’s been purposefully built to have a buzz, all exposed concrete block and artfully rusted steel surfaces.īut service is quick, and soon we’re laying waste to a brown paper bag of house-baked baguette and a saucer of buttery olive oil splashed with tart balsamic vinegar. By half past, there isn’t an empty seat in the house.
Not that the industrial Munge Leung-designed space isn’t seriously slammed. There’s no queue at Thursday noon, but there will be by the time we make our exit 90 minutes later. “We have lineups at 1 am Saturday nights,” says Zuccarini. ‘Course it helps to be within spitting distance of the Spoke Club. Instead, the 125-seat former chop shop has been wall-to-wall glitterati from the get-go. She figured the new joint would take at least a couple of months to catch on. Zuccarini’s plan was to launch a downtown spinoff of her Yorkville pasta ‘n’ pizza spot, Trattoria Nervosa. “We’ve been packed since the moment we peeled the paper off the front window,” says the self-described “smart cookie.” “I’m still in shock!” No one’s more surprised than the two-month-old resto’s owner, Janet Zuccarini. Your days as Toronto’s most unattainable table are over, usurped by Gusto 101, the nuova Italian trat just off the King West condo strip. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement.
Reservations noon and 6 pm seatings only. Open Monday to Friday 11:30 am to close Saturday and Sunday 11 am to close, brunch till 3 pm. The problem for universities-and the students and faculty who are part of those communities-is whether one person’s gender dysphoria, sexual preference, or attitudes about gender and sexuality in general can, or should, compel others to not only agree with a biologically impossible reality, but to treat the transgender person with special deference or be punished for not admitting belief in something that is counterfactual, against religious beliefs, or transparently false.GUSTO 101 (101 Portland, at Adelaide West, 41, ) Complete dinners for $40 per person (lunches/brunches $30) including tax, tip and a glass of house vino. The real question is not whether or not individuals who identify as belonging to the opposite gender from which they were born are correct in identifying as such. In fact, the 701-page Biden Title IX regulations “Clarify the Department’s view of the scope of Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination, including related to a hostile environment under the recipient’s education program or activity, as well as discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
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