Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger, Bedford Bronze Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Oreos and milk: the perfect romance—and Darrell’s just introduced their love child, the Oreo milkshake. This south end burger joint is not only known for its peanut butter burg and delicious Darrell fries, it also excels at the classic diner […]
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Best Burger
Gold Winner Ace Burger Company Silver Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Bronze Winner Darrell’s Peanut Butter Burger The year’s most interesting category saw burger-loving voters divided between more choices then ever. After years of Brooklyn Warehouse playing second fiddle to the unstoppable Darrell’s, its powerhouse little sister Ace has finally dethroned the Peanut […]
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Best Fries
Gold Winner Ace Burger Company Silver Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Bronze Winner Darrell’s Restaurant There’s a lot more to making the perfect fry than meets the eye—they can’t be too big or too small, they have to have the perfect texture of crispiness on the outside and softness on the inside and, […]
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Best Milkshake
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger, Bedford Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Darrell’s milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard. Actually, they bring all the readers to the poll, knocking out the competition’s thick and delicious concoctions year after year. Owner Dan Joseph’s favourite blend is Peanut Butter Chocolate (us […]
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Best Server
Gold Winner Shannon Carrigan, Finbar’s Irish Pub Silver Winner Alexa Atkins, Fid Resto Bronze Winner Kim Larkin, Darrell’s Restaurant Something about Finbar’s keeps people coming back and it might have something to do with its servers, who’ve been snagging the title for Best Server for the past few years. Twenty-four-year-old Shannon Carrigan, who’s worked at […]
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Best Burger
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Peanut Butter Burger Silver Winner Brooklyn Warehouse’s Brooklyn Burger Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie With the Brooklyn Burger nipping at their heels, Darrell’s has reeled in Best Burger once again. “Our burger has just taken a monumental leap,” says owner and chef Dan Joseph. In March, Darrell’s switched […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner Darrell’s Restaurant It’s hard to describe the unique atmosphere found at The Armview. Upscale? Yes, but also unpretentious. Retro? Certainly, but with a casual modernity that suggests it’s not trying to replicate a classic diner experience, but update it with the […]
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Best Milkshake
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Rich, quality ingredients make Darrell’s milkshakes the best. Best of Food readers haven’t stopped voting for Darrell’s yet, and why would they? These milkshakes come in classic strawberry, chocolate and vanilla, as well as popular chocolate peanut butter and Creamsicle […]
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Best Sandwich
Gold Winner Pete’s Frootique Silver Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Bronze Winner Indochine Banh Mi Pete’s ToGoGo is an eat-in or take-away eatery perfect for people on the go (go). You can choose from a delicious selection of hot, roasted meat sandwiches, classic deli selections or veggie toppings. New this spring is the Gluten-Free Eatery & CoffeeBar, […]
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Darrell’s gets a reno, plans anniversary
Restaurateur Dan Joseph has let The Feed know that his place, Darrell’s Restaurant (5576 Fenwick Street, 492-2344) is planning to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. (It opened in June of 1992, Joseph bought it in June 1997). Part of the celebration also involves renovation: Expect Darrell’s to be closed February 20 for three to […]
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Best Milkshake
Darrell’s much-adored shakes come in the expected flavours: chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. But have you ever had a creamsicle shake? They have that. How about cranberry. No really, cranberry! And if you’re in Darrell’s for the peanut butter burger, you might want to complement it with a chocolate-peanut butter milkshake. It is good. Coast readers […]
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Best Burger
Though Darrell’s has owned this category for many years, it’s a competitive one. Brooklyn’s big burger is hot on the heels of the peanut butter king, but has yet to topple him. Yes, we use the masculine when discussing the peanut butter burger—if burgers had genders, this one would certainly be a guy. This is […]
