Toronto based chef Rob Gentile  

Breakfast

For me, breakfast is really a stay-at-home thing, so if I’m going out, it’s for brunch. Jesse Vallins, the chef at The Saint Tavern, has an incredible brunch menu. The ham steak with grits and red-eye gravy is my go-to.

Coffee Stop

Bar Buca, hands down. I’m in and out of meetings all day long, and our office is a couple of doors down, so for me there’s no better place to stop in, grab an espresso, and get ready for whatever’s next.

An artistic dish at Boraliato

Authentic Canadian

Authentic local cuisine is both pretty amazing and abundant here; we’re a city full of little pockets of different cultures. If we’re talking Canadiana, Boralia is what comes to mind. They do classic Canadian, recipes-from-the-1700s authentic, and they do it well. Always a great experience and the service is impeccable.

A dish from chef Rob Gentile's acclaimed restaurant Actinolite

Lunch

This isn’t my everyday spot, but I love a good burger, so it has to be The Burger’s Priest. They’ve got a really simple formula but the quality is impeccable. There’s a bit of a cult following for the “secret menu”; I go for their epic double-stacked burger,

Dinner

I have to say, I really love Indian cuisine, and Banjara on Bloor is my favourite in the west end, and Lahore Tikka House in the east for Pakistani. Two of the city’s best.

Intricate interiors adorn Bar Raval in Toronto

Night Moves

This is a hard one. The bar and cocktail scene here has really started evolving rapidly over the past couple years. Bar Raval is my favourite new pintxos bar – and arguably the city’s best – and Robin’s cocktails are always on point.