Posted by Sheryl Kirby in news and media, rag round-up on February 28, 2008 at 4:22 pm

What is with all these Best Of articles? Eye's got their annual reader poll results this week, and a full list of Best Ofs for various categories. And while there seems to be a category for "Best Hungarian", I can't see anything for Italian or Pizza. How odd. In the regular restaurant review section, Alan Vernon and Sean Keenan Kelly visit Eleven where the food is good, but the portions are small.

The numbers game continues at NOW Magazine where Steven Davey drops by One and finds it much improved from the reviews it got after its September opening in time for the film festival. Davey's also got a Fresh Dish column in which he reveals the supposed address of Donna Dooher's new restaurant. The address being bandied about is 85 Hanna Avenue, putting it across the street from the Academy of Spherical Arts (presumably between the LCBO and the fitness club), not across the Dominion parking lot as Davey suggests. But I've also heard some other addresses on Hanna Avenue mentioned in various reports, and the wackiness of the renamed streets in Liberty Village (part of Hanna Avenue is now called Snooker Street, and the Dominion is actually on Lynn Williams Street) still makes it a bit of a guessing game. Graham Duncan is building up his resistance for St. Paddy's Day with a bottle of Connemara Cask Strength Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey in his Drink Up column.

At Metro, Billy Munnelly is finishing his local wine round up and reveals his love for Ontario Baco Noir. Meanwhile, Rick McGinnis hops on the fondue train and tries a couple versions of the big pot o' cheese at Bier Markt. Marcy Cornblum adores the Tassimo hot beverage-making thing-a-ma-jigger, although it looks a little too Star Trek for me. Coffee shouldn't come from a push-button machine. And this week's foodie interview is Gilson Lubin, whose Grandma can outcook the world's top chefs.