Posted by Sheryl Kirby in hotel, lounge, restaurant profile on May 20, 2008 at 7:56 am

SkyLounge
Intercontinental Toronto Yorkville
220 Bloor Street West
416-960-5200

With a name like SkyLounge, I arrived at the Intercontinental Hotel expecting an elevator ride to a rooftop patio. Instead the SkyLounge is a more like a secret garden tucked behind the hotel’s Proof vodka bar (which was a tearoom the last time I was here some 8 years ago, and goes to show how times have changed).

While the space has been open for four years now, offering a Mediterranean-inspired tapas-style menu created by Chef Joe Rabba, this month marks the beginning of Grill Thursdays, a weekly event that runs from 6 to 10pm. The evening finds Rabba and his staff manning a massive barbeque right on the patio where guests can enjoy treats such as wild boar burgers, rosemary skewered lamb chops and Peppercorn crusted grilled pineapple spears.