Looking for rustic restaurant in Collingwood area
I'm planning to go up to the Collingwood area to take in the change of seasons in the fall. Any recommendations for a good rustic meal?
Looking for quiet ambience, under $75/person without drinks. (Preferably under $50.)
Wish I could go to Eigensinn Farm, but that's not an option right now! (If they are even open to the public in the fall??)
Also, any good eats in general? Anything that cannot be found in the Toronto-area, that should not be missed? Last fall we stayed in the mountain homes, and mostly cooked for ourselves but ate out at Oliver & Bonacini. It was alright but nothing memorable. Most of the restos in the area look like tourist traps, so I'm counting on all you CHers out there for some good advice!
jinxed
Sep 03, 2007 06:24PM
Help me, hounds!
I'm still hoping to get some good recs for the Collingwood area. Is there *any* good food in the area? (within 30min drive from blue mountain resorts)
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Teds Range road diner in Meaford has to be seen to be believed not pretty but good food, the locals go for the prime rib because they served the Yorshire in a huge onion soup bowl.
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Thanks for the suggestion, legendrider!
The breakfast and dinner menus look pretty good...but is it worth the 90km drive from Blue Mountains? I'll be travelling from Toronto, so Meaford is way out of the way. Is the food worth it??? The prices are pretty good, especially for the game (caribou, venison, bison, elk, emu). Aside from the distance, it sounds like a good tip.
http://www.meaford.com/rrdiner_menu.html
http://maps.google.ca/maps?daddr=Gray...
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Actually if you are at Blue its only about 30 Km roughly half an hour, the food is excellent the last time I was there but the atmosphere is well interesting the owner has taken an old quansat hut and turned it into a resto, cement floors huge picnic tables and a fine dining / diner menu good home made food and trust me on the weekends the place is packed, well it is a hall but like i said has to be seen to be believed have rec'd it before and the people loved it just my two cents there are places closer but teds is a "trip"
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I think that a drive to Thornbury is definetly a good idea! There is a WONDERFUL bakery right across the street from Sisi on Main, and they make great food (can't remember the name). Yummy sausage rolls, great baked goods, chili, etc. For a light lunch or an afternoon snack, it is definetly worth it! We tried to go on the long weekend, but it was closed, so we drove around the corner and tried Piper's for breakfast. It was GREAT!!!! They had wonderful large pancakes, hot chocolate with whipped cream, good traditional breakfasts with lots of specials on a blackboard like montecristos and special omelettes.
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I would pass on the bakery (snooty service) and Piper's is okay at night when it is dark but it is really depressing in the daytime. My recommendation for breakfast is The Orchid - good breakfast, good service. I recommend the grilled cheese with back bacon sandwich. They are only open to 3pm though. If you want fine dining in Thornbury go to Largo. It has an amazine patio overlooking the Thornbury harbour and the food is OUTSTANDING. Their antipasto platter was so good I had to go back the next day to have it again. I would also recommend their bread pudding...
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Mill Cafe in Thornbury. Delicious. Young, somewhat disinterested service, but wonderful food and occupies an old mill building, gotta be at least 100 years old. That kinda qualifies as rustic.
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IF you don't mind kitschy, the Alphorn does traditional swiss foods, and the fondu is decent. Yeah, 70's flashback, but for what it is, the beer is tasty and the food is attentively prepared. This from a food snob.
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I stopped going to the Alphorn in the 70's...
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Simcoe County on Hurontario in Collingwood is the finest I've had in the area. Much better - more imaginative, more dedicated to local ingredients - than the Mill Cafe in Thornbury. I've never had a better seafood risotto, clearly made with chef's own fish broth.
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We totally enjoyed Tesoro - a funky little Italian place that's got a bit of a diner crossed with tratoria feel. It's in the main town but almost in a back lane location. Friendly service, casual ambience, reasonable prices. Small and fills up quickly.
18 School House Lane
Collingwood, ON L9Y 4H5
Phone: 705.444.9230
tesoro@bellnet.ca
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