Which restaurants do you visit most frequently?

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Anyone who has been following the top 10 now knows which restaurants are the favourites amongst the 39 people who responded to the top 10 thread.
 
I visited most of my top 8 restaurants only once or twice over the past 18 months.

Which restaurants have you visited the most frequently over the past 18 months? 

No need to mention food court/fast food/coffee chains, but I'd be interested to see which restaurants Hounds visited more than 3 times in the past 18 months. I'm usually focused on trying new restaurants, rather than returning to old favourites frequently, so there are relatively few restaurants that I visited more than 3 times over a span of 18 months.

Over the past 18 months, here are my most frequented restaurants in TO:
Khao San Road- visited 4 times
Nota Bene- visited 4 times
Frank- visited 4 times
Detroit Eatery- visited 5 times
The Fry Basket- visited >6 times

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I like trying new restaurants, so I wouldn't really say I frequent many. In the last 18 months, the restaurants I've dined at multiple times would only include:

Ravi's Soup
Taboule
Rodney's Oyster House

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Quince
Splendido
Rodney's by Bay

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Roughly:

* Yuzu - 50+
Trimurti - 50+
Beer Bistro - 11
Paldo Gangsan - 8
* Enoteca Sociale - 8
Ajuker - 8
Nota Bene - 7
Phoenix - 7
* Porchetta & Co - 6 
* Splendido - 6
* Mot Na Son - 5
* The Black Hoof - 5
* Very Fair - 3

Starred items are part of my top 10. Looking back on it, I feel like I should have included Trimurti (sort of) and Nota Bene on my list! Ah well.

Edit: I have a ton more at 3-times, but am too lazy to list. It'd be a lot. I do think I got all the 5+ ones though.

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I like the way these different threads make you reflect on your eating habits. Upping the threshold number of visits to 5 over the past 18 months, I think my list would look like this:

Khao San Road
Woodlot
Enoteca Sociale
Beast
Rol San
Dynasty
Terroni
Black Camel
Guu
Pizzeria Libretto
Mezes
Lola's Kitchen
Aroma
Torito
Copper Chimney
Boulevard Cafe
Kenzo
Swatow
Tabule (those these days, it's more takeout)

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Over the past 12 months
sukho thai (order in at least twice a month)
Katmandu (take out at least twice a month)
Khao san road ( over 10 times)
Guu (atleast 10 times)
foxley (atleast 4 times)
wow sushi (5 times)
burgers priest
school (brunch 4+)
Daio sushi (4+)
bonjour brioche
Many of these are due to proximity/ convenience
osteria e cicerie (3+)
la bettola (3+)
bannoch (4+)

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Dynasty
The Rebel House
Osteria e cicerie
Allen's
5 doors North
Quanto Basta
Origin
Four
O & B
Rodneys by Bay
Beer bistro

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Take out:

Sultan Shawarma and Falafel,
Danforth Roti,
quattro4ragazze
Fresh Ginger

Eat In

Lola Sushi
QMP
Green Dragon
Yangs
Morgans

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Le Select - 5+
Beast - 4
Country General - 4
Khao San Road - 4
Cava - 3
Torito - 5
Guu - 5+


And at least two visits to each of my fav higher end places - George, Ici Bistro, Splendido, Jacobs & Co.

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Hm, my most frequented is a mix between my top list and places that are nearby/cheap. 

Khao San Road
Woodlot
Beast
To-ne Sushi
Guu (Bloor)
Asian Legend

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In the last 18 months:

Bloor St. Diner - 17 times (all Sunday Bruch)
Marben - 14 times
Mt. Everest - 12 times
Guu -4 times

It's a short list, as I only eat out on weekends andnew places take precedence most of the time.

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Lately the only restaurant that I visit on a weekly basis other than the hot dog stand in front of 315 Front Street is Sangs Great Seafood Restaurant on Spadina north of dundas. Two lobsters HK style on a weekly basis. Yummy

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What a great thread.

Although I am guessing proximity to work/living dictates most of the posts, some of the recurrent restaurants on this list signals prices good price point for the food and experience.

My own:
-Alimento >10
-Parkette >5
-Beer Bistro >5
-Union >5
-Oyster Boy >5
-Rodney's >5
-Weslodge >5
-Sadies for brunch (too many to count)

The more 'high end' selections:
-Enoteca Sociale >3
-Bymark >3

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I actually keep a restaurant list on my phone.

This year I've been to:

Acadia
Edulis
Hopgoods
Jabistro
Chantecler
Cava
County General
Actinolite
Black Hoof
Momofuku Daisho
Feasting Room
Nota Bene
Guu
Torito
Woodlot

This year I've also been to, and I don't think I'll return soon:

Ici bistro
Hapa izakaya
Enoteca Sociale
Local kitchen
Ursa
Keriwa Cafe

Not many places I've been to more than twice, I'm not counting Chinatown, or lunches, or ramen places. I do find it difficult to go to the same place even within a year, I'm also looking for new things.

I will share a trick my aunt taught me though. If you like restaurant, and you want them to recognize you but you don't want to go too frequently. GO THERE THREE DAYS IN A ROW! That way you can not go for a year and they'd still recognize you and give you good service, I've never done it, always wanted to try.

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I only wish we could get to our favourite restaurants as often as some people seem to be able to. I envy your schedules! We can't even keep up to covering all the places we'd like to try once.

I haven't kept exact tallies, but if we are talking 5+ visits in the past 18 months, here are the ones I can think of:

George
Queen Margherita
Lee Garden
Swatow
Pizza Pide
Nota Bene
Hanoi 3 Seasons
Dukem
Bannock
Bonjour Brioche

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What an incredible selection. For us would be:

Pulcinella (anyone who hasn't ventured to Etobicoke for this gem doesn't know what they're missing) 25+
Splendido 10+ awesome wine list if you have a sense of adventure and Mik is a genius of a sommelier
Mercatto - great pizza 5+
George 5+
Colborne Lane 4 (must say, used to be my 'go to' resto when i wanted to take someone for a mind blowing meal - won't be back until they figure out what they want to be - way too much money to spend on 'meh' food)
Nota Bene 7+ always dependable
Lucien 3+ sadly (and imo unfairly) has fallen off the radar
Via Allegro 5 - it's impossible to go wrong (if you have the budget)
Sushi Kaji 2, not for want of trying. Best Japanese food since living in Tokyo

I'm hungry.

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Interesting to read through and see where everyone's going! 

Here are my top restos that make the 10+ visits list:

- Earth
- Mercatto 
- Japango 
- Harlem 
- Big Daddy's (for voodoo hour oysters)
- Hair of the Dog (brunch)
- Trimurti 
- 5 Doors North 
- Barbarians

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Pastis, The Regency (Indian Food), Buo Thai, Stockyards, Corner House, Pasta Bar.
Cantine is my 'usual' and frequent lunch (not dinner) place with friends.. it's in my neighbourhood so it's close, comfortable and convenient.

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My most frequented restaurants have changed considerably over the last year. 

Now, my most frequented restaurant is probably Pizzeria Libretto Danforth. I can't think of any other restaurant I've visited more than 3 times over the past year. The only restaurants I can remember visiting twice over the last 12 months are Kalyvia, Burger's Priest, Yang's, Holy Chuck and Stockyards.

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I'm out in Whitby, so there is a limited selection but I drive to Brooklyn, and visit Baldwin Street Burger maybe 2-3 times in a week. They do a feature every day, which could be a new burger, or some other dish. There always on point.

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In 2012, my most visited restos:

Pizza Libretto Danforth
Ceili Cottage 
Keriwa Cafe 
The Gabardine
The Queen and Beaver
Luma
Woodlot 
Harbord Room
Tabule
Sushi Supreme

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Table 17
Paulette's Fried Chicken
Shore Club

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We don't keep "records" of where we go but I'm sure we've been to all of these ones more than 5 times:

Woodlot - 10+
Utopia - 5+
Marben - 5+
Buca - 5
Enoteca Sociale - 5
Tati - 5
The Harbord Room - 5
Splendido - 5
Le Select - 5
Grapefruit Moon (Breakfast)

I can add a few more since I eat out at lunch on a regular basis:

The Gabardine - 10+
Khao San Road - 10+
Ravi Soups - 10+
Brick Street Bakery - 10+

Suddenly I'm feeling fairly spoiled.

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Mikado
Jacobs
Copper Chimney
Burger Priest
Taro
Dynasty
Yamato

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