The Black Hoof Restaurant Review
928 Dundas St. W. (Gore Vale Ave.) 
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The Black Hoof Restaurant is one of our 2012
Hot 10 Toronto Restaurants|
| The Black Hoof’s charcuterie, smoked and cured in-house, is simply the city’s best. But the menu doesn’t stop there. Chef Grant van Gameren uses all parts of the animal; you might find pig’s tail one night, huge bones cut open for the marrow or pickled lamb’s tongue among the dishes of the evening the next. From the chef’s backyard smoker might come pork belly pastrami and from the charcuterie board, elk or boar salami, pancetta and thinly sliced bresaola. Fresh-made pasta may be served with a nettle sauce or stuffed with oxtail. Crispy sweetbreads melt in the mouth, while cabbage and marrow soup makes a hearty winter dish. The menu changes constantly, according to the chef’s passions and finds. The tender tongue on a sandwich comes sliced razor-thin, yet piled so high on bread that it's impossible to wrap your lips around. The bare-bones kitchen is open for all to see in the dark, narrow room; the clatter of happy diners makes conversation below a yell difficult. No reservations, no credit cards but the food makes these inconveniences seem like trifles. Those in the know give their cell phone number to the hostess and make their way across the street to Hoof Café to enjoy a cocktail or two created by partner Jen Agg, a talented mixologist. Have a bacon-infused old-fashioned or a Sazerac made with house bitters and, perhaps, a nosh while you wait for the call. Sister restaurant Hoof Café has a life and menu of its own. |
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