Young Blood Sommelier : Peter Hammond
In the fourth of a nineteenth (and wildly popular) series, we interview some of the most...
Read Moreby Jamie Drummond | Mar 21, 2019 | Young Blood Sommeliers | 0
In the fourth of a nineteenth (and wildly popular) series, we interview some of the most...
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley | Jan 14, 2015 | Good Food Events | 0
Nick Saul is pleased to report that “The revolution will be tasty!”. The Executive...
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley | Aug 8, 2014 | Good Food Culture | 0
Full disclosure: Nick Liu and Anton Potvin are friends of GFR.. Toronto foodists have waited a...
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley | Sep 20, 2013 | Good Food Events | 0
Friends of The Stop Community Food Centre congregated on a private patio next to the Air Canada...
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley | Nov 29, 2012 | Good Food TV | 0
Guy Fieri is not the only American restaurateur of note to visit Toronto this week. On Monday...
Read Moreby Jamie Drummond | Sep 20, 2012 | Good Food TV | 0
On Tuesday September the 11th 2012, Toronto’s infamous Group Of Seven Chefs had the honour...
Read Moreby Jamie Drummond | Mar 15, 2012 | Good Food Culture | 0
Last week GFR were lucky enough to be invited to a special sneak preview of Nick Liu and Christina Kuypers’ new project GwaiLo. Nick and Christina are currently looking for a suitable location for their Asian Brasserie, but this special night was to give a few folks an opportunity to taste what they will be offering upon opening.
Read Moreby | Mar 15, 2012 | Good Food Culture | 2
With Niagara Street Cafe celebrating their last few weeks of being open, in-the-know Toronto diners are scrambling to get tables at this Toronto insitution in order to experience the magic that is Niagara Street for one last time. Since 2005 Anton Potvin’s restaurant has been at the very top of Good Food Revolution’s list, as it has been for many a loyal customer over the years. Below Malcolm Jolley and Jamie Drummond share their personal memories of one of Toronto’s most adored restaurants.
Read Moreby | Feb 2, 2012 | Good Food Culture | 0
A bittersweet evening at The Niagara Cafe on Sunday, January 29, 2012. Chef Nick Liu pushed his last service through the pass for a sold-out 10pm sitting of restaurant industry friends and fans. Jamie and I were there, and in between a lot of well poured, Anton Potvin selected, wine and the cavalcade favourite Liuwellian dishes photographically displayed in Jamie’s slideshow.
Read Moreby Jamie Drummond | Apr 20, 2011 | Good Food TV | 0
Chef Nick Liu cooked in some of Toronto and London’s greatest kitchens before putting his own stamp behind the stoves at the iconic (and always romantic) Niagara Street Cafe, one of our Good Food Fighters. I recently sat down with Chef to see how he gets inspired.
Read Moreby | Mar 4, 2011 | Good Food Culture | 0
Anton Potvin is the Owner and Sommelier of the Niagara Street Café. Potvin and Executive Chef Nick Liu are responsible for the rising success of the Niagara Street Café. While Anton is in the dining room greeting guests and mixing drinks, Chef Liu is busy in the kitchen cooking locally based dishes for the restaurant’s seasonal menu. Both men are dedicated to the fight for good food and are proud Good Food Fighters. I caught up with Potvin recently for the interview below.
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley | Sep 23, 2010 | Good Food Culture | 2
Happily munching on Chef Anthony Rose’s suckling pig and foie gras sandwiches and drawing steadily on an ever present pint of Creemore (he adapts quickly to local custom, Bourdain), the man of the hour was the epitome of calm and cool. And friendly and funny and pretty much just like the character on his television shows and the narrative voice in his books. There are few things as pleasingly life affirming than finding out your hero is a decent guy.
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