PROFILE
The charming covered front patio serves best for spying Hollywood A-listers, who frequent the intimate white-tableclothed dining room. A short, upscale carte favours pastas, pizzas, seafood and steaks. Irresistible house-made cheese bread heralds satisfying arugula salad set off by sweet pear, pine nuts and parmigiano-reggiano shavings. Among things farinaceous, somewhat sticky spinach pappardelle jumble with sweet oven-dried tomatoes and muted black pepper ricotta. Quality among the mains varies. Despite slight over-broiling, a fat fillet of halibut satisfies, enhanced by mash of white beans, rosemary and mint oil. Washington lamb duet, though, falls short, its chops thin and tough, its sausage dry. Things start to look up come dessert time, however. All the offerings are homemade, most notably the warm apple- cranberry crisp and poached pear accompanied by chèvre mousse and sweetish red wine sauce. An impressive Old World wine carte lists 13 by the glass and 15 by the half-bottle. Gracious servers.
Prego Della Piazza has worked diligently to present one
of the most extensive and complex wine lists in Toronto. Designed to complete the perfect partnerships with the foods they create, it is an everchanging presentation of fine vintages from wineries both here and abroad.
Source: torontolife.com
REVIEW
Attached to the Renaissance Plaza, Prego Della Piazza offers high-end dining and drinking for the rich and famous. A modern interior with cherry wood, glass, mirrors and halogen lighting keeps everybody's complexion warm and glowing. Lunchtime attracts businesspeople and society ladies; evenings bring out the glitteratti (young and old) to chow down on pizza or pasta. In keeping with the '90s "food court"approach to fine dining, Prego is attached to Enoteca, a swanky bar and eatery.
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