SKIN & BONES — FIELD GUIDE

An adventurous Toronto food & city guide

Adventures don't find you.You go find them. Hungry.

This is a board of real Toronto rooms, real counters, real orders — sorted by how brave you're feeling. Pick a dare level. We'll handle the rest.

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THE DARE BOARD

The signature filter

Three dials, seven rooms, zero refunds on regret. Filter the board, pick a door, go knock on it.

Dare level

Cuisine

Neighbourhood

All seven on the board. Go hungry.

THE MAP

All seven, pinned — from St. Clair West to the far end of Scarborough. Pick a pin, point your feet.

THE MAP — all seven, pinned

LAKE ONTARIOThe Sky StarsThe Sky StarsFKFKGogi BapGogi BapNord BistroNord BistroMadrina Bar y TapasMadrina Bar y TapasMezuMezuAniqAniq
  1. Gogi Bap · Rosedale
  2. Mezu · Dundas West
  3. Madrina Bar y Tapas · Distillery District
  4. Nord Bistro · The Annex
  5. FK · St. Clair West
  6. Aniq · Roncesvalles
  7. The Sky Stars · Scarborough
The board, pinned across the city. Real map and pin positions arrive with the real geodata.

THE DARES

Read the full philosophy →

Five moves that turn a meal into a story. Repeat indefinitely.

  1. №1Order the thing you can't pronounce. Point if you have to. Apologize to no one.
  2. №2Eat at a counter where you're the only one speaking English. Listen more than you talk.
  3. №3Take the streetcar to the end of a line you've never ridden and walk into the first open door that smells right.
  4. №4Let the person behind the counter order for you. Whatever they'd feed their own family.
  5. №5Eat the course you're most scared of first, while curiosity is still winning.

THE BACKERS' BINGO CARD

Kitchens, tables and purveyors we eat beside, argue about and keep returning to.

FREE SQUARE

You. Out eating something you can't pronounce. That's the square.