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Temperance be damned: eight of Toronto’s largest restaurant dishes

(Photo by Jon Sufrin)

(Photo by Jon Sufrin)

When it comes to flouting moderation at the dinner table, Toronto may not be Texas, but it definitely has its share of big food. Vegetarians have a few outsize items to choose from—Urban Herbivores mega-muffins, the three-inch falafel balls at Tov-Li—but it is meat eaters who have most of the opportunities to attack large portions with primal zeal. We hit the street to find the establishments able to satisfy that deep-seated lust. From upmarket foie gras to a diner’s mile-high burgers, here are eight of Toronto’s biggest restaurant dishes, each begging to be conquered.

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  1. [...] Canadian, thinking that could never happen here, but a few places in Toronto are serving up some monster-sized foods. [Toronto Life - Daily [...]

    November 4, 2009 at 5:51 pm | by Taste T.O. – Food & Drink In Toronto » What’s Cooking – Wednesday, November 4th
  2. This Burger looks (and sounds) completely disgusting. I just can’t believe people would go out of their way to eat something like this!

    November 5, 2009 at 7:33 am | by Joley Robertson
  3. Be careful – I ate there (not this exact burger) and there were cockroaches on the table. This burger may have more than meets the eye.

    November 5, 2009 at 9:54 am | by Toronto Foodie
  4. When is this stupid trend going to go away?

    November 5, 2009 at 3:59 pm | by mattagascar slim

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