Hotel Ocho’s beer can chicken (Image: Andrew Brudz)
Last March, this former textile factory in Chinatown was given new life as a loft-style hotel with a minimalist, two-storey lounge, restaurant and café. In the kitchen, chef Chris Thorne has put together an eclectic yet affordable menu, including a $10 daily lunch special that includes an appetizer and a main. The beer can chicken ($17) is stuffed with a can’s worth of Leffe Blonde and roasted in an oven. The moist leg arrives nicely charred and covered with a kicky house-spice blend. Underneath, the Southern-style potato salad is studded with pecans and chunks of bacon—the whole thing would feel right at home at a bayou barbecue.
The cost: $27, including tax, tip and a house-made blueberry lemonade ($3.50).
The time: 45 minutes.
Hotel Ocho, 195 Spadina Ave., 416-593-0885, hotelocho.com.
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