Stockyards reminds of those local family diners on "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" but with more of a modern touch. They specialize in serving southern comfort foods like ribs, fried chicken, burgers, and sandwiches. The actual diner is TINY, it fits less than 15 peeps. We were lucky enough to get a seat at the bar facing the kitchen before the dinner rush. It beats eating dinner in the car that's for sure!
Since Julian was starving, he clearly didn't want to share any of his meal. I wasn't in the mood for a burger or sandwich, so I decided to get the fried chicken as well. As warned on the menu, the fried chicken takes 15-20 minutes to prepare. We patiently waited while sipping on cream soda and watched the chefs worked their magic. We wanted to try their limeade, but they were out :(
As we were waiting for our food, the front part of the store was packed with takeout orders.
Meals are served on cast iron skillets with VERY generous portions (4 pieces of chicken, fries and coleslaw - $13). The chicken is marinated in buttermilk, leaving the meat to be super moist and the skin to be crispy and well-seasoned. The fries were a little too overdone and the coleslaw was a little bland, but I didn't mind.
Julian inhaled his in seconds, and I doggy-bagged half of mine. I microwaved the leftovers the next day and the chicken was still super moist! I will definitely being making a trip back to Stockyards to try their grilled cheese sandwich next!
Stockyards
699 St. Clair Ave. West
Toronto, ON
(416) 658-9666
3 comments:
antina!!! I didn't know you had a blog too! Awesome stuffs! and I love your food photography! i shall stalk you now!
I heard of this place before.. all good reviews!! *yumz* I want to go one day except I don't really like fried foods.
haha thanks guys!
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