we will be staying in toronto near the court house. where can we get a good meal within walking distance?

You'll have to narrow it down. Which court house?

i will be staying at toronto colony hotel between queen and king. looking for a good recommendation for nice dinner, staying two nights one evening moderately priced the other can be nicer. thx

The Colony Hotel is not between Queen and King; it's a couple of blocks (depending on how you count blocks) north of Queen.<BR><BR>Dundas is the nxt street above the hotel. Two blocks north of that is Elm, with a very expensive steak house (Barbarian's) , a middle-expsnsive continental restaurant called Oro (where my friend the graduate of the Culinary Institute of America likes to eat when in town) and Il Fornella, a lowwr-middle price Italian restaunt (part of a quality chain)<BR><BR>About two blcoks fromt he hotel, in the Eaton Center, is City Grill, where I've never eaten but my wife likes it, and Mr. Greenjeans, with big helpings of sandwiches, pasta, a good steak sandwich, pretty loud music, and one of my favorites when price is a consideration.<BR><BR>Le Bifteque, in the Sheraton Centre Hotel, is the best mid-priced steak house downtown. Walk out of the Colony, cross the plaza in front of Toronto City Hall, cross the street, and you're there.<BR><BR>The restaurants in the Metropolitan Hotel, across the street from the Colony, are excellent, but expensive. I'm eating lunch there on Monday.<BR><BR>BAK

The Colony Hotel is not between Queen and King; it's a couple of blocks (depending on how you count blocks) north of Queen. (King is a couple of blocks south of Queen)<BR><BR>Dundas is the next street above the hotel. Two blocks north of that is Elm, with a very expensive steak house (Barbarian's), a middle-expsnsive continental restaurant called Oro (where my friend the graduate of the Culinary Institute of America likes to eat when in town -- he phoned from Arizona as I was typing this) and Il Fornella, a lower-middle price Italian restaunt (part of a quality chain)<BR><BR>About two blcoks from the hotel, in the Eaton Center, is City Grill, where I've never eaten but my wife likes it, and Mr. Greenjeans, with big helpings of sandwiches, pasta, a good steak sandwich, pretty loud music, and one of my favorites when price is a consideration.<BR><BR>Le Bifteque, in the Sheraton Centre Hotel, is the best mid-priced steak house downtown. Walk out of the Colony, cross the plaza in front of Toronto City Hall, cross the street, and you're there.<BR><BR>The restaurants in the Metropolitan Hotel, across the street from the Colony, are excellent, but expensive. I'm eating lunch there on Monday.<BR><BR>A ferw blocks away, on King Street west of university Avenue, (and in the surrounding area)are a dozen more good restaurants, mid-priced to expensive. It's a 20 minute walk.<BR><BR>BAK

I don't know what you are into, but being from just outside T.O. I would suggest Wayne Gretzky's, it may not have the fine foods, but the food they do have is good, and the memorobelia from "The Great One" is well worth the visit. You will find it just two blocks North of the Skydome/CN Tower.<BR><BR>j