Joe Badali's Restaurant welcomes you to their dining room. They are open after-hours all week. You can get there not only by public transit and bicycle but also by car. They are in a lively neighborhood acknowledged for its nightlife.
Restaurant type
Bistro,
Cuisine type
American Cuisine,
Italian,
Mediterranean,
Dishes
Hamburger,
Homestyle Food,
Pasta,
Pizza,
Features
Restaurant With Party Services,
Extensive Wine List,
Restaurant With Private Rooms,
Restaurant With Bar,
Atmosphere
Family,
Casual,
Intimate,
Upscale,
Products and Services
Open Sunday,
Pre Theater,
Event,
Hotel Nearby,
Languages Spoken
English,
Location
156 Front St W, Toronto, ONM5J 2L6
Useful Information
Opening Hours*Holiday hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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Call For Details: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
grilled and finished with roasted garlic, balsamic vinegar glaze, fresh puttanesca salsa
SM
$7.00LG
$11.00
QUATTRO FORMAGGIO PANE (v)
skinny baguette, garlic, herbed EVOO, asiago, fontina, mozzarella and grana padano cheese
$9.00
MUSSELS
1 lb fresh steamed P.E.I. mussels, with tomato basil sauce or today’s featured sauce 11 add our fresh cut frites
$4.00
SALADS (INSALATE)
OUR DRESSINGS ARE ALL MADE IN-HOUSE | ADD A SMALL BOWL OF SOUP FOR 3 EXTRA | ADD ANY OF: GRILLED BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST or SEA SCALLOPS (3) or SAUTÉED SHRIMP (4) or FLAT IRON STEAK - 6 EXTRA | 6oz
EACH PANINO INCLUDES CHOICE OF: SOUP or ONE OF OUR SIDE SALADS or FRESH CUT FRENCH FRIES. ADD ROASTED SWEET RED PEPPERS or CARAMELIZED ONIONS or SAUTEED CRIMINI MUSHROOMS - FOR JUST .75 EACH.
GRILLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM STEAK
garlic fried baby kale, goat cheese, focaccia
$13.00
FISH POLPETTA SANDWICH
fresh house made salmon and cod cake, cucumber, lettuce, garlic dill aioli, focaccia
peameal bacon, grilled chicken breast, mozzarella, lettuce, beefsteak tomato, mayonaise on an rosemary focaccia
$15.00
STONE BAKED PARMIGIANA PANINI
baked with tomato basil sauce, mozzarella and provolone on a whole wheat flatbread Chicken
$14.00
Provimi Veal
$15.00
PIZZAS
HOUSE MADE DOUGH USING IMPORTED ITALIAN “00” FLOUR. AVAILABLE AS A LUNCH SIZE (6”) WITH YOUR CHOICE OF SEASONAL GREENS OR CAESAR SALAD OR CUP OF SOUP OR AS A FULL SIZE PIZZA (12”) ADD A SIDE SEASONAL GREENS OR CAESAR SALAD TO YOUR FULL SIZE PIZZA FOR $3 EXTRA.
MARGHERITA (v)
tomato sauce, bocconcini, fresh basil
$14.00
NEW YORK
tomato sauce, pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, white onions, mozzarella
$15.00
DIAVOLO
tomato sauce, hot cacciatore, hot banana peppers, italian sausage, caramelized onions, mozzarella
tomato sauce, prosciutto, arugula, EVOO-lemon vinaigrette, grana padano
$16.00
DAILY PIZZA
Market Price
PASTAS
INCLUDES A SEASONAL GREEN SALAD OR CAESAR SALAD. MAKE YOURS A GLUTEN FREE OR WHOLE WHEAT PENNE. SOME OF OUR PASTAS ARE AVAILABLE AS A LUNCHEON SIZE TOSS IN: SLICES OF GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST 6 | SAUTÉED SHRIMP 6 | BADALI ITALIAN SAUSAGE 6
LINGUINE ALFREDO (v)
linguine with grana padano cheese and black pepper
SM
$9.00LG
$13.00
PENNE POLLO AGLIO OLIO
penne, sundried tomatoes, chicken, grilled eggplant, spinach, fresh herbs, garlic, sautéed onion, white wine, tossed with e.v.o.o.
$14.00
SPAGHETTI CARBONARA
spaghetti, pancetta, onion, raw egg yolk, cream sauce
chicken stewed in chianti, mushrooms, winter vegetables and mashed potatoes
$20.00
AGNELLO GAMBO
lamb shank, slow braised with root vegetables and mashed potatoes
$22.00
PARMIGIANO
Baked in the oven with fresh tomato basil sauce, mozzarella cheese. ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR CHOICE OF SOUP OR CAESAR OR BADALI SALAD.
CHICKEN
served with linguine tossed in tomato basil sauce and fresh vegetables
$19.00
PROVIMI VEAL
served with penne tossed in tomato basil sauce and fresh vegetables
$21.00
APPETIZERS (ANTIPASTI) MENU - The Badali Bar and Cucina
JOE’S OLIVES (v)
house marinated olives
$4.00
CRAB CAKES
house made crab cake, garlic aioli, apple mustard chutney, small salad
$4.00 (piece)
BADALI SALSICCIA
grilled house-made spicy italian sausages served with apple mustard chutney
$5.00 (piece)
TOMATO MOZZARELLA ARANCINA (v)
large tomato and mozzarella risotto fritter, garlic aioli
$3.00 (piece)
KALE CHIPS (v)
crispy kale chips, sea salt, roasted black pepper
$6.00
SPAGHETTI POMODORO (v)
imported Italian pasta, fresh tomato basil sauce, grated grana padano
$9.00Available as an entrée
$14.00
BRUSCHETTA (v)
skinny baguette, roma tomatoes, basil, parmesan cheese
$10.00
MUSSELS
1 lb fresh steamed P.E.I. mussels with tomato basil sauce or today’s featured sauce
$11.00- add our fresh cut frites
$4.00
CALAMARI ALLA GRIGLIA
grilled and finished with roasted garlic, balsamic vinegar glaze, fresh puttanesca salsa
$11.00
CALAMARI FRITTI
fried, served with house made Badali’s lemon garlic dill aioli
$11.00
QUATTRO FORMAGGIO PANE (v)
skinny baguette, garlic, herbed EVOO, asiago, fontina, mozzarella and grana padano cheese
$11.00
MAMMA CUCINA
8 (PER PERSON) for four people to share. A three tiered presentation with larger portions of your choice of three of the following: tomato arancini, bruschetta, quattro formaggio pane, fried calamari, grilled calamari, crab cakes, badali sausages
SOUP (ZUPPA)
ZUPPA DEL GIORNO
made fresh daily
$6.00
BUTTERNUT SQUASH (v)
$7.00
SALUMI AND CHEESE BOARDS
Introducing a rotating selection of 5 locally cured Salumi and 5 Artisanal cheeses. Select your favourite 3 or all 5 cheeses – market priced
Pick any 3 salumi for
$13.00all 5 for
$20.00
SALADS (INSALATE)
Our dressings are all made in house. Add any of: Grilled Boneless Chicken Breast or Sea Scallops (3) or Sautéed Shrimp (4) or Flat Iron Steak - 6 extra | 6oz Atlantic Salmon 9 extra
INSALATA DI CASA (v)
seasonal greens, shredded carrots, apple vinaigrette dressing
Share one or several. We know you’ll enjoy the experience. All our desserts (except for the Gelato) are made right here at Joe Badali’s. Fresh, from scratch, using the best ingredients we can find. No preservatives or additives
TIRAMISU
Joe Badali’s signature dessert, fresh mascarpone cheese, kahlua, amaretto and espresso
$7.00
MOUSSE DI CIOCCOLATO BIANCO
White chocolate mousse, orange cinnamon ragu, strawberry-black pepper sauce
$8.00
INVERNO VINO ROSSO CREME BRÛLÉE
Winter spiced red wine creme brûlée with citrus mint sauce
$8.00
TORTA AL CIOCCOLATO SENZA FARINA
Warm flourless chocolate cake with strawberry-black pepper sauce
$8.00
BIANCO CREMA AL CAFFE
White coffee cream with praline sauce and red wine pear
$9.00
TRIO DI GELATO
Select your 3 favourites : Tahitian Vanilla - tahitian vanilla, Lindt Cioccolato al latte - lindt milk chocolate, Fragole - strawberry, Rum Raisin – rum raisin, Mirtillo - cranberry sorbet Featured Dessert
$7.00
FEATURED DESSERT
STICKY TOFFEE BUDINO
Sticky Toffee Pudding, Vanilla Gelato
$9.00
Menu for the Aspiring Badali MENU - The Badali Bar and Cucina
All of our menu items for the Aspiring Badali are served with a beverage and ice cream sundae. choice of...
Small Pizza
choose from cheese or pepperoni
$9.00
Spaghetti
with our fresh house made meat sauce
$10.00
Chicken Strips
with plum sauce and fries
$12.00
Chicken Caesar Wrap
caesar salad with grilled chicken breast in a whole wheat wrap, frites
$12.00
Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich
chicken baked with tomato basil sauce, mozzarella on herb flatbread, fries
$12.00
Mc Badali
4oz striploin patty with mozzarella cheese, tomato on a ciabatta bun, fries
11 Mondavi “Private Selection” Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley, California)
$45.00
10 Beringer “Founder’s Estate” Chardonnay (Napa Valley, California)
$55.00
10 St. Francis Chardonnay (Sonoma Valley)
$60.00
OTHER
04 Palandri Boundary Road Sauvignon Blanc (Margaret River, Australia)
$40.00
11 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)
$45.00
11 Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)
$60.00
11 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)
$60.00
08 Villa Maria Reserve Clifford Bay Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)
$85.00
11 Oyster Bay Chardonnay (Marlborough, New Zealand)
$60.00
10 Knappstein “The Insider” Gewurtz/Riesling (Clare Valley, Australia)
$45.00
07 Paracombe Holland Creek Riesling (Adelaide Hills, Australia)***
$55.00
08 Hunter’s Gewurtztraminer (Marlborough, New Zealand)***
$55.00
CHAMPAGNES, SPARKLING AND ICE WINES
IL Prosecco
flute
$9.50750ml
$40.00
Veuve Cliquot Brut
½ Bottle
$55.00
Mumm Cuvee Napa
$60.00
Mumm Cordon Rouge
$90.00
’02 Dom Perignon
$275.00
’04 Magnotta Vidal Ice Wine (Niagara Peninsula)
375 ml
$60.00
’06 Lakeview Cellars Riesling Ice Wine
375 ml
$80.00
5 for $6 till 7 - 5 Delicious Bar Snacks MENU - The Badali Bar and Cucina
5 items from each of our Wine, Premium beer, Martini and Cocktail menus along with 5 food items all priced at $6 each from 3pm - 7pm. Available daily to guests seated at Joe’s bar or high top tables . No substitutions please.
QUATTRO FORMAGGIO PANE
Skinny baguette, garlic, herbed EVOO, asiago, fontina, mozzarella and grana padano cheese
BADALI SALSICCIA
Two grilled house-made spicy Italian sausages served with apple mustard chutney
LOBSTER ARANCINI
Three lobster risotto fritters with dill lemon garlic aioli
SPICY MUSSELS ALOLIO
1lb fresh steamed P.E.I mussels with a spicy white wine garlic sauce.
CRAB CAKES
Two house-made crab cakes served with dill aioli and apple mustard chutney
5 Sensational Cocktails
LYCHEE PEARADISE
A refreshing 1 ounce blend of black currant liqueur and our very own fresh pressed lychee and sweet pear juices.
COSMOPOLITAN
1.5oz Absolut Citron vodka and .5oz Cointreau with a splash of cranberry juice served in a chilled martini glass.
APPLE RASPBERRY PIE
1oz of Galliano, fresh pressed Granny Smith apple and raspberry juices, shaken over ice and served tall and proud.
$11.99
THE CLASSIC MARTINI
Good old traditional gin or vodka with a splash or dry vermouth shaken to perfection (2oz serving).
JOE’S CAESAR
1oz of Skyy Vodka topped with Mott’s Clamato juice, spiced to your liking.
From the service by Joel..to the mouthwash in the restaurant. My family and the other 2 families that enjoyed our experience will be calling here our favorite place to eat.
The food and environment was amazing. We were catered to even with our noisy children that made it quite difficult all was taken great strides!
I would highly recommend Joe Badalis for the amazing food, great staff and child friendly environment....great job by all.
Excellent service and atmosphere. The ravioli was the best my wife has ever had, and she has had ravioli on three continents. She raved about it all the way home. Not being a rav guy I have to say I was also impressed. The pasta was cooked al dente and wasn't soggy or hard in any one spot. The Squash filling was wonderful
We came over after a trip to the 2011 Car Show. we were seated quickly and the service was fast and polite, but relaxed, with three gentlemen taking care of us. The place was quiet with about 8 other tables occupied.
I had the Blue Cheese and Streak salad and was impressed, both with the daring amount of some REALLY stinky (this is good) cheese, and the steak which was cooked perfectly as I had requested it. Portion size was appropriate for the salad.
The layout of the place makes me think it will be very loud with a full house, but we are definitely going to be back.
My friend is very picky when it comes to food. She likes pasta and chicken, so we decided to eat here. I was at luck because it happened to be Winterlicious and I was able to order from the Winterlicious menu. My friend enjoyed the cheese tortellini and grilled chicken, while my partner and I enjoyed our meal from the Winterlicious menu. The service was ok, nothing special. The food was delicious, and the atmosphere was a mix of dinner restaurant and bar. My friend and I are going to be downtown again soon, and she defintely wants to go back here for lunch.
This use to be the old Armadillos and we use to go there for the wings, but they have done a great job with the inside of the restaurant it is beautiful and we tend to go there for a nice meal during the holidays.
Our food took so long that we ended up leaving after waiting about an hour. My bf and I wanted to grab some dinner before heading to the symphony tonight, I suggested Badali's on Front St, boy was that a mistake.
The place was quite busy, but most restaurants in the theatre district would be at dinner time. We ordered pretty quick, got our drinks, our waitress was nice. We got our appetizer - mozzarella and ricotta fritters, which were small, but very good. Our bf had a house salad with his dinner - he didn't like, it was just lettuce with some sweet dressing that tasted "off" and a few tomatoes thrown in. I didn't get an appetizer since it was so expensive already with what we had ordered.
We waited for our main dish, and waited. Got some refills on our drinks, waited for our bread which was supposed to come too. Our waitress told us our food should be out soon. I started noticing that people who were seated after us were getting their food. We waited and waited. We decided that if we didn't get our food soon we would leave. We were both getting pissed off, we called the waitress over and told her that it was taking too long and that we are leaving. I saw her talking to someone who looked like the manager, they were wandering around the kitchen area. He comes over and tells us that our food is here now, a waiter came over with it just then, we told him that we had somewhere to be that and we were leaving, it took too long, an hour to wait on your meal is not acceptable. He said that he didn't know what happened. We asked him how much we owed him and he said not to worry about it. We ended up not paying anything and probably won't be spending any money at Badali's ever again anyway. Not recommended. Service is bad, food is over-expensive and takes waay too long.
As it was my first time to Toronto, I really wanted to find some great restaurants. I didn't know what I was in the mood for and stumbled upon Joe Badali's. I have never had such a great dining experience! The atmosphere is awesome, the waiter was great, and the food was delicious. I would highly recommend it to everyone!!
I went to Badalis five years ago. The first time I went it was with a large party. I noted that it was overpriced and that 50% of the toilets in the bathrooms didn't flush. I went again when the restaurant was mostly empty with a small party. There was no service beyond getting our food (which was no longer warm, it must have been sitting), we flagged down at least three people to try and get more drinks, all of whom promptly forgot what we asked for until our waitress came back asking what we'd like to order for dessert. Again she went missing for the rest of the meal, until after our table was cleared by someone else and she gave us the bill. Lo and behold, the same toilets which still were not quite flushing were there. The only thing new is the ads in the bathroom that make noise. It seems location is the only thing keeping this place running. A very sketchy experience.
I can say this was my worst experience. I should have checked out the washroom first usually a good sign if its clean the food is usually good, four stalls and only 1 was okay to use. Too late I had already ordered. Salad was limp lettuce my daughter's had stale croutons couldn't eat mine waited quite a while for my gingerale after salad came had to ask for bread which was a half a stale bun. When the meal finally came I started with a bite of the veal thought nothing special but when I put the pasta in my mouth I thought I was gonna puke it tasted moldy, I couldn't spit it anywhere and was forced to swallow it couldn't eat anything else then. Called over the manager and he really didn't seem to concerned asked if I wanted anything else of course no all I wanted at this point was to leave had to wait for the bill server brought it said meal was comped but had to pay for drinks not even an apoligy, nada , zippo, so needless to say never goin back will recommend people use caution when going to this place
The Risotto fritters were one of the best appetizers I've ever had. Came with two tasty sauces, pasta sauce(best ever) and garlic. The pizza is by far the best pizza I've ever had. The food was amazing and so was the service.
The atmosphere was pleasing and servers were on...
The atmosphere was pleasing and servers were on the ball with our drinks. The only issue I had was my daughter's food wasn't served until 5 or so minutes after ours. We sat on the patio and enjoyed our meal in quiet. I would visit again when back in town sometime.
Marginal food served by surly waitress. Pasta was like mush. Mai Tai had to be sent back - un-drinkable. Too many other good spots in the area to go back here
Fantastic Italian restaurant on busy Front Street...
Fantastic Italian restaurant on busy Front Street in Toronto. Food was excellent and service was very prompt. For lunch fare, each dish that I've had in the past is almost the perfect size and never too heavy while very flavorful. Beer and wine list is very complementary to an authentic and well-rounded Italian menu. Keep up the good work, Joe!
Joe Badali does not exist. Do not believe the story at the back of the menu. If you go there expecting a large plate of pasta...you will be shocked. If you order a plate of gnocchi you receive about 20 pieces filled with a bunch of peppers. Not a good italian restaurant...taking into consideration that the chef was also chinese. Would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.
Usually very good - this time however dinner was...
Usually very good - this time however dinner was very rushed. one course right after another without time to finish. Also found it to be dirtier than previous dinners there. Will go back but not for a while.
Joe Badali’s has chosen to donate a portion of their proceeds for each drink sold (so drink up!) to Nellie’s Women’s Shelter.
Nellie's operate programs and services for women and children “who have and are experiencing oppressions such as violence, poverty and homelessness.”
Nellie’s is committed to achieve social justice for all women and children.
