IL FORNELLO Head Office
112 Isabella St.
Toronto, ON, M4Y 1P1
Canada
Tel: (416) 920-9410
Fax: (416) 920-0474
www.ilfornello.com
info@ilfornello.com


Group Catering
For information on group catering, please contact our Head Office at
416-920-9410
or
cater@ilfornello.com
For group dining information, including menus and date availability, please contact your preferred IL FORNELLO location directly (see Locations for restaurant contact information in Il Fornello's website).
 

For over twenty years, IL FORNELLO has been serving up its brand of innovative Italian classics to Toronto diners.

A perennial fixture on Toronto's 'Best of' lists, IL FORNELLO was named one of the 'Top Ten Toronto Restaurants' in the 2006 Zagat Guide and IL FORNELLO on Church Street was nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Restaurant Design (North America).

With nine locations in the Greater Toronto Area, Richmond Hill and Oakville,  IL FORNELLO is definitely a 'must do' dining destination.

 
The IL FORNELLO story began in 1985 when, while visiting New York City, IL FORNELLO President Ian Sorbie and Vice President Tony Rago were inspired when they tasted the thin crust 'gourmet' pizza that was causing a sensation in the Big Apple.
Upon their return, they made plans to open a restaurant in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood with partners Stacey Patterson and Sean Fleming, and named it IL FORNELLO, Italian for "the little oven."

IL FORNELLO has been an industry leader in offering an Alternative Menu to customers with special dietary needs. Featuring wheat-free, yeast-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free menu options, the Alternative Menu offers dishes suitable for those with dietary sensitivities. Most recently, IL FORNELLO was the first restaurant group in Ontario to offer a wide array of menu items created specifically from local, Ontario ingredients, catering to those customers who wish to follow the popular 100 Mile Diet.



Menu


Lunch & Dinner

Executive Chef Owen Steinberg

Our menus vary slightly by location,
according to the tastes of our customers.
The following menu is available at
IL FORNELLO, 491 Church St. and is representative of those at all locations.

Appetizers

Ask your server for today's selection

On a cilantro + onion salad
with spicy mango relish

Selection of olives, prosciutto, lemon
+ tarragondressed grilled shrimp,
marinated portobello mushrooms, grilled
eggplant, pickled red onion, bocconcini,
oven roasted tomatoes, hunter's sausage

With tartar sauce + lemon

In a spicy tomato sauce finished
with fresh herbs + pernod

Roasted red pepper sauce + herbed
goat cheese wood-fire roasted mushrooms
+ ricotta with fried sage

Classic tomato bruschetta topped
with torn basil + extra virgin olive oil

With herb mayo

Yukon gold fries with herb mayonnaise

 

Salads

Boston lettuce, arugula, baked ricotta
+ roasted red peppers in an orange
vinaigrette with toasted almonds

Mixed greens, goat cheese, roasted
red peppers, walnuts + balsamic vinaigrette

Wood-fire roasted wild mushrooms, tomatoes, shaved grana padano, roasted shallot vinaigrette

Crisps of prosciutto on a bed of arugula, with warm asparagus, cherry tomatoes, shaved asiago, finished with lemon basil dressing

House dressing with croutons
anchovies add $1.45 grilled chicken add $4

With tomatoes, cucumber, tangy lemon vinaigrette

 

Pasta

Grilled chicken, wood-fire roasted
mushrooms, spinach, tomato, lemon
garlic olive oil, grana padano

Mussels, clams, shrimp + calamari
with seafood brodo

Garganelli (a delicate, handmade penne style pasta), oven roasted tomatoes, spinach, ricotta, artichoke hearts + kalamata black olive aglio olio

Garganelli (a delicate, handmade penne style pasta) wood-fire roasted wild mushrooms
+ beef tenderloin tips in a brandy jus,
with cream + shaved grana padano

Traditional tomato + braised veal + beef sauce

White wine, cream sauce finished with parmesan
 

Developed for our "All Ontario" Menu Additions,
this pasta dish has been added to our
regular menu in our continuing efforts to offer
menu items made from 100% local foods.

Ravioli filled with leeks, pecorino fresco
+ button mushrooms served with
pulled pork + oyster mushrooms in a
natural reduction cream sauce garnished with
diced green onions + red + yellow tomatoes

 

From our wood-fired oven

Filled with ricotta, pine nuts, spinach
+ caramelized onions baked in a fresh herb tomato sauce finished with grana padano

 

Main Course

7 oz tenderloin on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes with vegetables + a chianti reduction

Sautéed veal scallopini, in a cream
+ marsala wine sauce with fettuccine alfredo, mushrooms added upon request

On fred's bakery grill bun with old cheddar
+ aside of fries - sweet potato fries add $1

Chicken breast baked in tomato sauce,mozzarella, parmesan, served on linguini pomodoro

Chèvre + red pepper stuffed chicken breast,
natural jus, roasted potatoes + green beans

Oven roasted crispy skin salmon on
a bed of roasted red bliss new potaotes
+ steamed seasonal vegetables,
with a grilled mango fennel salsa

Hazelnut crusted New Zealand rack of lamb with
roast potatoes, green beans + a fig, port reduction

 

Wood oven baked pizza

Enjoy your pizza on either our regular pizza
crust or our multi-grain crust. We are also pleased to offer: Organic, yeast-free spelt crust add $2
Our exclusive, gluten-free Quejos crust add $3.75

Pesto, capicola, oven cured roma tomatoes, roasted garlic, buffalo mozzarella

Pesto, grilled chicken, fried eggplant (lightly floured), roasted garlic, gaisli

Tomato sauce, warm prosciutto,
artichoke hearts, red pepper, black olives,
brick + mozzarella cheese

Tomato sauce, roasted garlic, grilled chicken,
roasted red peppers, provolone cheese

Wood-fire roasted button, oyster
+ portobello mushrooms, brie + basil oil

Tomato sauce, spicy italian sausage,
chorizo sausage grilled red onions, basil,
chili oil, brick + mozzarella cheese

Tomato sauce, brick + mozzarella cheese, grilled
zucchini, eggplant + fennel with marinated tomatoes + Italian parsley leaves

Red wine caramel pears, gorgonzola, caramelized
onions, walnuts, lemon dressed arugula

Tomato sauce, pepperoni, wood- fire roasted
mushrooms, brick + mozzarella cheese
 

Tomato sauce, caramelized onions,
cambozola cheese, smoked chicken,
spinach, roasted pine nuts

Filled with tomato sauce, italian sausage,
oven cured tomatoes, caramelized onions,
wood-fire roasted mushrooms, parmesan,
brick + mozzarella cheese

Tomato sauce, crispy prosciutto,
grilled pineapple, brick + mozzarella cheese

Warm prosciutto, honey figs, mascarpone, shaved
grana padano + lemon dressed arugula

Smoked salmon, grilled red onions,
mascarpone + chèvre cheeses with lemon, capers, fennel, shallots + salsa verde

Tomato sauce, double smoked bacon, wood-fire
roasted mushrooms, spiced + marinated tomatoes, brick + mozzarella cheese

 




 



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