We've all been there: the uncomfortable scenarios that can arise when paying the bill at a restaurant. The mess of trying to split a bill between 15 people after a few too many margaritas. Discreetly paying for a friend who's had a rough week. The awkwardness of pulling out the velcro wallet you've had since high school when paying the bill in front of your date.

Mobile payment startup Tab has a brilliant solution. Currently used by a number of Toronto restaurants with several more slated to join, this iPhone app is a mobile wallet that aims to improve your dining experience.

Here's how it works: if you're dining in a restaurant partnered with Tab, let your server know that you're using the app. In the app, check into the restaurant and indicate who in your party you'll be paying for. When you're ready to settle up, a few swipes of your smartphone and Tab will pay your bill using the credit card number you set up in your profile.

Founded by Adam Epstein, Fahd Ananta and Mike Kimel, Tab launched in April but has been running a pilot program with select restaurants since March. I spoke with Adam about how their mobile payment solution is improving the dining experience for Torontonians.

What inspired the founding of Tab?

Every member of the Tab team is passionate about food and dining out. Whether it be from personal experience or countless interviews with prospective users and restaurants owners, it was quite glaring that the current process of managing payments in restaurants was a problem yearning for a better solution.

Everyone has recognized that these awful wireless terminals at the table need to go and and are an awful way to end a meal. With Tab, we actually get technology out of the way, so with two taps you can put your phone in your pocket and enjoy your company and meal.

The Tab experience isn't just about disrupting payments in restaurants, though. Since our smartphones know a great deal more about us than the cards or cash in our wallet, we are creating a personalization layer to the dining experience, and you'll see more of that as our product develops.

Which Toronto restaurants are currently customers?

We are currently operational in 16 restaurants: Blowfish, Hudson Kitchen, Happy Hooker, Thompson Diner, Valdez, Gusto 101, The Citizen, Weslodge, Patria, Brassaii, Byblos, The Chase, The Chase Fish and Oyster, Irish Embassy and Playa Cabana Hacienda. Our newest restaurant is Table 17, and we'll be adding at least four more restaurants in the next 10 days.

Mobile payments is a hot market right now. Who are you competing with?

It certainly is a hot market, and we believe very strongly in the paradigm of the smartphone as a wallet. There are many different companies focusing on mobile payments en masse like Square or PayPal, or focusing on mobile payments specific to their brand like Starbucks and recently Tim Hortons.

No one has focused specifically on the dining experience, however. Since we're focused on this one vertical, we believe that we can create a much more immersive product, experience and community. To date, that belief has been reaffirmed by both our users and participating restaurants.

How does your company make money?

Restaurants are charged a processing fee lower than the usual fees charged by wireless terminal providers. There are no fees charged to the guest of a restaurant paying with Tab.

What's coming up next for Tab?

More restaurants! Our initial group of restaurants were strategically focused on downtown Toronto and now we're working on expanding to more areas of the city. That'll be reflected in the next few restaurants that start accepting Tab, like Table 17. We've also been working hard to get our Android app ready, which will be released by the end of June.

The top bike rental options in Toronto make it easy to explore the city by bike. The verdant trails of the Don Valley, the extensive ravine system, endless waterfront, and Toronto's downtown are all accessible on two wheels - no car or transit fare required. And, thanks to an impressive selection of rental places, there's no need to travel with your own bike and associated clunky hardware.

For the casual rider hopping from cafe to bar, there's the recently rebranded Bike Share Toronto (formerly Bixi) which offers convenient short-term loans in the downtown core. If solo riding isn't your thing, there are a multitude of companies that offer everything from slick road bikes, to tandems, and even goofy quadricycles, just so long as you don't take yourself too seriously.

Here are 10 great options for bike rental in Toronto.

BIKE SHARE TORONTO (FORMERLY BIXI) - VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Toronto's troubled public bike share network was re-born in 2014 as city-owned "Bike Share Toronto." It's basically the same concept as before: 80 stations located in the centre of the city offer simple, if inelegant, bicycles with the flash of a credit card. Bikes can be picked up and dropped off at any location, making Bike Share Toronto a good option for explorers. Note that there are no pick-up/drop-off locations outside downtown. Prices from: $7/half hour (credit card pre-authorization required.)

TORONTO ISLAND BICYCLE RENTAL - CENTRE ISLAND
The best thing about renting a bike in Toronto's offshore park is the potential for hilarity. Located near the pier on Lakeshore Ave., the island's only rental company offers tandems and weird, two- and four-seater "quadricycles"--little buggy things. Regular bikes are available, but that's not as much fun. ID is required for every rental. Watch out for the wildlife on the boardwalk. Prices from: $8/hour (deposit required.)

COMMUNITY BICYCLE NETWORK - 761 QUEEN STREET WEST
Rent one of the Community Bicycle Network's yellow beach cruisers and you will be re-living a piece of Toronto cycling history. Long before Bike Share Toronto arrived on the scene, BikeShare loaned canary-coloured bicycles from 16 hubs across central Toronto. The system is now defunct, but the bikes ride on for $25 a day up to $75 a week. Prices include lights, a lock, and a basket. A single vintage CCM tandem is available for $35 a day, $105 a week. "It's old, it's cranky and fun to ride," says the company's lead mechanic. Prices from: $25/day (deposit required.)

SWEET PETE'S BIKE SHOP - VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Pete Lilly, aka Sweet Pete, offers road, hybrid, mountain, and children's bikes from three locations: one at the Evergreen Brick Works in the leafy Don Valley, 1204 Bloor St. between Dufferin and Lansdowne, and 517 Bloor St. in the Annex. The Brickworks and Annex locations offer online bookings, which beats showing up to find the early birds have snagged all the best rides. Prices from: $10/hour (deposit required.)

BATEMAN'S BICYCLE COMPANY - 29A BARTON AVENUE
What beats a bike reservation? Delivery, of course. Bateman's Bicycle Company (no relation) will drop off the bicycle of your choosing--hydrid, road, mountain, tandem, or even cargo--for $25 each. Serious cyclists in town for a road or mountain bike event can enter a Bateman's bike for $100. Rentals are by the hour (weekend only,) day, week, or month. Lights, helmets, and locks are available, too. Prices form: $20/hour (credit card pre-authorization required.)

CURBSIDE CYCLE - 413 BLOOR STREET WEST
The Annex's Curbside Cycle provides cyclists with a straightforward rental package: quality Canadian Devinci bikes fitted with a bell and set of lights, a sturdy Abus lock, and a skid lid for a flat $40--$10 for an additional 24 hours. It's first-come-first-served and the store recommends arriving early in order to maximize the fun. Note: the bikes no longer come with the front basket as the picture indicates, apparently. Prices from: $40/day (deposit required.)

WHEEL EXCITEMENT INC. - 249 QUEENS QUAY WEST
Queens Quay is set to be a building site this summer, but Wheel Excitement Inc., on the south side of the street, just east of Rees, is still renting out Diamondback and Fuji bicycles. As well as rollerskates, Wheel Excitement loans its bikes by the hour up to a maximum of 48 hours, which is good news if you plan on doing some late-night riding. Helmets come free, locks are $5 extra. Prices from: $15/hour (deposit required.)

THE CYCLEPATH (DANFORTH) - 1520 DANFORTH AVENUE
An East Danforth stalwart, Cyclepath offers city or full suspension mountain bikes for between $40 and $75 for a full day, or $175 to $350 for a week--no road bikes, tandems, kid's bikes or trailers, however. Staff ask that customers call ahead to confirm they have the right sizes available. Things like a lock and helmet are extra. Prices from: $40/day (deposit required.)

MIKE THE BIKE - 5 OXFORD STREET
Located in the heart of bicycle-friendly Kensington Market, Mike the Bike (warning: he's not actually an anthropomorphic bicycle) has bicycles for a super cheap $20 a day, $60 a week, $80 for two weeks, or $100 a month. The bikes are pretty basic (don't expect disc brakes or carbon fibre frames) but the fleet should be good enough for casual puttering around town. Locks are available for a $1 a day. Prices from: $20/day (deposit required.)

EXCLUSIVE SPORT RENTALS - 8575 KEELE STREET, VAUGHAN
Not all cyclists want to be confined to the city. Exclusive Sport Rentals, located just outside the city limits on Keele Street, rents an impressive range of road and mountain bikes to riders on a mission. The gear can be taken on lengthy road rides or down the muddy trails of the GTA for up to a week without breaking the bank. Pick-up is a little out of the way, so you will need a car. Clip-on pedals, locks, and even car racks are available. Prices from: $49/day (deposit required.)

What did I miss? Add your favourite places to rent a bike in Toronto to the comments below.

Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.

Free events in Toronto this week come via big names like the Luminato Festival and Etsy. Full disclosure: lounging on a cardboard beach may or may not be fun - I haven't tried it yet. There are also live music shows, lit events (sexy and regular), and dance parties to be had, plus some kitten petting. Never say no to free kitten snuggles.

Here's how to hang out on the cheap in Toronto this week when the park is too crowded.

Balcony and Terrace Container Gardening: Secrets of Success
Horticulturalists Toronto Master Gardeners just want you to have the best container garden you can. Monday, June 2, 1:30pm, Toronto Reference Library Beeton Auditorium (789 Yonge St. Toronto).

Collecting Art in 2014: A Panel Discussion
One way to get out of being broke long-term could be to invest in art. If you ask me, all it takes is hanging out with some grimy under-appreciated artists in the market and hoping some of the artists giving you cardboard paintings for beer make it big, but in case you don't want to take my advice, this panel is free to attend. Tuesday, June 3, 7pm, 1313 (1313 Queen St. West).

Smiths Tribute feat. Slapback
Moz won't come to Canada but for PWYC you can squint until it's real at Holy Oak this week. Tuesday, June 3, 10pm, Holy Oak Cafe (1241 Bloor Street West)

Tell Me Something Good: Sexy Storytelling Slam
Miss playing truth or dare? Inspired by Bawdy Storytelling in California, Tell Me Something Good invites you to stop by and throw your name into their (sexy?) hat -- a lucky few will be selected to speak. And yes, warm up games include truth or dare. Wednesday, June 4, 8pm, Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West).

DOC NOW Festival 2014 Screenings
11 films in four programs will screen for free as party as Ryerson's DOC NOW Fest. Check out more about these screenings here. June 4-5, 6:30pm, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (504 Bloor Street West).

Spring Fling
The Piston is giving the last weeks of spring a rush of fun with The Order of Good Cheer (who are releasing an album), Dine Alone Foods, Collective Arts Brewing, and Gooch's World Famous Smoked Meat. For PWYC you can show up to win prizes, see bands, dance to DJs, and see surprise guests. June 4, 11, 18, 25, 9pm, The Piston (937 Bloor St West).

Pivot Finale
Pivot is closing up shop for their 2013-14 season. Angela Hibbs, Aisha Sasha John, Jim Johnstone, and Suzannah Showler will read. It's a good cheap date for literary types, but donate whatever you can to these poor authors. Wednesday, June 4, 8pm, The Press Club (850 Dundas Street West).

Cardboard Beach
If you live or work downtown and fantasize about running away (but not too far away) to catch some rays, art has your back. Luminato will install a fully licensed temporary beach at their hub at David Pecaut Square from June 6-15, where the world's largest disco ball hung last year. The catch? Unlike Toronto's admittedly decent existing beaches, this "oasis" will be entirely made of cardboard. Parties will take place at the beach (with food!) so check out Luminato's website for more. June 6-15, Luminato Festival Hub at David Pecaut Square (55 John Street)

IsKw Live in the Stacks
All ages event Live in the Stacks is back bringing the music IsKw, a Cree/Dene/Irish alternative r&b/trip hop artist, to the quiet old library. Friday, June 6, 8pm, Spadina Road Library (10 Spadina Road).

SlowPitch Live at The Film Buff East
We've featured sci-fi loving turntablist SlowPitch in our breakout band series, and here's a chance to see him work those decks live and for free while browsing films, and maybe splurging on an ice cream if it's hot. Friday, June 6, 7pm, Film Buff (1380 Queen Street East).

Etsy Craft Party
This free all ages crafting event will supply all the art supplies you need to jazz up your old photos, if that's what you're into. Friday, June 5, 5pm, Textile Museum of Canada (55 Centre Avenue).

Entranced Island 2014
Finally, a free music event on the island that isn't in support of "men's equality." Local trance DJs will entertain you in a non-political, non-sketchy environment, as Toronto goes back to its friendly, normal self. If you can donate $10 for the DJ set up, please do. Saturday, June 7, 11am-10pm, Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands.

Riverdale Art Walk
Scope some art in the east end: over 130 artists will show work in (almost) every medium you can imagine. Saturday, June 7, 11am-6pm, Jimmie Simpson Park (870 Queen St East).

Toronto Etsy Street Team 5th Annual Springtime Market
Etsy is taking over Toronto this weekend, which is good news for those who love all things crafty. Vendors will be set up in Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields on Saturday, where there will also be swag giveaways and free craft workshops. Saturday, June 7, 11am-5pm, Church of Saint Stephen in the Fields (103 Bellevue Avenue).

Puppy and Kitten Weekend
Need some tips from puppy and kitten experts? Groomers, trainers, veterinarians, and (ugh) breeders will be offering free demos and info at Pawsway - oh, and there will be puppies and kittens there. Cuddle said baby animals, roll your eyes at the breeders, and remember to adopt from rescues and shelters, y'all. Saturday, June 7, 12-5pm, Purina PawsWay (245 Queen's Quay West).

Also, check out these regular free events in Toronto

• Elvis Mondays at the Drake
• Foosball Battle Royale, Monday, Disgraceland
• Art Gallery of Ontario free evening, Wednesday, 6-8:30pm.
• IFOA Weekly, free for supporters, students, & youth under 26, Wednesday, Harbourfront Centre
• Skin of My Nuts Comedy Show, Thursday, Sonic Espresso Bar
• Canadian Opera Company's Free Concerts series
• While nearly all art galleries in the city are free to enter, it's worth noting The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is always PWYC.
• The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) offers discounted tickets on Fridays ($10).

Do you want everyone to know about your kinda random free or pay-what-you-can event? Submit it to our event section. (You can also submit your for-money events here, greedy-pants.)

Photo still of Straight Guys from Doc Now

The top iced tea in Toronto is a mixed bag of endlessly varied flavours. Depending on the type of tea and optional sweetening, fruity blends, citrus infusions or even milky add-ins, this versatile chilled refreshment is an ultimate summer pick-me-up.

Here are my picks for the top places to get iced tea in Toronto.

Smoque N Bones
This BBQ joint near Trinity Bellwoods blends its sweet tea with muddled oranges, bitters and a house-made black tea syrup infused with star anise. The Southern-style brew is shaken and served over ice in mason jars for $3.50.

Momofuku
The noodle bar offers a refreshing iced green tea ($5) made with cold brewed sencha and lemongrass. Served over ice, the brew will cool you down, but be warned, it does nothing to alleviate the heat of the extremely spicy noodles.

Northwood
The house iced teas at this Christie Pits cafe are cold brewed by steeping for over 16 hours to form a concentrate that's then chilled and diluted to taste. Choose from roobois, earl grey and sencha variations, served unsweetened, for $3.

Grasslands
The vegan restaurant on Queen West serves a chilled brew of steeped hibiscus tea ($5) blended with fresh squeezed grapefruit juice for natural sweetness and lip-puckering tartness.

Cafe Belong
Nestled in the heart of the Evergreen Brick Works, this restaurant and cafe offers an effervescent jasmine iced tea ($3) sweetened with simple syrup, fresh lime juice and soda. Order it to go at the counter and bring it along as you trail through the Don Valley.

The County General
The popular spot at Queen and Shaw does a classic homemade iced tea ($3) that's steeped from Red Rose bags overnight. It's served unsweetened, though the bar is happy to add a little honey syrup to taste, or opt to make it an Arnold Palmer ($3.50) mixed with cinnamon limeade. Spike either drink with rum or bourbon for $5.

Kupfert & Kim
The vegan lunchonette in the PATH keeps batches of house-made iced teas on tap. Expect to find flavours like lemongrass, lemon and mint, or apple, rosehip and hibiscus ready for quick grab-and-go.

Swan Restaurant
The drinks list at this Queen St. diner includes a refreshing and not-too-sweet raspberry-and-lemon iced tea. Order by the glass in small ($3) or large ($5.25) sizes.

Sabai Sabai
This Church and Dundas spot for Thai tapas offers two traditional orange-coloured cha-yen cold teas. Priced at $5, one is sweetened with condensed milk while the other stirs in palm sugar and fresh citrus juice.

Swish by Han
Icy options at this Wellington restaurant include the tart and tangy Yuzu tea ($3) over ice, as well as a thirst-quenching iced honey and mint tea ($5).

What did I miss? Add your favourite iced tea to the comments below.

Thanks to Pure Leaf for sponsoring our coverage of iced tea day in Toronto (coming up on June 10th).

Photo by cliph in the blogTO Flickr pool

Today we're opening up voting in our latest Best Of poll. Now you can have your say in 10 categories including rooftop patios, jazz bars, hair salons, macarons and greasy spoons.

Take the best of poll here

Voting in the poll ends at midnight this Wednesday June 4th.

Photo by Li Feng in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Today in Toronto you can celebrate Negroni Week at a handful of Toronto bars from June 2nd to 8th. $1 from every Negroni served this week at all participating businesses will be donated to the Sick Kids Foundation. The Luminato Festivals's Take on Me exhibit will start to run on video screens today in Toronto subways, so be on the look out when you ride the TTC. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Drink: Negroni Week
• Art: Luminato Festival - Take on Me (TTC)
• Music: Sage Francis (Opera House)
• Food: Drake Devonshire Pop-Up (Drake One Fifty)
• Film: Books on Film (TIFF)
• Music: Elvis Mondays (Drake Underground)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events calendar or contact us directly.

Each month we profile a collection of shows opening soon in Toronto.

Queer Pride 2014 / Buddies in Bad Times / May 31 - June 29 / $10-$25
The world's oldest LGBTQ theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, has a veritable rainbow cornucopia of live performance during World Pride. From comedy to drama and transgressive to celebratory, the shows reflect our rich and vibrant queer theatre practice. Some of the highlights include play readings of Just Me, You and the Silence and Genderplay, a night with Sharron Matthews and Gavin Crawford, the always funny Bitch Salad, The Lady Halmet, and Queer Bathroom Stories, tales from, where else, stalls and urinals.

The God That Comes / Tarragon Theatre / June 3-29 / $40
After a one-night only performance at Summerworks 2012, Hawksley Workman and Christian Barry are back with the second iteration of their performance piece, The God That Comes. Combining the "revelry of a rock concert with the intimacy of theatrical storytelling," Workman's performance was a festival standout so expectations for a full run are high. In the spirit of Dionysian excess, Workman delivers a bombastic take on The Bacchae, about the punishment of the soldier king of Thebes and his mother.

Angels in America / Soulpepper - Young Centre / June 16 - July 12 / $29-$74
You'd be hard-pressed to find a Toronto production more deserving of a remount than Soulpepper's beautifully imagined treatment of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. The realization of the "gay fantasia," rarely undertaken given the length and resources needed, was one of the best productions of 2013. On the strength of an incredible ensemble, faithful direction from Albert Schultz, and the enduring imagery of Kushner's world, the play continues to resonate. Check out our full review.

Cinderella / National Ballet - Four Seasons Centre / June 4-15 / $25-$100+
The National Ballet is set to have a romantic summer, with productions of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. These classic tales of youthful struggle have proven to be natural fits for balletic adaptation. Set to the music that Sergei Prokofiev created for the ballet in 1945, the current production of Cinderella, which originally premiered a decade ago, features choreography and staging from James Kudelka. As in the story, the dancing glass slippers allow the heroine to waltz into the heart of the Prince.

A Spirit's Face / Native Earth - Aki Studio Theatre / June 3-14 / $10-$20
Jeff D'Hondt's A Spirit's Face considers the masks that victims wear as a means of protecting themselves, and those in their lives, from trauma. When an Aboriginal palliative care worker and an anxious addictions counsellor start a relationship, a breach in ethics threatens to upend their happiness. Throughout the story, D'Hondt and director Ali Joy Richardson explore how, for their characters, trauma manifests itself physically, as well as emotionally.

Shelter / Tapestry - Berkeley St Theatre / June 12-15 / $55-$75
It's always exciting when new and innovative Canadian work appears on stage, but even more so when it's a new opera developed on home soil. Shelter, a collaboration between playwright Julie Salverson and composer Juliet Palmer, is a chamber piece about a "nuclear" family with a glowing daughter named Hope. After 21 years of being hidden away, Hope is called upon to fulfill her destiny. The performance will be accompanied by an Atomic Symposium, a series of complementary talks and readings.

Lead photo of Hawksley Workman in The God That Comes

This Week in Music rounds up the latest news, releases and concerts coming to Toronto.

Dundas-Yonge Square books E-Day
This weekend's purportedly cancelled E-Day Festival supposedly relocated to Dundas-Yonge Square (who are seemingly politics free) after Artscape pulled out of letting them play the island, sponsors pulled out of supporting their free-to-the-public gig, and bands pulled out of playing a show that was (secretly or not) in support of "men's rights." Did anyone go to Y&DS? Did this really happen? Did any TO bands play this? I didn't go check it out for myself because, ew.

New Toronto songs and vids

Prince Innocence - Dissipate (Tarantula X Remix)
This song about writhing like a snake isn't a scary as I expected, even with Tarantula X putting his mark on it. If you're going to spend the summer high as a kite (scaling brick buildings and dancing on trespassed rooftops at sunset, naturally), this track should come in handy. Toronto duo Prince Innocence will release a new 7" on Pretty Pretty Records sometime soon.

Digits
Does breathy-voiced Digits keep busy or what? He's releasing The Day You Fight Back EP June 10.

Greys - Use Your Delusion
We recently featured Greys in our Breakout Band series, so get to know this foursome. I'm into understated vibes but this video of the dudes playing yo yo and rocking in a white studio does nothing for me. If Anything drops June 17, and Greys play Smiling Buddha June 18, and Horseshoe Tavern June 20, both for NXNE.

Wild Bengal Tigers
This video of contemporary composers Jason Doell & Germaine Liu at the Music Gallery's Emergents IV is a slow grower: the duo start in musical kitchen-like set ups on stage and gradually make their way through the church to drop hidden instruments, play the insides of a grand piano, scrape xylophones, and generally create minimal magic. Check out a side of Toronto's sound that rarely makes it into the spotlight, but rules.

Hot ticket shows this week

Die Antwoord / June 4 / 7pm / The Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth Ave.) $41-$47
Should this be in This Week in Fashion? I don't know what this duo sounds like - and I've watched their videos.

Scarlett Jane / June 5 / the Drake Hotel / $15.00
From our folk writer Ryan Ayukawa: both Andrea Ramolo and Cindy Doire, aka Toronto's folk/noir duo, Scarlett Jane, have toured cross-Canada, bringing their "sultry, boot-stompin' magic" and haunting harmonies wherever they play. They perform at the Drake Sarnia's Andrew Austin.

The Unbearable Lightness of Bass / June 6 / 7pm / The Music Gallery / $10
Have you tried the Subpac yet? It's like those John Waters scratch and sniffs but for your body instead of your nose, and for music instead of film. If that doesn't make sense, this Thump article should bring you up to speed on the Subpac bass experience. Prince Nifty, Sunclef, and Bile Sister will perform.

Field Trip / June 7-8 / Fort York: Garrison Common (250 Fort York Blvd.) / $65--$200
Of course Field Trip is coming back for year two: Arts & Craftsmade tons of people happy last year at Fork York Garrison Common. Field Trip will return to the same sod June 7th & 8th, and Broken Social Scene are playing again - shocking, I know - along with Interpol, The Kills, The Constantines (back together!), Chvches, Shad, Austra, A Tribe Called Red, and more. Field Trip also promises the most free hugs per non-EDM festival in the GTA. Various ticket packages are available here.

Freak ticket of the week

Apetechnology / June 7 / 8pm / The White House (277 1/2 Augusta Ave.) / $7
Robots! I'm stealing part of Burn Down the Capital's description as it will be better at enticing people to this strange, futuristic show than I could be: "From the crumbling apocalyptic landscape of Detroit, electromechanical sound art collective Apetechnology breathes new life into the decline of the industrial age. Home made electronics, modular synthesizers and a new auto-kalimba birth warped rhythms & haunting drones. Building their own brand of Detroit Retrograde Futurism illuminating the last cries of a self destructed future." Whoah. Local experimental legend Brian Ruryk is opening, as are Giant Claw and Toblerone Boys.

See also

• The top concerts in Toronto June 2014
• The top 5 dance parties in Toronto June 2014
• 20 must-see spring concerts in Toronto
• The top 10 metal, punk and hardcore shows in Toronto
• The top 5 spring music festivals in Toronto for 2014
• Just Shows

Recently announced concerts

• Construction feat Comet Control / June 13 / Smiling Buddha
• Julie Doiron / August 21 / The Horseshoe
• WHY? September 19 / Lee's Palace
• Erasure / September 30 / Danforth Music Hall
• Bombay Bicycle Club / October 16 / Kool Haus

What we got up to this week

• The top concerts in Toronto June 2014
• The top 10 songs from Toronto bands May 2014
• TO bands and brands pull of out "men's equality" fest
• Sonic Boom stores to merge in new Spadina location
• Karaoke nights in Toronto by day of the week
• The top 5 dance parties in Toronto June 2014

The top mint tea in Toronto makes for a perfect way to relax and unwind, or to invigorate your appetite for prolonged feasts. Mint tea is a refreshment steeped in tradition, prized in Moroccan culture as a display of hospitality, and brewed, poured and refilled on repeat in a ceremonious fashion. It's a leisurely drink that can't be rushed, and really, that's the best thing about it.

Here are my picks for the top places to drink mint tea in Toronto.

Byblos
This new Mediterranean restaurant makes its Moroccan mint tea ($3.75) with hand-rolled organic green tea and fresh peppermint. Served in gilded glassware, it'll invigorate your appetite for the feast of mezze.

Tabule
Sweet, hot Moroccan mint tea ($3.95) is the drink of choice at this Middle Eastern restaurant. Get a gracefully-poured cup of the brew at Tabule's locations in midtown and on the east side.

Fat Pasha
Mint tea ($3) at this modern-Sephardic eatery on Dupont is made with sweetened gunpowder green tea poured over fresh mint leaves and served in coloured glass teacups.

Walima Cafe
This newly renovated Moroccan restaurant on Avenue Road serves Atai, the traditional green tea with fresh mint, for $6 a pot.

Sultan's Tent
Moroccan mint tea is served by the pot ($6) on a silver tray and poured from a theatrical height as a show of respect, and also to cool and simultaneously aerate the brew. It's steeped with green tea and mint, orange blossom water and generous spoonfuls of sugar per tradition.

Cafe Awtash
This hookah lounge on College offers aromatic brews like the Nahna ($4.50) steeped with freshly muddled mint leaves. On the side, add dates and saffron rock candies for complimenting sweetness.

S Lefkowitz
The hummusia on Dundas West steeps loose black tea with handfuls of fresh mint and whole liquorice roots. Stir in sugar yourself or pair it with a snack of organic medjool dates to sweeten your palette between sips.

Casablanca Cafe
This North African hookah lounge on the Danforth is a laid-back spot to watch soccer or enjoy a little shisha while sipping jasmine green tea loaded with fresh peppermint sprigs.

Marrakech Restaurant
This vibrant Moroccan restaurant on the Danforth offers a traditional Maghrebi mint tea mint tea service by the pot ($3.75/small, $5.75/medium, $7.75/large).

Pomegranate
The mint tea ($1.50) at this Persian restaurant on College Street is more mint than tea. Offered a teacup at a time, single servings of steep mint leaves come with sugar cubes supplied on the side.

What did I miss? Add your favourite mint tea to the comments below.

Thanks to Pure Leaf for sponsoring our coverage of iced tea day in Toronto (coming up on June 10th).

Photo from the mint tea at Pomegranate restaurant

After one of the most grueling winters in decades, it's natural for Torontonians to feel like the planet is conspiring against them. But at events like Saturday's Summer Daze dance party, it's easy to be struck by the opposite sentiment; that maybe sometimes nature just wants everything to be perfect.

Blue skies, budding flowers and an idyllic view of Lake Ontario (which, if you squint a little, looks vaguely Ibiza-esque) were all available from the intimate patio of Gossip Restaurant, alongside a giant fountain of St. Michael holding two palm leaves to the sky. The venue felt perfectly integrated with the park environment and passerbys, and I spent the first half hour gawking at the view and people watching.

Highlights include an older man lugging his tiny dog, whose wobbly paws were oddly synching up with the music, around in a Baby Bjorn, and a Tibetan couple who broke out a few quick MJ-inspired dance moves as they walked past and laughed to each other, obviously still in love.

Opener Sheena Marie provided a platter of deep selections to start things off, using a ton of looped chords and dusty organic piano sounds to get dancers moving.

The growing crowd of swaying bodies responded receptively to MK's remix of FCL's summertime anthem "It's You", and the crowd was a mishmash of folks: from stylish "young professionals" to a guy wearing an inexplicable t-shirt reading "oh yeah, that's the stuff right there!" to a ready-to-dance queer presence.

A formidable sound system sent ripples through the white curtains arranged for the event, which were a small but much-appreciated visual touch. Members Only really kicked the party into gear, beginning their set with Session Victim's key-heavy "Good Intentions", and airing out snappily percussive crowd pleasers like Genius of Time's Whitney sampling " Houston, we Have a Problem," a staple for any summertime celebration.

Despite a few times when the music suddenly cut out for several seconds (power supply issues, maybe?) the vibe steadily built until Hercules and Love Affair alumni Kim Ann Foxman took the stage, delivering a set worthy of the sunset taking place over the lake. Drawing equally from 90's Brooklyn house as well as sneakily-inserted acid percolations, it was the ideal way to close out the month of May.

Summer Daze is continuing throughout the rest of the summer season with sets from Waifs & Strays, Dyed Soundsystem and a host of other International house heroes still to be announced. For an event promising more intimate and gorgeous patio venues, grabbing a season pass before they disappear is highly advised.

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Photos by Matt Forsythe. Find Brendan Arnott on Twitter.

Fun ways to be green in Toronto are not facing a shortage, despite the excess concrete and ever-diminishing green space. A number of events that will help you to be more environmentally friendly dot Toronto's summer calendar, from farmers' markets to urban bee keeping demonstrations. Much of what we can do to care for our environment has to do with food and how much attention we pay to its production. As a result, many of these events and enviro-warrior tactics take food into account.

Here are my picks for the top ways to love the environment this summer in Toronto.

Visit one of Toronto's newest farmers' markets
Toronto has a ton of farmers' markets each summer, and this year some new ones have been added to the roster. Sip & Savour Ontario offers the chance to sample Ontario wine and food while checking out the work of local artisans, and it runs from June 5 through to October 30 on Thursdays at Avenue and Lawrence. And the Chefs' Forum Summer Market launches June 14 at Boehmer. It'll feature tables with vendors selling organic veggies, pasture-fed pork, pheasant, guinea fowl, duck, lamb, micro greens, garlic and maple syrup, just to name a few treats on hand.

Get educated and entertained at the Live Green Toronto Festival
This festival celebrates the beauty of the pedestrian life, and sees Yonge St. close to cars between Gould and Queen. It'll feature a green street market, local food samplings and a giant swap area where you can trade unused goods with your neighbours, and maybe grab something you need in return. Live Green Toronto is on July 19 from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Learn to Live Healthier at Rise: The Better Living Expo
June 13 to 15, Evergreen Brick Works will host the Better Living Expo, providing people a chance to learn about living a holistic lifestyle. It'll offer workshops on everything from natural, organic skincare methods to juice cleanses and vegetarian eating. There will be speaker sessions, a verified marketplace, and an organic tapas dinner. Sound insufferable to you? You should probably check it out, then. More info online.

Party with Earth Day Canada
This party at the Mill Street Beer Hall is a fundraiser put on by Earth Day Canada, an NGO that facilitates community programming, scholarships, and environmental advocacy. Though Earth Day is April 22, this event helps fund their activities throughout the year.
Famed chef Michael Stadtlander will be cooking up the (local, organic) eats, and there will also be an open bar and silent auction. Tickets are $40 for the dance party, or $250 for a VIP experience including a full dinner and unlimited drinks.

Go Meat-Free
No shade to those who eat meat, but cutting down on your consumption even a day or two a week can make a major difference to our environment. The Vegetarian Food Festival, from September 5 to 7, can provide gastronomically fascinating ways to do this. Put on by the Toronto Vegetarian Association, the festival features live cooking demonstrations from the experts, as well as an on-site market. Prefer to eat raw or vegan? There's a festival for that too, on June 7 and 8 at 918 Bathurst. The Toronto Raw/Vegan Festival will feature demos, samples from local raw and vegan chefs, ethical clothing and cruelty-free cosmetics.

Tour Rouge Park
Do you ever think of just ditching the capitalist constraints in the city and becoming a wild woodsperson, navigating trails all day and foraging for survival? Well, the folks at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority can teach you how. Set out with them on a tour of Rouge Park, where you'll learn all about nature, wetlands, and navigating the wilderness. Tours take place throughout the summer.

Hug a Tree
The Leslieville Tree Festival may sound a little tree-huggery, yes. But in case you haven't heard, our planet's facing kind of dire circumstances. A little more attention paid to the organisms that suck up all the excess CO2 and a little less time driving through Starbucks drivethrus will do us some good.The festival takes place on the summer solstice, June 21, and features presentations from greening groups and vendors, a ceremonial tree planting and local food offerings and entertainment. It all goes down in Leslie Grove Park from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Become a bee keeper
Check out a scary-sounding yet vitally important session on urban beekeeping June 22 at Evergreen Brickworks. They'll go over why it's important to save the bees and what you can do about it. Then head over to BeeGrrl at 2003 Dundas West for more advice or to buy local honey and hive-keeping products. Want more bee stuff? The Toronto Beekeepers Co-operative offers tips on urban beekeeping, too, appearing at farmers' markets from time to time.

Take a hike
Explore and learn about the green space in and around Toronto by setting out on one of the city's hiking trails. Though it often seems like the only green space is along the ravines and in Toronto's larger parks, the city is actually laced with trails from one end to the other. And if you're near High Park, their nature walks are lovely, too.

Test drive a green ride
Do you love the environment, but feel guilty/conflicted because you're also a geek about cars? Check out the Eco-Wheels show June 21 at Mel Lastman Square. The latest hybrid and electric models will be on display and available for test drive. There will also be a solar-powered car and eco-friendly motorcycles and other vehicles too.

Thanks to Growers Cider for sponsoring this post.

For more fun things to do this summer, check out our Toronto Fun Guide.

Sometimes, it's nice to look at your city in a different way. Make time to stop and smell the roses. Ride a bike instead of driving. Or just walk up the main drag backwards and see how many funny stares you can get. Toronto fashion brand NOZO did exactly that in a new promotional video clip - then reversed the footage, making for a dreamlike stroll down (or up?) Yonge St.

The lookbook video was created to show off NOZO's spring/summer 2014 collection of boldly-branded streetwear (though I'm still partial to their rose-covered balaclava or reversed subway T-shirts).

It's also meant to be a local answer to the Tokyo Reverse project, which sees French filmmaker Ludovic Zuili wandering through a backwards Tokyo (the clip went viral earlier this spring). NOZO's version sees dancer and choreographer Carlena Britch (who's worked with Pharell, Usher, and Justin Bieber) team up with NOZO's David Forteau (a dancer in his own right) for a slow, hazy roll through the city.

There's a gradual start to the video - unless you count a guy in an alley setting a pair of Air Yeezys on fire (because why not). Then our duo turns off Elm onto Yonge, and the rest of the world is, dreamily, moving backwards: cars roll in reverse, jaywalkers sprint backwards across the street, and a lot of pedestrians back-walk up the sidewalk while looking at Britch and Forteau like they're the crazy ones.

Want to see more pedestrians traveling upstream? Check out a sample of the original (nine-hour) Tokyo Reverse project below.

Photo via YouTube.

Summer in Toronto is beer festival season, and as our city's love affair with craft brews intensifies, our options for communal imbibing continues to grow. 2014 is a particularly robust year for beer events, marked by old favourites (e.g. Toronto Beer Week) and relative newcomers (e.g. Roundhouse Craft Beer Festival). As much as the focus is on what's in the glass at these events, the dawn of the food truck era has brought a whole new dimension to beer festivals around these parts, with gourmet offerings aplenty to line your beer-filled guts.

Here are my picks for the top beer festivals and events in Toronto for summer 2014.

Session Toronto 2014 (June 13-14)
Now entering its fifth year, Session Toronto has surpassed its origins as the official conclusion to Ontario Craft Beer Week to become a marquee event on its own. This year sees the festival move from the Wychwood Barns to Yonge-Dundas Square, which is sure to accommodate even more craft beer fans as this event rises in popularity (better hope for good weather, though). Tickets cost $39.50, which gets you your glass and five tasting tokens for the over 100 beers on offer. There's also a "Princess Pass" to the event, which comes in at $99.50 for 30 tokens, the ability to bypass lineups and access to a VIP area.

Ontario Craft Beer Week (June 15-21)
This sprawling festival features over 150 events spread across 50 cities and towns in Ontario. As the biggest participating city, we have the most events. It's difficult to sum up everything that will be on offer at local establishments, but you can count on tasting flights, tap takeovers, live music, brewery tours and pretty much everything else beer-related. Stay tuned for a more thorough preview of the festival a week prior to its getting under way. Various prices and locations.

Brewer's Backyard: Canada Day Edition (July 1)
The Brick Works is pretty much the ideal setting for a lazy afternoon of holiday drinking. You pay as you go for food and drink (the beer comes in at $6), so there's no need to buy tickets in advance nor need you feel obligated to make an entire day out of it (the event goes from 11am-4pm). Do bear in mind that the Brick Works is a popular spot on Canada Day, so if you're looking to ensure seats, it's best to arrive early. The menu will only be made public on the day of the event, though you can always count on interesting stuff from local brewers and given that it's a rare family-friendly beer event, feel free to bring the kiddies.

Summer Craft Beer Fest (July 10)
Ostensibly a chance to show off the various vendors at the Liberty Market Building as much as it is to showcase local craft breweries, the one-day Summer Craft Beer Fest is a pay-as-you-go affair that is part street sale, part beer celebration. If last year was any indication, the beer certainly isn't an afterthought, as brewers like Beau's, Highlander Beer Co., Hogtown Brewers, Muskoka Brewery, and, of course, the Liberty Village Brewing Company all made appearances (to name only a few).

Toronto's Festival of Beer (July 25-27)
Featuring over 300 different brands of beer, for better of for worse, TFOB is quite possibly the largest summer beer festival in the province. The beer vendors comprise a non-discriminatory lineup of brewers big and small, so alongside craft brewers and contract start ups, you're also likely to find "beer girls," fizzy lagers, and sacrilegious fruity beers. Over the event's three days you can expect thousands of beer drinkers to descend on Exhibition Place so it's sure to be a good scene (with lineups to pee and buy tokens). Among other features, there will be a pavilion dedicated to East Coast beers, gluten free and female friendly(?) beer "trails," and musical entertainment featuring formidable lineup of Canadian acts including K-OS, The Trews, Matthew Good and more. Tickets are still available for Friday and Sunday but Saturday is sold out.

Hart House Craft Beer Festival (July 31)
The 7th annual Hart House Craft Beer Festival features small craft breweries from across Canada (to be announced), food, and learnin'. Up a buck from last year, tickets cost $36 for adults or $31 for students and include entry to the open-air Hart House Quad, eight beer tickets, a souvenir sampling glass, and access to the full-patio barbecue prepared by Chef Marco Tucci. This year's event will also see the return of Canada's first female Cicerone, Mirello Amato, leading "ExBEERiential Learning," a one-hour beer tasting workshop (which costs a little extra to attend).

Session Muskoka (August 2)
Cottage country and beer are a natural pair, and Muskoka's beer festival, now named Session Muskoka, is the marquee craft beer event in the area. Held at Bracebridge's Annie Williams Park, the festival is bound to be even more popular this year with a re-positioning of ticket prices. Entrance was $42.50 last year, which got you a sample of all the brewers on hand. This year the price comes down to $25 for five tokens, a better arrangement if you can't handle getting blitzed under the hot, hot sun. Festival organizers anticipate over 30 craft breweries to be on hand for this year's event.

Roundhouse Craft Beer Festival (August 9-10)
The festival we called one of the city's best last year is returning for its third year. Featuring a selection of Ontario beer poured in Roundhouse Park, the event thus far has been a casual setting with food from some Toronto food trucks and, mercifully, the ability to have a seat on the grass if you like. It will be interesting to see if the event has jumped the shark this time around. Details aren't yet posted, but last year it was $10 online and $15 at the door with $1 sample tickets. The best part of this event is the fact that the "ticket" for is your glass, meaning in and out privileges and even returning for day two without having to buy a second ticket.

Toronto Premium Beer Experience (September 11)
The Premium Beer Experience is less douchey than it sounds. Taking place at the Berkeley Church and featuring a smattering of local craft brewers, it's actually a fairly low-key affair involving tastings and education for those who take their beer very seriously. Participating brewers concoct special offerings just for the event, so participants can count on sampling something new -- and ample opportunities to pontificate on the quality of what's being served. Pay-as-you-go ($1 vouchers get you 4oz pours).

Toronto Beer Week (September 12-20)
Toronto Beer Week takes place at venues across the city, featuring tasting nights, homebrew competitions, tap takeovers and all the types of events that you see at Ontario Craft Beer Week but without the strict provincial focus. That said, the idea is to celebrate craft beer in all its forms, so regardless of its origin, the beer on offer won't be coming from massive international brewers. As the festival nears, we'll break down the schedule for can't-miss events and other highlights.

What did I miss? Plug your favourite summer beer festivals and events in the comments below.

Thanks to Pure Leaf for sponsoring our summer adventures. For more things to do this summer, check out our Best of Summer page.

Ben Johnson also writes about beer over on Ben's Beer Blog. Follow him on twitter @Ben_T_Johnson.

The Open Roof Festival has announced its 2014 schedule just as nighttime temperatures are staying warm enough to encourage extended bouts outdoors. It's not quite t-shirt weather when the sun sets right now, but by the time the festival's first event rolls around on June 19th, you might just be in luck. Open Roof has bounced around between a number of locations in its existence, so it's no surprise to see that a new venue has been secured for this summer. 99 Sudbury will play host to the festival this year, which bodes well for those who like their outdoor movies with decent food and drink.

Although organizers have yet to announce specific food offerings, we know that a partnership with the new venue and vendors like Cool City Oyster Yard is designed to up the ante on the culinary element of the festival. Amersterdam Brewery will also be back on as the beer supplier for the weekly events. From a film standpoint, the festival leads off with Denis Villeneuve's Enemy followed by The Grand Budapest Hotel. Other highlights include 20 Feet from Stardom and some Can-con in the form of Don McKellar's The Grand Seduction.

This year's musical component continues a trend in which the festival showcases emerging talent and local bands. Highlights include Os Topies, Weaves, and CATL. Musical performances kick off each evening, so be sure to get there on time -- this isn't exactly the equivalent of upcoming trailers. For the full schedule and additional info, check out The Open Roof Festival website.

Zombies took to Toronto streets on Saturday for Ready, Set, DIE!, a 5K run with physical obstacles, team-building activities - and zombies. It all started three years ago, when two friends were having beers on St. Patrick's Day, chatting about how it would be fun to bring together their love of zombie movies and their passion for fitness. Three years later, the Toronto race is back for a second time, and has attracted over 1000 people, with a string of satellite races set to take place across Ontario. Clearly, a zombie survival race is an infectious idea - and it's spreading quickly.

Check out all the bloody action in our slideshow.

Photo by Leigh Miller in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Today in Toronto Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp aka GHOASTT (Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) are in town playing the Hoxton. The Scarborough Film Festival is launching for six days of screenings at multiple venues in the east end, with Grand Street showing at the opening tonight at The Fox, 7pm. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Music: The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (The Hoxton)
• Film: Scarborough Film Festival
• Food: VEGG Day: Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free (Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events calendar or contact us directly.

One of the newest editions to Toronto's summer music festival circuit, Briefcasefest is set to return for its second year June 6-7 at Silver Dollar and Comfort Zone. Its focus is markedly different from the higher-profile fests you'll hear about this season, showcasing some of the most innovative bands in extreme, avant-garde and heavy music currently active both locally and abroad. Hosted by local promotions collective Briefcase Show Inc., the event is a natural extension of the scene they've helped to build over the past few years.

Max Deneau is one of the key minds behind Briefcase Show Inc. and recalls how a particularly successful streak of shows last year inspired him to put together their first festival: "It felt as though the Toronto underground had reached an all-time peak. [Typically] you need big name headliners to make a fest happen, but I found myself thinking it would be possible to run a locally focused one based purely on the strength of the artists I had been working with."

Deneau, who is the vocalist for Eyeswithoutaface, formed Briefcase Show Inc. with fellow musician Yegor Zacharov (of Kosmograd) in 2010. Both bands create music that's undeniably heavy but almost impossible to categorize genre-wise, which made it difficult to book shows with the traditional metal promoters. "Since nobody else was really booking our projects, we felt like we should try and get something off the ground ourselves and make it self-sustaining - to start running our own shows and try to build a community."

The two-night event begins Friday at The Silver Dollar, where the roster consists primarily of Toronto-based acts exploring the outer edges of sludge, punk, doom and noise: it's headlined by Godstopper and also features Zacharov's band Kosmograd, Demonic Possessor, Ayahuasca and more.

Night two sinks down into the Comfort Zone to feature more extreme metal, be it black, grind or death: see the likes of Thantifaxath, Sulaco, Ordoxe and Homolka, among others. "The Silver Dollar and The Comfort Zone are two of the rare mid-level venues in Toronto that have remained accommodating to underground metal and hardcore," explains Deneau about the chosen location.

Coincidentally, both editions of Briefcasefest have fallen on the same weekend as another major Toronto music festival: Field Trip. The two events seem like complete opposites, but share some strange connections (musician Justin Small performs with Do Make Say Think at this year's Field Trip, but is also a member of noisy two-piece Lullabye Arkestra, who played Briefcasefest last year). Competition from a growing number of Toronto music events doesn't really phase Briefcasefest's organizers, though, as their festival fills a niche that's been long overlooked.

The current members of Briefcase Inc., much like the music they promote, are tough to pin down - the collective is deliberately vague and dispersed, partially to help heavy bands connect with like-minded artists outside Toronto's borders. Deneau hopes that events like Briefcasefest can expose local audiences not only to the cool stuff happening in their own backyard, but emerging artists from Quebec and elsewhere in Ontario as well, making each scene less insular. "The plan is to continue as an annual festival until I burn out or cut my own throat on stage or something."

Briefcasefest runs from June 6-7 at Silver Dollar and Comfort Zone. Tickets are available at the door only: $10 for Friday, $12 for Saturday, or $20 for both nights. The event is 19+.

Writing by Shazia Khan. Photos of Ayahuasca and Demonic Possessor by Nathan Mills.

Though there were no closures to report, this week's list of DineSafe offenders includes a number of morning establishments that'll have you waking up to pay attention before your first coffee of the day. Watch out where you brunch - Prohibition, Saving Gigi, and two EggSmart locations are all on this list.

Here are the rest of this week's worst on DineSafe.

A Dark Horse (2401 Bloor St. West)
Inspected on: May 26, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, Significant: 3)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

I Deal Coffee (3336 Yonge St.)
Inspected on: May 27 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 1 (Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4 C (40 F) or colder.

Saffron Spice Kitchen (459 Queen St. West)
Inspected on: May 27, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Significant: 3, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to wash hands when required; operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4 C (40 F) or colder.

Prohibition Gastropub (696 Queen St. East)
Inspected on: May 28, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

El Trompo (277 Augusta Ave.)
Inspected on: May 28, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Significant: 1, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4 C (40 F) or colder.

EggSmart (1647 Queen St. West)
Inspected on: May 28, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

EggSmart (601 Sherbourne St.)
Inspected on: May 29, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Significant: 4, Crucial:1)
Crucial infractions include: Maintain hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C.

Saving Gigi (859 Bloor St. West)
Inspected on: May 29, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 3, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A