This week on DineSafe, Welcome Restaurant on Jane Street was shut down for an insect infestation. A trio of bakeries received conditional passes too, including Queen West's BakeryHaus, which doesn't even do the baking on site.

See which other establishments landed on DineSafe this week.

BakeryHaus (238 Queen Street West)
Inspected on: May 3, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Significant: 3, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated. Display hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C.

Hermes Bakery (2885 Bathurst Street)
Inspected on: May 3, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, Significant: 3)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

KO Burgers (788 Broadview Avenue)
Inspected on: May 5, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Ali Baba's (768 Dundas Street West)
Inspected on: May 4, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 2, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Sweet Escape (55 Mill Street)
Inspected on: May 4, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 1, Significant: 3)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Welcome Restaurant (284 Jane Street)
Inspected on: May 4, 2016
Inspection finding: Red (Closed)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 3, Significant: 1, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to prevent an insect infestation.

The Fry (4864 Yonge Street)
Inspected on: May 5, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Significant: 3)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Note: The above businesses each received infractions from DineSafe as originally reported on the DineSafe site. This does not imply that any of these businesses have not subsequently corrected the issue and received a passing grade by DineSafe inspectors. For the latest status for each of the mentioned businesses, including details on any subsequent inspections, please be sure to check the DineSafe site.

Breaking news: there's a fully renovated house in a desirable Toronto neighbourhood for under a million! No fixer-upper here. The move-in ready property at 237A Leslie Street in Leslieville is a modern two bedroom, two bathroom dwelling for only $798,000.

At around 1,200 square feet, the funky loft-style interior offers a rustic and playful space. Like the living room, for example, featuring exposed brick on one side and a wood accented wall on the other. The industrial staircase was custom designed and leads to a serene master bedroom with cathedral ceilings and a sliding barn door.

Other cool features include the wild brick bathroom and soaker tub, and the unexpected temperature-controlled wine cellar in the basement. As the housing market in the 416 continues to soar, there could be a bidding war on this one.

SPECS

• Address: 237A Leslie Street
• Price: $798,000
• Lot Size: 12 x 121 FT
• Bedrooms: 2+1
• Bathrooms: 2
• Parking: 2
• Taxes: $2,207
• Walk Score: 85
• Listing agent: Cameron John Weir, Keller Williams
• Listing ID: E3482658

NOTABLE FEATURES

• Approx. 1,200 square feet
• Skylight
• Cathedral ceilings
• Industrial staircase
• Finished basement with wine cellar

GOOD FOR

The urban driver. This property scores not just one, but two, parking spots in the back -- a rarity in the city.

MOVE ON IF

You'd like a wider space. This is a very narrow property at just 12 feet wide, so there's no escaping your living companions.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
Would you love it or list it? Have your say in the comments.

Thanks to Bosley Real Estate Ltd, Brokerage for sponsoring our House of the Week. All content and editorial selected and written by blogTO.

Toronto could expand its cycling network by over 500 kilometres over the next decade if plans from the city's Transportation Services department come to fruition. That would mark an investment of $20 million a year in cycling infrastructure to be added to some of Toronto's busiest streets.

Of course, the proposed routes are subject to further study and ultimately council approval, but the blue print is ambitious in its determination to create a well connected bikeway network in this city. Some of the major streets under consideration are Yonge St., Danforth Ave., Kingston Rd. and Kipling Rd.

The report will go before the Public Works Committee on May 16, where members will vote on whether or not to proceed with feasibility studies on the proposed routes. The committee will also have to decide on how the infrastructure would be funded. There are five proposals from city staff, though the report recommends an investment of $16 million a year, which fund 85 per cent of the projects.

It's a bold plan that would dramatically signal Toronto's commitment to cycling as a legitimate means to manage gridlock. Given the heated debate about the pilot project for bike lanes on Bloor St., you can bet that the plan will have its detractors, but the gauntlet has been laid down for how to make this city truly bike-friendly.

Read the full report here.

Photo by Martinho in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Bar Volo will shut its doors in September after 28 years of business. The reason for the closure is a familiar one, reports beer writer Ben Johnson. A 44-storey condo development is slated to replace the block on which the bar is located. As the development nears realization, Volo's owner has been given six month's notice to vacate the space.

One of Toronto's pioneering craft beer bars, Volo launched one of the city's best beer festivals in the form of Cask Days all the way back in 2005. At the time, there were precious few places that took their beer lists seriously, and the success of Volo's beer program helped pave the way for the robust scene Toronto enjoys today.

According to Johnson's interview with owner Tomas Morana, the search is on for a new location but there's nothing concrete to report at this time. News that the bar will close comes as Yonge St. undergoes massive transformation. You'd think a place like Bar Volo would be very attractive to young condo owners, but it remains to be seen how the street's retail footprint will take shape.

Photo by Jesse Milns

The organizers of last year's hugely successful outdoor market at Union Station may not be involved in 2016 but that doesn't mean the summer market isn't returning for another year.

As we reported yesterday, a new market from Front Street Foods, the original creators of the Union Station outdoor market, is surfacing at University and Adelaide this June for a three month run. But the Union Station market will live on with new vendors and a new organizing team.

Now simply referred to as Union Summer, the Union Station market will run 7 days a week from June 27 through Sept 5 and feature 21 different food and drink vendors, a licensed area from the team at Parts & Labour Catering, a fresh produce marketplace and live music.

New this year there will also be a free outdoor movie screening every Wednesday evening.

While Union Station was pleased with the success of last year's inaugural effort they reached out to different event producers to bid on putting together this year's market. Ultimately they decided to switch partners and award the contract to BaAM Productions.

No reservation policies can be a blessing or a curse depending on your outlook. It's surely not what you want to hear when there's a crush at the door and you've got tickets to the theatre in an hour, but on the flip side, it just might save the day when you forgot to book a table for a special occasion.

You might have to wait for a table during peak hours, but otherwise, there's no forethought required when dining out at any of these Toronto restaurants that don't take reservations.

Bar Raval
It's standing room only inside this pinxtos bar on College Street, so it should be no surprise that you can't book a table. Luckily waiting to get in need not feel like waiting at all, just head next door toLo Pan or La Carnita for a couple cocktails first.

Bar Buca
The more formal restaurants in the Buca empire might take reservations, but the Italian bar on Portland does not. Tables are awarded on a "first come first served" basis equalizing the opportunities to savour cicchetti, spuntini and spiedini on offer.

Bar Begonia
The Parisian cocktail lounge on Dupont offers cured and confit meats with bread, oysters, tartare and foie gras parfaits. With the exception of large parties booked well in advance, the restaurant doesn't do reservations.

Hanmoto
It can be devilish trying to get a table at this tiny Japanese-styled snack bar tucked away just off Dundas West, but it's well worth the wait to tuck into uni bombs, hamachi tartare and dyno wings.

Grand Electric
Tacos and bourbonade sounds like the perfect pair at this boisterous Mexican eatery in Parkdale. Just be warned that on a nice day, everyone else is thinking the exact same thing and waiting for a table should be expected.

The Black Hoof
The meat-centric restaurant on Dundas West doesn't do reservations. Diners jonesing for horse tartare or foie gras and French toast are seated as they arrive... or at least when the whole party has arrived. Fortunately, you can wait for a table over a Manhattan at Cocktail Bar directly across the street.

Bar Fancy
No need to call ahead to snag a table at this West Queen West snack bar. This joint does all sorts of cocktails and oysters, fried chicken and dirty nachos, but reservations it does not.

La Carnita
The taqueria will book tables for parties of six or more at its locations on College Street and on John Street, and on Queen East for parties of four or more. Smaller groups are encouraged to just pop-in.

Kinton Ramen
The no reservations policy at this Japanese noodle house was the source of long lineups when the first restaurant launched. In the years since, the chain has rapidly expanded with locations across the city to meet the demand and wait times have become more tolerable as a result.

Home of The Brave
The eatery known for its fried bologna sandwiches and Philly cheese steaks doesn't take reservations but if it's busy they'll take down your number and give you a call when a table becomes ready.

Photo of Hanmoto by Jesse Milns.

The lure to redesign the TTC logo and branding for Toronto designers is nearly irresistible, it would seem. I don't think anyone has actually improved upon the Keystone (which was itself quietly modernized in 2014), but it's always fun to see how this iconic Toronto symbol is reimagined.

Anton Tankovich is the latest to take up the challenge for the sheer fun of it (note well: none of this is official or sanctioned by the TTC). I have to say his branding is some of the slickest that I've seen. My sense is that his logo will be a divisive subject, but perhaps only because we're so accustomed to the clean design of the Keystone.

When featured on mock versions of a Metropass and TTC business cards, the results are impressive.

Perhaps one of the reasons for this is that Tankovich has maintained the original Toronto Subway font alongside the updated logo. "In this version, elements of the original branding live on through type choice, while the logo itself is reimagined with art deco influences," he explains.

What do you think of the redesign? Let us know in the comments.

The Toronto Outdoor Picture Show gets a head start on film screening series' under the stars with a creepy premiere at Queensway Park on Saturday, June 18. Titled Vampires in the Outfield, the event doubles down on one of its most popular screenings from last year.

This is the group's first screening outside of Christie Pits (remember that Mean Girls screening last summer as part of their Great Villains series? That was bonkers!), and to help kick things off with a bang they're recreating Nosferatu with live accompaniment from Del Bel, which was all the rage last summer.

If you missed the fun last year, you have a second chance to take in the show just before summer gets underway.

A great list of reasons to sit, watch or listen in Toronto today. Belgrade artpop sensation Ensh performs, The 4 Poets launch their latest issue, Tinder Tales to make you blush, Maometto II closes out the Canadian Opera Company's latest season and the Lili Huston-Herteirch sculpture show at the cool new A/C Repair Co gallery.

For more events, click on over to our events section.

• The 4 Poets issue #4 release (Dundas Video)
• Retropath presents: The Bad Seed (The Royal)
• Ensh (Drake Underground))
• Tinder tales live (The Gladstone Ballroom)
• Le Placard/The Closet (Berkeley Street Theatre)
• Raconteurs & TCAF present: comics & life, a night of storytelling (Tranzac Club)
• Cultural hot spot launch party (Aga Khan)
• Lili Huston-Herteirch art show (A/C Repair Co)
• IFOA readings with Jim Lynch, Helen Simonson and Alissa York (Harbourfront Centre)
• Mercer Multiplier (Mercer Union)
• Maometto II (Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts)
• Why should I care about preserving local heritage? (Rose & Crown)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events section.

Photo of Ensh.

Toronto's newest Mexican cafe lets you spike your coffee with Kahlua and serves house-made treats like paletas and churros that can be dipped in chocolate with a variety of toppings.

Read my profile of Wrestlers in the cafes section.

Toronto is a model of health, according to a new report that compares the city to the rest of the province. When major factors like life expectancy, rates of obesity, and incidence of cancer are tracked against provincial averages, the city arises as a leader when it comes to health and welfare.

Perhaps more interesting than these stats is that downtown Toronto fares better than the suburbs when it comes to health's key outcomes, including body mass index (BMI). Experts muse the discrepancy is most likely related to the higher rates of cycling and walking in the denser parts of the city.

Demographics like the age of the population would also play a factor in numerous categories. In any case, it's good news for advocates of cycling infrastructure, who can tout additional statistics in support of ample bike lanes in the city.

Photo by Kat Rizza.

The best snack bars in Toronto are places where an assemblage of finger foods can sub in for a meal, and where menus don't list entrees but rather an assortment of nibbles that satiate and accelerate drinking. Generally these are places that cater to odd hours: that peckish period between lunch and dinner, post-work aperitivo time, and after-hours eating.

Here are the best snack bars in Toronto.

If you're a fan of butter tarts this festival is for you. The annual Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival is back for its fourth year.

The quirky pastry filled festival will take over King Street in downtown Midland, Ontario on June 11 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Spend your day tasting butter tarts from 150 different vendors ranging from bakeries to home bakers from across Ontario.

The festival also includes a contest where a panel of judges will crown The Best Butter Tart in Ontario.

Photo of the butter tarts at Andrea's Gerrard St. Bakery by Jesse Milns.

Toronto taxis don't want anything to do with Uber's surge pricing, even if new rules allow them to adopt such strategies.

"We will not be incorporating it into our business model," promised Rita Smith of the Toronto Taxi Alliance. "We believe that surge pricing has no place in superior customer service."

This marks one key way that traditional taxicabs can positively differentiate themselves from Uber X, which many users claim isn't just cheaper, but also more user-friendly. Well, that is except when surge pricing is in effect.

The notorious increase in rates during particularly busy periods or events has earned the company plenty of customer ire, but it's shown no signs of discontinuing a practice that's often characterized as gouging.

The big question is whether or not the refusal to use surge pricing will earn conventional cabs additional customer loyalty in what continues to be an epic battle between the two services.

Photo by Gabi in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Warehouse sales this month are appropriately lined up to get you into a summer look, quickly. Sporty, easy, colourful and laid-back is the vibe for summer sixteen, and these warehouse wonders make it just a bit easier to look expensive, cheaply.

Here's a round-up of warehouse and sample sales to scavenge through this May.

Nordstrom(May 11-15)
OK, this one is in Markham, but it's Nordstrom's people! This sale boasts up to 80% off the upscale American retailer and it'll feature designer clothes, shoes and accessories. Hit this one up early to nab the real gems. Markham Fairgrounds, 108101 McCowan Road (at Elgin Mills).

True Religion (May 25 - 29)
True Religion has moved past bellbottomed jeans with monstrous white stitching... mostly. A good sale to visit for easy-breezy summer pieces up to 90%. Men's, women's and children's.
International Centre Hall 6, 6900 Airport Road.

Nautica (May 19-28)
Trying to sport that "I sail boats around Toronto Island, no big deal" look this summer? Nautica, and it's sunny, all-American aesthetic are 60-80% off at this sale. Sports polo's and shoes are the hot items here. 81 St. Regis Crescent South.

Le Sportsac (May 13-15)
There's not much more to say about a Sportsac warehouse sale other than: BAGS! They don't get cuter than Le Sportsac and displayed on a table in a warehouse is really the only way to spend money on them. 510 Lawrence Avenue West.

Vans (May 12-14)
This is a cash and credit only sale so it's going to be vicious. But Vans-crowd style vicious. Take the morning off work and get there at the crack of dawn for Van shoes, boots, clothing, jackets, accessories and helmets. 79 Wingold Avenue.

What did I miss? Add more May warehouse sales in Toronto to the comments.

Ice cream sandwiches in Toronto make the perfect summer treat and lucky for us the city has loads of places that make them. From your basic cookie sandwiches to more creative offerings, chances are there's an ice cream sandwich our there with your name on it.

Here are my picks for the top ice cream sandwiches in Toronto by neighbourhood.

ANNEX
Big Crow lets you cap of your meaty meal with a brioche ice cream sandwich. This seasonal treat can be found on the menu during the warmer months and is available in flavours like peanut butter and jelly and s'mores.

BEACHES
Sleepy Baker serves up custom made ice cream sandwiches seven days a week. Sandwiches are available in your choice of plain-style or stuffed cookies.

BLOORCOURT
Bakerbots offers one of the most-liked ice cream sandwiches in the city. You can customize with a choice of freshly baked cookies that you can stuff with unique ice cream flavours like avocado, burnt toffee and beer n' brown bread.

BLOORDALE VILLAGE
Home Baking Co. dishes out made-to-order cookie ice cream sandwiches. They come in your choice of full cookie or half and filled to the nines with ice cream.

CHINATOWN
Lucky Red's dessert menu touts a rotating selection of ice cream sandwiches. Of the favourites offered so far, the churro-donut ice cream sandwich is surely the most memorable. Yum!

DUNDAS WEST
Ice cream sandwiches are a crowd favourite at Scoop Shop. Select your made-from-scratch ice cream flavour, then have it sandwiched to order between your choice of cookies or delicate meringue shells.

EAST CHINATOWN
Homestyle cookies and frothy frozen mousse-like ice cream are both featured at Andrea's Gerrard Street Bakery. These are offered in flavours like double chocolate espresso, ginger lemon curd, or English Brown Bread ice cream between chocolate chip cookies.

ETOBICOKE
Ready-made s'mores and salted caramel ice cream sandwiches are just two of the options you can discover at Sweet Olenka's. Unique ice cream flavours find themselves stuffed between two cookies and then dipped in chocolate.

KENSINGTON MARKET
At Dirty Bird you can indulge in waffle ice cream sandwiches. The menu currently boasts three types of sandwiches, which range from waffles topped with peanut butter and jelly to a version stuffed with sweet potato ice cream and candied pecans.

KING WEST
If you been scrolling through your Instagram feed recently, you've probably come across a churro ice cream sandwich once or twice. Wondering where to get it year round in Toronto? Head to El Caballito.

KOREATOWN
Toronto's old school malt shop, Bean and Baker, makes some scrumptious ice cream sandwiches. All sandwiches are made to order where Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream is generously scrapped onto your choice of cookie and then edged with a topping of your picking.

LITTLE ITALY
Ever have a pop tart ice cream sandwich? Now you can courtesy of Bake Shoppe. This cute little bakery slathers ice cream in-between their home-made jelly filled pop tarts.

MARKHAM
Old Firehall Confectionery uses Kawartha Ice Cream in their frozen sandwiches. Choose your cookie then choose your ice cream and dig in. Napkins are recommended.

OSSINGTON
Bang Bang is the ultimate ice cream parlour and bakeshop. They do everything from scratch and make ice cream sandwiches using cookies, cinnamon buns, macarons and puffs.

QUEEN WEST
Gelato filled ice cream sandwiches? Yes, please! Visit Death in Venice to get your fill of two scoops of gelato between one of Constantinople's cookies. Sandwiches are also available in between two crispy halva wafers.

ST. CLAIR WEST
Booyah offers up ice cream sammies in two sizes (full or half). All sandwiches are customizable and come in your choice of freshly baked cookie and scoop of Kawartha Dairy ice cream.

WEST QUEEN WEST
If you have room for dessert at the Gladstone Hotel, their ice cream sandwich is a must-try. A house-made cookie is topped with a generous scoop of Ed's Real Scoop ice cream.

YONGE & DUNDAS
Bareburger pairs different flavours of Greg's Ice Cream with locally baked cookies. A must-try is their snickerdoodle with roasted marshmallow ice cream.

YONGE & EGLINGTON
Uncle Betty's is where to get your hands on a donut ice cream sandwich. Your choice of ice cream is nestled in between their famous donut, drizzled with chocolate or caramel sauce and a selection of toppings.

YONGE & LAWRENCE
The Burger's Priest offers up an ice cream sandwich you probably won't find anywhere else. Step outside the box and opt for the Vatican on Ice, which features vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two buttery grilled cheese sandwiches.

YONGE & ST. CLAIR
Holy Chuck Burgers has quite an extensive dessert menu on which you will find their You Bacon Me Crazy Chocolate Chip Cookie ice cream sandwich. It consists of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and dusted in bacon bits.

YONGE & WELLESLEY
Red Bench lets you mix and match any two cookies then choose from their rotating selection of soft serve yogurts to place inside. To finish it off, you have the option to roll your creation in toppings of nuts, candies and sprinkles.

What did I miss? Disagree with my selections in the comments.

Lead photo of Bang Bang by Jesse Milns

Puppies, BBQ, and prizes - these are all ingredients in hosting a proper outdoor neighbourhood party. But organizers of Woofest, a one-day festival in support of a variety of charities including the Moosonee Puppy Rescue, are taking their event one major step further with a rooftop concert by legendary Toronto producer and musician Daniel Lanois.

He's worked with U2, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young and Bob Dylan to name only a few in an illustrious career. On this occasion he'll share musical duties with Crooked House Road, who will also play the free festival. Odds are good that Lanois will roll out of his Temple studio before playing, located as it is just across the street from the garage.

In addition to the rooftop concert, you can also expect dog adoptions to go down at some point between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. In other words, think Beatles on the rooftop of Abbey Road or U2's video for "Where the Streets Have No Name," but with adorable dogs and meat from Barque Smokehouse.

It all goes downs Saturday, May 14 at Master Mechanic, 2 Howard Park Ave, from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more info, check out the Toronto Woofest website.

Photo by Junior Ayotte

Less than two weeks after Toronto officially regulated ride-sharing services, the City of Mississauga has banned Uber in a unanimous council vote that requires such vehicles to adhere to the same rules upheld by traditional taxis.

This means that Uber must cease operations in the city immediately. If the company agrees to do so, however, there might be a way back into the Mississauga market. In a secondary vote, council agreed that should Uber comply with today's decision, it would order a committee to look into the possibility of implementing a ride-sharing pilot program this fall.

There's no guarantee that such a pilot will happen, particularly given that Uber has decided to buck some municipal requests like this in the past. So far, no one from the company has commented on the vote or what it plans to do in Mississauga.

Photo via Uber's Instagram.

This newly opened restaurant is a casual spot for Indian sandwiches like pav buns loaded with beef kheema, potato vada, and eggplant bhaaji. Also on the menu are Chicken Frankie roti rolls, a trio of chaats, and a handful of non-sandwich entrees like the salli chicken bowl.

Read my profile of Bombay Street Food in the restaurants section.

A favourite Toronto spot for fried chicken and waffles is expanding. The Dirty Bird, which currently operates in Kensington Market, will be opening a new location at 527 Bloor St. (right beside Lee's Palace) in the coming weeks.

The soon-to-open location will be larger than the first with more seating for fried chicken fans. As for the menu, you can expect the same options at both locations. Perhaps the stranglehold of sushi joints in the Annex is finally starting to weaken?

Photo by Jesse Milns.