This week on DineSafe there are no closures to report, but Dr. Laffa's Bathurst Street takeout shop was cited for eight significant infractions detected by city health inspectors. The Richtree Natural Market also got dinged for inadequate pest control, among other things.

See which other eateries landed on DineSafe this week.

Dr. Laffa (3027 Bathurst St.)
Inspected on: September 12, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 8 (Significant:8)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Ali Baba's (1283 Bloor St. W.)
Inspected on: September 13, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4C (40F) or colder.

Kibo Sushi (701 St. Clair. Ave. W.)
Inspected on: September 13, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Significant: 3)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Cafe La Gaffe (24 Baldwin St.)
Inspected on: September 14, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Richtree Natural Market (14 Queen St. W.)
Inspected on: September 14, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 1, Significant: 5)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Ka Chi (414 Dundas St. W.)
Inspected on: September 14, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Sunrise House (661 Bloor St. W.)
Inspected on: September 15, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Maintain hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C.

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.

Toronto is about to get a whole bunch of new restaurants this fall, but if you think you've seen it all (and eaten it all) before, you couldn't be more wrong. This incoming class of restaurants includes unique concepts like a Filipino mojito bar, an Indian pub, and a staunchly South African kitchen.

Here are the most anticipated Toronto restaurant openings this fall.

Baro
The next incarnation of Valdez from Chef Steven Gonzalez is this multi-storey restaurant complete with raw bar and all-weather patio going in at 485 King St. West.

Oretta
This new Italian restaurant helmed by chef Christian Fontolan (Vertical Restaurant) is starting to shape up at 633 King St. W.

Ji
The owners of Concession Road (and Pukka) are converting the French bistro at 760 St. Clair West into a casual Indian pub.

Dolly's
From the Playa Cabana family of restaurants comes this new Pinoy mojito bar at 1285 Bloor St. W., where The Whippoorwill used to be.

Jack & Lils
This South African grab-and-go counter at 823 Dundas St. W., is expected to open in late October. The menu from chef Dan Gutter and his mom will feature ancient grains super salads, South African seed bread, and bobotie, a traditional ground beef dish that'll be offered in veg, fish and lamb and lentil variations.

La Banane
The Ossington address formerly home to The Saint will reopen as this modern French restaurant by chef Brandon Olsen (CXBO, Bar Isabel) in collaboration with the King Street Food Company (Buca, Jacobs & Co., The Saint)

Harry's
Grant van Gameren, Robin Goodfellow and Mykl Webster have taken over this old-school Parkdale joint and are "preserving the genuine casual eatery vibe."

Agora
Soon you'll be able to enjoy Greek food from Mamakas without the reservation. A grab-and-go counter will serve pita sandwiches, salads and phyllo pastries at 921 Queen St. W.

White Lily's Diner
The contemporary, American-inspired diner at 678 Queen St. E., is expected to open in late fall. The menu will focus on local ingredients, great beer and wine, and exceptional service.

Kaboom Chicken
Korean fried chicken is coming to Riverside this fall. The eatery opening at 722 Queen St. E., will serve up spicy and sweet chili chicken along with bao and Asian-inspired tacos.

Is there a restaurant opening this fall that you're excited about? Let us know in the comments.

Lead photo of Mamakas.

Axe-throwing is all the rage in Toronto, and we're about to get a new facility dedicated to this home-grown sport at Dundas and River Streets in Regent Park.

This will be the second outpost for Stryke Target Range, a facility that's currently based in Brampton. Along with axe-throwing, Stryke also has archery, knife-throwing and air rifles. Here, it costs about $50 per person for a three hours of target practice if you're visiting with a group of four (or more).

This new target range is having a three-day grand opening later this week. From September 22 to 24, you can visit for free by simply commenting on Stryke's Facebook event.

Many of the city's axe-throwing gyms are situated away from the downtown core, so this incoming spot is a rarity for its more central location.

Photo courtesy of Stryke.

TIFF 2016 proved to be an exceptionally strong year for the festival. Maybe even one of the best I've ever attended. Few films I saw at TIFF were outright bad, and many were great - even masterpieces. Naturally, that made putting together a list of the best a little bit of a challenge. Still, some films proved to bowl me over more than others.

Here are the 10 best movies I saw at TIFF 2016.

Arrival
It's not often we get to experience the feeling of awe-inspiring wonder and discovery at the movies anymore. Arrival tells an alien invasion story in an entirely new way that is hypnotizing and thrilling. It's sci-fi wonders are certainly enough to merit greatness, but what drives it right into your heart is that, despite it being a movie about aliens, it's also an affecting human story too.

Barakah Meets Barakah
A deeply charming and funny Saudi Arabian romantic-comedy, Barakah Meets Barakah offers everything you love in an on-screen romance and leaves you still charmed by it days later. It's also a refreshingly rare beast in the rom-com genre: it's political. It proves to be a rich social commentary on restrictions in daily Saudi Arabian life. In other words, a fantasy that's nonetheless about something.

La La Land
Long before it won the People's Choice Award,La La Land was the film of the festival. For good reason. This beautiful blend of Singin' in the Rain and Umbrellas of Cherbourg is heaven for a musical buff like me. Most of all because it's that rare modern musical that understands what made the classics so appealing, and knows how to recreate it in a way that makes you swoon.

Manchester By the Sea
Few directors understand how to put life on screen as well as Kenneth Lonergan. His latest may be one of the most emotionally devastating movies I've ever seen, but it's also full of humour, wit and hope. It's the film's rich understanding of how life -- for better and worse -- goes on no matter what happens to us, that comfortably made it one of the most memorable movies of TIFF this year.

Moonlight
TIFF 16 was a rare year where almost all the most buzzed about movies lived up to their hype. Moonlight exceeded its buildup. Stunningly acted, beautifully shot, and brilliantly conceptualized, what made Barry Jenkins' work stand out most of all is that it achieves what all great art does: it is both specific (to the African American and LGBT experience) and universal.

Nocturnal Animals
I wouldn't have expected the director behind A Single Man to make something as vicious as Nocturnal Animals, but I'm glad he did. There may be gutting scenes to watch in Tom Ford's latest, but it is so beautifully shot, so confidently directed, and so expertly acted, you can't help but be compelled by this entertaining, always unsettling, nasty piece of work.

The Stairs
What made this observational documentary one of the best I saw at TIFF was its complete lack of judgement or editorializing its subjects -- a group of addicts living near Regent Park -- or their plights. It simply grants us intimate access to the lives of these complicated people, and in doing so shines a powerful light on a side of humanity -- and Toronto -- we need to see more of.

Toni Erdmann
It was an exceptionally good year at TIFF, but few films came close to topping this almost indescribably great film about the relationships between kids, their parents and, well, life itself. Impossible to predict, constantly surprising (often mouth-droppingly so), uproariously funny, and achingly poignant, Toni Erdman is everything cinema should be.

Tramps
As a sucker for anything even remotely like Before Sunrise, this low-scale love story - mixed with a crime film - won my heart over completely. Tramps admirably understands that less can be more, and knows how to both give us the romance cliches we want, while avoiding the ones we don't. Above all else, Tramps was a reminder of the charming gems to be found at TIFF outside the Big Buzzed Movies.

Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming)
Anne Marie Fleming's delightful animated film was one of the biggest surprises for me at the festival. Full of whimsy and charm and deep chuckles, I just wanted to wrap myself in the warm-hearted nature of this movie about a sweet young girl who travels to an Iranian poetry festival and learns who she is as a poet, person, and daughter.

What were the best movies you saw at TIFF 2016? Let us know in the comments.

Film still from Toni Erdmann

Get ready, Toronto because Anthony, Flea and the rest of the Red Hot Chili Peppers gang are coming to Toronto this winter.

The RHCP release their 11th studio album The Getaway earlier this year. They made stops at Osheaga and the Ottawa Bluesfest this past summer, but now they'll finally be making their way to Toronto on their North American tour.

The February 4, 2017 show is happening at the Air Canada Centre and while that date may seem super far away, you should pencil it in as soon as possible because tickets (to the general public) go on sale this Friday, September 23 at noon. They'll go for $69, $99 and $119 (plus taxes and fees, of course) - get ready to give your money away now.

And if you don't snag tickets to the Toronto show, the band's playing in nearby Buffalo on February 10.

Photo by Brian Morton.

What goes on behind the scenes at Toronto startups and tech companies? While it may not look anything like Silicon in real life, we don't often get the chance to peek behind the curtain and see the inner workings of our city's most innovative and well-known tech-related companies.

But that'll all change this Thursday when Startup Open House returns for its third Toronto edition on Thursday, September 22.

The event is free, but you still have to grab a ticket to attend. Once you register, you can visit 100s of startups (and a few bigger organizations), including Uber/UberEATS, Ritual, Wealthsimple, #paid, Shopify and BrainStation.

Startup Open House runs from 3 to 8 p.m., and there's an after-party at OneEleven (111 Richmond St. W.) when the event wraps up - you'll need to grab a ticket ($10) to get in.

And while you can simply tour your favourite startup on Thursday, you can also come armed with business cards and resumes if you're looking to network.

Photo of BrainStation by Hector Vasquez.

Ever wanted to feel like the king of world? Now you can thanks to this Titanic garden and boat party happening September 30 on the Toronto Islands.

Get your finest Jack or Rose getups out of the tickle trunk and head to Artscape at Gilbraltar Point for an outdoor screening of the movie that won 14-Oscars and every person's heart on planet earth. The film starts at 7:15 p.m.

After the movie finishes it's all-aboard The Island Princess cruise ship at 11:30p.m. for an iceberg-free boat journey around Toronto islands with food, drinks and dancing. It should be noted there's no steerage section of this boat, so there won't be any lower deck shenanigans.

Dressing up in your best nautical wear, or Titanic-era gowns and suits is encouraged. Even though no one will be on hand to draw you like one of Jack's French girls, you want to be photo ready, right?

Movie screening tickets are $10 in advance of $12 at the door and the film and unsinkable boat party combo are $25 in advance or $30 at the ramp.

Photo via the movie.

Harambe, the gorilla who was tragically killed at the Cincinnati Zoo earlier this year, lives on thanks to the cruel power of the internet.

And now the 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla looks like he's going to commemorated in real life at Toronto's Ryerson University - if you believe Facebook, that is. According to the event, around 1,200 people say they plan to attend the candlelight vigil by Lake Devo (which is located by Gould and Victoria Streets) on Thursday, September 22.

There are similar events planned for school across the country, including at Wilfrid Laurier University, McGill and McMaster. But as Metro News points out, none of these memorial services may actually pan out.

For the uninitiated, Harambe became a massively shared meme this summer - the podcast Reply All does a great job of explaining how the gorilla's death (and the public's subsequent reaction) fuelled a maelstrom of social media activity. It got so bad, the Cincinnati Zoo had to shut down its Twitter.

Here's why (and no, the Jinhua Zoo in China didn't actually name its baby gorilla Harambe McHarambeface):

Photo via the @cincinnatizoo.

The best macarons in Toronto might be small in stature, but they're big on flavour. You can find these sweet little treats, which originated in Italy and became popular in France - in patisseries across Toronto in an array of pretty colours.

Here are the best macarons in Toronto.

Demolition of the North St. Lawrence Market Building has finally begun, signalling the first concrete progress on the redevelopment project in quite some time. Completed in 1968, the north section of the market was originally supposed to be torn down in 2010 as part of plans for a new building on the site, but was delayed when budgetary concerns arose.

As part of the demolition process, significant archeological work will be completed. There's been a market of some sort here since 1803, which means there could be significant artifacts turned up during the assessment of the site. For that reason, the process is estimated to take six months, but could be extended if valuable objects are uncovered.

Don't expect any tears to be shed for the old North Building. It was a concrete bunker that always seemed incongruously juxtaposed with the glorious South St. Lawrence Market. The demolition should be cause for excitement that work is finally moving ahead on the new structure, which will be five-storeys and house state of the art new facilities.

The demolition process itself was rather intriguing today. Workers basically tore through the front doors of the building along the way to dismantling its interior. For now, most of the exterior shell is in place, but much of the inside has already been wiped out. It won't be long until the archeologists are let loose on the place.

The temporary tent market located at 125 The Esplanade continues to operate as the North Building is torn down. It operates every weekend with a farmers' market on Saturday and an antique market on Sunday.

Construction is now slated to begin on the new North Building in 2017, with completion pegged for sometime in 2019.

There's a reason why Green Day croons about waking up when September ends. Apparently this month is full of disappointment because yesterday the American band announced they'd be cancelling their upcoming Toronto concert.

The show, however, must go on and Lenny Kravitz will be filling in on Friday night. Green Day was supposed to headline a concert at the World Cup of Hockey Fan Village on Friday, September 23. Tickets were $25 and sold out pretty quickly.

Ticket holders have the option of either getting a refund or seeing Kravitz rock out on Friday night. At press time, there are no additional tickets available, but some may go on sale later this week, particularly if current ticket holders opt for refunds.

Along with cancelling their Toronto show, Green Day postponed three other shows - in St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit - due to illness.

Photo via Lenny Kravitz's Facebook page.

Today in Toronto A Tribe Called Red add beats and culture to the collective city noise at the wickedly underused Goldring Centre sports at U of T. They have a new album out and seem to be playing everywhere lately, and we're lucky for it. There are a handful of other concerts tonight, so get your earplugs out.

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

• 6 Degrees Presents: A Tribe Called Red (Goldring Centre)
• Creative Minds: Art & Social Justice (Massey Hall)
• Isn't anything (Unlovable)
• LandMarks 2017: Reimagine Land, Art, and Cultural Identities (OCAD)
• Canada's Walk of Fame Festival (Horseshoe Tavern)
• Throwing Shade live (The Great Hall)
• Bear's Den (The Mod Club)
• Eric Hutchinson (Lee's Palace)
• Devin Townsend Project, Between The Buried And Me (Danforth Music Hall)

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

Photo of A Tribe Called Red by Quinn Aebi.

The brains behind Fashion Art Toronto have opened a gorgeous and stylish cafe/art gallery/fashion boutique-hybrid. Featuring (for the most part) local Canadian artists, designers and coffee roasters, this is a fashion/art/caffeine-must for the design-inclined.

Read my profile of Offsite in the cafes section.

Thia restored Victorian home in Cabbagetown has hit the market at $2.35 million. The two-and-a-half storey semi-detached home at 7 Parkview Avenue is situated on a dead-end street with the Rosedale Valley as a stunning backdrop and the Parliament retail strip within walking distance.

Gentrification took place here long ago, and the area is now one of the city's most sought after, with unique shops, great cafes and Riverdale Park as central selling points. This is one of the highest concentraions of Victorian houses in North America, and this 4,310 square foot gem is no exception.

The original Victorian features are still intact, with the beautiful stained glass windows in the front of the home and the regal front facade hosting the end of the street. The back end of the home is an addition, with an array of skylights and a large glass conservatory to admire your extra large, green backyard.

SPECS

• Address: 7 Parkview Avenue
• Price: $2,350,000
• Lot Size: 53.30x138.00 FT
• Bedrooms: 4 + 2
• Bathrooms: 4
• Parking: 2
• Taxes: n/a
• Walk Score: 76
• Listing agent: Jen Tripp
• Listing ID: C3602530

NOTABLE FEATURES

• Original Victorian features
• Situated on a dead-end street
• Large, private back yard
• Multiple patios
• Glass conservatory
• Original stained glass windows

GOOD FOR

A family looking to ditch the car and enjoy nature. With this abode's proximity to transit and ravines and parks, you're getting the best of both worlds: urban accessibility and nature all in one.

MOVE ON IF

You're not keen on cleaning that many rooms. With two-and-a-half storeys plus a finished basement (and three separate patios), there's a lot of floor space to think of - and to clean up after a party.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
What do you think about this Victorian home? Let us know 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.

The Tabule brand has been making an impression on Torontonians for a while now, serving great healthy Middle Eastern food with an elevated feel in their expertly designed, relaxing spaces. They've brought that vibe to brunch with authentic shakshuka and full dip, and have incorporated a cafe and mini market into their newest sunny exotic getaway right here in town.

Read my profile of Souk Tabule in the restaurants section.

Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip embarked on the whirlwind Man, Machine, Poem tour this past summer, bringing the country together through music and raising more than $1 million for brain cancer research.

Downie also announced he'd release a graphic novel, an animated film and a solo album called The Secret Path, about an Indigenous 12-year-old boy named Chanie Wenjack who died fifty years ago while trying to run away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario.

On Friday, October 21 - timed with the release of The Secret Path - Downie will perform live at Roy Thomson Hall. He'll also play a show at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on October 18.

Tickets to the Toronto show go on sale on Friday, September 23. They'll go for $50. The pre-sale begins on Thursday.

Photo by Stephen Gardiner via the blogTO Flickr pool.

After months of meetings, two public town halls and roundtable discussions, the Pride Toronto board of directors released a statement apologizing to Black Lives Matter Toronto and outlining its next steps after the fall out from this year's festival and Pride Parade.

"Pride Toronto wants to begin by apologizing emphatically and unreservedly for its role in deepening the divisions in our community, for a history of anti-blackness and repeated marginalization of the marginalized within our community that our organization has continued," reads the statement.

"Pride Toronto regrets the way Black Lives Matter - Toronto Coalition's (BLMTO) protest was handled by our organization and the statements made following the Parade that did not represent our organization. We apologize that the lack of decisive decision-making has left many in our communities feeling attacked."

In the statement, the board of directors recognizes that the organization has a ways to go in terms of making all people - regardless of their race or gender - feel welcome and comfortable at Pride events. The note also touches on the sit-in at the Pride Parade.

"Pride Toronto remains committed to all of the demands agreed to and presented by BLMTO, Blackness Yes, Black Queer Youth, and others. We remain committed to demonstrating progress on each and every item and, as agreed, working with these groups to hold a public town hall this Winter to demonstrate progress and plans to deliver on these commitments."

In regards to the demand related to banning police from marching in the Parade, Pride says it'll use its Dispute Resolution Process to come up with a solution.

You can read Pride Toronto's full statement here.

Photo by Hector Vasquez.

Toronto has a love-hate relationship with the TTC. We rely on it to travel around the city, but it often lets us down, hard. Thanks to delays, crowded subways and streetcars and boiling hot trains, many of us have lots to complain about.

Although nothing captures this transit-related angst as well as a new social media-driven campaign called So Efficient It Hurts by the advocacy group TTC Riders.

"Mayor John Tory wants help making the TTC more efficient. We're here to help," reads the So Efficient It Hurts Tumblr page. Until the TTC budget meeting on Sept. 28, TTCriders will release crowdsourced memes and videos. The TTC, of course, has been tasked with cutting part of its budget for 2017.

Here are some of the best suggestions for how to make the TTC more efficient.

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

If you've driven along Bayview Avenue south of Pottery Rd. over the last few weeks, you'll have noticed that the street boasts a smooth new surface and is marked by a sea of orange pylons. Both are in preparation for one of the most most significant but least talked about infrastructure improvements in Toronto this year: the Bayview Avenue bike lane.

It's understandable that this project has been overshadowed by the pilot project to install bike lanes on Bloor St. this summer, but the Bayview project is exciting for a whole different set of reasons, and comes without even a bit of controversy.

The lower section of Bayview Avenue (what many of us still refer to as the Extension) has long been a perfect candidate for cycling infrastructure given that it sports two wide road shoulders rarely used by vehicles.

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, these shoulders were in good enough condition to be safe to ride, but over the last decade or so they've fallen into terrible disrepair, and cyclists are forced to ride closer and closer to rapidly moving traffic to avoid huge ruts and potholes.

Add to that the fact that the Brick Works is notoriously difficult to access via both public transit and the Lower Don Recreational Trail and that there are ambitious plans in place to revitalize the parkland in this section of the Don, and you have a situation where bike lanes along Bayview become something of a no-brainer.

Unlike other cycling infrastructure in the city, Bayview will get a two-way trail on the east side of the street between Pottery and Rosedale Valley roads that will be separated with a wooden guard rail. There are already sections of the street that have such a path, which will now be unified and re-paved.

Construction is expected to be completed in November, which will limit the use of the trail this year, but expect it to be a popular route come the spring. There was a time when cyclists considered Bayview as a go-to place to ride. It's a gorgeous route, there's lots of space, and it can be a quick way to get north and south along the east side of downtown.

Slowly but surely Toronto is getting better at this cycling infrastructure thing.

Photo by Jess on Flickr.

Lululemon may have just opened up a fancy new outpost on Queen Street West, but the Vancouver-based athleisure company is going to be debuting a new men's store later this year.

This really comes as no surprise, considering back in 2013, lululemon announced it'd be rolling out men's stores by 2016.

There's already one in Manhattan's Soho neighbourhood. And instead of focusing solely on yoga and wellness, the lululemon men Instagram feed seems to exude a stereotypically masculine vibe thanks to photos of beer, strength training and sports.

The Toronto location is slated to open at 96 Ossington Ave. (in the current Harley Davidson-themed cafe space) in November.

Photo via @lululemon.