Late fall getaways will let you enjoy this season's majestic colour palette long after the leaves in popular places like Killarney and Algonquin Park have fallen to the ground. From wineries to a giant long cabin, there's lots to do in late October and November before the winter chill truly sets in.

Here are 5 late fall getaways from Toronto.

Vineland
As its name suggests, this area near St. Catharines is home to lots of vineyards. It's a bit closer than Niagara-on-the-Lake and it's less crowded too! Head here to visit wineries like Tawse and Megalomaniac. The nearby Ball's Falls Conservation Area is also lovely.

Prince Edward County
After Thanksgiving, Prince Edward County should is a lot quieter with cheaper rates at hotels, inns and B&Bs. Best of all, most wineries stay open all year long, so you can imbibe all you want. Typically leaf fall takes place later here than areas to the north, so you can expect to see some foliage into early November.

Long Point
This provincial park on the shores of Lake Erie features 1.5 kilometres of sandy beaches and the fall colours tend to peak a little later here thanks to the warming effect of the lake. If you want to stay overnight, you can rent an adorable wilderness pod and fully break free from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Blue Mountain
Depending on the conditions, ski season here can start in late November. But even if the runs are green, you can mountain bike or enjoy a trip to the Scandinave Spa in the cool, crisp autumnal weather.

Whiteface Lodge
This upscale hotel in Lake Placid is one of the places to go if you're visiting the Adirondacks. It has an indoor and outdoor pool (that you can use any time of year) as well as a slew of activities, a three-season skating rink, nature trails and even a nightly campfire with s'mores.

Know of a great getaway from Toronto for late fall. Let us know in the comments.

Photo via Whiteface Lodge.

Despite its fluffy exterior, this darling-looking animal isn't a sheep. It's a Mangalista pig, a heritage breed from Hungary that local chefs will be celebrating in Toronto. Our city's second annual Pigstock is coming soon, and to mark it, the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance and Le Select Bistro's Albert Ponzo are throwing two events to introduce locals to this woolly creature.

The pigs have a gamey flavour and are especially fatty, making them ideal for charcuterie. They nearly went extinct, but are gaining popularity again as farmers, including some in Ontario, are starting to raise them.

"In some ways, it was almost endangered," says Ponzo. But the best way to save an endangered species like that is to cook it and eat it because then it'll create demand for it."

He first came across Mangalista pigs about five years ago at a workshop in New Jersey where he learned how to utilize the whole animal from Christoph Wiesner, a butcher who teaches seam butchery.

"After that trip, I wanted to bring it to Toronto to let the chefs here have a taste for it," says Ponzo.

For Toronto's Pigstock, happening on Monday, October 24 at Evergreen Brick Works, chefs and other industry insiders will also get to hear from Wiesner and will learn how to break down a Mangalista pig.

"The main takeaway we want them to have from that session is that working with a whole animal is more cost efficient and better for the farmer," says Agatha Podgorski, community manager at Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance. Her organization champions Feast On, a designation program for restaurants committed to serving food grown (or raised) in Ontario.

Participants will also get to hear from Brian Polcyn, who wrote the book Charcuterie and Salumi - books that are like bibles for those who make their own charcuterie.

The night before, Le Select Bistro will play host to La Grande Choucroute, an Alsatian feast featuring choucroute - a sauerkraut dish - along with Mangalista pork cooked by a group of chefs, including Ponzo and Carl Heinrich from Richmond Station.

For this weekend's festivities, chefs will be working with a 360 pound saw from Sylvania Farms near Niagara-on-the-Lake, one of the local farms keeping these furry pigs alive.

Photo via Ontario Culinary Tourism.

Spirit Halloween is back in Toronto. If you're searching for items to complete your perfect costume you've probably turned to one of the most ubiquitous stores in the city. These costuming super-centres emerge around the end of September and the beginning of October in empty storefronts, including inside old Future Shops.

This year, Spirit - which seems to attract controversy faster than you can say boo - popped up at 336 Queen Street West, bringing with it a slew of plastic costume pieces, makeup, litres of fake blood and lots of decorations to deck out your home, apartment, condo or cat.

When I visited, I found trendy Pokemon costumes, Crayola crayon outfits, a wall of plastic masks and even a steampunk section. At lunchtime, the store was blasting "Time Warp" as patrons walked around trying to locate their perfect Halloween getup.

And even if you've never visited a Spirit before, its somewhat tacky vibe might be familiar. That's because it's owned by former mall staple Spencer's Gifts (otherwise known as the American It Store). If you're wondering, there's still a Spencer's at the Dufferin Mall.

"In 1999, Spirit Halloween was purchased by Spencer Gifts LLC and since then has become the leading seasonal Halloween retailer in the world," says a Spirit Halloween rep via email. And Spirit Halloween has been operating in Toronto since 2003.

Despite having that market covered, it's been making headlines recently for carrying questionable costumes in parts of Canada, including some called "Reservation Royalty," "Indian Warrior" and "Indian Princess," reports CBC News. And despite calls to remove these offensive costumes, Spirit announced it wouldn't pull them from its shelves.

Along with Spirit, Toronto is home to a number of other costume stores, including the nearby Malabar. Thrift shops, like Value Village, also have a sizeable costume section.

Spirit Halloween stores will remain open in Toronto until November 1.

Photo by Hector Vasquez.

Plenty of Toronto restaurants, bars and local fast food joints have long lineups. But only some of them are worth the wait. These ones all have a great vibe or crave-worthy food, but you'll just have to be patient before you can eat it.

Here are 10 Toronto restaurants with long lines that are worth the wait.

Adamson Barbecue
For great barbecue, look no further than this spot near Bayview and Leaside. It's not open on Sundays or Mondays, and you better head here early if you want to get food. It usually sells out before closing.

Bar Raval
Of course this tiny reservation-free room attracts a lineup. Not only is it gorgeous, it also provides shareable snacks, cocktails, cava and an awesome vibe on College Street. Its patio doesn't hurt either.

Bellwoods Brewery
Go to Bellwoods for the beer and stay for a few plates of food and the expansive patio, which is great for people watching. You might have to wait a bit to grab a bench, but you'll forget about the lineup once you're seated.

Emma's Country Kitchen
Even though this popular brunch spot moved into bigger digs, it still attracts a lineup on Saturdays and Sundays. And despite waiting for an hour to sit down (at the bar, nonetheless), my comfy, cozy recent meal was definitely worth the wait.

Get Well
Of course this is more of a bar than a restaurant, but you can always grab a slice of North of Brooklyn pizza as you sip on your pint of craft beer. This Dundas West spot often has a lineup snaking out the door on Fridays and Saturdays, and for good reason.

Lady Marmalade
Good luck getting into Lady Marmalade on a Saturday or Sunday morning. This Leslieville brunch spot has seriously good eggs Benny as well as a slew of other sweet and savoury dishes.

Pai
You'll usually have to wait to get into this Thai spot in the Entertainment District. Nuit Regular's Duncan Street eatery is popular amongst Torontonians and visiting celebrities alike.

PG Clucks
This pint-sized fried chicken shop attracts lineups for dishes like the jalapeno and honey sandwich served on honey crueller. The menu also includes a take on a Big Mac featuring fried chicken, cheese, pickles and secret sauce.

Pizzeria Libretto
The original Pizzeria Libretto on Ossington still manages to attract a lineup, even after all these years. Its thin-crust, Neapolitan pies are some of the best the city has to offer, hence the hordes of people waiting for them.

Seven Lives
One word: Gobernador. Be sure to get Seven Lives' signature taco when you visit, or pick a few tacos from the small menu. If with you're with a group, grab the poke to share - it comes with guac and a pile or tortilla chips.

What'd we miss? Let us know what you line up for in the comments.

Photo of Adamson Barbecue by Hector Vasquez.

Free events in Toronto this week are really something to bite into. There's CanZine along with a celebration of Twin Peaks, and a couple of major birthday parties you most definitely want to be a part of. Get your favourite sweater out and have a great week not spending any money!

Here are my picks for free things to do in Toronto this week if your piggybank is empty.

A fan night for The Secret History of Twin Peaks (Oct. 24, Type Books)
The West Queen West bookshop has organized a total experience to celebrate the return of Twin Peaks. Demonstrate your knowledge, skills and deepest levels of intuition to win rare prizes provided directly from the creators. "Coffee, donuts and gum will be provided to fuel your investigations."

U.S Election 2016: Populism & Discontent (Oct. 26, Hart House)
The U of T International Relations Society and the Hart House debate committee present this US elections panel led by former New York congressman John LeFalce. It's free to attend and it starts at 7 p.m. There are a bunch of other events leading up to the election that are also worth checking out.

Mill St. Brew Pub 10th Anniversary (Oct. 27, Mill Street Brew Pub)
Celebrate 10 years of local brews in this beautiful Distillery District venue with complimentary appetizers and cask beer at 6 p.m. and live music until 9 p.m. Co-founder Steve Abrams will be there for a talk.

Rotate This Celebrates 25 Years Old (Oct. 29, Rotate This)
Head to Ossington to help Rotate This, one of the best places to buy vinyl in Toronto celebrate 25 years of music. There'll be a crazy sale happening as well as guest DJs (a lineup of old friends and former staff) live bands, cake, pizza and lots of giveaways.

Canzine (Oct. 29, AGO)
Entry is free AF to this celebration of zine and underground culture happening at the AGO from 1 to 7 p.m. Visit with hundreds of zine, book, comic and small press vendors alongside talks, presentations, a zine-making workshop for kids and a live zine race.

Did I miss a free event this week you're totally excited about? Let us know in the comments!

Photo of a previous Canzine.

There's nothing like the vibe of a legion hall. The slow moving friendly crowd, the club photos on the wall, the gaudy decorations from the holiday season still hanging from the ceiling. Most importantly, the music: a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n roll, all of it cozy and familiar.

That's the reason Andrew Ennals throws Saddle Up!, his monthly classic country music dance party at the Owl's Club on Dovercourt just north of Bloor.

"The event feels like it has to be in a legion hall," says Ennals. He doesn't want to hold this niche dance party in a regular bar. "There's something special about those spaces and we have fewer and fewer of them in this town.

"They're such a small town staple. The local legion hall is sometimes the only bar in town, and it's a place where - especially in small towns - it's not age exclusive. You've got your 20 and 50 year olds all in the same place. There's just something about the space, the flag is up somewhere, and there's probably bowling trophies on the wall."

Ennals started Saddle Up! in 2007, but stopped the party three years in when the legion he then hosted it in closed down. Since there was nothing else like it in the city, he decided to start it back up.

"It's classic country night, so there's a lot of Dolly, Willie, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, stuff you don't get to hear very often in a dance floor setting," he says. "There's newer stuff as well, but it's not the Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, super high gloss stuff.

"There's places that play that already like Boots and Bourbon and Rockin' Horse, so it doesn't feel like I need to cover that territory. I will play Shania though because there's no way you can get away with not playing Shania."

There's a strict no bro-country policy at this honky tonk jam, where people often get right into the spirit of things and dress up in their favourite boots and plaid. There are a couple serious regulars as well.

"There's a really lovely older couple that always shows up right at the start and they almost have the dance floor to themselves for an hour," says Ennals. "That's when I play a lot of the 50s stuff like Patsy Cline. It's kind of romantic ... there's a spinning disco ball over the floor and they'll be the only ones there, and they've got their moves down."

Other than those two, the crowd is very young, despite the genre and the venue. Ennals says it sometimes take a while for the dancing to get started, but "drinks are so cheap that by 12:30 a.m., I can almost play whatever I want and people are up."

Ennals, who's also the founder of the city's Simpsons Trivia (the guy clearly likes for people to have fun) says the resurgence in country and Western music in Toronto is no coincidence.

"Country is coming out of the shadows in different places and waves," he says. "There's always been a real roots and country element to Toronto; the Horseshoe, the Dakota, Blue Rodeo was always big, the Sadies have always done well.

"There's always been that element because Toronto is a town that draws people from surrounding towns. Music tells a story and I think that's universal and maybe now's a time where people are appreciating that a bit more."

Photo from the last Saddle Up! by Alli Chadwick

The Danforth is surely one of Toronto's most important streets. Part of this can be chalked up to the arrival of the subway line here in 1966, but it goes much deeper than this, and includes the profound density of restaurants along this stretch, the way the neighbourhood has fought off high rise development, and the rich history of east side Toronto.

Here are 10 quirky things you might not know about the Danforth.

1. The street is named after Asa Danforth Jr., the man originally commissioned to build a route that headed east from Scarborough towards Trenton in the 1850s.

2. Danforth's Road, as it was first called, would eventually fall into disuse when Kingston Road became the more popular passage between Toronto and destinations to the east of the city. Danforth Avenue was built as a link to these more easterly routes.

3. In the west, the street begins where it always did, at the edge of the Don Valley near Playter Gardens. You're technically still on the Bloor Viaduct when the street name changes, though there's no marker to say so until Cambridge Ave.

4. The first Taste of the Danforth took place in 1994. It's estimated that 5,000 people attended the local restaurant festival. Last year's event drew roughly 1.5 million attendees over the two and half days.

5. The Danforth Music Hall was originally built as a movie theatre in 1919. Billed as Canada's First Super-Suburban Photoplay Palace, it opened just a year after the Bloor Viaduct was completed.

6. The École Napoléon at 55 Danforth Ave. was once the Danforth public lavatory, one of a number of such facilities located around the city.

7. The Danforth was once the biggest Greektown in North America, and despite a steady decline in the Greek population and Greek-run businesses, people of Greek descent still are still the largest ethnic group in Ward 29 ( a.k.a. Toronto-Danforth).

8. The building that now houses New York Cafe and a Tim Hortons location (among other businesses) at Danforth and Broadview was once known as Playter Hall. It was the first commercial building in the area and a social hub on the third floor where community meetings and card games were played.

9. Carrot Common was almost a high rise development. Tridel wanted to build on the site in the early 1980s, but the neighbourhood fought the project. In 1986 The Big Carrot Natural Food Market acquired the site and a year later the mini shopping district opened.

10. Toronto's nicest gas station / convenience store was originally the Allenby Theatre, but spent its last non-corporate phase as the Roxy, where the Rocky Horror Picture Show was the only film played at the cinema in its final years.

Know a quirky bit of Danforth Trivia? Let us know in the comments.

Historical photos from the Toronto Archives. Taste of the Danforth photo by BruceK.

First came Town Moto, then a DIY motorcycle workshop and later, a Harley Davidson Cafe pop-up shop. Then came the noisy and downright dangerous stunt riders on the Gardiner.

There's most definitely a resurgence in motorcycle culture happening at the moment, but what's causing the commotion?

Places such as Doc's and Studio Cycle and a publication like Toronto's Fast Times have been revving around for a while. But it feels like since Town Moto opened its doors over four years ago, motorcycle culture has been on the rise in Toronto. One of the reasons might be visibility.

"It's sort of like a contagious thing in a way," says Andrew McCracken, co-owner of Town Moto. "When I got my first bike, none of my friends had bikes and then the next year four of my friends got bikes. It spreads that way."

McCracken says he's seen a rise in riders every year since he opened. Even non-riders seem interested when there's a meet up outside the shop. Despite the big noise, wheels and leather, it's a really friendly and welcoming crowd, so joining in on the fun isn't that hard.

Also, like most things on earth, the internet has had an impact on its popularity.

"I think people have more exposure to it with social media. They can see their friends or people who ride bikes enjoying it and the lifestyle and going on adventures and working on bikes," he says.

Peter Reford agrees. He runs Moto Revere, a membership-based, community garage space.

"It's a very welcoming community," says Redford. "I've had days where I'm out at events or running errands and forgot to bring a bungee cord and I'm trying to strap something down in the most horrific way. I had an older guy parked three spots over watching me come over and give me his cargo net saying 'you need this more than I do right now.'"

Redford raves about the community itself. He and McCracken mention the Moto Cycle, a monthly summer meet up organized by Torontonian Viktor Radics. He started it two years ago with 10 to 20 friends meeting up at coffee shops; now 600 to 700 show up each time.

"There's just a lot more events happening inside the city and people are more easily hearing about them more," Redford says. "I think it's always been around, but it's definitely growing and people are meeting up in ways that you didn't see before."

When asked about stunt riding and that side of the culture, neither of the guys had much to say. They seem to be part of a world of friendly, cool-looking, easy riders who just want to be outside - and not pay for parking downtown.

There's definitely an aesthetic attraction to many, but it seems like it's the simple fact of a community growing through word of mouth and social media activities that's causing a rise in riders.

"It may be intimidating to some people," McCracken says. "But I don't know any scary bikers at all. Everyone I've met is super friendly and typically helpful."

Photo from the Town Moto Facebook page.

Craving some comfort food like a bacon-wrapped chili dog, brisket sandwich, or hearty burger? Get all this and more from this restaurant where many of the items I just named are smoked in house.

Read my profile of Get Smoked in the restaurants section.

Have Toronto condo developments gone completely berserk? Well, how about this for a test. Someone put up a development application sign at Old City Hall on Friday proposing that a 90 storey tower be built on top of the historical building, which itself would be stripped to its facade and converted into a parking structure.

Plenty of people fell for the prank when they first encountered the sign, especially as it started to make the rounds on social media. Part of the reason for this is that the production of the sign looks convincing (notwithstanding the wood poles and the dated colour scheme.

The other reason, however, is that the real applications we're seeing these days have become so wildly outlandish. It wasn't so long ago, after all, that a massive residential tower was proposed just to the east above the F.W. Woolworth Building at Queen and Yonge.

Aside from the minor giveaways, there was a significant hint as the facetiousness of the application: the Tumblr link at the bottom of the sign. This would normally send people to the city planning website, but instead leads the curious follower to a treasure trove of other prank development applications.

They range from Casa Loma to OCAD to the CN Tower -- in other words Toronto's most sacred buildings. Another proposes to build a whole new condo atop of 1 Bloor East, the nearly complete development that already soars to 65 storeys. The whole lot of them offer some much appreciated levity in the midst of a development world gone mad.

Below are a few samples of this condo intervention project. Check them all out on Tumblr.

Let us know which ones are your favourites in the comments.

Lead photo by theurbangeog on Instagram.

Yonge and Gerrard is already home to the tallest residential building in Canada. Aura, the gorgeous-at-night-but-bland-by-day condo on the northwest corner, cuts an imposing presence on the intersection as towers 80 storeys above three other corners of low rise buildings.

That's all set to change in the near future, as two monster developments are in the works for the intersection while another has been proposed to the immediate south at Elm St. When it's all said and done, the immediate radius around Yonge and Gerrard could be one of the densest in the Toronto.

On the southeast corner, Cresford and Kingsett Capital have bought up much of the block with plans to build YSL Residences, a massive two-tower condo project that will be linked by a skybridge. There will be 1,106 units built in the 62 and 73-storey towers that will rise above retail at grade.

This is actually one of the better looking proposals from an architectural standpoint. Some of the existing heritage buildings on Yonge are incorporated into the base of the project, while the massing of the towers themselves is light enough to resist any sense that they're monolithic.

Even bigger is the development going through the planning process across the street. Currently the site of the Eaton Chelsea Hotel, the current proposal seeks to replace the existing structure with three residential towers of 49, 88 and 88 respective storeys.

Given the size of this site, there's also an intriguing addition to the public realm proposed here. Chelsea Green, the new name of the development, at least somewhat lives up to its name with a public park and POPS space at the core it the development.

This is much needed given the density on the way, but will require excellent design to ensure it's a hospitable place given its vertical surroundings. As a positive, the park space has actually increased throughout the planning process as a six storey office tower was removed from the plans and each of the residential towers was made slimmer.

The future of the northeast corner is yet to be determined here. Given the surrounding density, it's safe to imagine that at some point it too will be the subject of a proposal for a major skyscraper. That said, city planners are already talking about putting the brakes on development along Yonge, fearing that intensification is happening too quickly.

That could mean a temporary reprieve for at least one part of the intersection, though it's unlikely it'll stay that way for the long haul. Toronto is headed way, way up, and Yonge and Gerrard is certainly one of the primary intersections in the skyward development of the city.

Photo by Katrin Ray.

Today we're opening up voting in our latest Best Of poll. Now you can have your say in 10 categories including butter chicken, beer selection, mac and cheese, pizza slice, shoe stores, hair salons and more.

Take the best of poll here

Voting in the poll ends at 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday October 25.

Today in Toronto is a time warp back to a day in the '90s when Our Lady Peace, I Mother Earth and Edwin ruled the land. All three acts join forces for one show at Massey to kick off your week. If food is all you can think about after the weekend, then Pigstock is another event just for you.

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

• Our Lady Peace and I Mother Earth with Edwin (Massey Hall)
• Temples (Lee's Palace)
• Fan night for The Secret History of Twin Peaks (Type Books)
• Pigstock 2016 (Cafe Belong)
• South Seas gogo tease (The Shameful Tiki Room)
• PWR BTTM (Silver Dollar)
• Ghost tours (Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre)
• Murder Mystery (The Ossington)
• Chaat & Chai (Bombay Street Food)
• Election 2016: Citizen Koch (Hot Docs Cinema)

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

Photo of Our Lady Peace by Roger Cullman.

You've long envied them from afar as you shiver in your layers of sweaters and jean jackets, but now you can envy Canada Goose's iconic parkas up close. Their first ever flagship, they have over 100 styles and 40 colours of insanely cozy, sustainably goose-down-filled, coyote-fur-lined coats for you to bundle up in.

Read my profile of Canada Goose in the fashion section.

For over two decades this restaurant has been serving some of Toronto's favourite kebabs and naan, all cooked in their tandoor ovens.

Read my profile of Lahore Tikka House in the restaurants section.

Ossington is about to get a little more stylish thanks to a few new men's clothing stores that are cropping up on this fashion-forward street - a well-known Vancouver-based brand is getting ready to call Ossington its Toronto home. And no, we're not talking about Lululemon men.

Reigning Champ, known for its high quality athletic wear, is getting ready to open a Toronto storefront at 41 Ossington Ave.

The company, which launched online back in 2007, has been available in local stores, such as Gravity Pope and Nomad for a little while now. However, this Ossington shop will be Reigning Champ's first bricks-and-mortar storefront in Toronto. It's slated to open some time next month.

Last year, it opened its very first store in Vancouver.

Photo via Reigning Champ.

Happy birthday, Aubrey Graham! October's very own Drake turns 30 today and to celebrate, Toronto's most famous rapper dropped three new tracks for all of us to enjoy.

On last night's episode of his OVO Sound Radio show (via Apple Music), Drake announced a new project that should be out some time in December. It's called More Life, and it'll be a playlist featuring music from Drake as well as other OVO artists, reports Rolling Stone.

But to keep us all satisfied until December, Drake already previewed three tracks - Two Birds One Stone, Sneakin (with 21 Savage) and Fake Love - which will appear on More Life. The songs were played in full on the Apple Music podcast, but there are previews up on Soundcloud to give a sense of the project.

Look for the full versions to make the rounds in the coming weeks.

Photo via @champagnepapi.

This week on DineSafe city health inspectors shut down Italian restaurant La Vecchia. The restaurant has since reopened, but was originally closed down for failing to maintain wholesomeness of food. That sounds vague but certainly problematic.

See which other restaurants got dinged by DineSafe this week.

TAT Burger (1118 College St.)
Inspected on: October 17, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 1, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator failed to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated.

Sushi Garden (3 Wellesley St. West)
Inspected on: October 18, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

7 West (7 Charles St. West)
Inspected on: October 20, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Bamiyan Kabob (4205 Keele St.)
Inspected on: October 20, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 7 (Minor: 2, Significant: 4, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator failed to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated.

La Vecchia (2405A Yonge St.)
Inspected on: October 20, 2016
Inspection finding: Red (Closed)
Number of infractions: 1 (Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator failed to maintain wholesomeness of food.

Rolltation (207 Dundas St. West)
Inspected on: October 20, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 1 (Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Korea House (666 Bloor St. West)
Inspected on: October 21, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Uncle Betty's (2590 Yonge St.)
Inspected on: October 21, 2016
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, 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.

Toronto might be at its prettiest right now as we reach the peak of fall, and few places can compete with the Don Valley for the sheer majesty of autumn colours than the Don Valley. The ravine walls feature a dazzling array of foliage punctuated by the occasional maple tree set ablaze in red. A haven for mountain bikers and hikers, it's one of the Toronto explorer's ultimate gems.

Check out what the Don Valley looks like lit up with colour this fall.

If there was a competition for the spookiest house in Toronto this Halloween, one of the favourites for the title would have to be this decked out residence at Glenlake Ave. and Dorval Rd. It dials the creepiness (and the kitschiness) factor way, way up.

Always one of the city's most outlandishly decorated houses for the holidays, this year's Halloween display might take the cake, right down to the shiny black coffin sitting on the front porch. Or perhaps the 20 foot high stack of pumpkins is the highlight? There's so much awesome stuff to look at here that it's hard to pick the best element.

The centrepiece, however, must be the axe-wielding skeleton perched above the home brandishing a freshly severed head. It's gory enough to solicit ohs and ahs, but silly enough to spare kids from nightmare-filled nights. It's like the Halloween ghost of a less benevolent Paul Bunyan.

There's also a huge blow up Mr. Frankenstein and a severed eyeball to go along with a garden of skulls and crows galore. When I stopped by to have a look on the weekend, everyone walking along the street paused to take it all in. Many seemed like they had paid a dedicated visit.

And why not? The art of quirky seasonal decorating seems to have fallen by the wayside over the years, but over-the-top efforts like this make the city a more interesting place to explore, knowing that such gems exist out there waiting to be found.

Kudos go to home-owners Trevor Walker and Karin Martin for once again putting on such a clever and fun display. It's sure to be the most popular house in the neighbourhood on Halloween, but there's enough dark humour here to warrant a smile from even the most jaded adult.

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Do you know of an outlandishly decorated house for Halloween in Toronto? Let us know in the comments.