Massive new Mexican restaurant comes with killer patio
There's a new reason to queue up for a table in the Distillery Sistrict, only now more than ever, the wait seems well worth it. This visually spectacular new restaurant brings Mexican specialties along...
View ArticleRadar: Edgefest, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Cordially Yours, I Seen You On...
Toronto events on July 31st, 2013MUSIC | Alex Bleeker (of Real Estate) & The Freaks w/ Moves, Bonnie Trash Alex Bleeker and the Freaks hits TO tonight for a show at The Comfort Zone. This is a...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Sammy Yatim officer is "devastated," a witness speaks up, Ford...
The police officer that fired on Sammy Yatim is "devastated" by the events of last Friday night, according to his lawyer. Constable James Forcillo, identified as the officer at the centre of the case...
View ArticleThis Week in Fashion: HBC buys Saks Fifth Avenue, Toronto Premium Outlets,...
This Week in Fashion rounds up the week's style news, store openings and closings, pop-up shops, sales and upcoming fashion and design events in Toronto. Find it here every Wednesday...
View ArticleThe Humber Bay Shores Farmers' Market
2013 is the inaugural year of the Humber Bay Shores Farmers' Market, organized by the Humber Bay Shores Condominium Association to serve the booming condo community around Lake Shore Boulevard and Park...
View ArticleCondo of the Week: 55 Stewart Street
Freed Developments is well known for its part in transforming the King West neighbourhood into the mid-rise mecca it is today and along with that transformation came The Thompson Hotel. Completed in...
View ArticleNew Dundas West bar is sort of like summer camp
The folks behind Kensington's Cold Tea sure have some twisted logic. After building a name for their second bar, Mr. Pong's, on Dundas West over the past year they've completely re-branded and...
View ArticleToronto concerts, August 2013
Toronto concerts worth knowing about in August, 2013.Kendrick Lamar is sold out, as is OVO Fest, and if you were just going to OVO to see Frank Ocean instead of Drake, not only are we in a very...
View ArticleThe Smith Westerns (or a heckler's guide to Lee's Palace)
Last night Chicago's Smith Westerns, with Portland, OR-based openers Wampire, played a packed Lee's Palace. The crowd was young and just a bit wild, liking the bands as much as they liked their...
View ArticleYonge and Eglinton gets a new izakaya and sake bar
This sake bar is a newcomer to the Eglinton Way, taking over the space formerly occupied by Kiiro Miya Sushi House. Their extensive Japanese menu and sake options listed in the dozens might make it a...
View ArticleWhat's open, closed August long weekend in Toronto 2013
What's open and closed August long weekend in Toronto 2013:SATURDAY AND SUNDAYCLOSEDGovernment offices and banks as per normal scheduleOPENMajor attractions like the CN Tower, Toronto Zoo, ROM, Science...
View Article3 new flower shops that are prettying up Dundas West
Flower shops on Dundas West are a dime a dozen. Most of them are flower/grocery hybrids, and few have much in the way of specialties going on. Stem, Griffin, and Sweet Woodruff, though, are three...
View ArticleThe 10 biggest tourist trap restaurants in Toronto
Tourist trap restaurants in Toronto are, for Torontonians and visitors alike, generally like hell on earth. Unless you have one of those cheesy yet masochistic senses of humour, and/or really enjoy...
View Article2nd subway platform at Union Station still a year away
Relief is in sight for the more than 100,000 passengers who use the TTC's Union subway station every day. A new second platform has been roughed in just south of the existing station and should be up...
View ArticleRadar: AGO 1st Thursdays, Support Local, Downtown Paint, Legally Blonde,...
Toronto events for Thursday, August 1, 2013PARTY | AGO 1st Thursdays It's the first of August, which means the AGO stays open late for their monthly after-hours party. Tonight's 1st Thursday event is...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Funeral for Sammy Yatim today, voting begins in local...
The family of Sammy Yatim will lay him to rest this afternoon as questions continue to surround the circumstances of his death at the hands of Toronto police last Friday. The Globe and Mail reports the...
View ArticleThis Week in Film: Blue Jasmine, Berberian Sound Studios, A Brighter Summer...
This Week in Film rounds up noteworthy new releases in theatres, rep cinema and avant-garde screenings, festivals, and other special cinema-related events happening in Toronto.NEW RELEASESBlue Jasmine...
View ArticleThe Nathan Phillips Square Farmers' Market
The Nathan Phillips Square Farmers' Market is located predominantly on the North and East side of the square. This market begins annually in June and lasts until mid October, running every Wednesday,...
View ArticleNew in Toronto real estate: Harbour Plaza Residences
Recently moved into a Lake-view condo? Counting on years of direct unobstructed sunlight? Think again. In the next few years Harbour Plaza Residences, which is no less than a small town in the sky,...
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