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20 neon-drenched highlights from Toronto's bike rave
Last Friday, a crowd of urban cyclist gathered at dusk in Dufferin Grove Park for the second annual Bike Pirates Bike Rave. Over the next hour or so, the scene would turn technicolour as darkness set...
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Filipino street eats feed a crowd at Wychwood Barns
Kultura selected its best in Filipino arts, wares, and street eats, and in return received a rousing turnout and approval ratings for its eighth festival yesterday at Wychwood Barns. Part of a...
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20 hopped-up scenes from Toronto's top craft beer fest
The Roundhouse Craft Beer (and food truck) Festival took over the lawn in front Steam Whistle Brewery this past weekend and proved itself to be Toronto's beer festival of choice for local-beer-lovers....
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What cinemas used to look like in Toronto
Tracking the history of cinemas in Toronto is no small task. There are well over 100 movie theatres to account for, some of which have left little recorded history. I've already taken a small stab at...
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Is this a better garbage bin for Toronto?
A recent OCAD grad is taking something inherently ugly and unpleasant and trying to make it pretty and functional. Hyun Sunwoo has created Moon, a new spin on Toronto's garbage bins. Since 2008, the...
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The top 20 eats at Taste of the Danforth 2013
The Taste of the Danforth turned 20 this year and to celebrate hundreds of local restaurants and food vendors set up street-side to dole out delicious street eats, lemonade and sudsy beverages. The...
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Radar: The Ups and Downs of Opening a Restaurant, Strait Jacket, Theft By...
Toronto events on August 13th, 2013FOOD | GE Café Chefs Series: The Ups and Downs of Opening a Restaurant The GE Café Chefs Masters of Food series has been ongoing at Evergreen Brick Works since the...
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Morning Brew: Holyday defends Rob Ford's antics, Blair appoints judge to lead...
Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday is, perhaps not surprisingly, defending - or at least not outright scolding - Rob Ford in the wake of his weekend adventures on the Danforth. Holyday, who was recently elected...
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This week on DineSafe: Liberty Shawarma, East Side Mario's, Riz Restaurant,...
There were lots of DineSafe inspections this week, and I'm happy to report there wasn't a single closure. But many conditional passes popped up in windows, including one for the newly opened Brawley...
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House of the Week: 20 Cluny Drive
This house at 20 Cluny Dr. has the potential to be an urban oasis with serious steeze. The Rosedale mansion is nearly fit for Beyonce, if you ask me. The bones of the place are stunning, and they have...
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Toronto gets a golf-themed craft beer
Triple Bogey Brewing & Golf Company is the newest addition to Ontario's growing craft beer market and is coming to an LCBO and a golf course near you. Founded by Geoff Tait, the former head of a...
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Planet of Sound expands to West Queen West
Already a Corktown fixture for hardcore audiophiles, this purveyor of hi-fi sound systems has recently opened a sprawling new location near Queen and Ossington. Here you'll find high end components and...
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Street Style: 20 summer looks in Parkdale
With new patios at Electric Mud and Food & Liquor and a growing list of retail stores, Parkdale continues to be one of the city's best 'hoods to while away some weekend hours. Here, some summer...
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CNE Toronto 2013
The 2013 CNE descends on Toronto in just a few days, just as the nights are getting cooler, the days shorter and summer vacation is wrapping up. Some people like to see out the summer at a cottage or...
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Could Twitter help DineSafe flag offending restaurants?
Toronto Public Health says using Twitter to track restaurants that practice poor food safety practices, and thus give people food poisoning, isn't such a bad idea. Researchers in the U.S. have found a...
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The Fairmount Park Farmers' Market
The Fairmount Park farmers' market is a new Toronto farmers' market for 2013. The market boasts a wonderful sense of community identity, encourages volunteerism, and despite its small size, has a...
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Stunning rooftop restaurant graces the Dineen Building
One of two hotly anticipated restaurants to open at the historic Dineen Building at Yonge & Temperance in the last few days, this rooftop patio and dining space is a stunning addition to what is...
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Radar: Packaged Goods, Arthur Goss Photos, Black Sabbath, Dennis Bock,...
Toronto events on August 14th, 2013PHOTOGRAPHY | Curator Walk-Through: "Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days" The Ryerson Image Centre hosts an exhibition of photographic work by Arthur S. Goss, and this...
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