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Toronto writer releases Canadian Craft Beer Cookbook
If you're like me, cooking with beer generally means cracking a tall boy while your hot dogs boil. Not so much for David Ort, the Toronto-based writer behind the blog Food With Legs who has taken a...
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House of the Week: 18 Bellwoods Avenue
This open plan Trinity Bellwoods Victorian semi is anything but cookie cutter. Currently owned by a Toronto landscape architect and featured in local decor blogs and magazines, 18 Bellwoods Ave. has...
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Rob Ford grilled on the Today Show by Matt Lauer
The Mayor Rob Ford US media tour continued this morning on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. Ford (joined by his older brother of course) went with all the usual soundbites that he's "only human" and has...
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The New York and L.A. Times rip into Rob Ford
We already know that the Rob Ford saga has proved fascinating for the American media, but as our controversial mayor marches on from one gaffe to the next (knocking over another councillor is a bigger...
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Vendor Queens is Toronto's newest pop-up market
At Vendor Queens, the small business is king. The "pop-up market", featuring all manner of handmade and vintage goods, will be taking over part of a condo development centre (the old Thrush Holmes...
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New Lost & Found on Ossington is bigger and better
This menswear/coffee shop may be new to Ossington, but it looks and acts just like its former Dundas West location - only bigger. Now you can peruse the same heritage goods over the same fair-trade...
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10 quirky things you might not know about the TTC
Not so long ago we published a post called 10 quirky things you might not know about Toronto, which highlighted various urban oddities and pseudo-secrets. The TTC makes two appearances on that list -...
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Sun News cancels "Ford Nation" after one episode
Looks like Rob and Doug Ford may not have careers as cable TV hosts after all. Sun News has announced it's pulling the plug on the Fords' TV show after just a single episode despite being "by far the...
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Radar: Nightmares on Wax, Art as Survival, Picasso at the Lapin Agile,...
Toronto events on November 20th, 2013MUSIC | Nightmares on Wax UK producer and DJ, Nightmares On Wax (aka George Evelyn) hits the Hoxton tonight to deliver some electronic sounds that will definitely...
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5 films to watch at the 2013 Planet in Focus Film Festival
The 14th annual Planet in Focus Film Festival kicks off Thursday November 21st in Toronto, and what looks to be a fantastic lineup of program should be a welcome hoist up from the dismal abyss of...
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Daily Show parody of Rob Ford might be best yet
The latest take-down of Rob Ford on The Daily Show has got to be the best yet. Weighing in on city council's vote to strip the mayor of his powers, Ford's bull-like charge at Councillor Pan McConnell...
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GO Lounge is re-invented as a cocktail bar
Opened on Halloween in the space once occupied by GO Lounge, this new bar comes from the same co-owners as well as Black Pug DMK designer Daisuke Ito. Gone are the board games, replaced by a strong...
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Ballad of Rob Ford makes its debut on Jimmy Kimmel
It only took a little over four months for Rob Ford to go from "cost cowboy" and "rollback viceroy" to the "drunk-driving, crack-smoking, Mayor of Toronto" in the lyrics of songwriters.Singer and...
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TTC to raise fares starting in 2014
Get ready to dig a little deeper at the Metropass office in 2014 - the TTC has decided to hike the cost of a monthly pass and pack of tokens by a nickel per ride. Under the budget approved this...
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Toronto (finally) allows the sale of old street signs
The city will begin auctioning off its vast stockpile of old road signs next year, but not at the $30 starting price suggested in May. Owning a piece of Toronto's wayfinding heritage will cost a...
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Radar: Planet in Focus Film Fest, Lou Reed Tribute, ReFashioned, Soupcans,...
Toronto events on November 21th, 2013MUSIC | Lou Reed: Live Memorial Tribute If you still can't believe Lou Reed is gone, you're not alone. From "Heroin" to "Perfect Day," here's your chance to pay...
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Morning Brew: Rob Ford mentioned on police wiretaps, the mysterious...
Details of thousands of tapped phone conversations recorded as part of Project Brazen 2, the ongoing Toronto police investigation into Mayor Rob Ford, have been ordered released by a Superior Court...
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New CrossFit gym loads up on the amenities
This new gym near Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton provides CrossFit training along with additional wellness services in an unexpectedly upscale environment. Well educated staff foster a strong community vibe...
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