New bar serves up gourmet egg rolls, cheap beer
This new Dundas West bar has a team that includes owners and former bar managers from Cold Tea, The Lakeview, and Ronnie's--but don't call it an offshoot. Rather, it's very much its own thing, with $4...
View ArticleNew in Toronto real estate: Beach Hill Residences
Beach Hill Residences is not lakeside. Sorry. But it is on a hill, that overlooks a community, that's right beside the beach. That's something, eh? Located in the Upper Beaches by Woodbine and Gerrard,...
View ArticleStreet Style: a homemade toque and jeans from Paris
Late Fall weather is decidedly upon us which means coats, scarves, toques and other cold weather gear are now de rigueur on Toronto's streets. From Art Directors to Musicians to Sales reps, these...
View ArticleHighlights from the 2012 Royal Winter Fair
It may be called the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, but this year's event seems more "of the city" than the land. Now in its 90th year, The Royal 2012 boasts hanging chandeliers, gourmet coffee...
View ArticleTourism Toronto hits it big with new timelapse video
Now this just makes sense. Remember when Ryan Emond released that stunning timelapse sequence of Toronto that we referred to as a love letter to the city? Turns out the folks at Tourism Toronto were...
View ArticleKhabouth expands empire with Spanish restaurant
Charles Khabouth has partnered up again with Hanif Harji (of Icon Legacy) to address what they think is a drought of Spanish food in Toronto. Inside, luxe interiors pair nicely with the hearty, rustic...
View ArticleFall colours in Toronto photo roundup 2012
Fall may have a few weeks left in it yet, but the best part has already come and gone. Throughout Toronto most trees have surrendered their vibrant leaves for another season, leaving in their place...
View ArticleCity of Toronto closes in on new look for Front Street
As far as Toronto welcomes go, the exit to Front Street from Union Station could be a lot worse. It certainly beats the anonymous landscape around Pearson and the claustrophobic driving experience one...
View ArticleThe Best Kid (Family) Friendly Restaurants in Toronto
The best kid and family friendly restaurants in Toronto are easy Sunday evening choices. Now, these are not your colour-on-the-wall, chicken-fingers-for-everyone, Raffi-over-the-speaker-system type...
View ArticleNew saloon serves up sliders, craft beer, awesome ribs
This new Bloorcourt restaurant bills itself a slider house, but it offers much more than that: craft beers on tap and tasty cocktails, a Southern-inspired menu that focuses on local, organic and...
View ArticleDan Deacon gets hyper-interactive tonight at Lee's
Dan Deacon may be best known for his live shows— the level of interactivity and energy at which is almost incomparable — but he's also a compositional whiz, having completed a graduate degree in...
View ArticleWeekend events in Toronto: November 9-11, 2012
Weekend events in Toronto is our guide to events happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's what's happening in Toronto this November 9-11, 2012.PARTYMansion: Holy Trinity 001Mansion's parties...
View ArticleThis Week In Comedy: Quinnspector Gadget, Rob Delaney, Robin Williams, Pat...
Once again, we're lucky ducks! The next seven days features everyone from Russell Peters to the man Comedy Central named "Funniest Person on Twitter." Come with me as we waddle through This Week In...
View ArticleWhere to do erotic life drawing (for a limited time)
Keyhole Sessions, Toronto's own erotic life drawing class, is closing its doors in December, following its final two sessions: White Wedding (November 13), and Fight Club (December 11). White Wedding...
View ArticleAlligator Pie has lots of great ingredients
The poems of Dennis Lee are inventive, silly, and sometimes incredibly poignant. His words serve as great material for the stage, where the imaginative spaces and characters come to life in a new...
View ArticleWhat the Toronto airport used to look like
In the 1920s, Frank Chapman's 150-acre farm stood in a sprawl of astonishingly flat rural land south of Malton, a small community on the Grand Trunk Railway northwest of Toronto. His modest,...
View ArticleRemembrance Day in Toronto 2012
Remembrance Day ceremonies and events in Toronto take place every year on November 11th. This year, Remembrance Day falls on a Sunday. For those looking to honour our veterans, the City of Toronto puts...
View ArticleFour FIT projects in the GTA worth knowing about
Even though he may have bungled the gas plant cancellations, soon-to-be-former Premier McGuinty did some good for Ontario's energy sector during his 16 year tenure by introducing the Feed-In-Tariff...
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