The top 5 spring street festivals in Toronto for 2014
Spring street festivals in Toronto might not be quite as common as those held in summer, but there's still plenty of roadside action in May and June. Highlighted by designer dogs, Italian eats, and the...
View ArticleToronto just made liquor licences even harder to acquire
Those looking to open new bars and restaurants in Toronto are going to face new hurdles after the City changed its process for the acquisition of a liquor licence in response to relaxed enforcement...
View ArticleOrganic juice bar opens in the Beaches
Stefano Sanna started out making fresh juices and smoothies for his personal training clients; now, he's the proprietor of an organic juice bar in the east end. Everything is made fresh, while you wait...
View ArticleJunction Flea moves out of the Junction
Toronto's bargain hounds, vintage seekers and craft lovers will have a new hunting ground this summer: the Junction Flea has found a new home on Sterling Road, just south of Perth, in the Junction...
View ArticleThe Best BBQ Chicken (Churrasqueiras) in Toronto
The best Portugese BBQ chicken in Toronto is the product of time-honoured slow roasting techniques that yield crispy, flame-kissed skin trapping in moisture and delicious natural juices. Aside from...
View ArticleToday in Toronto: Images, BikeRackTO, Yonge Street, Vanessa Maltese, Cod...
Today in Toronto the Images Fest kicks off its 27th year of bringing installations, performances, and screenings of experimental shorts and features together for ten days of avant-garde fun (but not...
View ArticleFrench menswear line opens first store in Toronto
This Paris-based menswear chain chose Yorkville as the site of its first North American store. Now, Toronto's best-dressed gents can pick up refined basics like calf-leather shoes, Egyptian cotton...
View ArticleToronto Restaurant Openings: Sparrow, The Passenger, Farmer's Daughter,...
Toronto Restaurant Openings highlights the latest restaurant openings and closings in Toronto and also gives a preview of what's coming soon. Find us here every Thursday morning.OPEN NOWSusur Lee's new...
View ArticleToronto punk labels take on Rob Ford
While the odd anti-Rob Ford song has come up, Toronto's punk and hardcore scenes have been largely silent about municipal politics (and various national issues, cough cough). Cynicism over how a song...
View ArticleNew Upper Beaches cafe a haven for artists
Music and art are woven into the fabric of this new cafe in the Upper Beaches, with instruments and art hanging on the walls and live music happening regularly in the evenings. The atmosphere is...
View ArticleNew brew pub coming to College and Lansdowne
These are boom times for new Toronto breweries. Hot on the heels of Muddy York's opening announcement and Liberty Village Brewing's first large-scale product rollout to Toronto bars comes Lansdowne...
View ArticleTBC Vegan brings a flea market to Bloordale
Through Being Cool is bringing a flea to a neighbourhood formerly devoid of fleas. The Bloor and Lansdowne bakery will throw its first flea full of local treats on Sunday, April 13.Owner Amanda...
View ArticleNew TTC streetcar testing ramps up on Toronto streets
Rob Ford might be promising to toss them all in the garbage, but, like it or not, Toronto is getting 204 new low-floor streetcars, starting this summer. They won't come cheap - roughly $1.2 billion...
View ArticleHotel gets lucky with Susur Lee's new dim sum spot
Susur Lee continues to prosper in Toronto with his newly-opened restaurant in the Soho Metropolitan Hotel. The restaurant launches with a menu of classic Chinese dishes served family-style, as well as...
View ArticleToronto Food Events: Yum Cha 2, Bunner's cookbook launch, Cinco de Mayo,...
Toronto Food Events rounds up the most delicious events, festivals, pop-ups, winemaker dinners, supper clubs and other food related happenings in Toronto this week and next. You can find us here every...
View ArticleNew lounge serves 55 varieties of rum
With over 55 varieties of rum on offer and a convenient location on Richmond West, this new spot aims to be a prime destination for the Financial District's after-work crowd. True to the area, the...
View ArticleThat time when Toronto was in love with Niagara Falls
Flying into Toronto from the south, you might get lucky and see Niagara Falls. You need a west-facing seat, of course. And you best hope the Ativan has thinned in your bloodstream enough to allow your...
View Article20 artsy party looks from Massive 10 at the AGO
The 10th anniversary of the Massive Party lived up to its name as a crowd of 1,800 people enjoyed a night of installations and music at the AGO. As for the dress code: "Anything and everything" was...
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