The Best Sushi Takeout in Toronto
The best sushi takeout in Toronto is always ready to please you and your ravenous friends who are impatiently waiting at home for your return. While the places depicted here have physical locations...
View ArticleClassic latkes win big at Caplansky's Latkepalooza 2012
Competition was fierce this year at Caplansky's third annual Latkepalooza, with a number of repeat competitors vying for the greasy apple sauce and sour cream-laden crown. The contest saw seven...
View Article8 coffee cups turned into art (with heart)
On December 14, The Mascot coffee shop was taken over by an impressive roster of artists, joined together to raise funds for Ground for Health's cervical cancer screening and awareness programs in...
View ArticleRadar: Crywolf Holiday Pop-Up Shop, A New Beginning, Craig Stickland's...
SHOPPING | Crywolf Holiday Pop-Up Shop If the terms unusual, handmade, and local enter your daily vernacular, Crywolf Holiday Pop-Up Shop should be a part of your Tuesday night plans. Holiday gifts...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Budget delivers 2 per cent tax rise, chief planner skeptical on...
Toronto's property tax will rise by 2 per cent - slightly more than expected - to raise an extra $1.15 million for community grants, arts funding, lawn bowling clubs, the Botanical Gardens, and student...
View ArticleToronto film critics pick the best of 2012
It's that time of year — you know, when holiday music can't be escaped and everybody wants to tell you what they thought the best of the 2012 was. We'll get in on the fun soon enough, but in the...
View ArticleGet to Know a Chef: Davy Love, The Bristol Yard
After spending years in radio broadcasting, Ontario native Davy Love decided to try the kitchen--an inevitable course, according to those around him. He opened The Bristol Yard straight out of culinary...
View ArticleLittle Italy gets a new nightclub (that doesn't suck)
This new dance club has opened in a building that's seen a fair bit of turnover, most recently the short-lived occupancy of The Rochester. However, with its upstairs dance space and a downstairs lounge...
View ArticleThis week on DineSafe: 12 O'Lunch, Big Sushi, Fortune Seafood, Hue's Kitchen,...
This week on DineSafe was a bad one for Asian fare. The updated list of offenders includes Chinese, Japanese, Korean and fusion restaurants, many of whom got a few too many ticks on the "significant...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at Amsterdam Brewery's new digs
As we reported back in September, Amsterdam Brewery recently announced big plans for their future. In addition to opening a waterfront brew-pub in 2013, the brewery also announced they'd be moving all...
View ArticleHow to make privately owned public spaces more accessible in Toronto
They might look like the exclusive domain of condo dwellers and office workers, but hidden on roofs and behind gates are several hundred privately owned public spaces - POPS for short - that the city...
View Article10 volunteer options during the holidays in Toronto
Volunteer opportunities during the holidays in Toronto are not limited to the popular Daily Bread food sorts and Mission Christmas dinner distribution. There are plenty (too many?) of other groups and...
View ArticleNew cafe serves up Mexican Coke and protein shakes
Protein shakes, coffee, yogurt and... Coke? Yes, Coke made with natural cane sugar, imported from Mexico, that is. This new cafe and health food store offers a few better-for-you-takes on common...
View ArticleIs $150 an appropriate fine for parking in the bike lane?
East end cyclists rejoice. The city announced this morning it has officially wrapped up construction work on Toronto's first set of separated bike lanes on Sherbourne Street, declaring a new by-law in...
View ArticleRadar: City Voices Book Launch, Little Terrors, Ill Gates and Warrior Music,...
BOOKS & LIT | City Voices Book Launch The official book launch for City Voices happens tonight at the Buddies In Bad Times Theatre. This anthology, dubbed A Book of Monologues by Toronto Artists,...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Cllr. Raymond Cho goes provincial, Ikea monkey owner plans...
There could be another by-election on the horizon in Toronto. Tim Hudak's PCs have named veteran city councillor Raymond Cho as their candidate for the Scarborough-Rouge River riding, meaning the...
View ArticleWhat TTC subway stations were meant to look like
Since its opening in 1952, numerous renovations and adaptions have altered the look of the Yonge line between Eglinton and Union. Gone is the uniform TTC font and original Vitriolite tiles - the...
View ArticleCabbagetown shop still a local fave 30 years later
This Cabbagetown go-to for hard-to-find and unusual grocery items, delicious olives, deli meats and cheeses has been in business since 1980, and shows no signs of slowing down. Featuring lunch...
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