How does Toronto's bike infrastructure stack up?
The mere act of cycling in Toronto can seem like a crusade for freedom. We have a godzilla-esque mayor who erases existing infrastructure (read: Jarvis bike lanes) with what many cyclists would...
View ArticleThe top 10 shared office space options in Toronto
Shared office space options in Toronto have proliferated since our last post on the topic. And it's a good thing too. Working from home in one's pajamas can play a major role in spurring the onset of...
View ArticleSpa Week brings cheap spa visits to Toronto
Spa Week makes its way to Toronto starting Monday (running through April 21st), with a range of treatments available at some of Toronto's most luxurious spas and health centres. Think of Spa Week as an...
View ArticleNew East Coast-style burger joint comes to Market 707
Market 707 is one of Toronto's best destinations for cheap eats, offering a variety of Indian, Asian, and Latin American options. The newest addition to the market is a burger joint that brings an east...
View ArticleThe Best BBQ Restaurants in Toronto
The best BBQ restaurants in Toronto are temples of meat devoted to time-honoured cooking traditions. In Hogtown, a surge of new smokehouses have hardly matured but have zealously taken up the artform...
View ArticleWeekend events in Toronto: April 12-14, 2013
Weekend events in Toronto is our guide to events happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's what's happening in Toronto this April 12-14, 2013.LIFESTYLEGreen Living Show North America's largest...
View ArticleThis Week in Comedy: Throne of Games, Tommy Tiernan, Mike Rita, Rap Battlez,...
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's the Funk Docta Rita smoking buddha on the stage! Join me as I shout out Mike Rita and Redman for staying true to themselves in the pursuit of...
View Article5 under the radar pizza joints on the east side of Toronto
This month Toronto is celebrating the Shop Small program - a new movement focused on giving some thought to the importance of small, independent businesses and the vibrancy and culture they bring to...
View ArticleYes brings prog back at Massey Hall
For those of us who came of age with punk rock, the prog rock played by bands like Yes was big brother music, the first really interesting stuff you'd hear that your parents would never admit to...
View ArticleA brief history of Toronto's first cocktail lounge
There are so many bars and so many different ways to drink in Toronto in 2013 it's hard to picture the city as a dry town, as it was between 1916 and 1927, or a place where a even an Old Fashioned was...
View ArticleGreen Day prove popular as ever at sold-out ACC show
Who knew that Green Day could sell out the Air Canada Centre in 2013? I didn't. Growing up listening to Dookie and first discovering the hidden track "All By Myself" was a rite of passage. It appears...
View ArticleThis Week in Theatre: Lucia di Lammermoor, Stomp, Albertine en Cinq Temps,...
This week in theatre rounds up the most noteworthy live theatre playing right now in Toronto. It includes just-opened shows as well as productions that are about to close.carried away on the crest of a...
View ArticleRadar: Widowspeak, Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams," Tales From The Darkroom,...
Toronto events on April 15th, 2013MUSIC | Widowspeak at The Garrison Brooklyn-based band, Widowspeak, hit The Garrison tonight! These guys had a huge buzz going into this year's SXSW, having made...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Toronto casino faces first hurdle, killed cyclist mourned, Don...
Rob Ford's executive committee will hear from members of the public later this morning on a Toronto casino. More than 200 people are registered to speak at the meeting but the mayor is concerned things...
View ArticleWalk Off The Earth buoyant at the Danforth Music Hall
Walk Off The Earth have grown on me. Since their quirky 5-people-playing-one-guitar interpretation of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (now approaching 150 million YouTube views) they've captured...
View ArticleJason Priestley takes on Mamet in CanStage's RACE
David Mamet's RACE is imbued with the narrative elements we've come to expect from the expert playwright — precise, provocative dialogue, characters with questionable scruples, and a high-stakes,...
View ArticleJenn Grant makes the Horseshoe feel just like home
You know that feeling you get when you come home at the end of a long day, throw down your coat, put up your feet and just...relax? Well, Saturday night, Halifax songstress Jenn Grant went onstage at...
View ArticleWhy does Palmerston Blvd. have gates and fancy lights?
Something's different about Palmerston Boulevard. Large stone gates greet visitors entering from Bloor Street. Heading south, ornate iron street lamps line the curb. How in a city where a manual...
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