If downtown high rises aren’t your thing, then say hello to the townhouse condo at 3-578 Spadina Ave. This minimalist and airy unit has the feel of a single-family home with the perks of condo living. Plus, the future owners can enjoy private elevator access and an outdoor terrace. Along with an open concept living
There’s nothing quite like the delicious taste of a moist and mouth-watering loaf of sourdough bread, and that’s exactly what Emmer is best known for. Before the opening of the bakery, dentist-by-day owner Phillip Haddad was testing out his recipes for years, offering test tastes to anyone who stopped by. Now, though the bakery may
Being liberated from gluten has never been so sweet. Having opened in 2011, Almond Butterfly is a petite bakery and bistro that has always been completely gluten-free.
At Harbord’s jewel of a sushi restaurant, Yasuhisa Ouchi serenades his patrons bite by bite. Chef can be found behind the bar night after night, carefully preparing each piece of the omakase meal. Here, $110 gets you about 20 courses, starting with apps, like the delicacy shirako, before progressing to sashimi and sushi. Each course
It seems Toronto restaurateurs are still enamored with Mediterranean cuisine and Ossington Avenue. The latest addition is Bar Sybanne in the former home of Yours Truly, near the intersection with Dundas West.
Max Kerman is walking by his old high school, Harbord Collegiate, as he responds to interview questions on the phone, explaining that he started dabbling in songwriting at 16. Kerman is the lead singer of the Arkells, a band that has quickly risen to fame since they released their first EP in 2007. Now they
Victor Barry has transformed Harbord into one of T.O.’s yummiest gastronomic destinations, including his latest restaurant Piano Piano.
Lake Inez has a rotating, all-Ontario craft beer list, that flows from their 24 draught lines that run through the mosaic’s façade. The pan-Asian flavours are reflective of both Chef Hojilla’s Filipino background and influences from cuisines he loves like Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean, which are complemented by the use of seasonal North American ingredients to bring his personal touch to the table.
Bienvenida Most bars don’t have a rug shop and mezcaleria in their entryway. But at PrettyUgly — Parkdale’s latest, courtesy of Grant van Gameren, Mike Webster and Robin Goodfellow — they’re all about the new. Customers step into a tiny bar lit up with colourful Oaxacan rugs before ducking into the main space; an industrial,
The midtown neighbourhood around Belsize and Mount Pleasant has a new local.
Flock from chef Cory Vitiello (Harbord Room, THR and Co.) opened its doors yesterday in the city’s Entertainment district. It joins the North America-wide trend to rotisserie chicken.
Canada’s most daring director on life in Forest Hill and why he put down the camera to write his bold new novel
These days, Food Dudes Inc. is a booming business. The company caters around 1,000 events per year from its massive kitchen in Toronto’s east end, resulting in millions of dollars of revenue per year. So it may seem strange that the owners have spent the last eight months and nearly half a million dollars setting up a 50-seat restaurant near Harbord and Spadina.
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker on her new TIFF movie, working with Salman Rushdie and her favourite local hot spots
A recent shooting in the Annex was a “random, stupid thing,” according to the head of a local residents’ association.
