Holy Smokez
Listed in Restaurants Holy Smokez won me over the second I walked in and was smacked in the face with a thick wall of smoke. It's an honest, no frills take-away counter with only half a dozen or so...
View ArticleTierra Azteca
Listed in Grocery Stores Tierra Azteca at Bloor and Dufferin offers Mexican and a smattering of Latin American cuisine. It's a grocery store that doubles as a restaurant and money wiring facility....
View ArticleBoar
Listed in Restaurants Boar is a new addition to Yonge and Davisville area that should make sandwich lovers quite happy. Located a few steps east of Yonge on Glebe Street, you'll find this new...
View ArticleEl Cafetal Restaurant and Bakery
Listed in Restaurants El Cafetal Restaurant and Bakery has been a fixture on St.Clair for almost a year, but now under new ownership, it's expanding its mix of Mexican and Colombian specialties to...
View ArticleBar Isabel
Listed in Restaurants Bar Isabel, former Black Hoof chef Grant van Gameren's latest outpost, recently opened near College and Ossington, and with it comes some very high expectations. Joined by...
View ArticleAsada Mexican Grill
Listed in Restaurants Asada Mexican Grill opened a couple weeks ago amongst a jumble of St. Clair storefronts. It's a new quick eatery from husband and wife team, Austin and Klaudia Morgan who serve...
View ArticleNorthwood
Listed in Bars Northwood recently opened in the grey zone of Bloor between Koreatown and Ossington, filling a void for residents looking to imbibe locally. Owners Richard Pope and Ang Reynolds have...
View ArticleGallant Bicycles
Listed in Services Gallant Bicycles is a new Toronto-based company (and store) that offers highly customizable urban bikes at a price that belies the various options on offer. Co-owned by Jason Wood...
View ArticleElevator
Listed in Fashion Stores Elevator, the latest shop to pop up near Queen and Dufferin, opened its doors to the neighborhood this past month, offering a dose of Savile Row-lite for the Parkdale set. The...
View ArticleZakkushi
Listed in Restaurants Zakkushi isn't the latest of the Vancouver Izakaya chains to touchdown in Toronto, but is it the greatest? As a number of other successful West Coast establishments have set up...
View ArticleChurrasco of St. Clair
Listed in Restaurants Churrasco of St. Clair has been serving up rotisserie cooked chicken and Portuguese specialties since 1986. It's a no-frills take away counter that offers excellent value for...
View ArticleAnnie Aime
Listed in Fashion Stores Annie Aime is the latest concept shop to set up camp on the stretch of Ossington which has seen an incredible influx of new storess, restaurants and even gourmet butchers...
View ArticleMedia Bar
Listed in Bars Media Bar has recently opened in the Club District. As someone who loves both lowbrow media (reading blind items on CDAN) and highbrow media (I follow Ken Jennings on Twitter), I was...
View ArticleTurf Lounge
Listed in Restaurants Turf Lounge is something of a throwback to an older Bay Street, one that conjures up the dark-hued masculinity popularized by Mad Men over the last few years. While by no means a...
View ArticleWest Toronto CrossFit
Listed in Fitness Clubs West Toronto CrossFit has brought this grassroots fitness movement to the Junction. Located in a multipurpose industrial building on a quiet side street just north of Dundas,...
View ArticleDumpling King (Chinatown)
Listed in Restaurants Dumpling King now has a downtown Toronto outpost. Take a walk down Dundas just east of Huron and it'd be hard not to notice Chinatown's newest restaurant. With its bright,...
View ArticleTandoori House
Listed in Restaurants Tandoori House has a long history in North York. Opened in 1986, this small Indian restaurant has a popular lunch buffet that attracts a steady flow of Yonge and Sheppard area...
View ArticleElla's Uncle (Bloor St.)
Listed in Cafes Ella's Uncle, a local favorite of the Dundas West set, opened up it's second cafe at the foot-traffic heavy intersection of Ossington and Bloor. Even on the dreariest of days, a...
View ArticleWiggle Room
Listed in Restaurants Wiggle Room is a new east-coast style burger joint running out of Market 707. The Aptly named space measures in at only 8' by 10' and is now occupied by Ashley Shortall and...
View ArticleGrasslands
Listed in Restaurants Grasslands is the newest incarnation of the Queen West space that was until recently Fressen, a pioneer vegan destination of 12 years. Although ownership remains the same,...
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