Scout's Honour
Listed in Bars Scout's Honour is like going to summer camp. The smell of fresh pine, stories around the campfire, prepubescent awkwardness...Ok, so there's no fire pit (thanks a lot fire safety laws)...
View ArticleEarly Bird Espresso & Brew Bar
Listed in Cafes Early Bird Espresso & Brew Bar is a new cafe on Queen West just east of Bathurst. They just opened this week, but they're attracting plenty of folk from the hood already. With the...
View ArticleElite Martial Arts
Listed in Fitness Clubs Elite Martial Arts is the only krav maga training centre certified by the Krav Maga Association of Canada in downtown Toronto. Located in the Wynn Fitness studio on the...
View ArticleFoodbenders
Listed in Grocery Stores Foodbenders is a new take-out lunch place in the Junction that doesn't sacrifice nutrition or flavour for grab-and-go convenience. After starting to sell their fare in cafes...
View ArticleKing Palace
Listed in Restaurants King Palace may be tucked out of sight at the Yonge and Church bend, but many have it pinned for their generous helpings at affordable rates. Nearly a decade in business (if you...
View ArticleBero
Listed in Restaurants Bero is the month-old restaurant on Queen East that has reopened in place of The Commissary from the same co-owners Andrew Bridgman and Giulio Marconi and new partner, chef Matt...
View ArticleUnited Coffee
Listed in Cafes United Coffee is a mini-cafe that opened a couple of weeks ago at College and Ossington. Perched on the northwest corner, it's an ideal spot to pop into and grab a latte on your way to...
View ArticleMore than Pies
Listed in Baked Goods More than Pies is a retail and wholesale bakery that has been serving Etobicoke residents, cafés, food shops, and farmers' markets since 2009. Previously located at 3261 Lake...
View ArticleDestingo
Listed in Restaurants Destingo makes me pose the question, what does a nice Czech lady know about Italian food? A lot when you're the former wife of chef Felipe Vacca from Yorkville's Vaticano. Monika...
View ArticleBrock Sandwich
Listed in Restaurants Brock Sandwich, a new restaurant that opened earlier this week in Bloordale Village, doesn't leave much to the imagination. The idea is just as simple: a dine-in (if you can) and...
View ArticleKung Fu Tea Shop
Listed in Cafes Kung Fu Tea Shop may just win the Most Adorable Bubble Tea Shop Name non-award. The newest entry in the recent deluge of Taiwanese bubble tea franchises branching out in Toronto, the...
View ArticleTrack Fitness
Listed in Fitness Clubs Track Fitness is something of a Forest Hill Village staple. The yoga studio was pretty steamy on the day I visited earlier this summer. Arriving midday on a Tuesday for their...
View ArticleThe Chase
Listed in Restaurants The Chase is the upstairs component of the highly anticipated pair of restaurants that have just opened in the Dineen Building at Yonge and Temperance. Located on what was...
View ArticlePlanet of Sound (West Queen West)
Listed in Services Planet of Sound has just increased its orbit. With a new store along West Queen West, the purveyors of quality hi-fi sound systems are expanding their reach to audiophiles on the...
View ArticleCibo Wine Bar
Listed in Restaurants Cibo Wine Bar (Pronounced Chee-bo) on King West is not a resto-lounge or supper club. Supper clubs don't bake their own bread and cure their own meats in house, and supper clubs...
View ArticleKekou Gelato House
Listed in Restaurants Kekou Gelato House is a little gelateria in Baldwin Village serving up what they call Asian gelato. While the gelato is made just like any other gelato, in the Italian way, the...
View ArticleCafe Bar Pasta
Listed in Restaurants Cafe Bar Pasta opened its doors at the end of July to the Dundas West neighbourhood, bringing a friendly, family style restaurant and cafe (don't forget bar) to the hood with...
View ArticleThe Chase Fish & Oyster
Listed in Restaurants The Chase Fish & Oyster is the more casual of the two restaurants that have opened in the historic Dineen Building at Yonge and Temperance. Located on the ground level, the...
View ArticleMe and Mine
Listed in Restaurants Me and Mine is a new brunch spot on a stretch of College that is quickly getting a breath of new life. Sitting between Dufferin and Brock, Me and Mine has joined the recently...
View ArticleThe Cameron House
Listed in Bars The Cameron House is the first bar I ever went to in Toronto. I had just turned 19 and recently reconnected with a cousin of mine who was taking me out for a night in the city. He was...
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