Toronto Raptors champion Fred VanVleet celebrated his birthday at the popping Queen West bar Apt. 200 this week. The Raptors point guard was dressed in pink, partying with a select group of his closest friends and fellow players. The event was topped off by a custom-designed cake in the shape of VanVleet’s outerwear brand, FVV’s … Continued
Yin Ji Chang Fen is the GTA’s most popular spot for rice noodle rolls. These little umami wraps, or chang fen as they’re called in the streets of Hong Kong, are savoury rolls of delicate rice noodles wrapped around proteins like marinated pork, beef or shrimp. The Cantonese restaurant already has outposts in Markham and … Continued
The Wheatsheaf Tavern is reopening its doors following a long-awaited upgrade. Opening in 1849, this iconic watering hole is the oldest in the city. After 170 years, Terry Tsianos and Scale Hospitality decided it was time to give this space the glow-up it deserves. On the southwest corner of King and Bathurst, Toronto’s original sports … Continued
A new restaurant dubbed Wild Chicory is now open on Mount Pleasant Road in midtown Toronto. Wild Chicory is offering what it is calling “culinary Canadiana” with a sophisticated spin. Using local ingredients, chef Shawn Limoges (Globe Bistro) is focussing on the bounty of Ontario while showcasing elevated versions of classic dishes. The chef is … Continued
Mandy’s salads are coming to Toronto. Whether it’s the success of Joe Beef’s, Dreyfus, Lov restaurant or the highly anticipated opening of La Queue de Cheval, Montreal has been making quite an imprint on our city. The latest to join the Montreal-Toronto invasion is the beloved aesthetic driven salad bar, Mandy’s. The femme, upscale salad … Continued
After the closing of Parkdale’s famous burger and breakfast joint, Harry’s Charbroiled, and the recent reopening of the Original Diners Lounge, we thought we’d seen the last of Harry’s. But leave it to Grant van Gameren to make something from nothing. The teased Harry’s Charbroiled food truck will be rolling through the streets of Toronto … Continued
Canadian music legend Kim Mitchell is being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. The hitmaker will join the ranks of Leonard Cohen, Burton Cummings and Joni Mitchell during this year’s Canadian Music Week gala. The artist, best known for his single Patio Lanterns, will be inducted alongside activist and musician Buffy Sainte-Marie, who … Continued
Toronto’s one-stop-shop for quality sushi grade fish and Japanese groceries, Taro’s Fish, is opening a new takeout location in Markham. After spending years cutting his teeth in sushi kitchens all over Toronto, Taro Akiyama decided to open his own Japanese fish market. Taro’s Fish set up shop in North York in 2008, and has been … Continued
Winter Stations art installation exhibition is back from Feb. 17 to March 30. The sixth-annual month-long event kicks off on February 13th at the historic Fox Theatre in the Beach Village. “Winter Stations has put our neighbourhood at centre stage for the last six years and we feel it fitting that the Opening Night has … Continued
In the wake of coronavirus-fuelled discrimination, restaurants from all over the GTA are banding together to combat slow business with Asialicious, a new city-wide food festival. A riff on Toronto’s Winterlicious, Asialicious is set to feature more than 100 Asian restaurants in Markham and across the GTA. Asialicious was launched by Dr. Ken Ng of the … Continued
The shortest month of the year is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: cupid is logging some serious overtime hours. In a city like Toronto, there is a myriad of ways to get creative with this holiday of love and overpriced roses. But the classics, like a romantic dinner, are classics for … Continued
