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
The Ontario government has finally admitted that the newly redesigned licence plates are difficult to read at night, after days of defending the plates. However, Premier Doug Ford’s administration is blaming the mistake on 3M Canada, the company that manufactured the plates. NEW – The Premiers office out with a new statement on the … 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
Oxford Fruit, a Kensington Market fruit store that has operated for nearly 25 years, is set to close at the end of March. The store is located on the corner of Nassau Street and Augusta Avenue and has been run by Ah Tee Ng and her family since it first opened in 1996. According to … Continued
For the record, ćevapi are ubiquitous in the Balkans. They are the stuff of poetry. It could very well be that ćevapi are the reason that McDonald’s will never catch on in some parts of Europe. Here in Toronto, they’re less revered, perhaps because they’ve been pretty much impossible to find downtown. That was until Hrvati Bar opened up last month.
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
