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French chain Brioche Dorée is opening its first downtown bakery this fall

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Brioche Dorée, a Parisian-style bakery and café with over 500 restaurants worldwide, is opening its first downtown location this fall at 650 King West, near Bathurst. The chain currently has over 35 locations in North America, many of which are found in airports (Torontonians who want to indulge, currently, have to head to Pearson). Brioche Dorée specializes in exotic French offerings such as “croissants,” “crêpes” and “brioche.”

Yorkville’s Maléna has been sold; it will reopen as a new restaurant by fall

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We’ve just received word from Maléna’s press camp that the popular Yorkville restaurant has been sold. The restaurant’s final day of service will be on Aug. 25, after which time owners Sam Kalogiros and David Minicucci will focus all of their efforts on their other restaurant, L’Unità (they plan to be open seven days a week by fall). Maléna’s new owners haven’t been revealed yet, but they will be reopening the space as a new restaurant in October of this year.

Drink This: the blueberry soda at L’Unità

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L’Unità has been a mainstay of the city’s glitziest ’hood for some five years now. With exposed brick walls, dark woods and Fellini flicks playing behind the bar, this inviting Yorkville space affords an intimate setting for after-work cocktails and chitchat.

Agave y Aguacate leaves Kensington Market

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After Torontoist reported that the much-lauded Agave y Aguacate had closed, we got in touch with owner/chef Francisco Alejandri to find out more. Alejandri says that there is trouble going on at the Kensington Market food court at 214 Augusta, and that he and other vendors are no longer operating at the venue. For his part, Alejandri says that ongoing cleanliness issues that were beyond his control spurred his decision to leave.

Tony Aspler’s Weekly Wine Pick: Masi Modello delle Venezie Rosato, 2011

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A dry rosé is the perfect summer wine. Not only does it look good in the glass but it’s refreshing, too. This is a versatile wine to match with food — and it’s inexpensive. This blend of Refosco and Raboso is light cherry in colour, with a nose of strawberries and a taste of candied raspberry that finishes fresh and dry. Chill it lightly before opening.

First Draught: Hops & Robbers IPA

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From its humble beginnings, Hops & Robbers IPA has become the little beer that could — get itself into the LCBO, that is. Only eight weeks after launching at the government retailer, it’s now stocked in over 270 stores across the province. That’s more than any other beer that I’ve covered for a First Draught post, even though some have been around for years.

Drink This: Cocktail Bar’s Manhattan

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Heralding the start of our weekly cocktail column is the Manhattan from — where else? — Cocktail Bar. Part of restaurateur Jen Agg’s mini-Empire, this Dundas West watering hole offers up a slew of booze-soaked beverages for the cocktail connoisseur.

Rashers wants to up Toronto’s bacon quotient in a big way

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Toronto is experiencing a crush of new restaurants that focus on one food item, so it was only a matter of time before bacon got its due. Enter Rashers, a new shop set to open in Leslieville next month, which is straight to the point about its concept: “It’s good bacon, on good bread, put together by a good chef,” says co-owner John Clark.