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Here today, gone tomorrow: m:brgr closes its doors

When Montreal export m:brgr set up shop on King Street earlier this year, owner Jeff Dichter wasn’t too worried about the heap of competition nearby (nowhere else offers a $100 burger, after all). But the restaurant’s Toronto location has apparently bit the dust. Food blog It All Starts With Butter reported its closure today, and although we were unable to get a hold of Dichter immediately, m:brgr wasn’t open for service today and its Toronto phone line appears disconnected.

Americans officially embrace medium rare pork; Toronto wallows in overcooked pork

Toronto loves pork. So why do we have to eat it overcooked all the time? The USDA announced today that it’s safe to cook pork medium rare, or 145 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s quite a dramatic shift from the well-done 160 degrees previously preached by the organization and currently required by Toronto Public Health.

Greg Couillard is taking over Burger Bar’s kitchen for tonight only. Expect tacos, craziness

If last week’s Twitter rumour that Greg Couillard might be making a Toronto comeback was an unbearable tease, brief satiety will be found tonight at Kensington Market’s Burger Bar, when the veteran chef takes over the kitchen to offer up some of the fare he’s been cooking at Chili Bang Bar in Mexico.

Muscle Masala brings a protein-packed, meal-on-the-go cookie to T.O.'s coffee shops

What happens when you mix a career in personal training with a love of Indian cooking? In Marshall Tully’s case, you get Muscle Masala, a nutritionally complete cookie packed with protein — 20 grams, to be exact — and punctuated with spices like cardamom, saffron and ginger. Tully recently started selling the preservative-free treat at a handful of coffee shops around the city, including Dark Horse Espresso Bar and Thor Espresso Bar.

The Drake Hotel to host a series of seasonally changing pop-up restaurants. First stop: high school!

Move over Antiques Roadshow: there’s a new “tour” in town, and this one promises to be much tastier. The Drake Hotel has announced its Dining Roadshow, a “restaurant within a restaurant” concept that will see the dining room space changing seasonally in menu, theme, and decor. Executive chef Anthony Rose intends to create stylized menus that highlight the intrinsic attitude of each of The Drake’s restaurant incarnations.

McDonald’s rolls out free Wi-Fi across Canada; free smiles remain the best perk

We never thought we’d be able to think of another reason to spend inordinate amounts of time hanging out at McDonald’s, but now the fast food giant is rolling out free Wi-Fi at its Canadian locations. Apparently, more than 90 per cent of McDonald’s across the country will be equipped with the service by the end of May.

Brantford poised to ban shark fin products; hopes Toronto’s penchant for copying other cities will kick in

The controversy surrounding shark hunting and shark fin soup is no secret, but who would have thought Brantford, Ontario would be the first place in Canada to do something about it? Brantford is set to become the first Canadian jurisdiction to ban shark fin products in the hopes that other cities like Toronto will follow suit, The Globe reports.

Coming Soon: Cuisine of India, re-opening at Yonge and Davisville after a year-long absence

Fans of Cuisine of India, rejoice! After a nearly year-long hiatus, the restaurant is re-opening this Friday, May 20, at a new location at Yonge and Davisville. After functioning in its previous space at 5222 Yonge Street for over 20 years, the original Cuisine of India was forced to close just over a year ago due to condo developments that no longer accommodated the restaurant.

Craft Burger is now Big Smoke Burger (a new location is in the works, too)

Since it first appeared around four years ago, Craft Burger has been one of the key players in Toronto’s burger scene (Scaramouche’s Keith Frogget deemed a craft burger to be one of the city’s best in a Post City taste test last year). So with Craft Burger’s recent re-branding to Big Smoke Burger, fans are surely wondering: why change a good thing?

Toronto's Best Fish Tacos

Sure, fish tacos have been a SoCal staple for decades. But in the GTA? Not quite. Over the last few years, though, these hand-held delicacies have cropped up in some unlikely places. (We’re not complaining.)

Seven cool things about sake: a primer for Monday's sake tasting event at JCCC

Wine tastings are so last Tuesday. This Monday, Vintages is offering something you may have never encountered before: a sake tasting event, presenting dozens of sakes by nine premium producers. If you think sake is “just a novelty drink,” or if you’ve only had it served hot, then you haven’t had the real stuff. The good thing is that sake is finally catching on in Toronto. Here are some fun sake facts that might surprise you.

How does thy garden grow? Five tips for eating locally

The sun is shining and the asparagus is growing – so what on earth are you doing at the supermarket? Southern Ontario’s growing season is picking up and filling gardens, farmers’ markets and local greengrocers with fresh produce that hasn’t trekked halfway across the globe. If there was ever a time to pay attention to where your food comes from, lower your carbon footprint and support an Ontario farmer, it’s now.

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