Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue is one of the hottest development nodes in the city. To try to get ahead on the planning front, a new planning framework for the intersection, designed to evaluate current and future development was recently endorsed by Toronto and East York Community Council. Councillor Josh Matlow said the framework … Continued
A labour strike is looming in Toronto’s not-so-distant future. The city has until Feb. 27 to settle a contract dispute with the Toronto Civic Employees Union Local 416 — which represents about 5,000 outdoor city workers, including garbage collectors. If an agreement isn’t reached, the city has announced a contingency plan. In the event of … 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
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
By Ron Johnson
Long-running Chinese restaurant Sea-Hi Famous Chinese Food announced that it will be closing for good at the end of the month on Feb. 29. The restaurant posted the information on its Facebook page stating that the restaurant has been in business for 59 years. “We know the restaurant will be missed,” the statement read. “We … Continued
