By Nikki Gill
While news of creative revamps and even several grand openings continue to flow in, there is one stream that is steadier still — the ever-growing list of beloved Toronto restaurants shuttering due to COVID-related hardships. Here are the five most recent to which we bid adieu. SoSo Food Club SoSo Food Club at Dundas … Continued
By Erin Neilly
In an effort to combat systemic and anti-Black racism, leaders and educators within the Black community have developed tools and resources to be used across all industries. Here in Toronto, Black designers and educators have launched initiatives to highlight diversity in the fashion industry, such as footwear designer George Sully’s Black Designers of Canada (BDC) … Continued
By Erin Neilly
A number of volunteer organizations have found the new bike lane extensions on Bloor Street have been getting a huge amount of use since their opening. Bells on Bloor, Toronto Centre Cyclists and the Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition released information that, over a 24-hour period, Yorkville had 4,784 cyclists passing through and further west to … Continued
Patio season has been anything but normal this summer, but as the Labour Day weekend approaches so too does that familiar annual feeling that the end of patio season is coming and it’s time to enjoy our drinks al fresco while we still can. Sky Flower, a new pop-up located at College Street and Spadina … Continued
Starved Toronto diners won’t have to wait until winter for the next major foodie event. The city is cooking something up for the fall. In an email sent out to potential participatory restaurants, the city announced it was partnering with Destination Toronto on a “different more extensive restaurant program for the fall, with details to … Continued
By Erin Neilly
Over the last couple of months, a number of restaurants across Toronto have been forced to close their brick-and-mortar locations, unable to survive the significant loss of revenue, high cost of rent and staffing shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic, not to mention the added difficulty of learning to navigate the long list of seemingly … Continued
By Erin Neilly
The conversation inside Superette on Yonge Street south of Macpherson Avenue, in the heart of Rosedale, is emblematic of the new type of cannabis consumer and the new type of cannabis store. “I want to get high before tennis, but I don’t want my tennis friends to know I get stoned. Can I get some … Continued
By Nikki Gill
Toronto-based artist, birdO, is well-known for his Dali influence with a Swiss graphic design twist. BirdO has had a significant impact on the Toronto art scene and is at it again. This year, he participated in the Yorkville Murals Festival which took place from Aug. 28 to 30. The festival happens every year at this … Continued
By Erin Neilly
Craig Wong’s bay scallop & shrimp balls with C-Plus red vinegar gastrique “When you’re a kid, there’s nothing fun about your parents dragging you along to a Chinese wedding … except for the 10- course gourmet feast! The ‘hai keem’ stuffed crab claws were always my favourite,” says Craig Wong of Patois and the new … Continued
By Erin Neilly
Michael Wekerle’s El Mocambo will be reopening its doors in September for a live concert headlined by Big Wreck. Of course, we are still in the midst of a pandemic, so the venue is only able to allow in-person attendance to a small audience, but fans also have the option to purchase access to the … Continued
By Erin Neilly
Thornhill’s Milos Raonic lost the Western and Southern Open final against Novak Djokovic on Sunday, Aug. 29. He advanced to the final after defeating Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The original semifinal match between Raonic and Tsitsipas was to be played on Aug. 27, but Raonic and the rest of the tennis athletes joined … Continued
By Nisean Lorde
A Foot Locker at Yorkdale Mall is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 last week. A mall spokesperson confirmed that store management closed the location on Thursday, Aug. 27 to allow for appropriate cleaning and sanitization, and that mall operations has ensured a “deep cleaning” of all exterior surface areas, in addition … Continued
