Spain has made its presence well known in Toronto as of late, but for at least one night this month, Spain is getting a taste of Toronto. On Sept. 20, chef Grant van Gameren and some colleagues — Brandon Olsen (chef de cuisine at Bar Isabel), Mike Webster (head bartender at Bar Isabel) and Colin Tooke (of Grand Electric and Electric Mud BBQ) — are hosting a pop-up dinner at Caravelle, a restaurant in Barcelona.
In Toronto’s east end, the Queen Street viaduct has carried streetcars, cyclists and pedestrians over the Don River since 1911. Daily, countless people cross the river, but with the passing of time, the waterway has blended into the fabric of the city — an unremarkable landmark.
There is a very wide gap between good and bad cider, with not very much in the middle. Unfortunately, too much of the latter finds its way onto bar tap lists simply because it’s an alternative to beer and it doesn’t have gluten.
The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.
From boot cut to skinny, Jeanne goes back to the basics this fall and picks her favourite pairs of blue jeans.
Fans of longstanding Jamaican spot The Real Jerk were outraged last year when landlords evicted the business seemingly out of the blue. But The Real Jerk’s team vowed to come back, and it looked like they would be setting up shop at a new condo nearby until residents got flustered about the liquor licence application. Now the restaurant has secured a new location, and it’s apparently ready to open soon.
The team behind Dundas West’s popular café-cum-clothing shop, Lost & Found, is slated to launch a new store this week. Lost & Found owners Jonathan Elias and Justin Veiga have dubbed their sophomore retail project Working Title.
Right in the heart of soon-to-be TIFF central sits The Cocktail Parlor. A swishy new addition to the libations scene, this upscale watering hole is fit with an awe-inspiring bar and a novella of a cocktail menu. Denizens are bound to receive an impromptu history lesson from head mixologist Wes Galloway, who possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of all things booze-related.
You walk into Momofuku and it doesn’t feel like any place else — at least any place else in Toronto. The three-storey restaurant complex hums with a vibe of effortless cool.
If The Dude from The Big Lebowski needed an interior designer to fix up his living space, he’d call Damon Snider.
Monica Smiley, a 2005 Thornlea Secondary School grad, anxiously picks up the phone, dials a few numbers and waits. She has made a half dozen calls so far, asking stores to meet with her and look at her product, Eighty Seventh St., a series of fashion-inspired greeting cards for any ocassion (she recently produced a beautiful 2013 holidays line) that she built from the ground up.
When Linda Stephenson, founder and creator of Toronto-based cosmetics company Mèreadesso, left her North Toronto all girls high school, she was in for a bit of a shock. With math and science her favourite subjects at Branksome Hall, the keen teen decided to try for a bachelor of science degree at Toronto’s U of T.
