The winter season is kicking off in the city. Santa Claus swings by on Sunday, Yorkville gets all lit up and the Swedish Christmas festival takes over the Harbourfront Centre. Or, if you aren’t ready for the holidays, there’s always wine and cheese sampling at the Gourmet Food and Wine Expo.
Quirky vintage pieces, winter kids wear and handcrafted jewelry are just some of the amazing items you can nab at discount prices this weekend. Check out PostCity.com’s list of Toronto’s top five sales.
An ambitious and incredibly creative wild game menu was recently presented to a small group of friends at the home of one of Canada’s greatest chefs, David Lee. The meal was composed of game shot by two of the lunch attendees, and presented with seasonal elements.
Following a recent Ontario Superior Court decision striking down Canada’s prostitution laws, Post City Magazines takes a statistical look at the sex trade in Toronto.
Tom Brodi wants his patrons to have the inside scoop on how their meals are crafted. Brodi, former chef de cuisine at the Canoe Restaurant, has created a customer-friendly design for his newest eatery, Toca, set to open in January 2011 on the first floor of Toronto’s new Ritz-Carlton.
The Ossington Avenue ban on new restaurants and bars could have prompted William Tavares to take his trade elsewhere in a huff, but the restaurateur has hung around long enough to outlast the ban, open up one resto, and now he has plans for a second.
We tested two of Toronto’s favourite soups — Rodney’s clam chowder and Yen Ching’s hot and sour — and analyzed each bowl’s caloric, sodium, and fat content. What our lab discovered just might surprise you.
The Ballroom Bowl, a 10-lane bowling alley with a 300-seat sports bar and restaurant, is set to open next month at the corner of John and Richmond streets in the old Montana’s space. Chef Tawfik Shehata, formerly of Vertical restaurant, has been hired as the executive chef and he says the menu will be all about having fun.
Brownes Bistro is opening a second location and bringing something new to the table. The owners — also known as the Jacob brothers — of the sophisticated French bistro are taking over the former Terroni location, near Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue.
I have a pile of Canadian Tire money sitting at home. Is there anywhere else in Toronto I can cash it?
Glenna Weddle and Faith Orfus know a thing or two about fashion. After all, the co-owners of Yorkville’s RAC Boutique have more than two decades of professional styling and buying between them. True, RAC has only been open for two months (and then some), but they’re generating enough buzz to catch the attention of local and not-so-local media alike.
BUSTING THE BANK for the holidays means less cash for dining, but that doesn’t have to mean a substantial drop in quality. Herewith, five of the top cheap thrills in town.
