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First impressions lunch at Fabbrica, McEwan's new eatery
Celebrity Chef Mark McEwan has created a beautiful modern Italian space with Fabbrica, complete with huge, leather-appointed booth seating and rooms done in dark and light woods with gun metal blue appointments. The pizza isn’t as thin as Queen Margherita or Libretto and, at first, it makes you wonder because it doesn’t defy gravity the way pizza aficionados in Toronto are used to.
Offers pour in for one of T.O.’s hottest young chefs
After nearly five years at Vertical, one of the business district’s busiest restaurants, Chef Tawfik Shehata has parted ways with management. He tells us he’s already fielded calls from some of Toronto’s top restaurateurs, including one who owns several of the city’s best regarded eateries.
Locked school gate causes uprising in Midtown area
While a decision last April to permanently lock a gateway on school grounds left locals in the Bathurst Street and St. Clair Avenue West area feeling unwelcome, a recent community meeting has unhinged a solution: keep the gate locked during the day and open at night.
Local public school may be next in line for a condo deal
Accompanying the new North Toronto Collegiate Institute is a neighbouring condo and a controversial deal made between the local school board and a developer. Also accompanying the new building is a question: does the same fate lie ahead for nearby Davisville Junior Public School?
Plans to develop Bathurst Manor plaza loom large
As Mike Feldman steps down as the councillor for Ward 10, he said one of the major issues in the area is the proposed development at Bathurst Manor plaza.
From political power to empowering youth and women
Belinda Stronach says life is, at times, a matter of circumstance. Though she has always been extremely active in her 905 community and as a philanthropist, it wasn’t until after she got the opportunity to travel to Africa — where she witnessed the devastating effects of poverty first-hand — that she decided to launch her own foundation.
TTC looks to finalize Hogg’s Hollow lease
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is poised to finalize a lease agreement for the proposed eight-storey, 450,000-square-foot office building slated for Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue early this month, said TTC chair Adam Giambrone. After the board authorized the move in late August, a 30- to 45-day timeline was established to iron out details with Build Toronto, the city’s arms-length real estate agency.
Thornhill resident wins Rick Hansen award
Thornhill resident Paul Rosen was recently presented with the Rick Hansen Award of Excellence.
Three men seriously injured in Richmond Hill altercation
Investigations into a recent altercation in the Town of Richmond Hill that left two men seriously wounded from stab wounds are getting the full attention of law enforcement, according to a York Regional Police representative.
Rosedale boys at centre of media deal
Some trade baseball cards. In Rosedale, the neighbourhood boys trade media empires.
International tastes come to Bayview
Wenshu Zhang is in the business of conflict resolution. With Little Tea Pot, she has harmonized the coffee and bubble tea experience in one shop. “Before, if people wanted coffee, they always had to go to a separate place,” Zhang says. Coffee at the shop goes for $1.50 a cup, and some 40 varieties of bubble tea are around the $4 mark (5415 Yonge St., 416-222-1868.