Midtown eateries in midst of Winterlicious boom
Winterlicious comes at the perfect time every year — just when dining out would otherwise take a dip, midtown’s participating restaurants say.
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Author: Rodger Burnside
Tea and tea lovers from far and wide
The eighth annual Toronto Tea Festival held at the Reference Library drew tea fans from much further afield than the immediate neighbourhoods.
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Cabbagetown’s Kanpai Snack Bar closes after years of acclaim
Kanpai Snack Bar that served Taiwanese food in the middle of Cabbagetown, closed at the end of last year or beginning of the new year.
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East-end eateries thrive during Winterlicious
More than 200 restaurants are hosting Winterlicious with about 20 of them in the east end including Riverdale, East York, Leslieville and Beaches.
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Bloor-Sherbourne bridge closed after being damaged by fire
The Sherbourne Street bridge connecting Rosedale with Bloor Street East has been closed to assess the damage caused by a fire Sunday afternoon.
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Stuck in Yonge-St. Clair’s Tunnel of Glam again
Shoppers just have to stop in the Tunnel of Glam and enjoy the trippy designs created out of 14 million interwoven bits of sparkly colour.
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
A photo from city archives in 1915 shows a time when the railway had taken over the Beltline crossing, leaving vehicles drawn by horses to pass under.
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Midtown horse crossing over Yonge Street is back
The beloved Iron Horses have returned and are again trooping along the Beltline over the overpass, now named after former city councillor Kay Gardner.
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Santa’s family welcomed to Upper Beaches for local parade
Kingston Road west of Victoria Park Avenue was chockablock with kids and — well, with mainly kids — on Nov. 24 for the Beaches Santa Claus Parade.
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Arts and crafts sale helps provide food and shelter
Hundreds of people filled the huge, multi-levelled basement of Eastminster United Church on Danforth Avenue on Saturday to buy arts and crafts.
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Pynford Crescent residents saved from bungalow fire
Four people, two in life-threatening condition, were sent to hospital after being rescued from a burning home in the Parkwoods area on Saturday.
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Overflow crowd for first public meeting on Danforth Study
About 400 east enders filled the cafeteria at Monarch Park Collegiate to overflowing on Nov. 7 to learn about and take part in the Danforth Study.
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Heinl brings its renowned violin business to Cabbagetown
In another sign of Cabbagetown becoming an artistic centre of the city, the venerable Heinl musical instruments store has recently moved into the area.
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Online petition against shelter in Cabbagetown nears goal
An online petition opposed to moving a downtown women’s shelter to the Cabbagetown area has received nearly 1,800 of the 2,500 signatures it is seeking.
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Jaye Robinson being treated for breast cancer
Don Valley West councillor Jaye Robinson has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing an “extensive treatment plan,” she announced this morning.
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