Scenes from Mt. Pleasant’s Christmas Fair
Santa Claus, his elves and some stranger characters were found on Mt. Pleasant Road bringing song and laughter to the village’s Christmas Fair.
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Business
You can be fashionable and ethical, local show proves
The Right Side boutique on Danforth Avenue showcased ethical and socially conscious fashions at a fashion show on April 14.
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Looking pho healthy Vietnamese food in the north end?
Looking for a second location, the owners of the health-conscious Pho Vistro eatery on Queen Street West liked what they saw on Avenue Road.
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Eat like an Egyptian — in Greektown
When Papyrus finally opened for business in early winter, it was revealed it had a Greek connection, despite specializing in Egyptian food.
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Chic prison-style eatery pops up on Bloor
The U.S.- based Dave’s Killer Bread is opening Club Fed, which recreates a prison, including a replica of the company’s co-founder Dave Dahl’s cell.
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Buca opens up in midtown with chef Rob Gentile at helm
There’s a certain energy in the heart of Yonge and Eglinton that drew the King Street Food Company, and to set up Buca in midtown.
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Those raccoon lovers are at it again—with kids book
The classic book series Where’s Waldo? now has competition — Toronto-style — as a fun-filled raccoon book hits the shelves.
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City’s 10th Kids & Company centre opens in Rosedale
It’s about 2 p.m. at the Rosedale Kids & Company Centre, which opened the day before, and — for a daycare — it is eerily quiet.
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Would you like some law with your latte?
When you think of a law firm, the picture that usually comes to mind is a stuffy, corporate atmosphere, but that is not the case at Lawyers & Lattes.
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Love at first sight at pet adoption
Looking into the eyes of a tiny, timid kitten at a pet adption event is sometimes all it takes to know this is the pet you want to make family.
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Second Big Carrot opens to warm community welcome
The long wait for Toronto’s second Big Carrot to open obviously did not discourage potential patrons as crowds showed up for the store’s launch in the Upper Beaches on June 21.
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New Yonge-Eglinton bar Holly’s channels Montreal soul
Holly’s head chef Denis Guiol wants to inject some Montreal soul into Toronto’s lifeline. The 36-year-old gourmand is aiming for a mid-May soft opening.
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Anti-bullying causes fermented by midtown wine-making family
As a child, Andrew von Teichman was bullied for wearing an eye-patch to treat his astigmatism. That experience helped determine how he and his wife, Natalie, would later raise their own four sons.
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Expansion shows Yonge-Lawrence store more than a comic shop
Peter Dixon wants midtowners to know Paradise Comics is more of a bookstore with a comic book theme, rather than just a comic book store.
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Big store for small men closing after death of owner
Due to the recent death of owner Lou Brown, the store bearing his family name, will close its doors for good at the end of March.
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