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Memoir finds different kinds of buried treasure

February 16, 2021February 22, 2021 Eric McMillan Memoir, review, Sharon Kirsche

Leslieville writer Sharon Kirsch made her experience of searching through a home in Montreal’s Jewish community into a personal memoir.

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Food & Dining 

Familiar chef opens kitchen on Mt. Pleasant

January 5, 2016January 22, 2016 Liz Campbell Boland's Open Kitchen, dining, food, review

Who’s cooking? That’s my first thought when Chris Boland amiably greets us at our table. This is, after all, Boland’s Open Kitchen. But he’s here to tell us about what’s really good on the menu tonight, and he begins with an apology.

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Food & Dining 

The Homeway is like taking a step back in time

October 1, 2015October 2, 2017 Liz Campbell dining, food, review, The Homeway

Although it first opened in 1948, I wish I could have seen The Homeway Soda Bar back in the 1960s.

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NEWS 

A Stack of good food

November 5, 2013 Town Crier staff Liz Campbell, restaurant, review, Stack

I never order poutine. But watching the man at the next table take the first bite of his overflowing bowl of fries smothered in cheese curds, gravy and pulled pork was Nirvana.

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Artful midtown eatery overdoes it

September 3, 2013 Town Crier staff dining, restaurant, review

Sometime in its eight months of existence, this midtown spot has morphed into The Artisan Bistro & Bakery. But the test is how chef Bruno Beaudoin fares with meat and veg.

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Always room for more at Table 17

March 28, 2011 Town Crier staff dining, review, Table 17

Busy spot delivers with rare finds

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Global fare just around the corner

March 24, 2011 Town Crier staff dining, Globe Bistro, Globe Earth, review

Globe Earth is a wonderful find says reviewer

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NEWS 

Ford follies fail to deliver

March 1, 2011March 22, 2019 Eric McMillan books, review, Rob Ford

Book of Rob Ford quips okay for a laugh but contains nothing new

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A study of colourful characters

March 1, 2011March 22, 2019 Eric McMillan books, Defiant Spirits, Group of Seven, review

Ross King’s book explores new perspectives on the work of the Group of Seven

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Something to shout about

February 24, 2011 Town Crier staff dining, Fin Izakaya, Japanese food, review

Fin Izakaya is a welcoming spot full of tasty Japanese cuisine

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Middle Eastern cuisine no longer a novelty

February 22, 2011 Town Crier staff dining, food, Jerusalem Restaurant, review

Jerusalem Restaurant helped introduce Toronto to the region’s food 40 years ago and is still worth a visit

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NEWS 

Short, sweet tales of love

February 4, 2011 Town Crier staff By Love Possessed, Lorna Goodison, review, short stories

Lorna Goodison’s latest collection — By Love Possessed — offers an immersive experience to the reader

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NEWS 

Is that bus ever gonna get here?

January 24, 2011 Town Crier staff Apps, review, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Turns out there’s an app for that

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Northern survival theme makes for an undeniably Canadian tale

July 26, 2010March 22, 2019 Town Crier staff books, review

Toronto writer May Lou Dickinson keeps the emotional, social and political threads straight to weave an involving story of ordinary people figuring each other out.

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Tale tall, thin and terrific

July 26, 2010March 22, 2019 Town Crier staff books, review

Lucky us, to have author Scott Carter among us.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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