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Imagine a place where you can get a delicious and healthy snack, possibly an espresso, in a chic and simple café that recalls a European ‘joie de vivre’.  You go there after the gym, before work, with friends on the weekend, and even take the kids there for a treat. This is just the vision [...]

This Spring the Toronto social scene is fawning all over the cocktail. Now Magazine featured the subject on their cover with their rendition of the city’s top 10 recently; the LCBO designated a sub-site to the traditional recipes and appreciation of early cocktail culture (notably influenced by the success of the Manhattan-friendly “Mad Men”); and [...]

Recently, I drew surprise from a member of the Québec gastronomie scene when I mentioned that I had excitedly flocked not once; but – gasp! – twice to Brasserie Artisanale Dieu du Ciel up on Le Plateau in Montréal on my four day jam-packed trip to the city. It was a frigid weekend, with temperatures [...]

When I was 17, I found myself running around the streets of a small city in Northern France in the early evening with some like-minded classmates destined to take advantage of this miraculous culture that let us partake of alcoholic beverages prior to the legal age of majority back home in Ontario, Canada. We discovered [...]

December in Toronto is not exactly when people are flocking to the local gelaterias and ice cream shops, but everyone from wide-eyed kids to Bay Street lawyers are heading to the funky Annex neighbourhood in Toronto to check out the arrival of Hollywood’s sweetest star – Menchies. Voted Best Ice Cream Shop by The MyFox [...]

O&B Canteen 330 King St. West, TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto, ON M5V 3X2 647.288.4710 The new standard for casual dining. FIVE STARS Oliver & Bonacini accomplish something that may seem difficult to most when you own iconic restaurants such as Canoe, Jump and Auberge du Pommier. With their new concept restaurant, Canteen, they have created [...]