Mill Street Brew Pub closed for renovations
More places to catch the super bowl
Restaurant news – Lil’ Baci, Focaccia, Ici Bistro
Cheesewerks lets customers meet their maker
Marben to host iYellow Wine School
Speakeasy combines burlesque and dinner theatre
Pack a lunch for Lunch Money Day
The Depanneur to host dinners featuring the flavours of the world
Restaurant News – The Real Jerk, Balzac’s, Little Anthony’s Italian
Win a dinner from Chef Kyle Deming and Sausage Partners
The Group of 7 Chefs gets a little odd
Restaurant news – Don Don Izakaya, Bohemian Gastropub, Come and Get It
Mucho Burrito now open on Queen Street West
Viva Italia at The Chef’s House
Continue reading “Shut Yo’ Mouth – Stuff I Wrote This Week – Saturday, January 14th, 2012”
Greg tells many great stories of the time he lived at Queen and Broadview in the late 80s, upstairs from one of the guys from Skinny Puppy. Those stories almost always come back to the fact that there was a dearth of restaurants in the area back then, and save for but a few greasy spoons, you pretty much had to leave the neighbourhood to find a decent place to eat.
What a difference a couple of decades makes, with the recently-named Riverside District having become a magnet for young families, boutiques and galleries as well as hip restaurants, cafes and food shops. A stroll along Queen Street East from the Don River over to Carlaw offers up any number of great places to eat and shop for food. And let’s not forget the coffee.