JP Adamo is a chef and sommelier with international culinary training. He’s inspired by good wine, travel, and the spaces in which he’s opening his latest ventures: Crosley’s restaurant at 214 Ossington Ave. and Dimes cannabis shop at 1048 Queen St. W. Opening in January, Adamo’s latest restaurant, Crosley’s, is in its unofficial infancy. The
Deeply drenched in Portuguese traditions, Bom Dia, which translates to ‘good morning,’ is the newest addition to the Queen Street West coffee scene. The interior offers an homage to Portugal with its traditional delicacies and imported tiles, plates and marble. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kristal Rotundo (@kristalrotundo)
Once named the second coolest neighbourhood in the world by Vogue Magazine, the Queen West area is a source of great pride for Torontonians and the business owners who call it home. With countless experimental restaurants, avant-garde art galleries and some of the hippest shops in the city, the hood is a playground for the
Businesses suffering from the COVID-19 restrictions go far beyond restaurants. Though shopping in-store is still allowed in Toronto’s current modified Stage 2, retail shops across the city are still enduring tough circumstances in what was already a tough industry. Klaxon Howl, a popular menswear shop on Queen West has not been immune to these circumstances.
Last fall, Morgan Clamp, a singer and songwriter, opened up the Tonight Bar in Parkdale, what he calls a micro performance space for up-and-coming artists. It’s tiny with a high-end sound system for live music and a quality stage. “As a singer-songwriter myself, I’ve seen and experienced the reaction to live music over the last
Tequila Bookworm is the most recent Toronto establishment to be pushed out of their space on Queen Street West as a result of increased rent. The city has lost many small businesses due to the rent and property tax increases recently. But now Torontonians are beginning to wonder if the closures are starting to suck
Joanne Kates trained at the Ecole Cordon Bleu de Cuisine in Paris. She has written articles for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Maclean’s and Chatelaine. Is Grant van Gameren phoning it in? And if yes, does it matter? When you have an ever-expanding little restaurant empire, being the chef, the guy behind the
The city’s favourite taqueria is going vegetarian. After over a year at their Trinity Bellwoods location, Grand Electric will be closing in November and transforming into a vegetarian and juice bar concept they are calling Tacos Rico. As an immediate response to the climate rallies this week, the restaurateurs took to Instagram to announce they
Le Swan has a new midday menu that’s breaking the rules in more ways than one. Served from Friday to Sunday beginning at 11am (the traditional brunching hours), the menu banishes bennies and other brunch staples in favour of dishes that fall squarely into either the breakfast or lunch category. Similar to the restaurant’s dinner
Forno Cultura is a beautiful, Italian-style bakery on Queen between Dovercourt and Ossington. Each day, bakers whip up freshly made breads and pastries using Italian recipes that have been passed down through generations. Some of the most popular items are the pugliese bread (a rustic loaf similar to a ciabatta) and chocolate-hazelnut biscotti that have
Choice aplenty at this fastidious Queen West resto makes for fab multi-course menus.
What does it mean when someone pursues a career against their parents’ expressed wishes? And sticks with it? It means you’re a person of enormous grit and passion. This is chef Noureen Feerasta and Rickshaw Bar is her dream come true. She is not about to screw this up, which is why the lovely little bistro receives 110 per cent of her passion.
Chef Vittorio Colacitti has an unusually varied resume. He’s done fine dining (at George, Lucien and Didier); he’s done corporate gigs (he was a chef with Loblaws); he’s done pizza (at Pizzeria Via Mercanti and in Italy) and he’s done television (he was on season four of Top Chef Canada). Now he’s doing his own thing with The Good Son.
Last month, chef Eric Wood announced that he was leaving Hawthorne Food and Drink to work at an upcoming “boutique hotel” on Queen West, the name of which he did not reveal at the time. Well, if a recent job posting on Craiglist is any indication, he’s now heading up the kitchen at The Beverley Hotel, a new venue that’s opening up on Queen West.
It’s Thursday, and the weekend is fast approaching. Need stuff to see or do? We’ve got you covered. In this edition, silent films galore, an event for gluttons, an art tour of Queen West and more.
A new Spanish restaurant from the team behind Torito is set to open soon on Queen West, near Shaw. Torito’s chef, Luis Valenzuela, has financially partnered up with Torito’s owner, Veronica Laudes, for the new venture. The restaurant is slated to open in late March.
If Sauvage looks familiar, that’s because it is. When Jaya Kahlon was ready to open shop, there was one thing missing: a space to open it in. Deciding to do away with her original plan, Kahlon popped up in Queen West’s Burroughes Building, which helped get her name out there and swiftly wooed the fashion crowd with her distinct, hard-to-find accessories. When a spot down the street became available, she naturally jumped on it.
Making a proper bowl of ramen is a time consuming process, but for Chris Jang, chef at Queen West’s newly opened A-OK Foods, the noodles are the most labour-intensive part. Every day, for five days a week, Jang dedicates at least an hour and a half to crafting ramen noodles.
This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the annual Queen West Art Crawl. Organized by the Parkdale Community Development Group, the Crawl puts Toronto’s most interesting (and often underground) visual talent in the spotlight within the bounds of the city’s most fixedly artistic neighbourhood. It’s a great reminder of the creative communities that exist all over Toronto. Here, we break down the most noteworthy (read: artsy-fartsy) events of the weekend.
So what if it’s a depressing play? Arthur Miller’s 1949 classic is a must for all theatre-lovers. As a revered theatre critic once told me, “you’ve got to eat your spinach.” Besides, Justin Ziegler’s portrayal of Willy Loman earned him a Dora Award for Outstanding Performance, so that’s reason enough to go.
Young Centre for Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane, 416-866-8666. Now – Oct. 6.
While Hogtown has undoubtedly been gripped by pizza madness, gourmet slices to go are something that we haven’t quite mastered yet. North of Brooklyn is here to change that. Hidden behind Queen West’s Hero Certified Burgers, this tiny pizzeria means that you won’t have to make the haul down to Williamsburg to satiate that craving for thin-crusted goodness.
