Today’s menu: vegetable soup, scalloped potatoes, and a choice of ham or a vegetable medley of red kidney beans, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, and carrots. Bread and apples are optional, yet popular, snacks. And for an extra special treat: Black Forest cake with chocolate shavings and a cherry on top. It was a donation. “When you [...]

Even on a street as gaudy, inconsistent, and ugly as Yonge, the Brass Rail has always felt out of place. Bordered by Ginger on one side and Kitchen Stuff Plus on the other, the building’s façade eschews subtlety: unflattering snapshots of women in bikinis––the focus squarely on breasts and torsos––cover the exterior of the building, [...]

Trampoline Hall, the lecture series/literary salon with a reputation for being playful and inventive, is upping its quirk factor slightly this week in two ways. Instead of being held at its usual venue, Sneaky Dee’s, this week’s lectures (on robotism, hyperbolic crochet and diverse curiosity) will be delivered at Fort York. The event’s organizers have [...]

The 1960s and 1970s saw family dining restaurant chains explode across North America. Chains such as Steak n’ Burger took staples of diners and greasy spoons and used cleanliness, low prices and conformity to draw in hungry families. You have all the components of the old-school low-end steak dinner: a bowl of iceberg lettuce with [...]

You may have already heard about the stellar line-up of bands going on for this year’s Wintercity, but there’s much more to this festival than an eclectic mix of tunes. It’s a good thing winter finally arrived because this event may not have taken place. Now that it’s here (and with a vengeance), the City [...]

Jam packed day today! Torontoist Daily Agenda June 6, 2006 8am – Hearty breakfast at Country Style Donuts (666 Millwood) 9am – Pick up flooring samples from Armstrong Floor Service (666 Spadina Avenue) 10am – Appointment with lawyer Chartered Accountant: Spiegel & Associates (666 Wilson Avenue) 12pm – Lunch with Keyes at Korea House (666 [...]

Salvatore Antonio is everywhere these days. He’s one of the three actors in Léo at Tarragon Theatre. He’s a regular on Ken Finkleman’s new series At the Hotel. And his first full-length play, In Gabriel’s Kitchen, opened last night at Buddies in Bad Times. Torontoist recommends Léo, a taut one-act play by up-and-comer Rosa Laborde, [...]

1. Eglinton Station (Upstairs, next to Kitchen Table) Skipping straight to the number one pick for creepiest subway washroom…say hello to Eglinton Station! As one of the major bus stations on the subway line, Eglinton becomes a stopping point for a whole bunch of people. The washrooms are hidden in the back of the station, [...]