Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'clairavenuewest'
January 4, 2008
Eat Me is a regular feature about the nooks and crannies of Toronto's restaurant scene, about the amazing restaurants that are––for some reason––criminally underpatronized. There are few non-vegetarian pleasures in this life finer than a really good steak. The problem is that a really good steak tends to be really pricey. So if I said, "Hey, I know a place where you can get a really good steak––and I mean a really good steak––for less......
Continue Reading "Eat Me: D-Ganz"September 27, 2007
The Baldwin Steps, the set of stairs at Davenport and Spadina Roads that leads up to Casa Loma, are so recognizable that they've warranted their own Wikipedia article and feature as a battle backdrop in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Depending on the time of day and season, the Baldwin Steps––also called the Casa Loma Steps, or The Death Climb At The End of Spadina––can be romantic, creepy, trying, or picturesque. Now a group of......
Continue Reading "Variations on a Staircase"July 6, 2007
Ask Torontonians for an example of Toronto food and you will have an array of different answers. One astute response may be that Toronto specializes in having everything and having it available at your doorstep. With many of our nabes named after the cultural contingent that has congregated along a specific street or in a particular area, the free admission "Taste of" events allow you to explore them among celebrations. Not only do they......
Continue Reading "Your Neighbourhood Cultural Festivals"May 26, 2007
There’s a lot of poetry happening in the city today. We realize that it’s Saturday n’ all, and we hope our readers are taking time to slow down to hear the poetry in their own lives. Pause. Okay—now, are you ready for this? Today, the Dub Poets Collective's reading series presents its Kingston Solidarity Poetry Tour: a day-long literary festival of dub poetry and spoken word. Inspired by the successful 2006 Kingston Dub Poetry Festival,......
Continue Reading "Today: Kingston Solidarity Poetry Tour"