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The reviews for charcuterie Black Hoof have been glowing. The meats! The cheeses! The meats! The critics, however, have mostly neglected to mention a large part of the Hoof’s charm: the drinks co-owner Jen Agg serves nightly. In fact, sales for the restaurant are about evenly split between food and drink, something, she says, that was intended.

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Who knew that a year ago, while surly construction workers were working away at completing the incredibly polarizing ROM Crystal, the ROM's head honchos decided that the new building needed a signature drink to go with it? It may seem odd to picture the charmingly quiet-natured former Globe and Mail editor and current ROM Director and CEO William Thorsell pounding back different martinis with the ROM's governors and trustees and arguing well into the night about how to meld different liquors together, but it was necessary work to try to create the ROMtini—the liquid embodiment of the new ROM.

You may have noticed the sharp rise in coffee cups littering our streets, which can only mean one thing: it’s Roll Up The Rim time at Tim Hortons once again. When Torontoist was young and starry-eyed, we used to dream of unrolling our cup and finding that we had won a car or a boat or some awesome camping gear. (What ever happened to that prize anyway? It was always the best one.) After years of winning nothing but the occasional muffin and coffee, we can’t help but feel rage every time we roll up that annoyingly pompous “Please Try Again.”

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