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, while an LED marquee scrolls the latest club news past (there's always something about "Porn Star Nikki Benz"), and......

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 also found an experimental new way to capture the evening's events: a group of Toronto-based comics artists will act......

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 no fresh-ground pepper or sun-dried tomato vinaigrette in sight, a baked potato with a huge pat of butter; a......

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 is inviting everyone to come down and have a little bit of fun on their dime. Theatrics, ice sculptures......

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 Bloor West) 1pm - Appointment for film work at Accent Entertainment (666 Queen West) 2pm - Coffee with Grassi at......

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, wholeheartedly. Antonio is excellent as the title character, a charismatic poet caught in a love triangle and the currents of......

1. Eglinton Station (Upstairs, next to Kitchen Table) Skipping straight to the number one pick for creepiest subway washroom...say hello to Eglington Station! As one of the major bus stations on the subway line, Eglington becomes a stopping point for a whole bunch of people. The washrooms are hidden in the back of the station, and get a lot of post-bar-if-I-don't-pee-now-I-will-die business. At the same time, Torontoist can't remember using the public facilities here without......

Sweetspot.ca, the website for all things fashion, food and frivolity turns one today. It's useful for learning that you are paying way too much for your American Apparel pervy-chic tees, or that too much sun is bad for you, or that Ho Su has changed the colour of its rice to pink. Kidding. They've just gone all brown and earthy on us. Sweetspot's readers also weighed in on their favourite Baked Good purveyor. They picked......

Hidden in the Village by the Grange food court, just across from gallery goers (AGO) and gallery makers (OCAD), lies Helena’s Magic Kitchen.  Helena’s offers Eastern European traditional dishes such as perogies (6/$3), goulash, and cabbage rolls, in addition to other fresh goodies including daily soups, quiches, crepes ($5), frittatas ($4) and more.  This secret spot of OCAD students is a fave with Torontoist too, especially with its veggie friendly appeal – choose from lentil......

The last time Torontoist set foot in the Ontario Science Centre, it was 3 a.m. and thousands of ravers were trashing the place. Glowstick juice smeared over slanted furniture in the Krazy Kitchen and candy kids gapped out to liquid nitrogen demonstrations in wide-pupiled awe. We may have hung up our phat pants, but the Science Centre remains an authority on waves of destruction. This Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m., David Sugarman will explain......

If you went home for the holidays, you no doubt brought back at least three times what you took with you. Now, where are you going to put that in your 400 square foot Toronto apartment?...