Says Charles DH Crosbie, who submitted the photo at right to our Flickr pool:Yes, this is how the slice came: a used and soiled "Convenience Size" bottle of Vaseline moisturizer, as found in a Pizza Pizza, bagged slice of pizza; purchased in-store at 8:30PM (EST) 23 February 2008, Yonge St near Bloor St (Toronto, Canada). If you want to see more (and why wouldn't you?), there are several more photos of the mess. (There's even......

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Last time we checked on 178 Bathurst Street, it was just beginning to relive its Bassmint-era techno days with Derrick May at Crosstown, now closed. Since then, things underneath the Queen Street West and Bathurst Street Pizza Pizza have come full circle. Until 1999, Christian "DJ Unabomber" Poulson operated Bassmint, a famous party spot and afterhours that still conjures memories of sleepless nights for......

Starting today and going until Sunday November 11 is the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at The Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place. Tickets are $18, but $14 for seniors and youth (5-17) and free for kids under 5. It's a great place to take your kids to see horses and cows, and they can learn all about corporate sponsorship—I mean, agriculture!—with activities including the Toyota Dealers Royal Rodeo, the Toronto Star horse demonstrations, and the......

Will the province take over the TTC? Apparently such rumours are all the buzz in political backrooms. Which are kind of like political bathrooms, except that the backrooms have no toilets or sinks or indeed any serious practical use, which is why they feature so prominently in government. Torontoist's suggestion, from its own backroom: let Pizza Pizza take over the TTC. Then we would at least get Rip-Off Charity Pizza Days more often. Jim Flaherty's......

Photo by Hamish Grant. Customer loyalty is a hard thing for a company to get, but once they've got it, it takes a hell of a lot of bad work to lose. With Amato Pizza, I was one of the people who happily ate from the pizza place in spite of the protests against it in 2005, when employees organized outside the St. Clair West location in mid-winter to protest $82,000 in alleged overtime......

With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay tribute......

The Amato Pizza at Queen and Bathurst has been shuttered. Since August 2005, the restaurant has been the centre of an organized boycott. Former employees charged that pay cheques were late or bounced, they were not financially compensated for overtime, and that owners Walter Cerenaka and Massimo and Giuseppe Colantonio also fired employees without severance. Now it would appear that the company has also failed to pay the rent. A letter dated March 23,......

Photograph of Rick Santorum conceding defeat with his family by Gene J. Puskar/AP The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying-- that's two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline...can't forget about Kevin Federline. That's three great tastes in one. -Bostonist discussed two big state issues-- what sort of math constitutes a marriage and what kind of alcohol can be sold in most grocery stores.......

Only fifty years left for sea fish. Unless, of course, we do something wacky and start serious conservation efforts immediately. For those interested in eating ecologically responsible seafood, here is help. Former Pizza Pizza head arrested for income tax evasion. He apparently "forgot" to pay over $650,000 in income taxes. A federal report says the Toronto Port Authority is just fine and recommends expansion of the island airport. In case you missed it: Toronto......

Tie Domi, the long-time Leafs enforcer turned social butterfly, who was seen at the One X One gala and is rumoured to be dating Belinda Stronach, has just announced his retirement. The Star asked fans what their favourite Tie Domi memories were, most of them praised his grit and ability to squish opposing players into the boards. The other side of the camp are happy to see him go: My favourite Tie Domi moment was......

These little yellow notices have recently been sprouting up like mushrooms around the city. Under the Commercial Façade Improvement Program for BIAs, business owners in designated Business Improvement Areas can receive funding of up to $10,000 ($12,500 for corner lots) from the city to upgrade the front of their premises. In at least one case, the only visible change in the façade over 6 months has been the posting of the yellow sign. Other popular......

Usually there isn't much that happens on a sleepy stretch of Centre Street, just north of the city in Thornhill. It's a pretty typical suburban stretch between the Promenade Mall and, well, not much else. But this week it's been hopping! First of all, there was a good ol' fashioned carjacking on Thursday night. Just your run-of-the-mill post-ATM visit from the local thieves. This enterprising suspect brought both a gun AND a metal stick to......

The fridge is empty. The sink is overflowing with dirty dishes. The counter is encrusted with a layer of food grime. Adventuring into the kitchen is a frightening experience. It’s a miracle that the rodents and roaches aren’t in sight. When you’re busy and famished and uninterested in doing household chores and too lazy to go outside, ordering pizza is a wise decision. Too hungry to think of a pizza joint (aside from Pizza Pizza),......

If the dining options across from University of Toronto on College Street were a representation of the student body, U of T would be the most generic school in the country world universe. From Beverly to McCaul, the blandness ranges from Subway sandwichs to Pita Pit - which essentially tastes, costs and digests the same. For this reason, the two-week (and still going?) grand opening of the the Steak & Cheese Factory, Quick Pita and......

Frank e-mailed us a much appreciated heads up about this odd little ad campaign for Pizza Pizza giftcards. Now, Torontoist has been on a couple of dates at Amato's (what can we say, we're a sucker for the old Humphrey Bogart movie posters that adorn the walls of the Queen West location), but we've never really associated Pizza Pizza's garish orange decor with romance. Plus, this hug is so fraught with emotion! It almost......

By now, most everyone in the city knows of the single most unfortunate event in Toronto this year: On Boxing Day, while shopping, 15-year-old Jane Creba was killed by errant gunfire. Six other innocent bystanders were also wounded. Just as any other human being in this city - or rather anyone else privy to this story - we feel deeply affected by this. And, as it should go without saying, our utmost sympathies to any......

As the TTC's Pizza Pizza campaign ends, they turn the page to Pizzazz. I once was told by a reliable source that TTC Chair Howard Moscoe said they don't have a process for reviewing ideas submitted by the public. This explains why it's nearly impossible to get the TTC on board for amazing ideas like the subway buttons and the Metropass Affinity Program. It looks like a crack has opened up in this insanely......

Restaurants: un-Super Model Pizza...

Halifax has Pizza Corners, and Toronto has Pole Corners. This is a photo of the north pole (not North Pole) looking across the street at the south poles (there are three useless poles, with the original poley now becoming a street sign). Say what you will about the city of Toronto, but they don't "pole" any punches when it comes to street maintenance. Of course, with all these random poles, they could just be......

1. Papa Ceo's Pizza (654 Spadina) Any given chunk of pizza pie might have all the makings for a good pizza experience. Any given chunk might also have the potential to soothe your pizza soul on a rainy Friday. And let's face facts - any given chunk of pizza is the most popular given chunk. Papa Ceo’s is not just any chunk. Located near U of T and the Annex, Ceo’s is probably most famous......

Back on the pizza tip, Torontoist scopes out College Street's best slice at.... 2. Massimo's Pizza and Pasta (302 College) Massimo's pizza should be a benchmark for pizza excellence in this city. Just up the street from Amato's (the more popular and slightly controversial #4 pick), Massimo's has everything you need in a slice: hotness, freshness, oiliness, cheesiness, softness, authenticness. Absolutely dripping with cheese and oil, a Massimo's slice is perhaps the most authentic Napolitano......

Hello, my little trans-fattys. Want to know another good pizza place within city limits? 3. Gigi Pizza (189 Harbord) Thicker. Crust. Chunky. Toppings. Late. Night. Gigi Pizza is got the lock on old-fashioned, full-on, straight-ahead, no-nonense pizza. Like a good slice should, Gigi relies heavily on their toppings, which could be the best in the city. With the same ownership for something like 30 years, Gigi has a core of pizza-eaters that walk down from......

The most obvious way avoid trans fats contained in pizza dough is to go with a dough-less pizza. Since the most obvious solution isn't always the most practical, one might try reducing the amount of trans-fatty dough with... 4. Amato's Pizza (city-wide) Amato's is relatively thin crust, fresh-made and authentic napolitano. Notice the emphasis on the word 'relative.' By expanding to the Yonge-Eglinton area, along the College strip, down Queen Street, at Yonge and Dundas......

T.J. Dawe all sold out? Too hot to brave the notoriously AC-free Glen Morris? Or maybe you just have a peckish hour to kill between shows? If your Fringing is confined to the central axis of Bloor and Brunswick (the Tranzac, aka Fringe HQ; Poor Alex; Royal St. George’s; and several BYOVs), it’s impossible to walk three feet without falling mouth first into good eats, but patrons of slightly farther flung venues might occasionally feel......

If David Miller hosted a talk show, this week's theme would be "20-minute Make-Overs." Except instead of people who watch television all afternoon, the participants would be Toronto's parks. Miller is urging Torontonians to "join their neighbours for the citywide "target="new">clean-up, which will take place on Friday, April 22 (Earth Day)." Various clean-up bags are available at Beer Stores, Pizza Pizzas and Parks and Recs Community Centres.......

Does anyone find it strange that pizza took off, available anywhere and everywhere, but quiche didn't? We suppose it's got to do with the egg content. Imagine instead of ordering a couple pizzas for the 'big game,' people started getting spinach and bacon quiches? Imagine instead of Pizza Pizza, it was Quiche Quiche? Every Sunday, just before the weekly Desperate Housewives party, Torontoist scours the pantry for quick, cheap, creative dish to match the programming.......

All these Mixtapes and you barely even know me! So here I've cut-and-paste my Blogger Profile for you. Name: Torontoist Josh Location: Canada Mood: Dumb Now Playing: NaS, "You Know My Style" Fave Movies: Withnail and I, Do the Right Thing, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Fave Books: Straight From the Heart, the Autobiography of Jean Chretien Fave Music: Townes Van Zandt, Moldy Peaches, Cold Crush, that one Culture Club song Likes: Pizza, sleepovers, dissing people......

According to a recent study, there's a primal human response that attracts humans to pizza. Professor Sundaram Gunasekaran, a cheese expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reports that the melting, stretching and overall oozing of the cheese on pizza triggers these urges. There’s even a name for this field of study: cheese rheology. Former immigration minister Judy "Hopes and Dreams" Sgro now appears to be among the population who cannot resist these cravings. In the......

Yesterday, our PM with the same initials admits he needs to focus more on specific issues for the upcoming year. In contrast, Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman admits nothing. It seems Smitherman and the Ontario Liberals could use the same help with focus, as they plan to toughen up their tough anti-smoking laws in the midst of greater health crisis. Within the next 18 months, the Ontario government is planning to ban all smoking in......

Get ready to be outraged and outpunned: According to the Toronto-based Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice Association, we're all getting bilked, er, we meant "milked" by greedy dairy providers – check out the "cowculator" to see exactly how much. Naturally, Pizza Pizza is leading the restaurants' charge since it is, afterall, one of the largest consumers of mozzarella in the country. And what have the milkmen said in their defence? Well, nothing yet, perhaps because they've......