Colette Grand Café, a French-inspired cafe and restaurant at the Thompson Hotel (550 Wellington Street West), held a media preview the day before its grand opening. Located at the former home of Scarpetta, this restaurant offers both a grab-and-go bakery and a sit-down restaurant. At the media event, attendees were given the opportunity to taste […]
Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to preview pieces available at Vaughan’s newest shopping experience, That’s Italy Fashion District (aka That’s Italy). However, instead of going up to the store itself, select pieces from the store were brought to the Church Apprevio Bar on Queen and Dovercourt. And despite being called a “preview,” in […]
The newest location of Balzac Coffee opened at the Toronto Reference Library on Yonge, just north of Bloor just a little over a month ago and recently, I stopped in for some breakfast. I’ve been to other Balzac locations before, including a very artsy spot at the Distillery District, so I wasn’t expecting too much […]
First, I must start by saying, this was my first over-sea’s trip in almost four years. Work has kept me very busy traveling in Canada and occasionally the US. My worries of trying to navigate myself around a city that I had never been to was, as for most people somewhat worry-some considering my trip […]
Yorkdale’s food court, Dine on 3, is no ordinary mall food court. In fact, it isn’t even a typical more “upscale” food court like the Eaton Centre’s Urban Eatery. Taking over what was the upper floors of Eatons (and then Sears), outlets include the usual suspects of KFC, Subway and A&W as well as more […]
It looks like Yorkville area bloggers have a new place to park their Macs (other than the seven or so Starbucks and Second Cups) as Seven Grams Espresso Bar, an independent coffee bar with free Wi-Fi has recently opened its doors on Avenue Road, just south of Davenport. Founded by Heran Choi and Sunmi Park, […]
