Favourite Yorkville Area Quick Bite Lunch Spots

Looking for a place to grab a quick lunch while shopping in the Yorkville area?  Here are some of favourite spots… Holts Gourmet: Not only are there cold sandwiches, but soup as well as a wide range of pre-packaged salads and behind-the-counter options that one can pick from.  On any given day, there are two […]

Four Seasons Toronto Gets a New Lease on Life

Facelifts are not an uncommon sight in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood – the ritzy area is known to attract the not-so-young and beautiful. Alas, little fixes here and there can improve one’s appearance only so much and sometimes one decides that a complete overhaul is necessary. Such was the case with the Four Seasons Toronto, a […]

Wearing Your Street with Address Apparel

Have you ever wanted a dress named after a familiar street?  If you live in Toronto, you got it.  Address Apparel, which had its fall preview recently, is a Toronto-based dress line that really shows the love for our city (get it?  A DRESS APPAREL and ADDRESS APPAREL??).  Each dress style is named after a […]

Prairie Girl Bakery Yorkville is Open!

The financial district’s favourite cupcake shop opened its Yorkville spot today (April 26).  Come on by for mini cupcakes or their (generous) regular sized ones, and definitely try this week’s specials, hazelnut on chocolate or pina colada on vanilla, which will only be offered until tomorrow. Prairie Girl Bakery’s Yorkville location is on 150 Bloor […]

Yorkville: Lacoste Out, Kate Spade In

I’m sure many of you know by now that Lacoste basically moved out of Yorkville overnight, much like French Connection did a few weeks prior.  Rumour has it that something will be taking over the spot very soon and it’s apparently not a Coach or Prada expansion, but a “luxury brand,” according to Retail Insider.  […]

Stuart Weitzman Yorkville’s Official Opening Party

The store may have been open for at least a couple of weeks, but Stuart Weitzman’s Bloor and Avenue Road location held its official opening party Wednesday evening.  Located at the old Ports boutique, the layout of the space is long and narrow, different from the Eaton Centre location, which is more open.  Size-wise, it […]

More Change in Yorkville, Part One Million – UPDATE: Kate Spade is Coming!

The constantly evolving Yorkville area of Toronto is making changes once again.  Since our piece last month, not only has hoarding gone up for the new Tiffany & Co. store (moving next to Louis Vuitton later this year), but it’s been confirmed that Stuart Weitzman will be moving into the Ports 1961 store, which has […]

SAVVY Shopping at Pomp and Pageantry

On Saturday, SAVVY TO, a Toronto-based organization that hosts events for savvy, professional women held a shopping event at new Yorkville boutique, Pomp and Pageantry.  The store, owned by Shellie Willms, opened just a few months ago at 112 Scollard Street, features brands such as Ted Baker, Cynthia Vincent as well as MM Couture and […]

Beauty, Shopping and Into the Gloss at Holt Renfrew’s ‘Powder Puff’

The beauty event, Powder Puff, was held at Holt Renfrew’s Bloor Street store in Toronto Tuesday evening.  Featuring special guest, Emily Weiss from Into the Gloss, the online beauty publication, who had a brief interview with Lisa Tant (VP, Fashion Editor at Holt Renfrew), the event was very much make-up and beauty centric.  Make-overs, manicures […]

Real Lux Enters the Gap: Company Purchasing Intermix

This has been buzzing for weeks, but according to a NASDAQ.com article released yesterday, Gap has purchased Intermix for $130 million US.  Intermix, which has one location in Canada (Toronto’s Bloor Street, just east of Avenue Road), sells higher end clothing by brands such as Herve Leger, Joie, Mulberry and Diane von Furstenberg.  Different Intermix […]