queen west
The row of boutiques and restaurants that compose the best strip of Yonge Street, a few blocks north of Eglinton Ave., has never been particularly…young. In recent years, a glut of condo developments has lured a crop of 20- and 30-somethings to the ‘hood, but the yuppie-friendly local retailers have … Read More
With August about halfway over, the weather and the city workers are both finally cooperating. If there’s any justice in this world, heat waves will carry us through to October. But there isn’t. Which is why you should seize the hot, hot days and get out to one of these … Read More
Jeff Salvian should be nervous. When I meet him, he is already three weeks behind schedule on the soon-to-open Queen West bar that he co-owns, The Double Deuce Saloon. Days before the modified opening date (this week sometime, they swear), some key pieces – including couches for the back lounge … Read More
You’ve heard the dumb jokes about Ethiopian food. Perhaps you’ve even made some. But truth is, the Horn of Africa nation has some damn fine cuisine, and the best part, of course, is that you eat with your hands, grabbing food with pieces of injera (flat, spongy bread). Eat with … Read More
Sydney Mamane is showing me a lamp. “Someone said it was steampunk,” says Mamane, the owner of Sydney’s, one of Toronto’s toniest menswear stores. “I didn’t know what steampunk was.” The lamp is an antique; its provenance, medical. In the 1930s, it loomed over patients in a hospital room or … Read More
