[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/whats-on-the-menu-at-raffaella-italian-pizzeria-annex-hotel/

People are saying this spot can rival out "Sugo"! according to TikTok!

Raffaella

raffaellapizza.com

Menu is simple and has a homey touch to it!

"
Simon Vickerson honed his craft on the streets of Toronto, peddling pizza to partiers as they filtered out of bars and clubs. He’d get home from his shift at a restaurant nearby and immediately head out again to run what was then called Raff’s Pizza Stand, which he ran with Julien Bequet. They’d set up anywhere people wanted pizza.

“We just kind of said yes to everything. We did a wedding, a rave, a basketball competition. We sold pizzas outside a vintage store. Just tons of random opportunities,” Vickerson says. “But, most Saturday nights, when I finished by bartending shift around 3 a.m., I’d run to my place, where I had a full-size fridge at the foot of my bed just filled with dough. I’d take all that dough, put it in a wagon, and run down to College and Bathurst.”"

 

[evandyk]

Weird to see mussels and tomato sauce being the most expensive thing on a menu. Mussels is supposed to be the cheap option!

 

[txlseries4]

Piano Piano have announced a new (5th) location, this one at Bloor & Westmoreland Ave (one street west of Dovercourt) in what was previously Osteria Rialto, connected to Paradise Theatre. Opens Saturday Feb 8. I imagine this location will be great for them being 300m from Ossington Station, though who knows with people going out to eat less often

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[evandyk]

There were quite a few people in there when I walked by at about 4 today. I actually didn't know what it was, as I walked right under the marquee so didn't see the sign.

 

[AlbertC]

It's a beautiful space. Hopefully the name recognition of being part of a restaurant group helps them be sustainable here. Being attached to Paradise theatre should bring in some steadier flow of patrons. Although often the challenge is that these sections of Bloor aren't seen as a destination, and tend to be slower especially for (relatively) higher end retail as they don't typically draw in non-locals.

 

[artyboy123]

It's a beautiful space. Hopefully the name recognition of being part of a restaurant group helps them be sustainable here. Being attached to Paradise theatre should bring in some steadier flow of patrons. Although often the challenge is that these sections of Bloor aren't seen as a destination, and tend to be slower especially for (relatively) higher end retail as they don't typically draw in non-locals.

Well Bloorcourt neighbourhood particularly the Dufferin & Bloor Street - this area is considered up and coming!

It needs more good marketing and PR!

 

[Richard White]

Piano Piano have announced a new (5th) location, this one at Bloor & Westmoreland Ave (one street west of Dovercourt) in what was previously Osteria Rialto, connected to Paradise Theatre. Opens Saturday Feb 8. I imagine this location will be great for them being 300m from Ossington Station, though who knows with people going out to eat less often

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Wasn't this a porno theatre at one point?

 

[Towered]

Piano Piano have announced a new (5th) location, this one at Bloor & Westmoreland Ave (one street west of Dovercourt) in what was previously Osteria Rialto, connected to Paradise Theatre. Opens Saturday Feb 8. I imagine this location will be great for them being 300m from Ossington Station, though who knows with people going out to eat less often

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Perfect, logical choice for that space. I'm actually relieved.

 

[Towered]

Wasn't this a porno theatre at one point?

Nah, you're thinking of the one in Koreatown which is now a rock climbing gym!

 

[Richard White]

Nah, you're thinking of the one in Koreatown which is now a rock climbing gym!

I guess that's one way to get your rocks off.

 

[artyboy123]

3 new food tenant coming at the Yonge and Eglinton food court! 1 thing they are missing is a beer bar...

They tryna copy all the food halls across Toronto

Lastly they gonna have this concept below

 

[Towered]

Jerk King has the best beef patties anywhere.

 

[AlbertC]

Will just slot this here:

CLOSURE: The oldest pub and brewery in Hamilton just suddenly closed - YourCityWithIN.com

A pub and brewery that’s one of the oldest in Hamilton just abruptly closed down. The George Hamilton was located in a 160-year-old building on King Street West in Hamilton, and served craft beer along with pub food like fish and chips, wings, and burgers. Advertising The business said a sudden...

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Hamilton's oldest pub and brewery, the George Hamilton which is located downtown in a 160 year old building, has closed down. Some commentary of them shutting down:

THE GEORGE HAMILTON RIP
Hi everyone. I'm sad to report that The George has closed its doors for the last time. It has been a very difficult few years to operate since the advent of COVID. Costs have risen signigicantly. It now costs 1.1 million a year to run the restaurant versus $800k before COVID. There have been no extra sales to cover this. When First Ontario Centre chased away The Bulldogs AHL team then closed for 2 years it has been further devastating.

 

[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/sort-of-secret-alice-marie-bakery-coffee-leslieville/

"After the popular east-end brunch joint Saturday Dinette closed in 2017, Leslievillians shed a tear every time they walked past the boarded-up building at the corner of Gerrard and Logan. But, when then–White Lily Diner pastry chef Rachelle Cornish and her husband, Aaron Hubley, were looking for somewhere to open a café last spring, they fell in love with the vacant spot."

 

[Towered]

Will just slot this here:

CLOSURE: The oldest pub and brewery in Hamilton just suddenly closed - YourCityWithIN.com

A pub and brewery that’s one of the oldest in Hamilton just abruptly closed down. The George Hamilton was located in a 160-year-old building on King Street West in Hamilton, and served craft beer along with pub food like fish and chips, wings, and burgers. Advertising The business said a sudden...

www.yourcitywithin.com

Hamilton's oldest pub and brewery, the George Hamilton which is located downtown in a 160 year old building, has closed down. Some commentary of them shutting down:

I'm a bit surprised that Covid is still regularly being thrown around as a factor in closures. We're going on 3 years since the last lockdown...