cruzin4u
Senior Member
What a great day it is today. Not only has ushahid been banned for a while, but Price Winners has finally shutdown! I, for one, am glad that many of these "garbage" stores are shutting down on Yonge St.
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What a great day it is today. Not only has ushahid been banned for a while, but Price Winners has finally shutdown! I, for one, am glad that many of these "garbage" stores are shutting down on Yonge St.
prosperegal
Senior Member
When will more be shut? I have a love-hate relationship with the strip of Yonge between Bloor and College (I mean, I like The Red Bench, Wanda (um, I mean Nicola's) Waffles (sort of, anyway) and Brownstone Bistro, but others??? SKETCHY!)...
cruzin4u
Senior Member
I am referring to more of the "perfume" and "discount" stores. Don't get me wrong, there are many wonderful stores on Yonge St., but some have overstayed their welcome. Infact, I would love to see more restaurants exactly like Brownstone Bistro (patios lined on Yonge St.).
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devjohnson
Active Member
Great news. Yonge/Wellesley is kind of a sad corner at the moment. Once the Wellesley In The Park condo is complete, and the junky stores are gone, this corner will drastically improve!
Skeezix
Senior Member
The former Ice Lounge on the northeast corner of Carlaw and Danforth, recently briefly called the Kahlúa Cafe, has been renamed again. It is now Gencor Espresso Wine Bar and Custom Furniture (?). Stop in for a drink, buy a walnut bed frame. (Seriously, though, the furniture showroom is in the basement, I am told, and apparently used to be in Corktown).
GKW
Active Member
Tim Horton's is pulling the Coldstone Creamery brand from it's restaurants in Canada
http://www.thestar.com/business/201...dividend_profit_misses_analyst_estimates.html
http://www.thestar.com/business/201...dividend_profit_misses_analyst_estimates.html
Skeezix
Senior Member
The Maditalian is done. All three restaurants (Leaside, Danforth and College) are closed.
gabe
Senior Member
Scarpetta is closing at the Thompson Hotel
Last year’s biggest, splashiest restaurant duo, pescaterian penthouse The Chase and its casual sister restaurant The Chase Fish and Oyster, are already expanding—in characteristically grandiose fashion. Yesterday, The Chase Hospitality Group announced the upcoming launch of Colette Grand Café and Bakery, a new double-restaurant poised to open at the Thompson Hotel this spring. Colette will take over the space that currently houses Scarpetta, Scott Conant’s Italian power-restaurant, which divided Toronto food critics from the get-go. (Contant’s condescendingly pally “open letter†to the city didn’t help.) Scarpetta closes on March 15.
The Chase group, meanwhile, has big plans for the new restaurant and bakery, which will operate out of a single, open-concept space. Colette will be an upscale, 100-seat dining room specializing in traditional French cuisine, while the bakery will serve pastries, sandwiches and other grab-and-go snacks. (Chase chef Michael Steh is overseeing both menus.) The restaurant is expected to open on May 1st.
http://www.torontolife.com/daily-di.../the-chase-replaces-scarpetta-thompson-hotel/
Last year’s biggest, splashiest restaurant duo, pescaterian penthouse The Chase and its casual sister restaurant The Chase Fish and Oyster, are already expanding—in characteristically grandiose fashion. Yesterday, The Chase Hospitality Group announced the upcoming launch of Colette Grand Café and Bakery, a new double-restaurant poised to open at the Thompson Hotel this spring. Colette will take over the space that currently houses Scarpetta, Scott Conant’s Italian power-restaurant, which divided Toronto food critics from the get-go. (Contant’s condescendingly pally “open letter†to the city didn’t help.) Scarpetta closes on March 15.
The Chase group, meanwhile, has big plans for the new restaurant and bakery, which will operate out of a single, open-concept space. Colette will be an upscale, 100-seat dining room specializing in traditional French cuisine, while the bakery will serve pastries, sandwiches and other grab-and-go snacks. (Chase chef Michael Steh is overseeing both menus.) The restaurant is expected to open on May 1st.
http://www.torontolife.com/daily-di.../the-chase-replaces-scarpetta-thompson-hotel/
Sorry to hear that - they had good gelato. Hadn't tried anything else yet, and to stay in business here you have to solve the wintertime issue when gelato doesn't sell.
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JasonParis
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Dan416
Senior Member
I can't believe the Mad Italian is gone. Where else can I get good gelato?
Ramako
Moderator
What a shame. Their pizza cones were good.
There are other good gelaterias in town. Il Gelatiere on Mount Pleasant. Hollywood on Bayview. La Paloma on St. Clair. Artegelato on Bloor. Dolce on College…
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Southcore
Active Member
All of the above are the best of the bunch for gelato others missing are Simply Italian Gelato and Boreal) as is Soma, my personal favourite (especially if you like nut and chocolate flavours) in the Distillery and King West.
Dan416
Senior Member
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Apparently I'm going to be eating a lot of gelato this summer