Termites For Our Anniversary

College Street / Little Italy, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
Recently I was both charmed and horrified when a pair of my fab newlywed buyers gave me a gift as a ‘One year Anniversary’. As I accepted their delicious sweets and treats (Hello Wine!), they saw a look of confusion pass across my face. I couldn’t compute how they had only recently got married…
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Pizzeria Libretto On Ossington

Little Portugal
My pal Todd and I decided to grab some lunch for a quick yaketty-yak catch-up and, when I asked him where he would like to go he replied with the very suggestion that was on the tip of my tongue….Pizzeria Libretto on Ossington! In perfect unison we admitted we felt…
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Union Restaurant And The Ossington

Little Portugal
Over the past few years Ossington Avenue, once the heart of ‘Little Portugal’ running north of Queen Street West just beyond Dundas West, has transitioned from the scary turf of feuding Vietnamese gangs into a fashionable feast of music, fashion, food and drink. In fact, it’s blossomed into a such a popular mecca of fun the…
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Happy Thanksgiving Part 2

Little Portugal
Funny, but when I headed out the door earlier today I just knew that, for all my choices, I was going to stroll along Dundas West from Bathurst over to Ossington. This section of Dundas, along with Ossington, has been undergoing a phenomenal transformation over the past couple of years. The short and…
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