Contributed by Enloe Wilson — TORONTO – Local street food stars will come together in a showcase of the city’s culinary diversity at CRC|Regent Park Community Food Centre’s Street Eats Fest on Wednesday, Nov. 29. WHAT: Downtown Toronto social services provider CRC|Regent Park Community Food Centre will bring together the best of the city’s street […]
The Perfect Gift for the Coffee Geek
Contributed by Meagan Thibeault. For years, the Merchants of Green Coffee has been using the Coffee Spring to brew our signature rich and sweet-tasting black cups of coffee. We’ve always called our beloved little tool “coffee spring” and our process, “steep & filter”, because it just seemed like the most natural way to describe what […]
Absolute Bakery – Fresh and Friendly
Seldom a week, dare I say a day, goes by without a visit to the absolute bakery. While I know there are other people involved in the baking and selling of delicious baked goods there is seldom a time that I am not greeted by Rajenbran Nageswary. Besides her lovely demeanour and fresh smile, I […]
Wrestling masks & Delicious food – El Charro
Contributed by Austin Lovering. A new restaurant has been started in Cabbagetown and its name is El Charro. My personal favorite thing to get there is the spicy chorizo tortas which is a sandwich but my sister always goes for the beef tacos. In my day I have had lots of Mexican food and been […]
Stircrazy Tourtière – Contributed by Noni Castonguay
Jen Cerny and Noni Castonguay are the owners of Stircrazy Catering. While the duo caters a wide variety of parties across the city, it’s their tourtière that is creating a buzz around this time of year. They started making tourtière about 8 years ago. Word of mouth spread and in addition to selling them to […]
Cabbagetown Restaurants of Yesteryear
Contributed by Duncan Fremlin, Broker RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd. www.morethanahome.ca This isn’t exactly a history of food in Cabbagetown but we have had a few restaurants of note over the years, some great, some not so great. On the low end of the restaurant food chain circa 1972 would be the legendary Norm’s Open […]
Neighbourhood Talk at Red Cranberries
Contributed By Kimberly Ezeard. Cranberries is the staple meeting place in Cabbagetown for great food, service and catching up on all the neighbourhood news in a warm, relaxed pub environment that is family friendly. Whether its brunch on the weekend, Sunday night dinner, date night Sat or Monday night wings and beer, you are […]
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If you like coffee you will love the Merchants of Green Coffee
Steam is rising, beans are crackling and the air is infused with the smell of freshly roasted and ground coffee. This is our hive, where we work and call home; where we practise the crafts of roasting, brewing and cupping. Located in an historic jam factory at 2 Matilda Street in Riverside, with a view […]
Salt and Tobacco simple done well.
For quite some time I watched and the signs went up. Every morning I would get my coffee and see changes going on at the 521 Parliament Street location. “Wonder what this is going to be” people often said. Nobody was sure until the giant pizza ovens arrived. A few months later a funny […]
