Food Trucks Find a New Home Downtown
Toronto's travelling kitchens work around City's strict regulations.Photo by foodpr0n.com, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Food truck regulations may be keeping some vendors off the streets, but City...
View ArticleThe Coffee Mill to Close After More Than 50 Years in Business
The Yorkville staple has struggled to attract new customers since TIFF left the neighbourhood.Lothian Mews, the original location of The Coffee Mill. Photo by mcwidi_2 from the Torontoist Flickr pool....
View ArticleHistoricist: Hans in the Kitchen
Hans Fread, Canada's first celebrity television chef, rarely kept opinions to himself.Hans Fread showing off the RadaRange microwave used at Sign of the Steer. Advertisement, the Toronto Star, November...
View ArticleVintage Toronto Ads: Big Boy
During the 1970s, an American roadside icon was a presence throughout Metro Toronto.Source: Toronto Star, March 16, 1974. He’s an icon of the North American roadside. Garbed in his red-and-white...
View ArticleVintage Toronto Ads: Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen
Using old South stereotypes to sell a 1960s family dining chain.Source: Toronto Star, February 27, 1963. Larger version. According to her corporate website, Aunt Jemima stands for “warmth, nourishment...
View ArticleVintage Toronto Ads: A Taste of Hungary
At one time, Toronto was a bastion of Hungarian cuisine, especially in the "Goulash Archipelago."Source: Key to Toronto, February 1982. Walking into the Country Style Hungarian Restaurant along Bloor...
View ArticleVintage Toronto Ads: “The Romance of Mexican Food”
Revisiting Toronto's original taco craze, when jalapenos were a delicacy.Source: Globe and Mail, January 2, 1974. Writing from Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1938, Winston Norman enlightened Globe and Mail...
View ArticleThe Sinking of Captain John’s
As the former floating restaurant is hauled out of the harbour today, a look back at the time Captain John Letnik's original ship had a sinking feeling.Source: Toronto Sun, June 3, 1981. A version of...
View ArticleHistoricist: “Sip ‘n Sex” in North York
Paul Godfrey battles the menace of rowdy teens at drive-in restaurants in mid-1960s suburbia.Cartoon, the Enterprise, July 13, 1966. “Sex-and-snacks draw fire.” “Bra and bottles litter lawns.” “North...
View ArticleHistoricist: Greektown on the Danforth
Greek immigrants bring new life to Toronto’s east end. In spring of 1966, the once thriving commercial strip along the western portion of Danforth Avenue appeared to be struggling. “The area,...
View ArticleCoasters Can Help Put Consent Culture on the Table, But We Need to Hold...
Aisle 4's coaster project is a step forward in the conversation about how bars and restaurants can do something about gender-based sexual assault In my six years of bartending, no one ever told me...
View ArticleBe Among The First To Try NishDish’s New Eats
Tonight is the grand opening of T’karonto's newest Indigenous-owned and operated restaurant. Johl Whiteduck Ringuette’s NishDish has been operating successfully in Toronto as a catering business...
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