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91. Visit Snakes and Lattes

April 1, 2011

Located at 600 Bloor Street West (just west of Bloor and Bathurst), Snakes & Lattes is Toronto’s first board game cafe, featuring over 1500 games and plenty of specialty treats!

Snakes and Lattes

Whether you’re looking for something a little different from the standard dinner and a movie, or whether you’re celebrating your birthday and seeking an interesting new venue for friends to gather, Snakes & Lattes is a great place to hang out with one or twelve of your nearest and dearest (or it could be a great first date option)!

$5 gets you in the door and gives you unlimited access to Snakes & Lattes‘ games for as long as you like! Snakes & Lattes is open today from 11am until 4am. Check out Snakes‘ and Lattes website for more information about this fantastic Toronto board game cafe!

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88. Visit A Taste of Quebec

March 29, 2011

Located in the beautiful Distillery District, A Taste of Quebec is Toronto’s only food boutique specializing in terroir products from Quebec. Featuring the finest artisan cheeses, gourmet delicacies, and other delights, A Taste of Quebec not only offers products to help you create delicious meals at home, but provides Quebec delicacies from the Gallery Café, adjacent to the boutique and located in the Thompson Landry Gallery.

A Taste of Quebec

Interested in purchasing Quebecois cheese, but want to sample it first? Need a deliciously hand-crafted quiche for your dinner party, but don’t have the time to fiddle with phyllo pastry? Craving a unique lunch created from the highest-quality, local ingredients available? A Taste of Quebec is all of this and more. Explore A Taste of Quebec at http://www.atasteofquebec.com, and be sure to take a look at Heikki’s interview with Thom, one of the shop’s expert operators!

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83. Start shopping for your Spring wardrobe at Serpentine!

March 24, 2011

It is officially Spring, and whether or not the weather will cooperate with the calendar, some new Spring clothes are in order! Now that the thaw is settling in, motorcycles will be coming out in full force, and new duds are a necessity. With available brands such as Chronicles of Never, Diet Butcher Slim Skin, Fuct, Passarella Death Squad, The Cast, Tuesday Night Band Practice and Wolverine, Serpentine, located in the Yorkville neighbourhood, is the perfect place to do a little shopping before you get that bike on the road.

Serpentine

Want an edgy look for the JUNOs on Sunday? Jeanne Beker would certainly approve of any purchase made at Serpentine for the red carpet – after all, she listed the Yorkville store as one of her “Top 100 Shops.”

Serpentine is located at 18 Hazelton Avenue in the Yorkville neighbourhood. Check out Heikki’s interview with one of the owners, Paul Mailing, to hear about the inspiration for Serpentine’s location in the Yorkville neighbourhood.

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63. Start a “Disloyalty Card” at Mercury Espresso Bar

March 4, 2011

Located in the heart of Toronto’s popular Leslieville neighbourhood, Mercury Espresso Bar prides itself in providing and celebrating some of the coffee industry’s best quality espresso, while featuring seasonal, exciting new coffee blends. Firmly established in Leslieville for almost five years (Mercury Espresso Bar’s “birthday weekend” is the 19th and 20th of this month), this cafe is anything but ordinary.

Mercury Espresso Bar

Participate in the “Disloyalty Card for the Toronto Coffee Conspiracy” and celebrate independent Toronto coffee shops by embarking on a city-wide espresso crawl that will take you to seven participating shops. Your starting point can be any one of the involved cafes, but today you can start the ball rolling with Mercury Espresso Bar. Make a purchase to get your Disloyalty Card, then make your way to the other six cafes to collect your remaining six stamps. When you’ve filled your card, return to Mercury Espresso Bar (or wherever you started), and collect your free coffee!

To learn more about the Disloyalty Card and Mercury Espresso Bar, check out their website! Check out Heikki’s interview with one of the shop’s owners, Matthew, to hear more about the Leslieville neighbourhood!

 

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32. Visit Coppi Ristorante for Winterlicious!

February 1, 2011

Looking for some delicious Italian fare to brighten your Winterlicious experience? Look no further than Coppi Ristorante in Lawrence Park!

Winterlicious - Coppi Ristorante

Serving natural and simple Italian cuisine since 1991, Coppi Ristorante’s dishes are “never adventurous but simple, never complicated but easy to comprehend, never too many spices, but one or two per dish.” This simple approach to food has commanded a popularity with Torontonians and tourists alike.

Enjoy a $20 prix fixe lunch menu, or a $35 dinner at Coppi Ristorante; choose an appetizer from selections such as the speck e pera (thinly sliced smoked prosciutto, served with sliced pear and goat cheese crostini) or insalata di finocchio e rucola (fennel and rucola salad with red pepper, pine nuts and pecorino cheese) and delight your senses with a delicious main such as salmone in padella (pan seared norwegian salmon filet with sauteed rucola and tomato and black olive salad) or tagliatelle al pesto di erbette (fresh tagliatelle tossed in a sundried tomato and herb pesto). Don’t forget about dessert! You can choose from the panna cotta agrume (citrus cream custard with toasted hazelnuts and mint pesto), tiramisu, or sorbetto al limone (lemon flavoured sorbet).

To learn more about Coppi Ristorante, check out their website, and be sure to take a look at our interview with restaurant owner Alessandro Scotto.

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19. Get a cookie at Sweet Flour Bake Shop

January 19, 2011

There’s no two ways about it: there’s nothing quite like a fresh baked cookie, warm out of the oven. But how can you experience that delicious aroma, that enticing taste, and that comforting warmth without getting yourself covered in flour and burning the bottoms of your cookies? Sweet Flour Bake Shop!

Sweet Flour Bake Shop

This ingenious bakery/cafe has perfected the art of the freshly baked cookie, and all you have to do is select your gourmet dough (original, peanut butter, or oatmeal) and choose two to three mix-ins (22 options include dark and milk chocolate chunks, macadamia nuts, mini pretzels, dried cranberries and blueberries, chocolate mint chips, peanut butter pieces, snickers, pistachios, dried figs, and yes, sprinkles!) The bakers will put your cookie together, pop it in the oven, and presto! Less than five minutes later you have your custom, fresh, warm and gooey cookie, made just as you like it! If you want to stray from tradition, you can also create a cookie sandwich, a muffin top, and even get oatmeal, granola, or yogurt with Sweet Flour’s delicious mix-ins! Sweet Flour Bake Shop is located in Bloor West Village at 2352 Bloor Street West.

To learn more about Sweet Flour Bake Shop and the Bloor West Village neighbourhood, check out Heikki’s interview with Sweet Flour’s owner, Kim!

 

 

 

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11. Register for a trial box from Organics Delivered

January 11, 2011

Everyone’s heard about the “dirty dozen” and the benefits of eating organic produce, but when it comes down to it, organic fruits and veggies can be difficult to find in your local grocery store, and when you do find them, you are bound to pay a substantial amount for your desire to eat healthy, clean food. Organics Delivered saves you the difficulty of finding organic produce, is cheaper than the organic fruits and veggies at your local grocery store, and even delivers the goods right to your doorstep!

Organics Delivered

If you register today for a two trial box from Organics Delivered, you’ll receive two regular-sized boxes of delicious, healthy, organic produce for $79.90. Around the time of your second delivery (deliveries are either one or two weeks apart, based on your preference), Organics Delivered will contact you to see if you’d like to subscribe for regular delivery of their organic produce. Not only is delivery free, the company tracks the fruits and veggies that you don’t want in your food box, and will supplement your produce with the items you love!

To find out if Organic Delivered delivers to your area, and to find out more about signing up for a two trial box, go to the Organics Delivered website.

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3. Get a new look for 2011 at Salon Liberté

January 3, 2011

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to get a new look in 2011? Whether your degree of daring calls for just a simple trim, or whether you’re planning on a complete transformation, Salon Liberté can cater to your cut and colour whims!

With an innovative “Colour Bar” that can create any colour you’ve been dreaming of, and with talented stylists ready to make that fantasy coiffure a reality, you’ll be heading into the New Year with a bang!

Salon Liberte Colour Bar
Salon Liberté Colour Bar

Salon Liberté is open today from 10am until 7:30pm, so use this opportunity to put your stat holiday to good use! Call to book an appointment at 416-977-9876, or visit the Salon Liberté website for more information about their services and fees.

Salon Liberte design area
Salon Liberté design area