Toronto Life articles from December 2005

Toronto Life archives from December 2005

The Weston Hemisphere.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... I would like to compliment Robert Mason Lee on his well-written Weston article ["People Like Them," November]. I have had the pleasure of meeting Galen and Hilary on various social occasions. They have the class, dignity, character and style...

Just my type.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... After some fiddling, you have finally come up with not just a good magazine, but a fabulous one. The articles and images are excellent, the letters are engaging, even the ads are attractive. Most important, the font you've chosen is easy on the...

Snap judgment.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... I can't pretend that seeing my mug shot in Toronto Life was a surprise since I knew it was coming [Urban Decoder, This City, November]. Stephen Harper recently said that he was probably the only guy in Canada who actually looks like his...

Royal pain.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Your article on Adrienne Clarkson's new Toronto digs ["Crib Notes," This City, November] gave me indigestion. Given that Canadians are taxed to death, have children who go to school hungry every day and a health care system that's practically...

The real Eddy.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... I enjoyed "Mr. Bloor Street" in the October issue, but it didn't cover the intensity of the man. Everyone quoted saw Eddy Cogan when he was "on." I was his chauffeur in the late '80s. He spent lavishly for show, but his home was modestly...

In 1973, I spent a weekend in Prague with Ken Dryden.(Editorial)
December 1, 2005... We were working on a booklet for McDonald's called Let's Play Better Hockey. He was the author. I was his editor. He was in Czechoslovakia for the summer as a guest of the Czech hockey federation. We had a deadline to meet, and it was easier...

Star quality: how R&B singer Jully Black went from almost-cop to top of the pops.(rhythm and blues singer)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... JULLY BLACK IS WAVING AT ME energetically from the doorstep of her brand new home in Markham. She is barefoot, strikingly tall (five foot 11) and richly attired, a panther tattoo decorating her impressive bicep. Her home is spartan: a measuring...

Grand design: a lush fundraising gala ups the style stakes at the Design Exchange.(CAMERA)
December 1, 2005... Truckloads of topiary and fig leaf-clad models transformed the Design Exchange into an Edenic paradise for its second annual fundraising gala. The art-meets-commerce crowd grazed on miniature Kobe burgers and oysters from glowing ice bars,...

Clone wars: why the world's TVs are tuning in to CHUM.(Chum Television International's television stations)
December 1, 2005... For all the whining about saving Canadian television from the foreign programming hordes, we've been doing a fair bit of colonizing of our own. In the past decade, CHUM Television has launched an armada of homegrown stations to infiltrate the...

Flag raising.(Newmindspace conducts a massive game of capture the flag)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... It's the first really crisp fall night, and at the corner of King and Bay, 400 post-adolescents are milling around the plaza outside Commerce Court. It's just cool enough for tuques, and just temperate enough for a massive game of capture the...

Slow motion: how One King West weathers the wind.(HERE'S THE THING)
December 1, 2005... Young and supermodel thin, One King West has been stirring up body image issues for the square and stodgy old guard of Toronto's skyline. However, Harry Stinson's curvaceous, 176-metre-high, 17-metre-wide condo-hotel--one of the thinnest...

The highs and lows of city life.(BEST & WORST)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... BEST NIMBY-ISM International ad guru and pre-feminist relic Neil French breezed into town as the guest of honour at a $125-per-person industry event, making some decidedly imprudent comments (on working mothers: "Everyone who doesn't...

Rivers run through it.(URBAN DECODER)
December 1, 2005... Dear Urban Decoder: I've heard that there are several buried rivers in Toronto. Where are they located and why were they covered over? ALEX BERRY, WOODBINE HEIGHTS Toronto's groundwater is now mostly hidden, but dozens of creeks...

Pole position.(TELLING TALES)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Last October, downtown mega-club This is London played host to an unusual event: the world's first invitationonly pole-dancing competition. As a fitness trend, pole dancing is (literally) spreading across the continent, promising adherents the...

Modern love: a sleek interloper amid Bayview's McMansions.(HOT PROPERTY)
December 1, 2005... WHERE: 70 Bayview Ridge (near York Mills and Bayview) BEDROOMS: Four, all ensuite, including a master with his and hers bathrooms BATHROOMS: Six full, one powder room, and a bathroom-change area in the gym SIZE: Approximately...

Too much information.(TASTE POLICE)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... SUSPECT: City bureaucrat Pam Coburn SCENE OF CRIME: Press conference CHARGE: Tactless appeals for sympathy EVIDENCE: Dismissed from her job amid charges of misconduct after 27 years with the city, Coburn staged a damage-control...

A mall-y, jolly christmas: stacking up the holiday consumer meccas.(REALITY CHECK)
December 1, 2005... 'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the city, pensioners wearing Santa suits listened to strange children confessing their deepest material desires. In the meantime, their parents, broiling beneath heavy winter coats, tried in vain...

A private club unlike any other.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... The Dominion Club, Toronto's newest Business and Social Club, is located at the southwest corner of Yonge and King. Its much anticipated opening this January is creating a revived buzz around the city in regards to private club memberships. Say...

The king of clubs: Charles Khabouth already rules the city's nightlife. But running seven clubs, a restaurant and a bar isn't enough. He's itching to expand his empire.(Business)
December 1, 2005... A MIDDLE-AGED MALE, naked from the waist up, is lying on a cot in the back of one of Charles Khabouth's nightclubs. With coarse brown hair on his abdomen, pectorals and back, he's the sort of guy, in gay slang, who's known as a "bear."...

Great leap forward: a brave new design has transformed the National Ballet School from Dickensian decrepitude into the jewel of Jarvis.(Design)
December 1, 2005... ALL OF A SUDDEN, getting stuck in rush-hour traffic on Jarvis is entertaining. High above the street on the west side, north of Carlton, there's a new view--straight young bodies bending like saplings in the wind, legs rising, arms rounding....

Mr. Dryden goes to Ottawa: getting elected was the easy part. Now the former hockey star has to prove he can make it in the cutthroat arena of federal politics, where nice guys hardly ever win.
December 1, 2005... KEN DRYDEN, LEGENDARY HOCKEY GOALIE, MP FOR YORK CENTRE AND FEDERAL MINISTER of social development, was on a long march toward the point he wanted to make--his answer to my first question having clocked in at 20 minutes--when my mind began to...

Small mercies: 30 days in neonatal intensive care.
December 1, 2005... It was sticky and hot, both inside and out. Lying on a couch in my home office, I spent my days marvelling at my swollen toes stuffed like mini-sausages into sandals. I had no energy or desire to work, and with another two months before my baby...

Home on the Grange: drop by. Have a cocktail. Stay a while: Charles Pachter-artist, entrepreneur, showman, self-promoter, moose enthusiast--is building a cultural palace in Chinatown. It's a culmination of his lifelong love affair with real estate.
December 1, 2005... Charles Pachter's curiosity was piqued by the For Sale sign on a sagging insul-brick garage in his Chinatown neighbourhood. Instead of being tucked up a back alley, the garage was set like a broken tooth between two tall, gabled houses on...

Spree for all.(HOLIDAY EDITION)(Cover Story)
December 1, 2005... How to score the perfect gift, get your shopping done in a day, avoid the lineups or blissfully ignore the festivities altogether.

Wrap it up.(Holiday Survivor)
December 1, 2005... Tons of great gifts that are as good to give as they are to get Home Hardware Decadent ideas for the house-proud 1. Imagine the indoor activities you can stir up in this sexy lace triangle cup bra by I. D. Sarrieri. $210. Avec Plaisir,...

Down under: it's December 23, you're just pulling out your Christmas list, and there have been snow squall warnings all day. Time to head to the Path. It may be sprawling and maze-like, but it's a mecca for concentrated shopping. Here are the two best routes.(Holiday Survivor)
December 1, 2005... Power Hour 56 minutes Start your spree with a sprint through the bowels of the TD Centre--Mies van der Rohe's looming black towers. 1. Toys, Toys, toys (416-306-0045) lives up to its name--this is a fluorescent fun-with Dora the...

'Net gains: an on-line guide to schlep-free shopping.(Holiday Survivor)
December 1, 2005... DAILY GRIND Kensington Market's Ideal Coffee brews a mean cup of joe and eases consciences with its politically correct beans (many are organic or shade grown from small farms). Perfect for stockings, the Around the World blend is a...

Grin and ignore it: forty per cent of Torontonians don't celebrate the birth of the world's most famous carpenter. So what do they do for fun on December 25? A guide to Christmas sans Santa.(Holiday Survivor)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... THIEN LE Fashion Designer (Buddhist) Non-Christmas Tradition: Dinner with staff and clients after a full day's work. "Whoever drops by gets to vote on an eatery. Thanks to our in-studio wine rack, the debate can get heated. This year, my...

The call of the wild: with all that wilderness, why are our restaurants' game dishes so bland?(Dining)(Restaurant Review)
December 1, 2005... WHAT IF A TORONTO CHEF SO loved his customers that he felt obliged to climb into his SUV after work one Saturday night and drive 12 hours in search of a single ingredient? And what if that hypothetical ingredient should be something so...

Fowl play today's turkey is a big-breasted, insipid bird. But its flavourful forebears--heritage breeds and the original wild ones--are making a comeback.(Food)
December 1, 2005... NO OTHER BIRD HAS SUFFERED SO much for us. The turkey may have pride of place on our holiday table, but we cook it beyond redemption and then smother it with enough sweet-sour cranberry sauce to lubricate its sawdust texture. Consider, too, the...

All that sparkles: Prosecco, cava or the classic champers--nothing says festive like bubbly.(Drink)
December 1, 2005... BUBBLY MAKES ANY OCCASION SPECIAL, so the less you have to pay for it, the more special occasions you get. France has a lock on the name champagne (from the Champagne region, east of Paris) and therefore bragging rights to the world's most...

Restaurants.
December 1, 2005... A LA MODE AVALON **** The mystery is how anyone can still get a table in this serene and comfortable room when chefowner Chris McDonald offers some of the most delectably accomplished cooking in Canada. Expertly matched with wines and...

Hitching post.(Opening)
December 1, 2005... Love and the sweet smell of sea bream in the air at Lure BY JAMES CHATTO In 1990, on their first date, chef Sam Girgis took his future wife to Vittorio's, on Dupont. They later split, but Girgis's affection for Vittorio's (which meanwhile came...

Protein uninhibitors: classic or class act, it's the macho man of sammies.(HIGH/LOW)
December 1, 2005... When it comes to steak sandwiches, size matters, even at the expense of quality. The more meat one can pile atop an unsuspecting bun, the better. And they ain't dainty either. Anyone who dared remove the crusts would be left with an unwieldy...

Chunk food: variations on the cobb.(QUEST)
December 1, 2005... Finally, a dish everyone can agree on. The cobb salad was, without question, invented by Robert H. "Bob" Cobb, owner of the Brown Derby in Hollywood. Granted, the cited date of its invention varies between 1936 and 1937, but in matters...

Mad about saffron: casa Barcelona! and its eight-step paella.(THE DISH)
December 1, 2005... Real Spanish paella tends to be greasy, overcooked, more rice than seafood, and takes over an hour to prepare. And every Spaniard has his own recipe, adds Eduardo Riviezzi Cohen, owner-chef of Casa Barcelona! It's different everywhere you go....

Urbane renewal: Magpie moves into a chicken factory.(IT SPOT)
December 1, 2005... Another nail in the coffin of Dundas West's untrendy past, as this former chicken factory turned Portuguese men's club gets rereborn as one of the strip's most popular night spots. Like the nest of its cheeky namesake, Magpie was assembled from...

Theatre.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... OPENING DREARY AND IZZY. Young playwright Tara Beagan won an Outstanding New Play or Musical Dora for last year's Thy Neigbhour's Wife, which enjoyed a short run at the Theatre Centre. This, her second produced play, finds the orphaned...

Material girl: style maven Gwen Stefani usurps music's long-time fashion queen and corners the market on clothing as spectacle.(IN CONCERT)
December 1, 2005... By pop starlet standards, 36-year-old Gwen Stefani is practically geriatric. But, like Madonna, she's held the attention of the MTV masses by repeatedly reinventing herself. Taking style cues from '80s bubble gum pop, '30s screen sirens, chola...

Little Big Man: after a lifetime of hard knocks, octogenarian alto Little Jimmy Scott refuses to fade away.
December 1, 2005... Little Jimmy Scott's life reads like a Greek tragedy. Born in a Cleveland ghetto during the Depression, he was afflicted with Kallmann's syndrome, a hormonal deficiency that stunted his growth and kept his voice from developing beyond a boy's...

Classical.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... CHAMBER MUSIC CANADIAN BRASS CHRISTMAS CONCERT. This internationally renowned Canadian quintet celebrates its 35th anniversary with a lively program of jazz, classical and seasonal music. Concert goers can expect a blend of super...

Theatre of war: a prize-winning Montreal playwright probes the politics of exile.(ONSTAGE)
December 1, 2005... As an adolescent in the 1970s, Wajdi Mouawad was forced to flee wartorn Beirut with his family. Now an occasional instructor at Montreal's National Theatre School, he is also one of its most celebrated graduates. The playwright was nominated...

Poster child: politics and pop culture collide in Tadanori Yokoo's dizzying designs.(IN THE GALLERIES)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... free In a country where good design is a religion, Tadanori Yokoo is a graphic art god. His trademark motif is a hyper-stylized rising sun, its red rays radiating outward. Borrowed from the Japanese flag, the image doubles as a metaphor for...

Pop.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... THE DANDY WARHOLS were the subject of Dig!, the 2004 rockumentary that attained cult-like status for its insanely comprehensive exploration of the hand's rivalry with another outfit based in Portland, Oregon, called the Brian Jonestown...

Jazz.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... CONCERTS DIANNE REEVES. Dianne Reeves may just be the reigning queen of jazz vocalists, with a stunning range and a timbre as rich as Sarah Vaughan's. The recipient of three Grammy awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, she has also...

Art.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... free DALE CHIHULY. The Seattle-based glassmeister has scored yet another public art coup with his spectacular installation of large-scale glass sculptures in Kew Gardens in London, England, continuing until January 2006. In Toronto, he creates...

Dance.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MURRAY DARROCH. When Murray "Murr" Darroch was found dead in his Toronto apartment at 50, the dance world lost a troubled eccentric and innovator. At the pinnacle of his dance career, Murr was known as a trend-setting...

Kids.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... BLACK CREEK PIONEER VILLAGE. Living history buffs may have to go back in time to squeeze in all of the holiday happenings down at the Creek. Highlights include a hands-on introduction to pioneer-style entertaining, complete with period card...

Diversions.(This Month)
December 1, 2005... BOWSER AND BLUE. These two blokes may call Montreal home, but their humour is quintessentially British (fitting, since they're from Sussex and Liverpool, respectively). Still, they've cornered the CanCon comedy market with their social satire...

Calendar.(ADVERTISING & PROMOTION: EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES)(Calendar)
December 1, 2005... The scoop on this month's events and promotions from advertisers: A VERY MERRY POPS CONCERT The Canadian Children's Opera Chorus joins the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Erich Kunzel! Featuring traditional...

Film festival.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... On September 14, at Bistro 990, Toronto Life and Kenneth Cole New York hosted an exclusive party in celebration of the 2005 Toronto film festival. 1. Eric Kuiper (The Media Company), Tracy Miller (Toronto Life and Saturday Night) and David...

We are a city of believers: 77 per cent of GTAers embrace the idea of a higher power.(The Toronto Poll)
December 1, 2005... DR. ROBERT BUCKMAN, president, Humanist Association of Canada "Belief in God can be dangerous. It leads people to rationalize war and mayhem and slaughter as part of a divine plan." CAROL MUSSELMAN, psychologist and professor emeritus,...

Bakers.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Ace Bakery The ovens are never cold in this famous Toronto bakery, which supplies hundreds of restaurants, food stores and caterers across much of Ontario. But despite the volume, the artisanal methods are carefully followed and quality...

Butchers.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Bloor Meat Market The warm, weathered shop exudes an authentic feeling of neighbourhood and family. An abundant selection of care fully tended fresh meats is supplemented by house-made sausages, marinated kebabs, some game, house roasted...

Fishmongers.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Avenue Seafood Calling all oyster lovers: Avenue Seafood has the best molluscs in town, according to co-owner Winnie Chu. And now they've got a brand new Avenue Road branch to rival the fish counter at nearby Pusateri's. Whichever location...

Greengrocers.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Harvest Wagon When food stylists need the prettiest produce for photo shoots, they start here. The rest of us are seduced by the deliciousness of the exotica: fragrant Gallia melons, heirloom tomatoes, delicate mache and a rainbow bunch of...

The big cheeses: a gourmand's guide to the raw, the sweet and the smelly.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Back Forty Madawaska A raw, sheep's milk cheese made from animals who graze on grasses, goldenrod and apple blossoms. The result is a splendid, complex flavour: a bold, tangy centre, with notes of sweet cream around the edges and a bloomy...

Dairies.(Directory)
December 1, 2005... Alex Farm Products This is the anchor of St. Lawrence South Market, serving shoppers for over 30 years. But Alex has many neighbourhood outposts, too. Wherever you shop, Alex offers plenty of choice: aged Mimolette (looking like a cheese...

Delis.(food industry)
December 1, 2005... General All the Best Fine Foods This foodie legend still lives up to its confident name. Stop by the charming shop on a Saturday afternoon to try before you buy: chances are you'll stumble upon a cheese tasting or a new olive oil...

Chocolate dynamite: made from rich, spicy slabs, the new bonbons will blow you away.
December 1, 2005... If your idea of eating chocolate consists of plucking through a box of Pot of Gold, allow us to enlighten you. Like coffee, wine and cheese, ultra-premium chocolate is the latest foodie fetish to go mainstream. Made from estate plantations in...

Strange fruit: here's the juice on weird and wonderful tropical treats and where to buy them.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Dragonfruit Part of the cactus family, the dragonfruit--thought to have originated in Central America--certainly looks exotic, with its prickly fuchsia skin. But the flavour is mild, much like a combo of citrus, melon and banana. ...

Provisioners.(supermarkets )
December 1, 2005... Cajun Corner If you're throwing a Mardi Gras party or crave all things Cajun, this is definitely the place to come. Feather boas, festive masks and jazz CDs provide the ambience. The food delivers a fiery taste of New Orleans. Pantry items...

Prepared food.(Food)(Restaurant Review)
December 1, 2005... Chapman's Essential Foods It's all good: that about sums up the contents of this neighbourly shop. Steve Resnick believes in supporting local businesses and in using only top-quality and seasonal produce. A prime example is Chapman's...

Health food.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Alternatives Market These shops carry a greatest hits medley of organic, Canadian products. The Port Credit shop is chock full of healthy finds. Cheeses are rennet free, organic or both. Organic spelt flours come from Hoekley Valley;...

Pass the fleur de sel: it's crystal clear: put away the shaker and start sprinkling.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Not all salts are created equal. These days, sophisticates are leaving Sifto on the shelves and sprinkling their food with gourmet sea salts. And the best of the briny bunch is fleur de sel. Like a good many foodie trends, the fleur de sel...

Markets.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Farmers' Markets For a couple of gloriour months each summer and on into fall, weekly or twice-weekly farmers' markets spring up in the suburbs and in favoured down town areas. There is huge shopping satisfaction in buying fresh fruit and...

Patisseries.(baked food providers)
December 1, 2005... Altitude Baking Lightweight cream puffs full of vanilla pastry cream sell out almost as soon as they appear in the display counter alongside sturdy butter tarts, chocolate cakes and lemon meringue pie. Baby cheesecakes are extremely rich...

Chocolatiers.(Food)
December 1, 2005... The Belgian Chocolate Shop Its chocolatiers--Patricia Cohrs and Eric Smets were both trained in Belgium, and that's where the ingredients come from, too (Callebaut chocolate, for example). Classics include little mice (souris), which...

Coffee and tea.
December 1, 2005... Alternative Grounds The fair-trade and organic beans are 110 longer roasted on-site, but a steady stream of deliveries throughout the day ensures freshness. Owner Linda Burnside works with a co-operative to better the lives of small-scale...

Specialty foods.(Food)
December 1, 2005... Honey for My Honey The wildflower honey sold here is as nature intended, strained to remove the flecks of soft beeswax, but not heated or mechanically filtered. It's glorious stuff, and customers can taste samples from different hives and...

Australia.(wine market)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... Aussie wine remains hot, hot, hot--but with the deluge comes some dilution of quality and value. Oz can make great wines: clean, jam packed with fruit, complex, richly textured and generally very easy to drink. Recently, its higher-priced wines...

A perfect match.(wine and food choice)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... Your choice of wine can make or break your holiday meal. Here's how to pair the grape with the grub Turkey Dinner With such a rich meal, meek wines will go unnoticed. Pour full-bodied spicy whites and mid-weight, lively reds with a...

Canada.(wine market)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... The Canadian wine industry is experiencing incredible growth and vitality, thanks to new money, technology and an influx of both foreign and home-schooled winemakers. Quality remains patchy, but there are some excellent wines, and we are...

New kids of Niagara.(Wine)
December 1, 2005... The latest and greatest openings in Ontario's wine country Fielding Estate Winery Nestled against the forest on the Escarpment above Beamsville, Fielding Estate has got off to a brilliant start. One of its winemakers, Andrzej Lipinski,...

France.(wine guide)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... French wine waned in popularity during the first half of this decade, but it's hardly out of the game. With new money for export promotions, plus excellent vintages to promote, France will be a growing force in the months ahead. Compared with...

Liquid gold: the new, high-end tequilas are for sipping and savouring.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Tequila has grown up. Those throat-searing versions you may remember from high school house parties have been replaced by deluxe brands that are so smooth you'll want to drink them from a sniffer. The very best are made from 100 per cent blue...

Germany and Eastern Europe.(wine market)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... A static and unexciting category at the LCBO, focused on a $10 price level into which these European nations just can't squeeze much quality. Some excitement was created by the hot 20o3 vintage, which boosted ripeness and weight in German and...

Italy.(wine guide)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... Toronto drinkers are no stranger to Italian wines, probably because of this city's wealth of Italian restaurants. This year, there are two major trends. The overall quality of lower-priced Italian wine, especially reds, is improving year by...

New Zealand.(wine guide)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... After a decade of trying to break into the LCBO, New Zealand wines are finally getting some recognition. The number of general listings and Vintages Essentials has now risen into double digits. There may not be any $10 wonders in the category,...

South Africa.(wine guide)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... White South Africa deals in common international varieties and does a good job delivering straightforward, crisp and quenching wines at lower prices. Snappy sauvignons blancs with fresh dill, grapefruit and flinty character area strong...

Where's the beefeater? Led by the boozy Brits, the cocktail crowd is rediscovering the joys of gin.
December 1, 2005... Though it was invented by the Dutch, gin is a thoroughly British drink--so it's no surprise that the English are leading the current revival. In London, fashionable bars have introduced multi-page menus of gin-based drinks: martinis, shorts,...

South America.(wine guide)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... South America remains a well of good-quality wines at very fair prices, especially for these who love rich fruit, soft texture and little fuss. This is not to say Chile and Argentina can't also make great wine, or that there ere no problems to...

Spain and Portugal.(wine guide)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... The red wines of Spain and Portugal are historically distinct enough to warrant separate sections, but the same trends are influencing traditional wines in both countries, making them stylistically similar. The selection at the LCBO is not...

Funky brewsters: another pint, please: Toronto's best beer venues.
December 1, 2005... The Academy of Spherical Arts Elegant atmosphere, excellent billiard tables and an extensive bottled beer list, including such rarities as cellar-aged bottles of Unibroue 10 38 Hanna Ave., 476-532-2782. Allen's The best beer...