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Blowfish restaurant will always have a special place in my heart. It was the meal that kicked off Mark and my official wedding festivities, and where we took our wedding party to thank them for being such wonderful friends and supporting us over the years. Nine years ago, there was only one Blowfish location, [...]
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When I started this adventure, with pen and paper in hand I walked around the few block radius of my office and wrote down all of the restaurants in the area. It was rather surprising to me that a couple weeks after I had done this, friend and Spotlight Contributor Nina Popovic tweeted very positively [...]
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One of my favourite movies is Sunset Boulevard, a film about an aging film starlet who refuses to accept that she has faded from the public’s eye. She lives alone in a giant decrepit mansion, holding court with the few who deign to visit her, acting, and believing, that she is still relevant.
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Thai restaurants, in most big cities across North America, are a dime a dozen. They typically serve non-offensive, mildly spiced pad thai to customers who are looking for an “exotic” food experience. In fact, I would hazard that simply stumbling upon an excellent Thai restaurant would be the equivalent of finding a Canadian 50-cent [...]
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Working from home certainly has its benefits. There’s the lack of distraction from co-workers, working from a couch rather than a desk, and not having to change out of your pajamas. For me, another benefit of working from home is Chino Locos. Chino Locos is my go-to place for takeout: it’s relatively healthy, inexpensive, [...]
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I pass a multitude of restaurants every day on my walk into work. Portico Restaurant is one of the few that always stood out to me, despite being located in the lobby of a hotel (Cambridge Suites Hotel) and–the double-whammy–in the no man’s land on Richmond between Victoria & Yonge Street. I’m guessing that’s [...]
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The food at Paramount is pure comfort food: full of delicious, carby goodness, the kind that puts you into a food coma afterwards. And it’s also cheap.
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Occasions that I quickly associate with The Irish Embassy: after-work drinks, late nights stumbling home, and raucous St. Patrick’s Day festivities. What I don’t typically think of, however, is a business lunch.
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