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Weekly Lunch Pick: spicy chicken manakeesh across from the Eaton Centre

Paramount’s manakeesh, a sort of Lebanese pizza

Mohamad Fakih’s family has run Paramount for three generations, starting in 1918. With two locations in Mississauga and another in Thornhill, the Middle Eastern restaurant finally expanded into Toronto proper with a spot across from the Eaton Centre late last year. While the downstairs can feel like a boisterous cafeteria, the upstairs is almost serene, with the exposed bricks and beams under the towering ceiling of the heritage building (for years it housed Superior Restaurant).

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Weekly Lunch Pick

October 24, 2011 | 8:30 am

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Weekly Lunch Pick: a healthy, filling vegan meal in a mall food court (no, really)

Urban Herbivore’s barbecue tofu sandwich on the Urban Eatery’s reusable crockery (Image: Renée Suen)

Some things you don’t expect to find in a food court: reusable dishware, stainless steel cutlery, a vegan restaurant. The new Urban Eatery at the Eaton Centre has all three. The shiny outpost of Kensington Market vegan mecca Urban Herbivore in the food court has a short yet highly customizable menu with five vegan sandwiches, each available on one of three choices of bread.

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Opening

September 1, 2011 | 4:38 pm

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Introducing: Urban Eatery, the Eaton Centre’s new, disconcertingly Danish food court

The Eaton Centre’s new food court, featuring Panton S chairs. No, really. (Image: Caroline Aksich)

The food court experience is a notoriously horrible one. The ambiance is nonexistent, the options are limited to the typical fast-food chains, and the waste produced is enormous. For years, the Eaton Centre food court has been no exception—that is, until Cadillac-Fairview embarked on creating Canada’s first “destination food court” there. It took $48 million and 14 months of renovations to transform the subterranean food court into an “urban eatery”—something that feels more like Copenhagen (mid-century modern furniture, a red, white and wood colour palette) than Toronto—until you see the A&W at least.

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The Informer

Ford Focus

August 31, 2011 | 5:30 pm

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Reaction roundup: wherein reporters ask a number of questions regarding Doug Ford’s glorious vision of the waterfront’s future

(Image: LimeBye)

Late last week, our friends at Torontoist reported that the city appeared to be making a move to seize control of development in the Port Lands, and things have only become more bewildering since then. First, Doug Ford started outlining vague plans for a massive Ferris wheel before he amped up the crazy in a conversation with CBC Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway, adding a monorail and a mega-mall to his waterfront wish list. So before the Fords dispatch Giorgio Mammoliti to distract us, we have a few questions regarding Doug’s grand vision, after the jump.

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The Informer

Gimme Shelter

August 12, 2011 | 12:35 pm

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Cottage of the Week: $8.5 million for the former Eaton family 2,500-acre hunting preserve

ADDRESS: Boundary Lake Property

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Seguin Township, Township of the Archipelago, Georgian Bay

AGENT: George Webster, Moffat Dunlap Real Estate Ltd.

PRICE: $8.5 million

THE PLACE: The name of the estate might not resonate as much as Hyannisport, the Kennedys’ Cape Cod compound, but Boundary Lake was once the summer escape of Canada’s uncrowned monarchy, the Eatons. Their Georgian Bay retreat was first developed by John David Eaton in the 1940s as a hunting preserve and was used by the family until the late ’90s, when an orthodontist from Grimsby purchased the site and restored the buildings.

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The Dish

Weekly Lunch Pick

June 13, 2011 | 8:45 am

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Weekly Lunch Pick: the rich, crispy pork belly at Trattoria Mercatto

Crispy pork belly and marinated mushrooms on the patio at Mercatto’s new Eaton Centre location (Image: Renée Suen)

Lunch around the Eaton Centre usually means waiting in long lineups for food court fare, but the recent launch of Trattoria Mercatto—the fourth location of the Italian chain run by Top Chef Canada contestant Robert Rossi—provides a nice alternative.

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The Hype

High Art

June 8, 2011 | 10:56 am

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AGO’s multi-decade love affair with Michael Snow continues with awarding of $40,000 Gershon Iskowitz Prize

Arguably Snow’s most visited creation, Flight Stop soars above oft-oblivious Eaton Centre patrons (Image: Ronnie Yip from the Torontolife.com Flickr pool)

On Monday, the AGO announced that Michael Snow, the multitalented Toronto-born artist, has won the 2011 Gershon Iskowitz prize for his contribution to the visual arts in Canada. He’s the first artist to win the prize since its booty was bulked up by $15,000 to a hefty $40,000 in early 2011.

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The Goods

From the Print Edition

January 13, 2011 | 8:50 am

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Good Stuff Cheap: ladies and gentlemen, here’s how to put together a party outfit for under $200

We challenged two style bloggers, Ryan Michael Cheung (of four1sixfive1four.tumblr.com) and Afiya Francisco (of thestylehouse.ca), to put together a party outfit for $200. They did it, shoes and all

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The Goods

Mall Rats

December 6, 2010 | 2:30 pm

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Grinch’s heart grows three sizes: Eaton Centre allows Sally Ann bells after all

(Image: Ron Sombilon)

Last week, the CBC reported that Salvation Army collectors weren’t allowed to ring their bells in the Eaton Centre or Fairview Mall, both owned by Cadillac Fairview. (This was apparently a mistake—Fairview Mall management says there’s never been a ban on Sally Ann bells in that mall.) Well, the firestorm that touched off seems to have had an effect, as the Eaton Centre has relented and allowed the charity to ring their bells and give all those angels wings after all. According to the CBC:

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Shop Talk

December 2, 2010 | 12:19 pm

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Eaton Centre leading the pack in race to be Grinch 2010

You can't ring my bell (Image: Stephen Hackett)

Does this mark the beginning of the Annual War on Christmas? The CBC is reporting that two Toronto-area malls have asked the Salvation Army to stop ringing those damn bells while its volunteers collect donations from passersby. Apparently, the incessant ringing was driving some merchants a little batty:

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Shop Talk

November 29, 2010 | 3:06 pm

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Mall wars: Bayview Village doesn’t want to be like Yorkdale

The un-Yorkdalian Bayview Village (Image: Google)

The National Post has published a lengthy piece on the recent renovations at Toronto’s major malls. The Eaton Centre, Bayview Village, Dufferin Mall and the Scarborough Town Centre have all finished or are undergoing revamps to lure shoppers and compete with on-line retailers. Just last week, the Town Centre completed a $62-million reno job with new flooring, skylights and escalators, and the Eaton Centre (currently working on a $120-million make-over) is a jumble of scaffolding.

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The Hype

Shelf Life

November 26, 2010 | 11:09 am

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The Sentimentalists hits shelves at the Eaton Centre today

After much squabbling and delay, copies of Johanna Skibsrud’s Giller Prize–winning novel, The Sentimentalists, will be available for purchase today. The mass-market paperback version of the book from publisher Douglas and McIntyre is expected to hit the shelves at the Eaton Centre Indigo this afternoon. Can’t make it to the mall? All 99 branches of the Toronto Public Library received copies of the book yesterday, so place a hold now.

• Giller winner hits stores today [Toronto Star]
• Copies of The Sentimentalists Have Arrived at Library [CNW]

The Goods

New in Shops

October 4, 2010 | 9:13 am

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Lululemon for tweens coming to the Eaton Centre

In time for the pre-holiday gift-giving frenzy, Lululemon is opening a store in the Eaton Centre targeted at young girls. Cue mother-daughter yoga classes in coordinating outfits. Called Ivivva, the brand’s clothes are much like Lulu’s athletic wear but with girlish touches (the jackets and hoodies have “emergency” hair elastics tied around the zipper), a neon colour palette and a different logo. The prices are close to those of adults’ gear: a hoodie is $79, track pants are $68, and shorts are $34. The store will be open this Friday (October 8) and stay open until December 31.

The Hype

Pop Art

August 25, 2010 | 11:53 am

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Michael Snow sues Festival Tower condo developer for $950,000 for turning down art

Michael Snow doesn’t take rejection lying down. The renowned artist (better known as the man behind the flying geese at the Eaton Centre) is seeking $950,000 in damages from filmmaker Ivan Reitman, Toronto condo developer Daniels Corp., and its joint venture, King John Festival Corp., after the developers abruptly withdrew from a project they’d commissioned for the Festival Tower (the condo building adjacent to the Bell Lightbox), according to a statement of claim filed by Snow July 16 and made public yesterday.

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The Dish

Culinary Curiosities

August 19, 2010 | 9:54 am

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Man dances his way through the Dufferin Mall No Frills

There is nothing like having a moment alone in an aisle at the grocery store to sing or dance along to whatever Carly Simon hit is blasting over the PA. But as far as Phil Villeneuve is concerned, there is no point in waiting until other shoppers have moved to frozen foods to bust a move at the dairy case. Here, in a video uploaded last week, Villeneuve dances his way through the Dufferin Mall No Frills to the Scissor Sisters‘ “Any Which Way.” We think it’s better than his Robyn frolic through the Eaton Centre (which is why this is being posted on The Dish and not The Goods)—but just barely—and are looking forward to the next instalment. “Paper Planes” at Holts? “Disturbia” at Vaughan Mills?

• Phil Villeneuve’s Channel [YouTube]

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