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Sales roundup: Greta Constantine sample sale, Lela Rose trunk show, 25 per cent off at Robber

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BEAN SPROUT
All winter clothing and outerwear is 30 per cent off at this kids’ clothing shop. 565 Mount Pleasant Rd., 416-932-3727, beansprout.ca.

CABARET
The vintage shop is offering 50 per cent off dresses, men’s suits and jewellery. 672 Queen St. W., 416-504-7126.

DANDI MAESTRE
Accessory designer Dandi Maestre has a knack for bold, statement-making jewellery (antler necklace, anyone?). While she sells on-line, we’re heading to this pre-holiday pop-up shop to ogle the goods in person. From $40. Until Dec. 22. 386 Huron St., dandimaestre.com.

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Good Stuff Cheap

December 7, 2010 | 10:09 am

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Sales roundup: Jeremy Laing sample sale, Holt Renfrew designer sale, Reem Acra bridal trunk show

FASHION AND BEAUTY

BEAN SPROUT
All winter clothing and outerwear is 30 per cent off at this kid’s clothing shop. 565 Mount Pleasant Rd., 416-932-3727, beansprout.ca.

CARTE BLANCHE
Still one of the coolest boutiques on Queen West, Carte Blanche gets even better with this sale on pieces by Mark Fast, Pink Cobra and more. 758 Queen St. W., 416-532-0347, shopcarteblanche.ca.

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Good Stuff Cheap

November 2, 2010 | 10:58 am

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Sales roundup: two designer sample sales, 25 per cent off at Au Lit, Baby Ben closing sale

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ALYSSA AGENCY SAMPLE SALE
Pieces from Fidelity Denim, Covet and Brave are at least half off at this three-day sale. Cash only. Nov. 3 and 4, 11–7; Nov. 5, 11–5. 2770 Dufferin St., Ste. 206, 416-782-4169, alyssaagency.ca.

BABY BEN
Baby Ben—a locally made line of baby clothing, bunting bags and quilts—is shutting down operations. A two-day clearance sale will be held at the St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club, with bunting bags for $65 (usually $144) and cowboy jackets for $45 (usually $85), along with tees, blanket bags, fabrics and more. Nov. 6 and 7. 843 Palmerston Ave., 2nd flr., 416-534-8461, babyben.ca.

JOSEPHSON OPTICIANS
The venerable Toronto eyewear chain is holding its annual sale, with up to 70 per cent off frames. Until Nov. 30. 60 Bloor St. W., 416-964-7070, plus five other GTA locations.

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Opening

October 1, 2010 | 10:44 am

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Introducing: Fabbrica. Take a tour of Mark McEwan’s new Italian restaurant

The chef poses in front of his new pizza oven (Images: Karon Liu)

“Would you like to try a pizza?” asks chef Mark McEwan as he stands in front of the wood-burning oven at his newest restaurant, Fabbrica, located in the suburban Shops at Don Mills. “It’ll only take 90 seconds, and we can eat it at the bar.” Never mind that he’s expecting dozens of guests for a preview dinner or that he also has to head downtown in an hour or two to do his second book signing this week; McEwan sits down and shares a salsiccia pizza (lamb sausage, caramelized fennel, mozzarella) with us like it was a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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Opening

August 25, 2010 | 4:13 pm

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Salad King restored to throne; Ryerson students look forward to eating again

Crumbled kingdom: the Salad King's former home (Image: Matthew Fox)

Put down the fried butter, because this is the greatest food news we’ve received all week. Salad King, the cheap Thai restaurant that has been feeding downtowners for nearly two decades, is planning to reopen in December—just in time for Ryerson students to start cramming for exams.

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Aprons & Icons

June 15, 2010 | 2:52 pm

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We ask the top chefs at Toronto Taste what’s in store at George, Splendido, Scaramouche and the rest of the city’s hot restaurants

This past Sunday marked the 20^th anniversary of Toronto Taste, the annual event that unites Toronto’s food lovers and food makers for a day of innovative cooking, tasking and fundraising for Second Harvest. 60 of Toronto’s top chefs—including Jason Bangerter, Donna Dooher, Chris McDonald, Mark McEwan, Anthony Walsh and Anne Yarymowich—doled out top-notch cuisine to an estimated 1,600 guests at the ROM. We caught up with the chefs and asked them what’s in store for them and their restaurants this summer.

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The Find

June 14, 2010 | 2:04 pm

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Father’s Day gift idea: a portable barbecue for $60

(Image: Bodum.com)

Bodum, best known for ingenious kitchen tools in Popsicle hues, has come out with its first barbecue. The charcoal-burning unit ($60) is picnic perfect—its lid fastens to the base for easy portability, and the handle is coated in silicone (oven mitts not required). Measuring just over a foot wide, it’s large enough for a round of burgers. The barbecue is still in short supply in Toronto, but Junors has the black version now with other colours on order.

Junors, Shops at Don Mills, 1090 Don Mills Rd., 416-385-3737.

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Shop Talk

June 1, 2010 | 10:37 am

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Michael Kors store coming to the Eaton Centre

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Added to the slew of summer store launches in Toronto, a Michael Kors “lifestyle” shop is set to open in the Eaton Centre at the end of the month. Shoppers familiar with the stores in Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale and at the Shops at Don Mills can expect pretty much the same from the EC location: women’s handbags, footwear, accessories, clothing and a whole lot of gold.

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Cityscape

May 4, 2010 | 12:44 pm

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What is Toronto’s most popular new building? The Pug Awards wants to know

The Bay Adelaide Centre is in the running (Image: Neal Jennings)

Polls are now open for the 2010 Pug Awards, in which the Toronto public will recognize—through a vote of “love it,” “like it” or “hate it”—the buildings completed in 2009 that display the most architectural finesse. (Find the full list of nominations after the jump.)

What began as a satirical venture in 2004 as the Fugly Awards (given to buildings that were really freaking ugly) has evolved into a coveted Toronto distinction, with around 50,000 people expected to vote this year on 34 residential nominees and seven commercial ones—including the RBC Centre, the Telus Tower and the Madison Avenue Lofts.

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Beauty School

February 10, 2010 | 10:07 am

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Donato Salon and Spa is the newest resident at the Shops at Don Mills

Despite the huffing and puffing indie book shop McNally Robinson made when it closed its Shops at Don Mills location (it blamed the mall for its poor performance), there are still businesses willing to move into the complex. The latest is the 6,000-square-foot Donato Salon and Spa, which celebrates its grand opening tomorrow—Leigh and Harlow and Roots are also slated to open. This is the fourth location of Toronto stylist John Donato’s salon; Donato was named best editorial stylist at the 2008 North American Hairstyling Awards.

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Shop Talk

January 26, 2010 | 1:06 pm

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McNally Robinson back from bankruptcy protection, still hates Shops at Don Mills

Winnipeg-based independent bookseller McNally Robinson emerged from bankruptcy protection on Monday with plans to restructure the company.

This comes a month after the company was forced to shut down one of its Winnipeg locations and the Toronto Shops at Don Mills store. Founder Paul McNally has been vocal about the Toronto shop being one of the company’s biggest mistakes and blamed the shopping centre for an array of problems.

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Shop Talk

January 6, 2010 | 2:04 pm

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McNally Robinson blames Shops at Don Mills for Toronto store failure

Bookstores are competing with digital technology, like e-readers (Photo by Mike Lee)

Earlier this week, we reported on over 30 stores that didn’t make it through 2009. The list included a handful of indie bookstores, such as McNally Robinson, which filed for bankruptcy in December and closed its newly opened Shops at Don Mills location. But unlike its compatriots, who’ve pointed to difficulties resulting from the economic downturn, chain stores, on-line retailers, increasing rents and e-readers, McNally is laying the blame for the closure largely on the Shops’ developer, Cadillac Fairview.

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Shop Talk

January 4, 2010 | 10:31 am

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Thirty-four Toronto stores that didn’t make it through 2009

A huge rent increase forced Pages to close last summer (Photo by Neal Jennings)

Last year was for Toronto store owners what recent seasons have been like for the Blue Jays: difficult to endure and full of loss. Thanks to the most severe economic downturn in decades, the city said goodbye to many long-standing businesses, notably Dack’s, Syd Silver and Rotman’s Hat Shop and Haberdashery. There was a high turnover of businesses on Queen Street West and at Yonge and Eglinton, and the independent bookstore sector was hit hard. Here, a look back at 34 shops we lost in 2009.

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The Dish

Aprons & Icons

November 18, 2009 | 11:32 am

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McEwan to open new Italian restaurant, still eyeing the downtown Travelodge for new supermarket location

Mark McEwan means business (Photo by Karon Liu)

Mark McEwan means business (Photos by Karon Liu)

The hugely successful McEwan supermarket at Shops at Don Mills is keeping Mark McEwan north of Bloor as he plans to open his fourth restaurant next May. Fabbrica, the Italian term for “fabricate,” will be what McEwan calls “a true to form, Grandma’s cooking, down on your knees” Italian restaurant serving roasted fish, Neapolitan pizza (made in wood-burning ovens) and pasta that’s made in-house. “We’ll also have a salami cellar,” McEwan says. “We’re not reinventing the wheel here, we’re just making good food.” The reason to stay uptown, he adds, is that “there’s a huge market up here, and I believe the market is under-serviced. There’s a calling for quality restaurants,” noting the abundance of chain restaurants in the area.

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