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Deathwatch
October 23, 2009 | 4:31 pm

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Study of Ossington hip strip is bad news for new restaurant owners and patio lovers across Toronto

A dim view of Ossington (Photo by Jessica Darmanin)

Some have a rather dim view of Ossington (Photo by Jessica Darmanin)

When Toronto’s most notorious fuddy-duddy, Joe Pantalone, championed last May’s ban on new licences along lower Ossington, the city agreed to examine the strip in order to better plan its future. The results of the study were released last week, and—surprise, surprise—they suggest slowing growth. Among the recommendations made in the report: an ongoing ban on backyard patios, a size limit for restaurants and a regulation that would require every restaurant to provide parking spaces.

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Restauran-TO
September 23, 2009 | 2:49 pm

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Cuban festival turns Queen Street into Castro Street—sort of

Viva! Cuban food and drink come to Little Portugal

Viva! Cuban food and drink come to Little Portugal (Photo by Omid Tavallai)

This weekend, West Queen West goes Cubano with the second annual Havana Cultura Festival. There will be music, cigar rolling and, most importantly, Cuban-inspired culinary experiences from 16 restaurants and bars along Ossington, Queen and Dundas. One unlikely participant this year is Poutini’s. For the first time since opening, they will be offering something other than their standard menu dish: a “Cuban-style frijole” poutine consisting of black beans, onions, garlic, peppers, tomato and herbs over fries, and topped with sour cream and cilantro (it’s traditionally served over rice). On Saturday night, the staff will be manning a booth across the street in order to serve the same frijole over a baked potato instead of fries.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 15, 2009 | 12:37 pm

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Whip It good: Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page at Tattoo Rock Parlour

Rock 'n' roller debry: performers prepare for the Whip It after party (Photo by Jen McNeely)

Rock ’n’ roller derby: performers prepare for the Whip It after-party (Photo by Jen McNeely)

Roller derby chicks whirled around a TTC streetcar outside Tattoo Rock Parlour on Queen West on Sunday, giving the red carpet crowd a terrific tease for the arrival of director Drew Barrymore and homegrown sweetheart Ellen Page to the Whip It after-party. Blaring classic rock tunes and serving up mac and cheese, this was a Hollywood party with a dirty, down-home feel. We stood in line to get a Whip It tattoo branded on our arm and chatted up some of the real-deal derby girls before sneaking into the VIP section to hang with—well, adjacent to—Drew, Ellen, Jason Reitman and Justin Long.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 14, 2009 | 1:00 pm

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Drew Barrymore ditches her Whip It after-party for Sweaty Betty’s

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Drew Barrymore behind the bar at Sweaty Betty's

Still a wild child, Drew Barrymore ditched her own party for Whip It (see the red carpet photos here) at Tattoo Rock Parlour for Ossington’s Sweaty Betty’s. We knew that she had been before so pre-TIFF, we chatted with owner Pol-Cristo Williams. “If Drew came back, I wouldn’t be surprised,” he told us. “She had a great time.” It was this quote we remembered when we watched Barrymore, Ellen Page and Justin Long shuffle down the graffiti back alley of Tattoo and pile in an SUV. With no verification, we decided to chance it.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 14, 2009 | 12:48 pm

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PHOTO GALLERY: Drew Barrymore on the red carpet at the premiere of Whip It

Drew Barrymore wears Galliano on the red carpet for the premiere of Whip it at the Ryerson Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday September 13, 2009. (Photo by James Helmer)We caught up with Drew Barrymore on the red carpet of the Ryerson Theatre for her premiere of Whip It. See the photos below.

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
July 29, 2009 | 4:28 pm

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Celeb spotting warm-up 2: let the speculation begin (again)

Drew Barrymore, seen here with Corey Feldman at the 1989 Oscars, screens her directorial debut, Whip It, at TIFF '09 (Photo by Alan Light)

Drew Barrymore, seen here with Corey Feldman at the 1989 Academy Awards, screens her directorial debut, Whip It, at TIFF 2009 (Photo by Alan Light)

The titles of some of TIFF‘s films (and stars speculated to show up to promote them) have been announced over the past few days. They range from Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut—with a surprisingly star-studded, funny-lady cast—to Michael Moore’s latest documentary. The sequel to Todd Solondz’s Happiness (which we thought was unsequalable), the latest comedy by the Coen brothers and Werner Herzog’s new crime-fest will also be screened. A full run down of the latest flicks to be added to the Toronto International Film Festival schedule, after the jump.

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