Imagine stepping out of your hotel into the thick of the Toronto Pride Parade. That’s what happens when you’re a guest at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel, located at the intersection of Church and Bloor Streets, exactly where the Parade kicks off. On Pride Sunday, the crowds are five-deep behind the barricades – and you step out…
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Hilton Toronto Hotel: Toronto, Canada
First of all, this is not your grandmother’s Hilton. Oh, no, far from it – although if your grandmother is as sophisticated, urban, and stylish as Carmen Dell’Orefice, she’ll have a wonderful time in residence at this cosmopolitan urban retreat. Located between the financial and entertainment districts of downtown Toronto, the Hilton Toronto Hotel is right next…
La Société: Toronto, Canada
A blast of belle époque Paris along Toronto’s Bloor Street, La Société is an opulent brasserie outfitted with a stunning stained-glass ceiling, leather banquettes, mahogany furnishings, and a zinc bar. Opened in June of 2011 by Toronto entertainment mogul (and owner of the Guvernment nightclub) Charles Khabouth, the expansive 7,000-square foot restaurant also includes a…
Toronto Pride 2012: Out, Loud, and Proud
“We call this a loonie,” she said, holding the coin to the sunlight. It was brand new, freshly minted, which was what had caught our attention. “See the loon? Most of our coins have animals on them.” A loonie for the Canadian dollar coin – and a toonie for the two-dollar coin – and such…
Nota Bene Restaurant: Toronto, Canada
One of the city’s most acclaimed restaurants, Nota Bene was named Canada’s best new restaurant by both Toronto Life and enRoute magazines. Chef/owner David Lee’s latest eatery opened in July 2008 on Queen Street West in a location that draws artists from West Queen Street West as well as the suits from nearby University Avenue….
Toronto’s Tasty Temptations
You’ve just got to love a city that erects a bronze statue of a local gay magistrate accused of too closely examining the nether regions of three male suspects. On a bronze frieze, at the base of the Alexander Wood statue on the corner of Church and Alexander in Toronto, the deliciously scandalous scene from…
Mengrai: Toronto, Canada
Arguably, and often-accepted as, the best Thai restaurant in Toronto, Mengrai also proves to be one of the more convivial dining experiences in a city well-known for unassuming style, thanks in no small part to the charms of owner Allan Lim. Toronto’s own Mr. Chow creates an ebullient atmosphere, complete with table-hopping and genuine enthusiasm…