Cafes
The Grow Op Opening This Week
The Grow Op, a new smoothie and salad bar and so much more, will be opening this week at 222 Ossington. You may remember a long line of fish markets in this space just south […]
Year: 2015
Photos
Beauty and The Beast Returns to Ossington
Have you seen some out-of-place subway station signs or new storefronts on Ossington today? That’s because once again, our street is being transformed for Hollywood. This time, Beauty & The Beast is back filming on […]
Fashion & Style
Closed: Silver Falls Vintage and Tusk
They announced on Facebook late last month, so we are a little behind in alerting you of the news: Silver Falls Vintage, which had been selling a carefully curated selection of vintage goodies since 2009, […]
Festivals
Pan Am Torch Comes to CAMH Thursday
The Pan Am torch has been travelling around the GTA recently in an attempt to generate interest and excitement in the Pan Am games, which take over parts of Toronto and lots of near(ish) cities […]
Festivals
Restaurant News – Saint does Summerlicious, Fishbar Closes
Summerlicious is on around the city right now; it began Friday, July 3rd and runs to the 26th. There are 210 restaurants around the city with various fixed-price offerings for the annual eating event. Ossington only has one restaurant participating – The Saint Tavern. […]
Theatre and Art
More Art Galleries Leaving Ossington
We found out this week that two of Ossington’s top art galleries are going to be closing this Fall. The first, Angell Gallery, moved to Ossington from Queen West in 2010, and now Jamie Angell plans […]
Festivals
Local Pride Events Start This Weekend
Summer festival season is upon us, including Pride. We all know the HQ for Toronto Pride is the Church and Wellesley Village, but there are events spread across the city. We’ve even got some in our […]
Festivals
Toronto Jazz Fest events keep Ossington spots open late
A couple local spots will be staying open late this June when they host some Toronto Jazz Fest performers. Both Reposado Bar and The Painted Lady are participating in the annual Jazz Festival, which means […]
Festivals
NXNE is back and hopefully better this year
June 17-21st is NXNE, and while they’ve over-complicated it this year, it’s not all bad *we hope. One improvement over last year is they got rid of the stupid non-compete which didn’t allow any performers to […]
Festivals
Portuguese Day Parade in Photos
This year the rain didn’t stop the Portuguese Day Parade from coming along Dundas and celebrating our local Portuguese culture. As always there were plenty of colourful costumes, floats by many Portuguese run companies, community groups and music by bands and DJs. […]