Moratorium – Ossington Village

Let Ossington Grow – 109 Should Be Built

November 20, 2012 Brians 57

Our neighbourhood, as one prominent Toronto writer privately noted, is tainted – people outside are beginning to view the neighborhood as anti-business and anti-development. At this blog we decided it’s time to take a stand against this taint. […]

ToDo to become FishBar

November 9, 2010 Brians 3

Todo bar is changing into Fishbar – a restaurant specializing in seafood. […]

Re-Opening Soon

November 7, 2010 Brians 2

Two new developments on Ossington this week: Salt Wine Bar is reopening and And the local convenience store, Central Convenience is re-opening soon as Lakeview Storehouse. […]

Business Profiles

Ossington Business Profile #9 – Telegramme Prints and Custom Framing

October 15, 2010 Melinda M Comments Off

An Ossington Business Profile of the newly opened Telegramme Prints and Custom Framing […]

Watch the Debate here – some great snippets

October 6, 2010 Brians 6

If you missed tonight’s debate with the Ward 19 candidates, we recorded it on UStream. The video isn’t great, but the audio came out quite well, so you can hear the full debate. […]

Salt Wine Bar is closed, hopefully not for good

September 30, 2010 Melinda M 3

Salt Wine Bar was shut down during service last weekend. They have also tweeted they are closed, and BlogTo has an in-depth post about it today. […]

Call Joe Pantalone! Open Salt Wine Bar

September 8, 2010 Brians 4

The beautifully decorated Salt restaurant is sitting empty, wine shelves cleared out, and no customers. All because Joe Pantalone imposed a moratorium on new restaurants on Ossington, and Salt didn’t file before the deadline. […]

Karen Sun – Ward 19 Candidate shows good knowledge of Ossington area

July 27, 2010 Brians 4

Last week I sat down with Karen Sun, another candidate for Ward 19, replacing the departing Joe Pantalone. We talked about Ossington and last year’s restaurant and foodservice moratorium and the restrictions on entrepreneurial ventures which were passed to follow, as well as the surrounding parks, and residential areas, and the great mix of communities within the Ossington area. […]

A different point of view – Point/Counterpoint

November 19, 2009 Brians 13

As those who read this blog know, I don’t support the new regulations that Joe Pantalone is in the midst of putting in place. And, until this weekend, and hearing a few voices in the first neighbourhood hearing which I wrote about here, I had only met a limited few – generally not homeowners – who agreed with the city councilor. […]