Author: Nick Lee

The lounge area

This new King West hotspot takes over the Brant House space and boasts specialty craft cocktails, home-cooked style classic comfort food and plenty of TVs for watching sports.

There’s a lot to love about the Rudsak brand with creativity led by Evik Astoorian for the past 20 years. Luckily friends convinced me to stay around for this last show of the day in the midst of a hectic World MasterCard Fashion Week because now I love Rudsak even more.

Queen West’s Filipino fusion restaurant, Lamesa Filipino Kitchen, recently made renovations to their space including a Tiki-style bar. I was lucky to be part of a group that was invited to sample their new menu including brunch, dinner and late-night menu items as well as cocktails from their new bartender.

At this season’s World MasterCard Fashion Week, one of the many outstanding shows was Farley Chatto’s “Far and Away” Winter Collection 2014 featuring lavish and luxuriously thick furs.

Spring is here! And who isn’t looking forward to warmer weather that’s almost within reach? So to celebrate the new season, how apropos of a food-focused fundraising event to be called “Spring Thaw”. Taking place on Monday, March 31st, 2014, Spring Thaw is a new signature culinary event by the Canadian Chefs’ Congress bringing together over 22 Canadian chefs (many from Toronto) including Frank Restaurant (AGO), Boehmer, Momofuku, Canoe and so much more. There will also be live music by…

In support of the Aids Committee of Toronto (ACT), the annual SNAP! fundraising gala was held at Andrew Richards Design on March 6, 2014. The evening gave guests the opportunity to bid on pieces of photographic art while at the same time raising funds for ACT’s programs and initiatives to reduce HIV transmission and support those living with HIV.

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