Toronto bakery known for internet-famous croissants has closed permanently
A Toronto bakery that makes some of the most eye-catching and internet-breaking croissants in the city has officially closed down.There's no small number of spots in Toronto where you can get your hands on croissants that rival those sitting in the windows of Parisian patisseries, but, for the past six y...
#business #closure #food #Toronto #QueenWest
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/02/geste-bakery-toronto-closed/
Downtown Toronto just got a new restaurant for all-you-can-eat Chinese food
Now that Toronto's iconic Yonge and Eglinton Manarin Buffet location has closed its doors, central areas in the city are in sore need of all-you-can-eat Chinese food options, and one recently-opened restaurant serves exactly that.It's right there in th...
#Food #Restaurant #Chinese #DowntownToronto #QueenWest #EntertainmentDistrict
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/02/all-you-can-eat-chinese-food-restaurant-toronto/
Edgy and out-there Toronto revue still going strong well over a decade later
Get the feathers and tassels out because Toronto's most boundary-pushing revue turns another year older this week.The bi-monthly punk rock burlesque spectacle, Pussy Whipped Wednesdays, will once again turn heads and raise heart rates as it marks its 12th anniversary at the Bovine Sex C...
#entertainment #performance #community #Toronto #QueenWest
https://www.blogto.com/radar/2026/02/toronto-punk-rock-burlesque-revue/
One of Toronto's best-known French bakers opens her dream restaurant this week
Over the past 17 years, the name Nadege has become so synonymous with French pastry in Toronto that you may not even know that it's also the first name of its founder, Nadege Nourian.This week, though, Nourian is embarking on a new venture that, she hopes, will expand her foothold on th...
#Food #Restaurant #FrenchCuisine #Toronto #QueenWest #Etobicoke
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/01/nadege-chez-nad-toronto/
Legendary Toronto bar will soon be taken over by new concept from all-star team
Months after a beloved Toronto nightlife hub closed its doors, a new concept by a pair of revered local professionals is gearing up to move in.Gone are the days when a restaurant, bar, or cafe had to choose one of those things to be. Nowadays, a swelling mass of the coolest spo...
#restaurant #bar #hospitality #food #Toronto #QueenWest
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/01/cafe-gigi-dirty-laundry-toronto-opening/
A new Toronto cocktail bar is bringing the heat with fiery sips and bites
The new year in Toronto means it's time to start exploring new food and drink in the city — and if you're a fan of unique experiences, there's one new cocktail bar you absolutely have to check out.Nestled in the heart of Queen West, Ceniza blends elevated dining with bespoke creations in a self-described “...
#Food #Drink #Nightlife #QueenWest #Toronto
https://www.blogto.com/sponsored/2026/01/ceniza-cocktail-bar-toronto/

Kae you may know from his #Grammy nomination last year, his work with #BadBadNotGood, and his #TorontoJazzFest Emerging Artist award he couldn't accept in person as he was munching octopus on a beach in #Barcelona at the time, so sent…

Nolan Murphy is well known to #QueenWest fans, ubiquitous sous/bone/vibes/tymp/perc/drum sub in a spectrum of genres, founder/leader/arranger of @shout seen at street fests and brass events everywhere, also winner of Emerging Artist by the City of #OwenSound and left #UofT Jazz when they nix'd him pursuing Jazz Tuba, the idiots, what the hell sort of college says tuba isn't 'proper jazz'? Assholes. But I digress…

Me, last third of the trio, you know. I'm just me.

The audience at #JohnnyGs detected a pattern in both surname and phenotypes … 🤣

Not sure how folks feel about audio toots, but this is nine minutes or so of the sound of a typical Saturday 3am on #QueenWest, a little thing we call I Can't Give You Anything But L-O-V-E

#notyerdadstraddad #eso #DromTaberna #LiveMusicIsBest #noAI #actualmusicians

How I'll spend my St Nicholas' Day:
#musicianslife #sleepisfordolphins #keepingithot #queenwest #eso
(show times are roughly a half hour later)