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Tandem Coffee

Bored of the Distillery and looking for coffee shops nearby but not among all that old brick and moody atmosphere? I wandered up past a quaint church and into this quiet sliver of a cafe. The walls displayed pinned up Polaroids, bushels of vibrant plants and a...
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7 West

I trudged through the icy wind along the construction-shattered side street to one of Toronto’s glorious all hours (open 365 days a year) hot spots. This was a discovery several years ago, and I don’t get out to 7 West enough, but each time I do, I walk away with a...
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Leña Restaurante

Good thing I beat the Human Engineer to lunch; I was able to grab seats at the bar, the only spots left without a reserved tag. Within minutes, the lunch hour struck and the execs piled in, packing the tables around the circular bar at Leña’s centre. Do you have a...
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Otto’s Berlin Döner

Currywurst for me comes from my time in Vienna: a hearty street meat sausage, sliced, juicy and steaming, semmelbrot beside, dusted with curry powder. I have to presume they do this dish different in Berlin, as what arrived to the Opaque Dancer and I was a box loaded...
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People’s Eatery

The Cheery Milliner and I pushed through the heavy drapes that shielded the door. What I thought was a dim bar had revealed itself as a high-class restaurant squashed into Chinatown’s heart between a jeweller and the yellow-signed Swatow. We were seated at the back...