24 h. ago Huge harvest market to take over Toronto park for two weekends this fall

Fall is officially slowly creeping in on us, and with that comes pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters galore, and events in the city like the free Fall Harvest Market taking over Toronto's Queens Quay later this month.If an autumn-themed market is something you're looking forward to experiencing during the upcoming season, then mark your calendars and get ready to explore a specially curated vendor market, live music, delicious food, and more to celebrate the arrival of fall.Presented by Street Eats Market and the Waterfront BIA, festival highlights also include a pumpkin patch (cue aesthetic photo opps for your socials), a fire pit and s'mores zone to please your sweet tooth, and an apple bobbing competition (a seasonal staple).A complete list of things to do at the market is available on the event website.Part of the Water/Fall Festival — an attraction that presents art installations, entertainment, food markets, and more, over a span of two weekends in the c...

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5 d. ago Is that hot dog safe to eat? Experts share travel street food smarts

In more than 20 visits to India, Colleen Taylor Sen has fallen ill from street food twice. In both cases, she blames herself. “I violated the No. 1 rule of eating street food, which is it has to be hot and freshly made,” said Taylor Sen, who has written and edited several books about street […]

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6 d. ago WestJet flight from Toronto has rough landing in St. Maarten’s airport

WestJet says a flight travelling from Toronto had a rough landing at an airport on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on Sunday afternoon. The airline issued a statement on their website, saying the flight WS2276 from Toronto experienced a hard landing upon arrival at Princess Juliana International at around 1 p.m. ET. It says […]

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6 d. ago WestJet plane makes ‘hard landing’ Sunday at Sint Maarten airport

WestJet Airlines confirms a flight from Toronto to Sint Maarten, in the Caribbean, made a 'hard landing' and passengers used emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft on Sunday.

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8 d. ago Les Thunderbirds feront une rare prestation au pays lors du festival Volaria qui se déroulera ce week

Le ciel de Mirabel sera la scène d’un spectacle ce week-end où l’équipe réputée des Thunderbirds fera des acrobaties pour une rare fois au pays.

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9 d. ago Legendary Caribbean restaurant in Toronto suddenly shuts down

A location of the city's most famous Caribbean restaurants has suddenly closed, while the future of another hangs in the balance.Toronto is, rightfully, crazy about our Caribbean cuisine. So much so that no small number of institutions serving island eats have risen to legendary status in the city.Few come close, however, to the level of iconicity enjoyed by Leslieville's The Real Jerk for the better part of the past four decades.Sure, it likely has its celebrity fans to thank for a large part of its notability, but, at the same time, its jerk chicken is some of the best in the city. Both things can be true.Open since 1984, the restaurant has had its fair share of expansion efforts and moves over the years. In 2012, it moved from its Riverside home at the corner of Queen and Broadview (now Duke's Refresher) to its current flagship in Leslieville at Gerrard and Carlaw.A few years later, a somewhat short-lived location in the Upper Beaches landed o...

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1 week ago The festival will start selling tickets to a few select films online Monday, as it will announce a new film every day for 15 consecutive days, and make tickets available that day, said Dorothy Downs,

The Forest City Film Festival is set to kick off its 10th year screening films in London, many with a Southwestern Ontario connection, and ticket sales start this week. The festival will start selling tickets to a few select films online on Monday, and it will announce a new film every day for 15 consecutive […]

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2 w. ago Sofina Foods on Trafalgar Street is undergoing a deep clean, but reassured consumers its food is safe, a position reinforced by Middlesex London Health Unit.

The bacteria is not associated with food, but water systems, said Joanne Kearon, associate medical officer of health for the health unit.

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2 w. ago Toronto Mexican restaurant is opening a second location just for its tacos

A Toronto restaurant for Mexican-style fine dining is expanding with a new location, but this time, it’s all about the street food.It hasn't even been two years since Mexhico Foods landed with a splash in Baldwin Village in the winter of 2024, but the team behind the fine dining Mexican restaurant already find themselves antsy to try something new.That doesn't mean that they're giving up on Mexhico, though. Instead, they're gearing up to open a brand-new concept called La Taqueria by Mexhico in Chinatown, just one neighbourhood over from their auspicious flagship.Ever since opening its doors in February of 2024, Mexhico has continued to grow its street cred the best way any of us know how: with food. At Mexhico, it's with contemporary takes on traditional Mexican flavours, always plated to the nines.At La Taqueria, though, the team plans to take on a more relaxed — though no less delicious– approach."Mexhico Restaurant offers auth...

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2 w. ago Toronto is getting a Caribbean street food festival this week

Oxtail, patties, jerk chicken, oh my! There's a droolworthy Caribbean street food festival taking over Toronto this week.Toronto is quite possibly one of the biggest hubs for Caribbean food outside of the islands themselves. We're not sure if that's a documented fact, but the fact remains: this city is crazy for its Caribbean cuisine, and, lucky for us, a festival devoted entirely to it is on the horizon.Back for its fourth year, but fifth event after the first was so popular that its organizers threw a second one a couple of months later, Toronto's Caribbean Street Food Festival is taking over a local park, giving attendees the chance to get their fill of a seemingly infinite selection of island eats.This year, you'll be able to find food vendors representing Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, to name only a few, who'll be serving up favourites like Jerk chicken, Bajan fish cakes, macaroni pie, rum cake pops, june plum juice, and peanut...

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4 w. ago Temporary memorial for Lapu Lapu Festival victims being moved next week

Items at the roadside memorial will be moved by city staff to the new location. The city said anyone who wishes to retrieve items from the memorial can do so before Wednesday.

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4 w. ago Toronto food alley that just opened on a buzzy strip last year has closed down

An outdoor food market in Toronto that once boasted a dozen vendors has closed permanently after only a few months.Founded in October 2024, Queen West's Food Alley promised to be a one-of-a-kind addition to the landscape of the buzzing downtown core.Transforming a vacant lot into a culinary bazaar populated by upwards of 14 independent vendors served burgers, pizza, dumplings, ice cream and beyond to scores of hungry shoppers under draping Edison string lights.Toronto alley transforming into a new street food market https://t.co/GbaL8AwG8r— blogTO (@blogTO) September 20, 2024Honestly, it would have been a cool idea had it been able to stick around. Alas, no more than 10 months after opening its gate, the Food Alley suddenly announced via Instagram post that it was closing down permanently, with little explanation."This is a goodbye! Thank you Queen W.," the stylized image reads, adding, "Queen West, you've been a dream," in the c...

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