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CABBAGETOWN NEIGHBOURHOOD REVIEW
OPEN HOUSES
Phyllis
Grosskurth lived on Spruce Street – her home is now on the market. Click here to see the listing.
LOCAL NEWS
Advance
polls for the federal election
If
you want to vote early, the advance polls are open from noon to 8 pm this
weekend – October 9, 10, 11 and 12.
You must bring photo ID (like a driver’s licence) or two separate pieces
of ID that show your name and address. There are ten advance poll locations in
Toronto Centre and each one serves a specific neighbourhood in the riding.
To
find out where you can vote, go to www.elections.ca and scroll down to “Vote at
advance polls” and click on it.
Then click on “Voter Information Service”. You’ll see a box where you can enter your postal code. Then, under “Frequently asked questions”,
you’ll see a line “Where do I vote”.
Click on that line and you’ll see the location for your poll. It’s a lot of clicking but there’s good
info at the end of it all.
You
can still vote over the weekend at the Elections Canada office (425 Bloor E,
third floor). The deadline is
Tuesday October 13 at 6 pm. Bring your ID. The office is open from Monday to Friday 9 am to 9 pm,
Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday noon to 4 pm.
Oops
– sorry
Last
week, I noted that Julian Di Battista seemed to be following instructions from
Conservative HQ in Ottawa to avoid all-candidates meetings and other public
encounters. I was wrong. He did appear at a meeting and proved
himself to be an attractive candidate.
Sorry Julian.
Crime
alert
Eric
Murphy has noticed on Spruce Street near Parliament that an individual is
emptying recycling bins and searching for discarded credit card stubs. In similar incidents, somebody on
Aberdeen Avenue is dumping recycling bins and leaving mounds of debris around
them. Police have been notified. Residents are reminded that credit card
information and other personal data should be shredded before it’s put into
recycling containers.
For
ongoing reports about crimes in our neighbourhood, check out the Cabbagetown
Residents Association website.
Ghosts
and spirits of the Distillery
Haunted
Walks of Toronto and Segway of Ontario host their 90-minute ghost walks through
the Distillery throughout October.
Each walk will feature eerie tales of duels to the death, the world of
whiskey-making and the War of 1812 along with new interactive games and
challenges. Guests will decide the
identity of Toronto’s greatest ghost – prizes and bragging rights. For times,
tour walks and prices, click here.
Chrysanthemum
Show
Allan
Gardens Conservatory (Allan Gardens, Carlton between Sherbourne and Jarvis)
presents its mums show from 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday October 11 to Sunday
November 8. While you’re there, check out Kiku – her dress is made from three
different mums and they’ll bloom during the show.
Thanksgiving
Dinner
Rosedale
United Church sponsors an annual Thanksgiving Dinner in Regent Park. This year, it happens from 6 pm on
Thursday October 8 in the Rogers Family Room at the CRC, 40 Oak Street.
Cabbagetown
Farmer’s Market
The
market is open for another couple of weeks featuring goodies from the fall
harvest. It’ll continue on Tuesday
afternoons from 3 to 7 pm until mid-October. Riverdale Park West (Sumach and Winchester).
ONSTAGE
Les
Paradis Perdus/Remix
Inspired
by childhood memories both fond and fearsome, Les Paradis Perdus has been
revisited and reworked by Laurence Lemieux with dancers Luke Garwood and Erin
Poole. The music is an original
score by Christopher Butterfield.
Performances from Wednesday October 14 to Saturday October 17 at The
Citadel (304 Parliament). Tickets
are $20 – call (416) 364-8011 or buy online here.
Duncan
Fremlin and Jack Grunsky
Duncan
and his pals in Whiskey Jack return to the Cadillac Lounge (1296 Queen W) on
Saturday from 4 to 7 pm. His
special guest this weekend is Jack Grunsky and he’ll play a few songs from his
new CD, Stirring Up The Dust.
Soulpepper’s
Cabaret series
The
intimate Saturday night cabarets continue at Soulpepper (Distillery, 50 Tank
House Lane). Patricia O’Callaghan, “Berlin and the City of Light”. Saturday
October 10, 8:30 pm. Tickets are $20 available here.
Soulpepper
Concert Series
Soulpepper
(Distillery, 50 Tank House Lane).
Albert Schultz’s Frankly Sinatra plays on Sunday October 11. With Steve Hunter (piano), Colleen Allen
(reeds), Jamie Gatti (bass), James Rhodes (trumpet) and Tom Roach (percussion).
Tickets from $22, available online here.
THANKSGIVING DINNERS
Turkey
and all the trimmings are the dietary staple this weekend in our eateries. We’ve got turducken, smoked turkey,
turkey with a Jamaican flavour and straight-up old fashioned turkey dinners. For a bit of variety, there’s also ham
and prime rib. Here’s the list -
420
Smokehouse (420 Parliament)
Smoked
turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert ($18.95). Sunday from 4 pm.
Cranberries
(619 Parliament)
Cranberries
has one of the neighbourhood’s most popular turkey dinners. It’s back again – turkey, stuffing,
gravy, mashed potatoes and veggies with dessert.
House
on Parliament (454 Parliament)
Thanksgiving
turkey dinner or the regular prime rib beef dinner on Sunday from 5 pm and
Thanksgiving turkey on Monday.
The
Irv (195 Carlton)
Turkey
is not on the menu at The Irv.
Instead, they’re carving a ham on Saturday and closing on Sunday. Open again on Monday.
The
Local Gest (424 Parliament)
Turkey
with all the trimmings – Sunday and Monday from 5 pm.
Mill
Street Beer Hall (21 Tank House Lane)
Turducken
dinner with the traditional fixings plus white chocolate and Mill Street
bierschnaps bread pudding – Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Mill
Street Brew Pub (21 Tank House Lane)
Traditional
turkey dinner, pumpkin pie, turkey poutine and turkey burgers – Saturday, Sunday
and Monday.
Peartree
(507 Parliament)
Turkey
dinner with butternut squash soup, garlic mashed potato, vegetables, cranberry
sauce, gravy and buttermilk biscuits.
Pumpkin pie for dessert.
Saturday 5 to 11 pm. Sunday
and Monday noon to 11 pm.
Under
the Table (568 Parliament)
A
glass of red or white wine with each meal. Thanksgiving dinner with soup or house salad, turkey, ham or
prime rib, vegetable medley, garlic mashed potato, mac & cheese, stuffing,
cranberry sauce, gravy and dinner roll.
Pumpkin pie with cheese or ice cream for dessert. Monday from 3 to 9 pm.
SHOPPING
Eclectisaurus
Leslie
at Eclectisaurus (249 Gerrard E) has a pair of 1980s
Italian torchiere floor lamps.
They’re mounted on stepped travertine bases with three patinated steel
poles topped by fanged panther heads and a large metal shade. 70.5” tall. Good pre-owned condition.
Tray
chic
Entertain
in style on Thanksgiving with Kendall’s new series of serving trays featuring artwork
from an international collective.
The artists receive a percentage from each sale. Handmade with sustainable bamboo in a
generous size. Open Monday to
Friday from 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. Kendall & Co (514 Parliament).
RESTAURANT NEWS
Garlic
at Merryberry
Garlic
is the theme for Cyril’s next cooking class. He’s scheduling two nights - Monday October 19 and Tuesday October 20 at 6 pm. It’ll be included in a soup and a
dressing and then on fish and chicken.
He may even figure out how to present garlic in a dessert. His classes are personal, hands-on
events. Drop in to Merryberry (559
Parliament) or phone him for your reservation (647) 348-0411.
$45.
Impact
Kitchen
A
new restaurant has opened in Corktown.
Impact Kitchen (573 King E) offers minimally processed, nutrient rich
real food. Open from 7 am, it
offers breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
Check out the menu at its website.
Odin
Closed
Monday for the day. 514 King E.
CLUBS & PUBS – DAILY LISTINGS
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 TO SUNDAY OCTOBER 18
Contact
info
Alice’s
Place, 554 Parliament St, (647) 931-9088,
https://www.facebook.com/alicesplacetoronto
Cranberries,
601 Parliament St, (416) 925-6330
El
Catrin, 18 Tank House Lane, Distillery, (416) 203-2121, www.elcatrin.ca/home
House
on Parliament, 454 Parliament St, (416) 925-4074,
www.facebook.com/pages/House-on-Parliament
The
Irv, 195 Carlton Street, (647) 350-4787, http://www.theirvpub.ca/
The
Local GEST, 424 Parliament St, (416) 961-9425, http://www.thelocalgest.com/
Merryberry,
559 Parliament, www.merryberry.ca
Mill
Street Beer Hall, 21 Tank House Ln, Distillery, (416) 681-0338,
http://toronto.millstreetbrewpub.ca/
Murgatroid,
568 Parliament, (416) 323-9381, https://www.facebook.com/MurgatroidTO
Odin,
514 King W, (647) 350-6346, https://www.facebook.com/odinhus
Paintbox
Bistro, 555 Dundas St E, (647) 748-0555, www.paintboxbistro.ca
Soulpepper,
Young Centre, 50 Tank House Lane, Distillery, (416) 866-8666,
http://soulpepper.ca/performances/music_at_soulpepper.aspx
Stirling
Room, 16 Trinity, Distillery District, www.stirlingroom.com
Stout
Irish Pub, 221 Carlton St, (647) 344-7676, www.stoutirishpub.ca
Under
the Table, 568 Parliament St, (647) 351-1533,
https://www.facebook.com/underthetabletoronto
White
Elephant, 366 Queen E. (416) 364-9999, www.whiteelephant366.com
If there's a cover charge or tickets are sold, the prices
are listed. Otherwise, the event is free.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8
The
Irv
7pm,
Geoff Willingham
The
Local GEST
8
pm, Open mic with Porter
Mill
St Brew Pub
7
pm, Tap That Cask- live acoustic music with Matt Winkler
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9
Mill
Street Beer Hall
8
pm, Vinyl nights with DJ Humble Mike of the Record Collective
Stirling
Room
Theatrical
Friday reserve on the guest list.
$20
SATURDAY OCTOBER 10
Mill
Street Beer Hall
8
pm, Vinyl nights with DJ Humble Mike of the Record Collective
Soulpepper
Cabaret Series
8:30
pm, Berlin & the City of Light with Patricia O’Callaghan, Robert Kortgaard
(piano) and Andrew Downing (double bass),
$20
Stirling
Room
Stirling
Saturdays, reserve on the guest list
SUNDAY OCTOBER 11
Alice’s
Place
9
pm, Karaoke with Vee
Local
GEST
4:30
pm, Sunday afternoon jazz with Joanne Morra (vocals), Eric St Laurent (guitar)
and Reachal Mecas (bass).
MONDAY OCTOBER 12
Stout
Irish Pub
7:30
pm, Headscratchers trivia
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13
Stout
Irish Pub
7:30
pm, Headscratchers trivia
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14
Alice’s
Place
9
pm, Karaoke
The
Local GEST
7:30
pm, Smart Ass Trivia
Paintbox
Bistro
7:30
pm, Corktown Ukelele Jam
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15
The
Irv
7pm,
Geoff Willingham
The
Local GEST
8
pm, Open Mic with Porter
Mill
St Brew Pub
7
pm, Tap That Cask - live acoustic music with Sean Pinchin
Under
the Table
9
pm, Karaoke
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16
Mill
Street Beer Hall
8
pm, Vinyl Nights with DJ Humble Mike of the Record Collective
Stirling
Room
Theatrical
Friday with resident DJ Rod Bravo, reserve on the guest list. $20
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17
Mill
Street Beer Hall
8
pm, Vinyl Nights with DJ Humble Mike of the Record Collective
Paintbox
9
pm doors open, 10 pm show, “can I
live” with Chill Moody & Junia T, $20/advance and $25/door
Soulpepper
Cabaret Series
8:30
pm, William Webster and guests explore “Brava! The dramatic power of Opera’s
Women”, $25
Stirling
Room
Stirling
Saturday. Reserve on the guest
list. $20
SUNDAY OCTOBER 18
Alice’s
Place
4
pm, Karaoke with Vee
Local
GEST
4:30
pm, Sunday afternoon jazz with Andrea Henderson
Mill
Street Brew Pub
5:30
pm, Brewmaster’s Dinner with live music by The Clearing, $69.95