Restaurant Comings & Goings

[beaconer]

yeah, they closed pretty much right after they opened.

they owed a lot of money, according to the notice in the window..

 

[deerparker]

The location at 18 Yorkville doesn't appear to be suffering the same fate. MBCo (Montreal Boulangerie) also failed in the financial district (it's a Starbucks now), yet their Yorkville and new Rosedale locations seem to do well.

 

[metropolis]

Does anyone know what's going on with Wish on Charles Street?
I was trying to make it for brunch last few Sundays ...and it was closed.

 

[deerparker]

It's no longer Wish. It's now Black Skirt...
http://www.martiniboys.com/Toronto/club-news-1159-Black-Skirt.html

 

[Spoonman]

Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere, but Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner is closing next week.

 

[BUGEYEDBRIT]

re le pain quotidien:

the half arsed rolls that cost 9 bucks a pop (before tax) didn't find many takers, oddly enough. Am not missing them at all.

 

[urbandreamer]

^Good riddance! They decreased size of their baguettes etc...while increasing their prices. In a recession, doesn't make any sense.

 

[Urban Shocker]

Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere, but Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner is closing next week.

Good. Let's hope they turn the space over to ceramic display!

And the lobby - which was intended to be event space, apparently, though few seem interested in holding events there - might be reduced in size to allow the small contemporary ceramics gallery that's rather apologetically tucked away behind it to expand and breathe.

 

[wonderboy416]

Wow, shocked to see that Outback is gone...
They're EVERYWHERE in Korea.. and strangely, damn good here too! Much, MUCh better than the Canadian offerings I had.

 

[prosperegal]

Looks like Greek Island at Yonge and College is gone.

 

[PukeGreen]

Looks like Jamie Kennedy's empire of restaurants is crumbling. The Wine Bar on Church is up for sale, and the Gardiner was recently converted from fine dining to a cafe. Only the Gilead seems to be profitable, but that's an offshoot of the others. Too bad.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-the-decline-of-a-food-empire/article1175745/

http://www.torontolife.com/daily/da...is-plans-for-the-downtown-dining-destination/

 

[urbandreamer]

Hasn't the centre of gravity shifted to Ossington? Union is due to open soon--a new restaurant from the guy behind this blog: http://www.torontolife.com/daily/opening-soon/

 

[adma]

It looks like the long-shuttered Coffee Time at Bay + Elm is *not* coming back as Coffee Time, after all...

 

[androiduk]

I saw that too. Whatever's going in there, the colours are just as garish.

 

[deerparker]

^ It's a breakfast place.