Cordon Bleu Bistro @ Signatures

French, Sandy Hill
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First, a bit of background: Last June, the restaurant we knew since 2001 as "Signatures" (professionally staffed) and the lunch room we knew as "Bistro Cordon Bleu" (run by students of the culinary school) shut down to reorganize. In November, it reopened...

Talay Thai

Thai, Centretown - Downtown
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Sitting as it is at the corner of Bank and Catherine streets, with MacEwen gas across the street and the Queensway overpass looming overhead, we are not expecting much in the looks department from this new Thai restaurant.

But Talay Thai, now six months...

Le Kim Chi

Korean, Preston Street - "Little Italy"
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Things are changing in Little Italy at a remarkable rate.

The opening of a Korean restaurant where Angelina's used to be is one of the more obvious signs. You might say that the shifting gastronomy of Preston Street is one of the more exciting transformations...