Tag: Somerset Street West
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Back to Ben Ben
I squeezed in under the wire: 2:45pm — still time to snag Ben Ben’s 11 to 3pm luncheon special. I think it had been 20 years since I’d done anything other than walk by this 32-year-old institution. I suppose it was enough to see it still kicking, still in its Somerset spot, its sign unchanged, while I investigated […]
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Share Freehouse shuttered
The doors of Share Freehouse in Somerset Village have closed, but a window’s been left open for a possible rebirth somewhere else: “The 327 Somerset chapter of this book is now finished. Thanks to all who made this place really special. We hope to resurrect in another form.” We wish them well…
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Petit Peru moves to Chinatown
You used to have to climb a flight of stairs and dine beneath a mirror ball, skedaddling once the room began to fill with dancers. That was on Dalhousie Street, when Petit Peru shared space with the Discoteka nightclub. Today you find it in Chinatown. At least the Petit Peru on this side of the […]
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Phuket Royal: first Thai for Chinatown
It was May and I was in a parka. I tossed my heavy black coat on the back of one of many chairs at the new Phuket Royal in Chinatown and ordered up comfort food. The day called for grease and crunch and heat and though I am typically disappointed with squid in Thai restaurants, […]
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Zen lunch – ZENKITCHEN NOW CLOSED
Last February, chef Caroline Ishii left the Somerset Street vegan restaurant of which she was co-owner (and at which she had earned accolades and honours) to pursue other interests. Sommelier and current owner of Zen Kitchen, David Loan, continues to run the front of house; in the ZenKitchen kitchen now is Kyle Mortimer-Proulx, formerly of […]