Posted by Greg Clow in restaurant closings, restaurant news, restaurant openings on September 3, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Just in time for the Film Festival, Mark McEwan's long awaited One (5 Hazelton Avenue) at the new Hazelton Hotel has opened its doors. With a $29 burger and $14 cocktails on the menu, it should be popular with the Hollywood types, as they'll be able to hide out from the hoi polloi who would barely be able to afford the tip on an average bill at the place.
Stargazers with slightly shallower pockets will be happy to know that ubiquitous celeb hangout Sassafraz (100 Cumberland Street) is looking to be on-target to reopen in time for TIFF. Meanwhile, Festival insiders will be allowed entrance to new high-end steakhouse Jacob's & Co. (12 Brant Street) starting September 6th, but us little people will have to wait a week or so before being allowed in to see what they've done to the space that once housed nightclub Roxy Blu and the remarkably short-lived Fumetti.
Two of the partners in Jacob's & Co., Peter Tsebelis and Gus Giazitzidis, are also the pair behind King West bistro Brassaii, and they'll soon be expanding their empire further with the opening of Modiano. Located near King and Portland, the restaurant will have an Italian menu and a relaxed, slow food approach.
Tucked away on a side street off Yonge near Davisville, Maroli has been one of the city's hidden gems for the last couple of years, serving up the unique cuisine of Kerala, a state on the Malabar coast in the southwest of India. They won't be hidden for long, though, as their Balliol location has closed to make way for a new Sobey's Express, forcing a move to a soon-to-open new spot at 630 Bloor Street West near Manning.
Also recently moved is the friendly neighbourhood sandwich and brunch spot Three's Company Café. Formerly situated at Danforth and Lamb near Greenwood, they've moved a few subway stops west to 673 Danforth Avenue near Pape. And down in Old Chinatown, the Garden Restaurant has moved a couple of blocks from 123 to 153 Dundas Street West, with their old 2nd floor location soon to be the new home of Indian Flavour, formerly located in the Atrium on Bay.
Closed for good - or so it appears - are The Brown Cow (5 Roncesvalles Avenue) and Smalltalk Bakery Café (1580 Bayview Avenue). Although those already missing the baked goods from Smalltalk may be happy to know that renowned Belgian bakery café chain Le Pain Quotidien is coming to town, with one location set to open at 508 Eglinton Avenue West near Avenue Road, and a second in the York Mills Plaza at York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue.
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