Posted by Sheryl Kirby in news and media, rag round-up on September 27, 2007 at 7:34 pm

At NOW this week, TV chef Bob Blumer offers a heartfelt eulogy for everyone's favourite brunch spot, Mimi's on Bathurst. Mimi's 22-year run ends this weekend, with three final days of service and a sell-off of the collectibles. Wayne Roberts looks at the Greenbelt as a provincial election issue. And Paul Terefenko reports that residents in the Bloor-Lansdowne neighbourhood forced out a Foodshare community garden because it was "very ugly" and "looked like a cattle pen." The explanation given was that it would affect local property values, but you know what else affects local property values? Having a neighbour who makes a nuisance of themselves at every opportunity and stops any form of progress to an area.

Also in NOW, Steven Davey heads to the Danforth to check out Deep Blue, a chippy with a twist - a variety of batters. Worth checking out, as Davey awards it a coveted 5 Ns. Graham Duncan also goes the chippy route this week, visiting High Street Fish and Chips. NOW's also got a list of bars open late for Nuit Blanche this weekend, as well as some places to grab a bite. And in his Drink Up column this week, Duncan recommends Neustadt Scottish Ale.

Over at Eye, ace reporter Corey Mintz gladly accepts an assignment to review a vegan restaurant after his months-long meat-eating bender, and enjoys some healthy fare at Hisbiscus on Augusta Avenue.

At Metro, Billy Munnelly has some decent things to say about Wayne Gretzky's new wine,  while Keith Beaty offers step-by-step instructions on how to eat lobster bare-handed. There's also info about Ramadan, Rick McGinnis reviews Peridot, and David Singh reports that cherries are the new superfruit (attention pomegranate: take a hike, your 15 minutes are up).