Calabar Grill
| Click to read ArticleCalabar Grill serves up a selection of flavourful Nigerian dishes like suya, jollof rice, fried plantain and egusi soup with fufu. [...]
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Pier 6 Seafood
| Click to read ArticlePier 6 is here for all of your seafood cravings. The spot on Weston Road is geared toward takeout with plenty of hungry customers coming to the front counter to place their order to go. [...]
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Paris meets Mount Dennis with opening of new home decor store
| Click to read ArticleMount Dennis’ new home decor store is named after the little castles of France, which is just the esthetic Chatelet owner Teresa Wiwchar has cultivated in her business for the last 23 years. [...]
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Eglinton Crosstown could mean a brighter future for Mount Dennis businesses
| Click to read ArticleRobert Caplan is optimistic about the future of Mount Dennis — and has been for a long time now, even as he admits that right now, the sparse business district at Weston Rd. and Eglinton Ave. W. is not much to look at. [...]
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Planners envision an eco-friendly future for Toronto’s Mount Dennis area
| Click to read ArticleSome residents refer to neighbourhood as a ‘ghost town’ [...]
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Pharmasave new addition to roster of new businesses in Mount Dennis
| Click to read ArticleAdd PHARMASAVE to the ever growing number of new businesses arriving in Mount Dennis. The pharmacy opened Tuesday, Oct. 9, on Weston Road, just north of Eglinton Avenue. Its pharmacist and owner Amru Elsaiqh, who is also new to the neighbourhood, is a certified diabetes educator. [...]
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Toronto’s Mount Dennis has a new eco-mural that depicts local wildlife
| Click to read ArticleThe Eglinton Avenue and Weston Road intersection is getting another splash of colour with a new mural. Designed and painted by graffiti artist Alex “Bacon” Lazich, it can be seen on the two exterior rear walls of optometrist Dr. Marvin Cooper’s Northwestern Eye Associates building at 1162 Weston Rd. [...]
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BIA seeks to improve Mount Dennis main street with streetscape plan
| Click to read ArticleIn anticipation of new development in the area once the Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens, the Mount Dennis Business Improvement Area is undertaking a streetscape plan to determine how the neighbourhood should look. [...]
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Mount Dennis set to become the second largest transit hub in the city
| Click to read ArticleMount Dennis is poised to become one of the largest mobility hubs in Toronto – second only to Union Station, once the Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens in September of 2021. Work on the 19-kilometre corridor, which includes a 10-kilometre underground stretch between Keele Street and Laird Drive, is on schedule and is set to open on Sept. 29, 2021. Once finished, the LRT will boast 25 stops and link to more than 50 bus routes, three subway stations and GO [...]
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Supercoffee in Toronto’s west end seeks local artists’ work to exhibit
| Click to read ArticleCalling all artists, Supercoffee is seeking artwork to exhibit on its walls this fall, specifically large paintings or mixed media, proprietor Cassandra Nicolaou said. The artwork would be displayed for up to two months. Ideally, the artists would be local, she added. [...]
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Mount Dennis planning study underway in anticipation of development
| Click to read ArticleAfter decades without significant change — and in anticipation of the completion of the Crosstown LRT that will transform Mount Dennis into one of Toronto’s largest mobility hubs — the city is conducting a planning study of the area. Set to begin next year, the study’s objective is to develop a proactive planning framework for Mount Dennis before the prospect of increased development activity. [...]
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Gallery City supports businesses impacted by transit construction
| Click to read ArticleThiviyaa Sehasothy had been painting almost 20 years, yet only those closest to her knew she was an artist. Just two and a half years ago Sehasothy began exhibiting her work publicly. She credits Scarborough Arts for giving her the opportunity to show her paintings during their annual art show. [...]
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Pure honey offers taste of local landscape
| Click to read ArticleWhat makes one honey look and taste different from another? Maybe you haven’t noticed a difference. Until recently our supermarkets have been selling very homogenous offerings. Honeys harvested from many locations, poured into vats and heated to maintain liquid consistency. Sugar syrup even gets added to some! [...]
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What’s the buzz in Toronto’s Mount Dennis neighbourhood?
| Click to read ArticleThe Mount Dennis Business Improvement Area (BIA) is continuing its quest to make the neighbourhood more inviting for bees by filling the cement planters and hanging baskets along the retail strip with pollinator and eco-friendly flowers and greenery. To help with this initiative, the BIA has hired Restorative Landscapes, a landscaping firm specializing in permaculture (permanent agriculture), a system and design approach that mimics or directly relies on features and patterns of natural ecosystems. [...]
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New Mount Dennis daycare will be first city-owned net zero energy building
| Click to read ArticleOnce built, the new Mount Dennis Early Learning and Child Care Centre will be the first of its kind in the City of Toronto. With 98 spaces, the daycare will not only be the largest, but also the first city-owned net zero energy building. [...]
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Mount Dennis coffee shop turned community hub celebrates 4 years
| Click to read ArticleCassandra Nicolaou, owner of supercoffee, credits her entire team for the idea of a colouring contest in celebration of the Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue-area shop’s fourth anniversary coming up on Monday, May 21. “My staff and I had a brainstorm and we talked about how we enjoy colouring and the idea that a coffee shop is a great place to come and relax and colouring is meditative,” Nicolaou said. “I’m always looking for ways to bring people together.” [...]
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Subway restaurant has opened in Mount Dennis
| Click to read ArticleMount Dennis can add Subway to its growing roster of restaurants and eateries. The sandwich shop chain’s creation can be credited to a man by the name of Fred DeLuca, who in 1965 was looking for a way to help pay for medical school. A family friend suggested he open a submarine sandwich shop. [...]
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The top 5 vegetarian Caribbean restaurants in Toronto
| Click to read ArticleVegetarian Caribbean restaurants in Toronto prove you don’t have to eat sad food on a strict veggie-only diet. Ital food is delicious and nutritious, and unlike most salads it won’t leave your stomach rumbling for more. V’s Caribbean makes the list! [...]
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Mount Dennis could join pilot project to entice investors, developers
| Click to read ArticleMount Dennis could be part of a pilot project to entice private investors and developers to build in areas deemed Neighbourhood Improvement Areas since a motion moved by Mayor John Tory on behalf of local Coun. Frances Nunziata was adopted by the executive committee late last month. The motion was approved unanimously, the York South-Weston councillor reported. [...]
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Supercoffee Mural Project
| Click to read ArticleThe Mount Dennis BIA (with funding from the City of Toronto and Metrolinx) developed a mural on the south-west corner of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue West at Supercoffee, 1148 Weston Road. The theme (bees as super-pollinators) is connected to the Mount Dennis Community’s push to turn the neighbourhood into the first designated “Eco-Neighbourhood” in the City. Located across the street from the future Mount Dennis Station for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the mural is also an example of Metrolinx’s [...]
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Could Mount Dennis become home to Toronto’s largest outdoor gallery?
| Click to read ArticleOn a vacation to Miami, where Laura Alderson visited Wynwood Walls, known as the largest outdoor gallery in the world, the co-ordinator and community economic developer for the Mount Dennis Business Improvement Area was struck by an idea. “Could we do the same thing in Mount Dennis?” [...]
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Now is the time to build in Mount Dennis, Frances Nunziata says
| Click to read ArticleConstruction is well underway on the Crosstown LRT, which means Mount Dennis is poised to become the second largest transit hub in Toronto — second only to Union Station. And yet, despite the neighbourhood’s imminent transformation and developers’ interest in the area, builders are hesitant to move forward with any projects. [...]
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V’s Caribbean Restaurant serves up scrumptious vegan vegetarian fare
| Click to read ArticleV’s Caribbean Restaurant has become a fixture in Mount Dennis in the three years since it opened – a go-to for nutrient-packed, bursting-with-flavour vegetarian and vegan fare like pumpkin and lima bean stew, and curry channa and aloo. [...]
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Crosstown LRT Project Reveals and Respects Eglinton’s History
| Click to read ArticleAfter learning it would be demolished to make way for the Crosstown LRT, Simon Chamberlain, Rick Ciccarelli and other local residents lobbied to save the Scotiabank building at 1151 Weston Rd. Metrolinx altered their plans, and the building, a landmark in the Mount Dennis community, is being considered for heritage designation. [...]
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A possible Kodak moment: Our visit to Mount Dennis finds a storied community at a crossroads
| Click to read ArticleMount Dennis has always been working class, and in a city that's becoming increasingly gentrified in one way or another, from the Junction to Long Branch, and Ossington to darkest Leslieville, that makes Mount Dennis something special. [...]
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LORINC: Local communities to help build Metrolinx projects
| Click to read ArticleSteve Shallhorn, chair of the Toronto Community Benefits Network, says the group in the past several months has held a series of four engagement/recruitment meetings in parts of the city with high unemployment levels (Mount Dennis, Malvern, Flemingdon Park). Working with labour and community organizers, the TCBN sought to identify candidates for apprenticeship programs that will produce trained workers who can be recruited from hiring halls by the winning consortia. [...]
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Spotted: The Colourful Lights of Mt. Dennis
| Click to read ArticleStreetlamp art installation Nyctophilia lights up the night in rainbow hues. [...]
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New Mount Dennis Public Library a neighbourhood beacon: Hume
| Click to read ArticleThe recent reopening of a 60-year-old local branch a sign that libraries are alive and well in Toronto. [...]
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Mount Dennis The Ultimate Neighbourhood Rankings
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A community in profile: Weston-Mount Dennis
| Click to read ArticleOften referred to as the priority neighbourhood that is not a priority any more, the Toronto neighbourhood of Weston-Mount Dennis rarely makes the front pages, and even when it does, it's guns, gangs, poverty and violence that dominate. [...]
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The past and the future of Mount Dennis
| Click to read ArticleLast weekend's Jane's Walk featured many worthy destinations, but I was compelled to join the walk in Mount Dennis, focused on the Eglinton LRT line that will have its west end terminus there, once the two massive tunnel boring machines being built there finally emerge at the eastern end of this massive - and long overdue - project. [...]
Read ArticleMt. Dennis residents picture something different for Kodak lands
| Click to read ArticleFri, Feb 28: The Refocus Kodak project is encouraging community members to provide ideas for what they would like to see built. Metrolinx is planning a transit station including a maintenance and storage facility for LRT vehicles. Mark McAllister reports. [...]
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Crosstown LRT a Revitalization Catalyst for Mount Dennis
| Click to read ArticleThe new Mount Dennis Crosstown LRT Station will consolidate two stops at Weston Road and Black Creek into one. Placed under GO's Georgetown Corridor and the new Union-Pearson Express, the redesigned station provides access to these lines as well. [...]
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Revitalizing Mount Dennis, one cup of coffee at a time
| Click to read ArticleIn the heart of Mount Dennis where there is a dearth of independent coffee shops, Cassandra Nicolaou decided to open up supercoffee at the corner of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue. “It just seemed like a perfect opportunity,” said Nicolaou, who isn’t a stranger to the former city of [...]
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