Cabbagetown Food Establishments Invited to Participate in Gourmet Guided Tour

Cabbagetown is participating in this year's Taste Your Neighbourhood event on Saturday, July 26. These tours are led by dynamic local guides who are familiar with the history of our neighbourhood.

Taste Your Neighbourhood is a unique chance to discover local food specialties and meet local artisans and small business owners. Tour participants may register online for free starting July 7 by visiting: www.TasteYourNeighbourhood.com

We are also inviting all Cabbagetown food and drink establishments to be part of the tour! Participation means a free opportunity to show off your shop, from samples to Cabbagetown history lessons.

Businesses who wish to participate should contact us at the Cabbagetown BIA ASAP, as vacancy is limited.

237 Carlton Street, Toronto

cabbagetownbia@gmail.com

(416) 921-0857

The Local Gest "EVENTS"

424 Parliament St M5A3A2
Tel: 416-961-9425
www.thelocalgest.com
www.facebook.com/thelocalgest
www.twitter.com/thelocalgest

Enjoy the last games of World Cup 2014 on our big screen indoors and out on the patio.

Sunday Jazz
July 6th, 4:30 PM

Mike Daley / guitar and vocals, Chris Gale / sax, Chris Banks / bass

Open Mic with Porter

Thursday July 10th and 24th, 9pm-1am.
Sign up starts at 8:30pm.

Sunday Jazz

Sunday Jazz July 13th, 4:30 PM

The Steve Koven Trio. A Canadian, Toronto-based jazz group. Pianist Koven is joined by long time members, Anthony Michelli on drums and RobClutton on bass.

Thursday
Jeff & Noah

Thursday July 3rd, 17th and 31st, 2014
Jeff Barnes and Noah Zacharin, withtheir best music selection from 8:00pm to 12:00 am.

Happy Canada Day from Cabbagetown BIA

Cabbagetown wishes all a Happy Canada Day Eh!

For a neighbourhood that so strongly identifies with itself and even has its own flag you would think that we were planning to separate. But the opposite is true as Cabbagetown is a microcosm of what being a Canadian is all about. We are diverse accepting and manage to get along and make everything work.

The BIA continues to make improvements to the local infrastructure to ensure safety, restore beauty and provide a vision for one of Canada’s oldest main streets and shopping districts.

If you were to visit all 200 or so of our businesses you would find in every shop warm and friendly owners, and staff representaive of all the diversity that is Canada, no wonder we are the envy of the world for peace, tolerance, acceptance and a beacon to the world as the place to be.

So from all of us at the Cabbagetown BIA, Happy Canada Day.

Canada Day & Pride Specials at The Epicure

The Epicure Shop is celebrating Pride and Canada Day with specials that are sure to make your weekend even greater. The Epicure will be open Friday–Monday, but is closed on Tuesday for Canada Day.

Items on special:

• 5 Brothers Cheese, Champion of 2013—repeat of a sell out item
• Purchase any prepared salad—get a Summerfresh dip 1/2 price
• Que Pasa Red and White Tortilla Chips
• All natural, preservative-free, Buttertarts. The best in the city!

Visit The Epicure Shop at:

473 Parliament St, Toronto

http://www.theepicureshop.com/

Anniversary Park Pilot Project

BIA Executive Director, David Blackmore, VP Daniels Corp, Remo Agostini and BIA Chair Frank Bernardo recently met to discuss redevelopment plans for Anniversary Park at the corner of Parliament and Gerrard at the suggestion of Councillor Pam McConnell.

Phase 3 of Regent Park will be complete in the next 2 to 4 years and the park could play a major role in establishing a natural corridor to the Cabbagetown BIA main street and compliment the new development on the South east side.

A pilot project which would temporarily cordon traffic and animate the park would help determine the feasibility of developing the park. This is an idea we are exploring.

The BIA is in discussions with City Economic Development and would like to hear from community groups as to how best use the park during the pilot.

The BIA will be updating it's preliminary streetscape design from 2009.

For more information contact David at the BIA
cabbagetownbia@gmail.com

Alison Young at the Local Gest

Sunday Jazz: June 29, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

A relatively new force to reckon with in the Toronto music scene, Alison is from Ottawa where she honed her craft playing in local blues and R&B bands. After studying at the University of Toronto with Canadian sax greats Mike Murley and Kirk MacDonald, Alison has emerged as one of the Toronto music scene’s hottest and most sought after reed players. Alison plays all kinds of music and has toured Canada with pop group Kelly and the Kellygirls and with the one and only Big Rude Jake!