CEO Saäd Rafi to address Economic and Social Legacy of PanAm Games As Well As Related Topics at Board of Trade Distinguished Speaker Series Lunch Next Monday, June 1st – 12 noon – First Canadian Place PAN AM AHEAD: Toronto 2015 Pan Am / ParaPan Am Games CEO Saäd Rafi will discuss the games’ economic legacy at a…

FIRED UP: Corktown’s Flame Shack will have an expanded menu and extended hours starting July 1 – just in time for the Pan Am Games. Read more in our Business Spotlight. Photo by Dennis Kucherawy. FLAME SHACK: Flame Shack (506 Queen East) is in the spotlight this week with a feature story on our website by Dennis Kucherawy. Check…

Corktown news & events for the week of May 4, 2015 CRBA MEETING: Your Corktown Residents & Business Association is set to hold our monthly public meeting this Tuesday, May 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Note that some technical difficulties have meant we’ve changed the originally-planned location. Find us in the basement at Little Trinity…

Join us! All residents and businesses welcome! The Corktown Resiedents & Business Association will be holding our next monthly public meeting on Tuesday, May 5. Corktown Public Meeting Tuesday, May 5, 2015 7 to 9 p.m. Little Trinity Church Basement – 425 King St. East (Just east of Parliament) Please note the change in location from the…

CHEERS TO THAT: A shot from the recent SOLD-OUT wine tasting and gourmet meal at Corktown fave Fusilli Ristorante. Read all about it here. Photo by Dennis Kucherawy CORKTOWN WANTS A GROCERY STORE: We asked and you answered. A survey conducted by the CRBA last week revealed — by a huge margin — that Corktowners most want a grocery…

By Dennis Kucherawy FUSILLI Ristorante, a favorite neighborhood haunt, popular with Corktowners and Torontonians alike, attracted a turn-away crowd on Monday, April 20th for its first wine tasting and gourmet meal since its opening in November 1988. “It was a wonderful crowd,” said owner/chef Giuseppe Pelligra. “My staff and I enjoyed seeing and serving so…