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Sunday afternoon I decided to walk uptown Toronto on Yonge St. to reach the Kinkos shop so I could mass print a few documents. The weather was stable enough and it felt just right a stroll after lunch.
The whole corridor between Finch Ave. and Sheppard Ave. on Yonge has been a constant crescendo of high rise activities since 2000, between the realization of the purple subway line and the many Asian restaurants that replaced the old pubs and burger joints.
The apartment complexes running along the street are coasted by two large low-density residential areas to the west and to the east side, virtually shielding them from sight. Plenty of food from sushi to Korean bbq, from pharmacies to bubble tea shops, it’s a vibrant and young portion of town that will keep you busy if you are a foodie.
Mel Lastman’s Square is great for public events, but its positioning doesn’t attract people.
However, if you slow down and pay attention you will notice the lack of public spaces with the exception of Mel Lastman’s Square; the rest is sidewalks and a series of missed opportunities that would have given a better look and functionality to this part of town.
The square especially has a problem in terms of accessibility since it doesn’t generate pedestrian flow. People have their major entrance and exit point only from the Yonge St. side, leaving the back unattended for lack of opening. The place feels rushed in terms of design development, and the facts it has limited entry and sight doesn’t help.
Squeezed between two towers, an attempt at public space suddenly appears.
I took a picture of a portion of space between two buildings that allegedly should work as public dominion, unfortunately it’s always empty and leads to nowhere but private property access. Indented areas don’t really work if there’s no accessibility from either side when built this way, pedestrian activity doesn’t happen because there’s no source of foot traffic transiting through.
This spot would have worked better if it featured a more welcoming sitting configuration and some flowers too, unfortunately it wasn’t well kept and weeds grew out of the large green container. The overwhelming use of metal elements to create this space make it feel cold and unwelcoming.
The Bauhaus nostalgia is strong with this one.
Close to the sitting area the North York Centre functions as shopping area for thousands of residents and visitors. Inside it hosts a cinema, a large grocery store, restaurants, health clinics, electronic shops, subway stop, and formerly a two-story Staples point which is now no more leaving a huge retail vacancy that removed the only bit of colour from its facade.
From outside the industrial look minimizes its appeal removing any human element form it. The lack of distinctive patterns and vegetation alienates the pedestrian from having a pleasant interaction with the place, also the absence of alternative space arrangement emphasizes the frenetic flow of people along the sidewalk: nowhere to stop, nowhere to sit, it’s not meant to have anyone gazing around or stopping to contemplate.
What punishes this urban setting is the verticality of Yong St. which left no options for an alternative design to happen; intersections are at right angles and leave no room for the public realm to properly exists. This pushes these areas to become sad enclaves of private spaces that oust the public from enjoying their towns.
Diagonal, a missing term in the urban design manual of North America.
Alternatively, the design would have improved if roads took a different angle than crossing at 90 degrees with each other. The Spanish city of Barcelona is characterized by the Avinguda Diagonal, a large and important street which goes through the whole city without running parallel with other roads. Paris is another example of alternatives to the repetitive pattern of road grids that characterizes Canada and the US.
Diagonal street design has the ability to make cities feel more organic and less artificial, they allow for more sidewalk space to exist and therefore to grant access to more pedestrian traffic and business activity which can expand outdoor.
Above the aerial view of the portion of Yong St. and Mel Lastman’s square with an alternative design: purple lines represent additional roads that help relieving traffic directions, red is the focal point that connects all the streets, the dashed yellow line represents a much bigger possible public space pedestrians can enjoy and business to thrive.
The current setting of designing roads doesn’t allow for a natural flow of pedestrians, but rather a parallel dynamic dictated by the car traffic directions. This is one of the reasons these areas don’t collect as much people as they should. At random times through the day you can see the lack of people, the only instant they have activity is during lunch hour when office workers eat their meals in the square.
A cafe in Paris where outdoor seating is a must, even in the winter.
Intersections that meet at different angles have the ability to generate more sidewalk space for people to experience. Cafes in Paris flourished because of this road design which allows commercial activities to extend their seating capacities just outside their doors, becoming a staple reference point for citizens and for cities to become alive.
Bars and outdoor seating areas are greatly cherished and respected in Europe as they represent the quintessential experience of claiming the public space which rightfully belongs to the people. On the contrary, in North America, the systematic absence of the public realm has favored the car-culture to bloom uninterrupted, creating more harm than anything else to cities, pedestrians, and the environment.
The pleasant sight of people filling the streets and enjoying the public realm, a rarity in North America.
Why does this happen less frequently in Canada and the US?- It’s understandable how the weather of certain portions these two country experience has its own impact; however, the good season allows for metropolitan areas to have their share of pedestrians activity to fill the streets.
The current design of cities in these two countries developed around the Industrial Revolution period, where the need for mechanized transportation was already in place, so roads had to be able to host a large flow of private transportation which later transformed society with the advent of the car and the birth of the suburbs, thus more road lanes and less space for pedestrians.
All in all, cities never stop to change especially when we talk about Toronto, now the 4th largest metropolis in North America; so there are big shoes to fill from this perspective. Tourism can greatly benefit from extended pedestrian areas that concentrate people granting more time to be spent around business activity.
In the end we should rethink the way we perceive the public realm. Public as for pedestrian to use, not for cars to generate more traffic that already exists, so it’s essential for citizens to demand from their local and national political representatives to broaden their views in terms of environmental issues. It’s not just a matter of how many trees you plant, but how much space families and tourists can benefit from a better developed city.
The chef Niki Nakayama, and her wife and collaborator, Carole Iida, are two of a small number of female chefs in a high-end Japanese culinary landscape that is virtually dominated by men. Nakayama’s restaurant has become a highly coveted reservation in L.A, with tables booked out three months in advance.
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Commercial kitchens before and after….
The size of your kitchens, equipment, tools, cooking techniques, food style, enstruments, portions, presentations or descriptions of your food may vary from time to time.
But something will always remain the same;
“There won’t be any great dishes without any passion”
Volkan Altinors.
Spring is in the air….#nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #batterypark #batteryparkcity #cafes #restaurants #spring (at Lower Manhattan)
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If you have Edison lights you automatically get the guillotine.
this place has a burger that’s topped with like 3 other kinds of meat and tastes like nothing but liquid smoke
guacamole is offered for $1.75
they have a sign up telling you no Wi-Fi talk to each other but they also want you to follow them on Instagram
they have a $17 burger that has “deconstructed” in its description.
All of the beverages are served in mason jars and the only straws they provide, on request, are dry pasta
Menus printed on brown paper that’s meant to look low-fi but actually costs $40 a ream
Some weird chalk art that no one can read makes up half the drink menu
theres a dead rat inside the bread bowl soup you order
they wheel a dessert cart to the table and its just blood and bones and cartilage and hair
the workers are skeletons and when they move their bones rattle like drybones
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Even if it was drive thru only I think it would work
Located within an iconic Brutalist building in central #London, @toklas_london, a new restaurant, bakery and grocery store stands out among the latest arrivals in the city’s hospitality scene as much for its unpretentious yet sophisticated Mediterranean menu as for its restrained elegance and culture-minded inspiration. The brainchild of @friezeofficial founders Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover @mslotover, the venture is named after American author Alice B. Toklas who, together with her life partner Gertrude Stein, turned their pre-war Paris apartment into a modern art salon. By interweaving vintage and contemporary elements, British designer Stafford Schmool @stafschmool has subtly channelled the avant-garde spirit of Toklas and Stein’s artists and writers-packed soirees to create Toklas’ low-key, charming and genial environment.
Photography by @matthieulavanchy.
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Frieze Founders Draw Inspiration from Alice B. Toklas’ Storied Life for their New London Restaurant
https://www.yatzer.com/toklas-restaurant
#yatzer #yatzer_inspiration #restaurant #bakery #grocery #Mediterranean #vintage #restaurant #food #foodie #foodphotography #foodstagram #foodlover #design #foodpics #interiordesign #restaurants #coffee #dessert #restaurantdesign #cuisine #breakfastideas #design #設計 #diseño #дизийн #creativeinspiration #designmatters #creativedesign (at London, United Kingdom)
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Raindrop Cake Is America’s Next Big Food Craze
Step aside, cronut. There’s a new dessert coming to town that’ll be making a splash this weekend. Meet the raindrop cake, a dessert inspired by Japan’s Mizu Shingen Mochi. Described by creator Darren Wong, it’s a “light, delicate and refreshing raindrop made for your mouth.” And like rain, the water and agar-based creation is calorie-free and lacks flavor until eaten with accompanying molasses and roasted soybean flour. Raindrop cake will only be available at Brooklyn’s Smorgasburg starting this weekend for now, but you can learn more about the dessert here.
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As students, we often struggle with the dilemma of going out. Yes, the food is much better than we could ever cook on our own, but it’s also much more expensive. Fortunately, there are restaurants out there that will keep your tummy and your wallet happy - here are just a few of them!
• Steak ‘N Shake. With at least 17 meal options for under $4, you’ve got plenty to choose from that won’t break the bank. Also, they’re always putting out sheets of coupons that you can snag from an email or the newspaper, so you can make these great deals even better.
• IHOP. These pancake people have several cheaper options to provide you with all your breakfast-y needs. Not only that, but they also offer a student discount, so long as you show them your ID. This saves you an extra 10% off your bill, making your meal that much tastier.
• Dairy Queen. You may have some trouble finding these nowadays, but if you do, you’re in for a thrifty treat. They have a $5 lunch menu where you can choose from a chicken wrap, chicken tenders, a chili cheese dog or a burger. These come with fries, a drink and your choice of dessert!
Be sure to check what sort of deals your local restaurants offer as well - you never know what kind of bargains you might find!
The Meat-and-Three Makeover: Southern Cooking Rethought
Across the country, chefs are putting new spins on an old-school Southern dining concept.
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Two pizza bakers at work in the window of their pizzeria, 1950s.
Photo: Michael W. Gorth/Lost Color Library/Daily Mail
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reblog this and tag with a food you no longer have access to (closed restaurant, state you moved away from, ex’s mom’s cooking, etc) that will haunt you until your dying day, mine are the spicy chicken sandwich on the employee menu at the fine dining restaurant I was a prep cook at, and the onion bagel from the kosher place down the street from my house when I lived in the city
supernormal / melbourne
If you want steak and wish to take pleasure in 1 cheaply, then Outback Steakhouse provides plenty of deals to achieve that aim. For individuals who’ve never ever frequented the Outback, it truly is an Australian created cafe that provides American Delicacies in 669 domestic and 111 Globally places. The very 1st Outback steakhouse opened up in 1988 in order that as it truly is recognition elevated so did the level of these everyday dining dining places.
Steak And even more
There’s tiny concern that beef could be the niche in the residence while in the Outback, especially their meats that happen to be heavily spiced. (They truly have 17 diverse spice blends for her or his meats by itself!) You might decide on to have your steak cooked the normal way on the griddle with butter, or choose the lighter option of receiving your steak grilled in excess of an oak flame.
In addition to, meats the Outback also serves hamburgers, prime rib, hen, sea food and salad. As being the beer they supply is often constrained and could differ from restaurant to restaurant they ordinarily have a single Australian lager to offer for people who wish to fake they can be basically in the u.s. listed here.
Apart from their meats their most generally utilised foodstuff appears will be the onion blossom with it’s related sauce. Their prime rib also appears to have a substantial sum of supporters being aware of from evaluations.
Numerous Different ways To save lots of Money
Besides their meats something the Outback Steakhouses prosper is help save their customer’s money. There’s a number of worthwhile discount codes moreover to numerous deals. Some of the deals contain:
•Special charges on dinners for senior citizens Monday-Thursday
•$5.00 off discount codes for purchasing a $25.00 online
•Free youngster breakfast coupon codes
•Free snacks (generally by having an entree)
•$10.00 off any two major programs
•$5.00 off any two primary classes
•A Special $10.00 reward present certification in the event you purchase a $50.00 present certificate
•$5.00 gift certification for giving your viewpoint from your Outback Steakhouse
There exists also the most modern everyday offers and specific offers by using the restaurant’s Fb website page, which can guide to considerably more cost savings.
What exactly The Critiques Are Expressing
Critiques for that Outback are incredibly great utilizing the cafe score 4 out 5 stars in several reviews irrespective of the area. Oddly adequate adequate practically no negative reviews is regarding the foods which most testers appear to truly feel surpasses most cafe chains. The problems show up to lie mostly by using a handful of in the wait around personnel inside a number of of the spots. Several testers genuinely described the service by itself was a guessing recreation depending who your server was.
Testers also felt the Outback was a superb location to get excellent food, but was not the sort of environment during which you were really urged to linger and merely commit time when you meal was finished.
General,Outback Steakhouse seems on the sort of everyday dining cafe where you want to go should you be searching for wonderful food at affordable cost and a variety of discount coupons they have to provide aids make the Outback a much more desirable selection. Even so, if you are looking for a location to savor a terrific meal after which invest several hrs sitting down and relaxing more than espresso it is not really the restaurant of choice.
SUD, Lisboa
