May 9, 2010

Signs of Toronto

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Poutine seems to be well on its way to becoming The Next Big Thing in dining in Toronto. There are a number of restaurants dedicated to it, and even places with other gastronomical concerns seem to want to get in on the action.



Within a few hundred metres of Saigon Flower, there are at least two poutine shops: Smoke's Poutinerie and Poutini's. This sign points to the latter.



Also nearby: the erstwhile Belle's Appliances now houses a dojo in a building that will soon be sold and, like many of its neighbours, redeveloped into something much more higher-rent.



Photographer A.J. Messier said that shooting from that angle gave a nice compositional effect to his photo and allowed him to capture the phone number on the sign advertising giclée printing at very competitive rates.



The owners of the Lens Factory were doubtless glad that the smashed-in window was at their recently-abandoned old location.



The Liquor Control Board of Ontario runs the province's retail liquor stores.



Someone is perhaps mistaken in his or her belief that using three E's in "please" is legally binding.