Chiptole Mexican Grill Opens First Resto In Canada

by Rob on August 27th, 2008

Locavores and gourmet lovers, you now have a fast food restaurant of your own.

Canada’s first Chipotle Mexican Grill opened August 15th, at 323 Yonge Street, Toronto. The famed American restaurant chain is dedicated to fresh, fast gourment food made with local and organic ingredients. Menu items range from burritos, tacos, burrito bowls and salads. Pork will be sourced from DuBreton (Quebec), their beef, Beretta Organic Farms (Ontario). 30 percent of the black and pinto beans that Chipotle will be organically grown. All for $8.

Is Canoe shaking atop the 54 floor of the TD Tower? Bartlett Lodge ordering a smaller boat to prepare for less customers to its famed shores? Not likely. They’re still in another league. But for a quick lunch break meal, Chipotle is just what we’re looking for.

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November Is Now Movember: Fundraising for Prostate Cancer

by Rob on August 26th, 2008

Gentlemen, start your facial hair.

Movember, the annual prostate cancer research charity is back for 2008. All over the world, in order to raise money for cancer research, men will be growing a moustache in November.

‘Mo’ is slang for moustache, and hence, the name. Once you explain the joke to your friends, and that you’ll be growing a moustache, raise funds from them. Offer pictures, write a ‘Mo Log’, do whatever, just raise money. 182,000 men in 2008 will be diagonsed with prostate cancer. Research is badly needed, and with all of the proceeds from Movember going to The Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada your ’stache will help in the fight.

So rev up the metabolism, forget your Gillette for a month, and get ready. Movember will be fast upon us.

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Hockey Stick Golf Putters: Bring the NHL to the Links

by Rob on August 25th, 2008

Canada had some nice weather last week. Hopefully, you got to enjoy some of it on a golf course. Did you beat par? Did you land any eagles? Were the beers after the 18th hole cool and crisp?

Important questions, all. But the question of most importance is: did you have a hockey stick golf putter? David Graham, inventor of the hockey stick golf putter, dreamed up the idea in 2004. He spent the next three years mastering the art and science of putter dynamics. In 2007, the putter was declared fully useable on a golf course. Go ahead, get your Happy Glimore on. You can do so with your favorite team’s logos and colours: you’ve got 24 NHL teams to chose from (Go Habs!) as well as three U.S. college teams.

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