UPDATE - Waterfront BIA

P a g e 12HarbourSide UPDATERESTAURANT REVIEW: THE FOXRecently, on a Tuesday eveningaround 6 pm, wewalked across the road turningup Bay Street to number35, site of The Fox—a newpub and eatery that openedin early October.We were surprised by thehustle and bustle, given it‘ssuch a new place. All thebar stools were taken; mostof the tables too. However,we were soon comfortablyseated.We were immediately approachedby our server. Welearned she had arrived onlyfive weeks earlier from Ireland.She thought we werevisitors from England andwas flabbergasted to hearwe have lived in Canada forso long yet still have ourBritish accents.In celebration of their opening,they were offering arange of popular drinks at$4.87. They also offer twotypes of wine at this price.Their extensive beer selectionranges from $5.30 to ahigh of $8.50 for Guinness.They also have an extensivemenu of specialty housecocktails.We ordered the Daily PastaSpecial—chicken withcherry tomatoes, mushroomsand spinach in awhite sauce—and the FoxBrisket Burger made withOntario Beef topped withbacon and cheese.Both were nicely served in atimely manner. The dessert,which came highly recom-mended, was a deliciouslydecadent parfait. Do notthink ordinary ice cream;it‘s more like a crèmefraiche concoction withblack currant sauce. Beautiful.With the $15 coupon thatwe all received about amonth ago, our bill for foodand two drinks came to $41,including tip.In our opinion, it‘s afriendly place worth a visitfor a casual bite.THE FOX35 Bay Street416-869-3535Written by: Pauline Brown,Communications CommitteeTOUR THE CORUS BUILDINGThe Corus building immediately to the east of Redpath Sugar has one of the best-designedinteriors on the Waterfront. Features seldom seen anywhere else include a four-storey bio walland indoor slide in the atrium, a lakeside sundeck with Muskoka chairs on the inside of thecurtain wall, and the most impressive TV control room and computer server farm I‘ve everseen anywhere.You can see all this and more, on the free 45-minute guided tours offered by Corus two morningsa month. The only provisos are that you must sign up in advance on the Corus website,and re-confirm by email one week prior. To find out more and sign up, go to corusent.comand enter ‗Corus Quay Public Tours‘ in the SEARCH box.Article and photo by:Michelle Ramsay-BorgNOVEMBER 2011