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Downtown in the St Lawrence Market: http://caviarforsale.com/caviarforsale.com
In the burbs: http://www.caviarcentre.com

Here’s a list of the best of the festive restaurants open on Christmas, including many in the traditional Jewish setting (dim sum).
http://now.uz/tzodGw

We’re presuming you mean steak tartare and not steak tartar, raw meat mixed in pickles and Miracle Whip.
The quintessential French bistro dish deserves a classic Parisian bistro setting and you get both at La Societe (131 Bloor W, at Avenue Rd, 416-551-9929, lasociete.ca) in the Colonnade — beautifully chopped steak in caper vinaigrette topped with a poached quail egg, crunchy cornichons and a frazzle of deep-fried potato threads ($18) served in a bustling fin de siecle room that wouldn’t be out of place on the Boulevard St. Germain. C’est formidable!

We don’t get it either. But if you Google "Hayter Street Preview", you’ll find a YouTube page called "Hayter Street Preview" featuring a black-and-white video set to Penner’s cover of The Cat Came Back. That appears to be all the information available at this time.
If you’re unable to use Google for some curious reason, click on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNYhrS6WJkI
Norm Wilner, who hates buzz-marketing

Given how little support Fox Searchlight Pictures showed "Margaret" the first time around, I wouldn’t hold your breath for it to return to theatres. But now that the Oscar nominations have been announced (and "Margaret" is nowhere to be found), I expect we’ll hear about a DVD date fairly soon. Which is good, because I really want to see it too. - Norm Wilner

That’s a really great question, and I’m torn. Don Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road (1970) has undeniable historic value for its images of a bustling Toronto at the end of the 60s, and David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986) and Crash (1996) all use identifiable Toronto locations without ever making a big deal out of doing so. And Patricia Rozema’s I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) tweaks the city’s art scene in exactly the right way.
But I’m inclined to go with Don McKellar’s Last Night (1999), both for its unfussy use of Toronto locations and its portrait of Torontonians as an idiosyncratic but ultimately compassionate community willing to comfort one another in the darkest of hours.

The problem with looking for dance clubs that cater to a 40-something crowd is that the core market for nightclubs will always be the 19 to 25 demographic, so there are few establishments who will want to gamble on targeting the much smaller market of older partiers. Outside of the downtown core there are plenty of bars focusing more on the 40-something crowd, but they mainly book classic rock cover bands, which doesn’t generally make for a wild dance party. Having said that, there are a few downtown venues that specialize in mainstream music for a mature crowd. Crocodile Rock (240 Adelaide West) has been around forever, and tries to attract a 25+ crowd. You should be warned though that it does have a reputation as a destination for cougar hunters (ie. younger men looking for older women), and is also well known for stagettes. Another option that’s been around in various forms for years is the Devil’s Martini (473 Adelaide West), although we can’t guarantee that you won’t run into wild college kids mixed in with the older professionals. If you’re willing to party alongside the youngsters, you have far more options available, which you can browse through in the NOW Magazine music listings: http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/listings/

The easiest way to find out about salsa events is to go to our online music listings and search for "salsa", as we’ve done in this link: http://now.uz/zVD6bp

It’s absolutely free to list your concert or DJ night in NOW Magazine’s music listings. All you have to do is send the information to music@nowtoronto.com, and be sure to include the date of the event, the names of the performers, the name of the event (if there is one), the venue, the genre(s) of music, cover charge (and/or ticket information), and what time the doors open. Be sure to send in the information as early as possible, as listings will be added to our database as we receive them, and will appear on our website. The deadline for submissions to make it into the weekly print edition is 5 pm Thursday (one week before the issue you need it in), but on long weekends that deadline usually gets bumped back earlier.

Good question. The lids used by Tim Hortons for their coffee cups are made of polystyrene, which is recyclable, but only in what is described by the company as a "limited" number of markets. Of the 3,100-plus Tims outlets in Canada, some 650 have recycling programs, but it’s unclear how many of those recycle lids. On whether the cups should be tossed in the compost bin or recycling box, that’s a more complicated question. The paper used to make Tims’ cups is FSC certified. They’re manufactured using a chlorine-free process. The inks used in the cups are also water-based. So far, so good. The problem: the polyethylene lining, which renders the containers unfit for recycling. But here there are exceptions, too. In Tims stores where there are composting programs, the containers are sometimes collected to be recycled into paper trays. My advice: read recycling directions carefully when you can dispose of your cups at Tims outlets. Otherwise, when in doubt, recycle. –Enzo DiMatteo

The Portlands Energy Centre, as it’s officially known, is jointly operated by Ontario Power Generation and TransCanada Corporation (Yes, the same folks involved in the Keystone pipeline misadventure). The plant uses natural gas to produce electricity and steam for heat. PEC was built to operate during peak demand periods. The joke among critics is that the plant was built primarily to keep air conditioners going during the two weeks of the year that the heat is unbearable. Not quite. The facility is operational about 40 per cent of the time. And accounts for about 25 per cent of central Toronto’s energy needs, most of it for heating office buildings in the core. Daily reports on the plant’s power output can be found here http://reports.ieso.ca/public/GenOutputCapability/PUB_GenOutputCapability_20120103.xml. The plant has long been the subject of controversy. Many locals opposed its construction. But some environmentalists argued the plant was preferable to building new transmission lines to deliver power to Toronto. Others were of the opinion that the $730 million spent building the plant would have been better spent on programs to encourage conservation. PEC is currently looking for residents to serve on its Community Liaison Committee. - Enzo DiMatteo

Tricky question. The short answer: no one really knows. And if the cops do know, they’re not telling. Blame a quirk in police record keeping. Tickets that are issued for parking in bike lanes – as rare as the sight of Albino squirrels in Trinity-Bellwoods park we’re told – have historically been issued as "Stopped in a No Stopping Zone," a category which includes more than just bike lane parking infractions. The Toronto Cyclists Union (TCU) asked the Police Services Board back in 2009 to start collecting data on bike lane parking infractions by issuing tickets specifically for "Obstructing a bike lane." But there seems to have been no movement on that front, according to the TCU. The group’s director of advocacy and operations, Andrea Garcia, says "We haven’t had much luck reaching out to the police. They generally tend to ignore us." – Enzo DiMatteo