On this frigid day the brown paper has come down off the windows at the Play Cafe at 1517 Bayview Ave. at Millwood Rd. This is the newly-opened drop-in play centre with creative workshops plus coffee and healthy snacks for parents. The space is available for private parties too. The official opening is Saturday, March 1, 2014. Up the street at 1541 Bayview, State of the Art Gallery has a For Lease sign in the window. And even further north at 1657 Bayview, Essence du Papier will close at the end of March according to the owner. The shop has been in operation for less than a year at the location which was occupied by the Country Store for many years. The name Essence du Papier is owned by the Pierre Belvedere company of Montreal. Essence du Papier was said when it opened to have three other stores, two in Montreal and one downtown in Toronto. No word on them.
