After 49 years, Laurie Oehy, owner of The Academy of Culinary Arts has announced that the store will be closing sometime in April. In a notice to customers Laurie writes, “The building owner has decided to make major repairs to the property this Spring. Although unexpected, this is a bittersweet announcement for me. It will be very strange to not be here but I am extremely excited to start the next chapter – a “rewiring” if you will.” Across the street, a new sign has been installed, at the Bomou Artisanal Bakery. The space that used to house Rowe Farms at 1617 Bayview has a new banner in the window indicating that Toronto General Contracting will be doing some work to renovate for a new tenant. Recently opened Darna, was featured in BlogTO‘s “The top 10 new restaurant openings in Toronto for December“. Congrats! The shop at 1585 Bayview, next to Badali’s Fruit Market is still vacant. Brown paper covers the windows and we don’t have any news about what could be going on in there. Let us know if you have any clues! F5 Computer & Smartphone Repair Shop at 1559 Bayview Ave is for lease. The good news here is that F5 owner, Fahad is still available by appointment for computer and mobile phone repairs. The “For Lease” sign has been removed from the former Creeds Coffee shop location at 1595 Bayview. And finally, the construction is progressing at the north-east and north-west corners of Bayview & Millwood. The Bayview Leaside BIA beautification project has been progressing slowly this winter, but there are signs that they are nearing completion as it appears as though the construction fencing is being removed from the west side today! See you on Bayview!
