THE FRIENDLY SOCIETY: A NEIGHBOURHOOD GASTROPUB WITH POLISH
THE FRIENDLY SOCIETY: A NEIGHBOURHOOD GASTROPUB WITH POLISH BY CHRIS TIESSEN We follow the group ahead of us down the narrow flight …
THREE TOWNS: VENTURING OUT – INTO OUR OWN BACKYARD
FOR MANY OF US, HEADING OUT ON A WEEKEND EXCURSION SO OFTEN MEANS ONE OF TWO THINGS: EITHER ESCAPING TO THE WILDS OF COTTAGE COUNTRY OR DIVING HEADLON…
SUMMER NIGHTS’ ADVENTURING IN #DTK
PREAMBLE BY CHRIS TIESSEN Over back-to-back evenings in late June, the TOQUE team wandered into downtown Kitchener – to check out the sights, s…
THEMUSEUM PRESENTS: AFTERLIFE: A SÉANCE EXPERIENCE
FROM SEPTEMBER 18, 2019, UNTIL JANUARY 5, 2020, DOWNTOWN KITCHENER’S THEMUSEUM WILL PRESENT WHAT’S SURE TO BE A MARVELLOUSLY-MORBID EXHIBITION, A…
THE GENERAL: A HAMILTON GEM
BY CAI SEPULIS ‘Ok. I definitely need to come back with Chris and the camera,’ I tell my wife Sonia thirty seconds into our first visit. What…
BEYOND FESTIVAL CITY: A NIGHT AT THE BRUCE & A DAY ON THE TOWN
BY CHRIS TIESSEN The pinecone’s small. Not much more than a bud, really. I would never have noticed it, had it not been for Chef reaching up …
SPRING MILL DISTILLERY: BLENDING HISTORY AND MYTH
BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘A sledgehammer. A bag of corn. Two men. And six weeks.’ I turn to Cooper, raise my eyebrows, and fix my gaze upon the two m…
UPTOWN’S ‘SOLSTICE SAMPLING’: A MOST SATISFYING SCAVENGER HUNT
BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘Why’s everyone watching me?,’ I ask TOQUE Partner Cai – nervously. My fork, loaded with rice and chicken, hovers at my mout…
Friends Forever: A TOQUE x Elora Brewing Company collaboration
Friends. Almost nothing compares. Folks that you can get playful with, feel comfortable around, and do all sorts of adventurous things alongside. Over…
A MOST EPIC BEER RUN: THE G2G FROM ELMIRA TO COWBELL
By Chris Tiessen It’s a Tuesday in early June. Just before noon. As our small yet mighty crew rolls into the charming hamlet of Milverton, I am rea…
‘TOQUE NIGHT CAP’: RECALLING A HAND CRAFTED DAY TRIP
‘TOQUE NIGHT CAP’: RECALLING A HAND CRAFTED DAY TRIP BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘Red Car’s here.’ And with those three (and a half) s…
Getting to Know: Studio Shibui
Getting to know: Studio Shibui Interview by Chris Tiessen WHEN NATALIA BRAJAK DECIDED TO OPEN A WELLNESS STUDIO, SHE KNEW THAT QUEBEC STREET IN …