Barsa Restaurant

Taste of heaven in a Spanish inspired tapas, Barsa Restaurant  

Written By:Mercedes Lamoca

Come out with your friends and family and enjoy the new beautiful Restaurant called Barsa. It’s an amazing Spanish inspired tapas restaurant, located on Market Street directly beside the historic St. Lawrence Market. At Barsa we tried a wide range of all different kinds of foods from all over the world also tying in the vibrant Barcelona-inspired atmosphere.

 

Food

Executive Chef Michael G. Smith allows for the guests to taste, discover and share. The menu has a global feeling to reflect all of the diverse cultures in Toronto. The chef uses the finest local and global seasonal ingredients for his unique menu items.  Some of the top dishes that Chef Michael and his crew put together include the Sea Bream Ceviche with pecans, Tiger milk, avocado mousse and foie; and Sangria cakes with coconut tres leche, compressed fruit and mango sorbet.  We tried one of their special sangria drinks, they have  a variety and we recommend them both for winter and summer. Barsa’s philosophy of evolving modern small plates combine worldly flavors with International techniques to deliver a diverse menu guaranteed to satisfy any palate. Come try for yourself and be in “aww”

 

Atmosphere

The atmosphere is very interesting; the restaurant is the joining of the City and culture of Barcelona with Toronto. Nearly every aspect of the Barsa Taberna design has an inspiration, a story and is unique to only Barsa Taberna. We learned the lights were specially designed to reflect its Spanish heritage and light up the place perfectly.  All of the furniture was custom made and the designs on the floor were specially created for Barsa.  The lovely patterned floors were inspired by the mosaics’ that you will find throughout Spain, specifically in the Palace Al Cazar in Sevilla (Southern Spain). All of this while keeping the historic building and condition in place. The building itself is a heritage building that’s been carefully restored. The renovation  has kept most of its 1800s identity of Toronto, which not only creates for a beautiful parallelism with the Spanish influence but also hints at the history and identity of early Toronto.

 

Website:http://barsataberna.com/

Twitter: @BarsaTaberna

 

Barsa Taberna Events:

events@barsataberna.com

 

Address: 26 Market Street, Toronto, Canada

 

Shanny & Deb’s WINTER #WONDERLEIGH Holiday Soiree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Holidays season was enjoyed by everyone. We enjoyed a night just before Christmas where guest dance until 2am and celebrated the start of the Holiday Season.  People came out in white, ice blue or a touch of sparkle to shine that evening.

Thanks to Shanny in the City the other host and her client and friends who came out.  Also our venue host, one of Toronto’s most unique downtown venue’s, the Everleigh.

Thanks to our clients, supporters, partners and friends who were all there to celebrate the festive season under one roof! This the season to drink, eat, and be merry.

Just a few photos from the night: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityeventstoronto/

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www.shannyinthecity.com   www.twitter.com/shannyinthecity

Bells on Bay St. – The Bay St. Express

Every year the Bells on Bay St. ring, this year at the Fairmont Royal York.  It is a lovely event that allows attendees share the spirit of Christmas. The event was a lovely breakfast event with live music, excellent meal and even a fruit tray to represent a train track to match the theme of the event.

This year the guest speaker was Bruce McQuaig the President and CEO of Metrolinx who spoke about how transportation can provide communities with opportunities.  The audience also heard from Stacey Campbell, Executive Director and CEO of Prison Fellowship Canada as the Philanthropic Partner who spoke about children and the absence of Christmas when a parent is incarnation.  She told a story of a young man who had lost his parents to the system who they supported his ongoing education.

Bells on Bay St. was created out of a desire Intriciti had to share the spirit of Christmas with business leaders.  The idea was birthed to Alana in the early days of her ministry as she struggled with the “market bells” dominating Bay St.  She coined the phrase “Bells on Bay St.” for each of us (including herself) to be mindful of the “church bells” in the midst of the hustle and bustle at Christmas.

This year, Intriciti expanded this signature event to Ottawa with the inaugural “Bells on Bank St.” to over a few  hundred people.

When: December 3, 2014

www.intriciti.ca

The Fresh Burger Second Location Opens on Church Street

CityEvents enjoyed working on the launch of the newest location of Fresh Burger. Fresh Burger opened their second location, but this time in downtown Toronto, their first location opened up last September in Richmond Hill to rave reviews.

Fresh Burger opened for business on November 28th 2014, and to celebrate their new store they gave away free burgers for the first 2 hours. The plan was to give out free burgers for 1.5 hours but the owner extended after seeing the line. The turnout was out of this world. There were over two hundred people waiting to see what all the buzz was about and try the burgers for themselves.

Toronto seems to be crazy about their burgers, and Friday was no different. People waited patiently for the free burgers out in the cold. The energy surrounding the event was great and we were happy to hear so many positive comments! Once everyone received their burgers we asked them how they tasted and people were thrilled with quality of the ingredients and enjoyed the special sauce. Many guests also tried the poutine and one food expert said it was the best poutine they have had outside of Quebec.

Overall it was a stellar event and everyone was overjoyed with their free burgers. I used to drive to Richmond Hill for these burgers so happy that I can stay in the 905 to satisfy my cravings. (DL) I would recommend that everyone try these burgers!

 

 

 

 

You can find Fresh Burger’s 2nd location at 542 Church Street.

For photos of this event click here: https://www.flickr.com/photos

Author: Megan Teltscher and Deb Lewis

National Women’s Show Post Event

The three days of The National Women’s Show was a few weeks ago and it could not have been more fun for the attendees!  CityEvents assisted the show producers with a social media lounge.  The show was at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  The space was perfect and everyone had a great time.  The lounge was equipped with modern couches and seating areas for guests.

 

There were so many different vendors selling unique items targeted for women.  Everything from hair products to organic foods.  There was a huge spectrum of items.  Aswell as giveaways there were also free gifts.  Everyone was getting free pasta, razors and other samples.

 

The National Women’s Show had something for everyone.  There was social media interactions, shopping and mingling with other women.  We stayed in the Social Media and Contest Lounge for the majority of the time.  We had live feeds from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and more.  The live feeds were great for people for the online Twitter contests.  The online Twitter contests were great because we had many people competing for the prizes and it was simple to enter the contests.  All one had to do was retweet to win!

 

Next year is going to be just as spectacular and we hope to see everyone there again!

Click here to go to the NWS Website.

 

Author: Megan Teltscher

 

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