Author name: Jatin Dua

Five Etobicoke patios worth knowing: Eden Trattoria, Firkin on the Bay, The Crooked Cue, Merlot and Old Mill Toronto, with parking and booking rules.

Five Etobicoke bakeries worth knowing: SanRemo, Hadrien Patisserie, Le Gourmand, Hot Oven Bakery Cafe and The Portuguese Bake Shop, with hours and areas.

Five Etobicoke brunch spots worth knowing: Kitchen on Sixth, DeCourses, Creme de la Creme, Sunny Morning and Eva’s Daily Cafe, with hours and parking.

Subletting means you come back; assignment means you leave for good. What your landlord may refuse, the 7-day clock, and what to do if consent is withheld.

The T1 gets back money an Ontario landlord took illegally: key money, illegal rent, deposit interest, unreturned deposits. Eight grounds and a one-year clock.

Ontario’s 2026 rent increase guideline is 2.1%. The 90-day notice rule, the 12-month rule, which units are exempt, and the one-year deadline to dispute.

An Ontario LTB hearing is a Zoom block, not a courtroom. What to file and when, who speaks, how long the order takes, and the 15-day review deadline.

An N5 in Ontario gives 20 days but a 7-day fix window that voids it. What counts as damage or interference, what a second N5 changes, and how to respond.

The full journey of selling an Ontario restaurant: clean books, valuation, confidential marketing, asset vs share offers, landlord and AGCO consent, closing.

What Ontario’s ESA says about staff when a restaurant sells: continuity of employment if the buyer keeps them, termination and severance risk if not.