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It's no secret that Toronto has a housing problem. And this Thursday night, you can bust a move to help solve it. According to various sources, well over 60,000 people in Toronto are on the wait-list for social housing. The wait can be as long as a decade (yowza!) and physical or mental health issues can make it tough for some to find a safe, clean, and comfortable place to call home.

Miss Cora's Kitchen is a bright, cozy bakery and take-out spot tucked under an orange awning in Kensington Market. Miss Cora DeVries herself presides over the warm wood counter with a welcoming grin and friendly, neighbourhoodsy small talk.

Read the full review of Miss Cora's Kitchen in our Baked Goods section.

Clafouti, a French bakery on Queen St. West, is the perfect way to kickstart a day off. It's a madhouse on the weekend, jammed with ravenous hordes salivating over perfect, buttery croissants and pains au chocolat. On a weekday, however, the pace is serene. The pleasant shop contains just a few people absently munching the extravagantly good tarts and reading highbrow periodicals.

Read the full review of Clafouti in the Cafes section.

Andy Massingham's Dora Award-winning one-man slapstick play, Rough House, is a jewel-perfect example of theatrical minimalism. In the 50-minute show, he speaks not a word of text, and is accompanied onstage by only a sturdy kitchen chair, a small white bowl, and a dangling lightbulb. There's no story to speak of, and you won't care. Directed by Brian Quirt, Massingham channels the rough-and-tumble greats of silent film, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, and seasons their warmth with a dash of Becketty bleakness. The show wasn't designed for children, but its appeal is ageless; at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, several hundred people, ranging in age from 4 to 94, alternately sat spellbound and laughed their faces off.

The Ding Dong bun house is a narrow, pleasant Chinatown shop. The walls are lined with tanned and golden buns, reclining under steam-clouded domes, weirdly reminiscent of Brigitte Bardot in a soft-focus lens.

Read the full review of Ding Dong Pastries and Cafe in our Restaurants section.

Brunch at Saving Grace feels like visiting a friend who has a better apartment than you, but isn't smug about it. The small, high-ceilinged room seats twenty people (many, but not all, of the hipster variety) at bright plywood tables, and a few more can oversee the room from a raised bar at mezzanine level. Most Sundays, the place is packed- but it's only a 15-minute wait, and the servers are always smiling. In the bright, airy little space, the atmosphere is pleasant and relaxed.

Saving Grace was chosen as one of blogTO's Best Brunch Spots in Toronto. Read the full review of Saving Grace in our restaurants section.