Here's a bit of bad news for Riverside bar-goers. The Avro announced today that it will close its doors for good on Friday, April 26th, thereby following in the footsteps of the ill-fated airplane project after which the watering hole is named. The story is a familier one. Riverside is on the rise and with it is the rent that landlords are seeking from tenants. There's also more competition in the near vicinity with the arrival of Riverside Public House, An Sibin Pub and Aft (to name a few).

And the record for fastest to the deadpool goes to...Smoke BBQ House. Opened on Harbord Street in December, the meat-focused restaurant announced on Twitter yesterday that it had closed its doors. Perhaps there's some cosmic stipulation that Toronto can only have so many bourbon and BBQ joints — and having reached capacity, one must invariably close when another opens.

The staff at West Queen West burger joint Bellwood Bar and Grill have flipped their last patty. The joint, famous for its 16 oz. hamburgers and late-night eats, closed for good earlier this week when the building's owners - who are also the operators of the restaurant - decided to sell up.

A January real estate listing has the building and the two upstairs apartments valued at $1.5 million, the hefty price tag no doubt reflecting its prime location steps from Trinity Bellwoods Park. The sale is listed on the condition that the new owners take over the business too.

Add two more to the deadpool list. According to reports in Post City, Centro up at Yonge and Eglinton and Colborne Lane in King East will soon serve their last meals.

It's only Wednesday and it has already been a tough week for restaurant closures in Toronto. The latest deadpool is Tortilla Flats, a long time fixture on Queen St. just west of Spadina. While many rightly complained about quality of food and service at this joint, there's no denying it continued to draw something of a crowd for its cheap drink specials ($3.49 daiquiri Mondays) and back patio.

It looks like the Bellevue restaurant in Kensington has served its last meal. This popular brunch spot at the corner of Bellevue and Nassau was slapped with an eviction notice this week for non-payment of rent. This follows an extended closure for the restaurant - one that was only expected to last until the Spring.