Taro Grill has shuttered on Queen West. With the closing of the Big Bop complex the stretch between Spadina and Bathurst will no doubt continue to evolve over the next few years but the end of Taro Grill may not have been a casualty most saw coming. A notice on the door dated January 22nd claimed that about $7,000 in rent was past due.

Further west on Queen, art supply store Tern has called it a career and moved all sales exclusively online. Tern wasn't the largest nor the tidiest art supply store in the city but they sure had competitive prices and were a good source for paints and canvases.

And on Ossington, Semolina Bakery is no more. Owned by the same people as College St.'s Riviera Bakery it never was super busy and I guess couldn't compete with the likes of nearby I Deal and Venezia.