Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The judges have spoken — twice — and the “Best Burger” at yesterday’s Hale Muskoka opening is a local sear-ious smash-up success. Chef Melanie Robinson’s slider was a play on two dishes: a traditional Bahn Mi sandwich and a bowl of noodles. The Orillia Eclectic Cafe owner says she […]
Bob Pomerantz | Special to TODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You might know that Gravenhurst was home to a German prisoner-of-war camp between 1940 and 1946. But did you know that, ironically in 1949 the camp was repurposed as a Jewish summer resort with kosher-style food and stand-up comics like a young Dave Broadfoot? That’s just one […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A “Smash and Sear” burger competition today was as much about the searing heat as the beef. Hale Muskoka’s all-you-can-eat opening was the hottest ticket in town as hundreds lined up in the heat to sample and vote. Five chefs and five judges were on the hot seat as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — I went to a concert last night and a party broke out. A birthday party — for The BOMB Retro ’80s Live super band fan Cathy, who danced her way across the Opera House stage. She and a couple hundred of her close friends and fans of the Whitby […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A new ‘Marketplace Flavours Venue’ at the north entrance to Gravenhurst opens Sunday with a “Smash & Sear: Best Burger Competition.” After months of nice renovations to the old “Simpson Barn” property on Bethune Drive North at Hwy. 11, Hale Muskoka is hosting its first outdoor culinary event. A […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Family and friends are mourning the passing of a Gravenhurst man in Tuesday’s car accident at Pine Lake. Michael Sutcliffe died in an apparent head-on collision on Hwy. 169 at about 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5. He was the lone driver in a black Subaru. “Really great guy,” said Robert […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Less than a minute” before a fatal two-car crash claimed two Muskoka men in front of Pine Lake Cottages last evening, Yulia Syniavska and her family of five had just pulled off Hwy. 169 into the driveway of their holiday cabin. “It was just terrible, terrible.” Police say the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BEATRICE — A tragic end for family here last Friday has police confirming the deaths of a son and his parents. Mitchell Gray, 29, and Paul Gray, 60, and Anita Gray, 59, died in a shooting and fire on Beatrice Town Line shortly after 8 p.m. Aug. 1. All were from […]