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On Sunday evening, more than thirty of Toronto's most celebrated chefs congregated in the open air of Yorkville Park for Toronto Taste, Second Harvest's biggest and most lavish fundraiser. Honouring its nineteenth year, the event raised $250,000 in just one night—enough to provide 500,000 meals for people in need. Torontoist was lucky to snag a couple of these hot tickets and chat with some of our city's food glitterati who—despite the challenges of running restaurants in this economy—are continuing to do their part to fight hunger.

This week's grand opening of the first phase of the Shops of Summerhill wielded a small, but spirited, blow against the encroachment of big-box stores in urban Toronto. Previously known by locals for the past thirty-some years as "The Five Thieves," the European-style shops (a butcher, a baker, a fishmonger, a greengrocer, a florist, and a café) have been undergoing a painstaking restoration and renovation for over two years. Instead of tearing down the previously crumbling nineteenth-century storefronts, Woodcliffe—the shops' landlord and heritage preservation specialists—undertook the expensive and time-consuming project of retaining as much of the original structure as possible while updating the spaces for modern use. The project was long, dusty, and frustrating at times for the vendors, but by opening the new doors of four of the shops—Pisces Gourmet, Olliffe Fine Meats, sweetgrass flowers, MBCo—this week, they offer a small-box experience that will hopefully catch on across the city.

SPORTS: If you're wandering around the Financial District tonight, don't be too shocked when you see hundreds of people running around erratically. It's got nothing to do with the economic crisis; it's Newmindspace's Capture the Flag, back for its sixth episode, where the only crisis participants face is determining the whereabouts of their opponents' flag. Full details, the official map, and rules are available here. King Street and Bay Street (on the southwest corner), 9 p.m., FREE.