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Changri-la

Changri-la

After months of speculation, Momofuko’s David Chang revealed last week that the three restaurants he’s creating for the new Shangri-la Hotel at University and Adelaide will open July 28. Two days later, the time frame was adjusted to August with the qualifier that the eateries will definitely be up and running in time for September’s Film Fest. Adds Chang: “I’m scared shitless.” And so he should be: the luxury hotel-condo complex looks nowhere near completion.

Son of Susur

Susur Lee’s new venture with sons Kai and Levi Bent-Lee at Dundas and Markham will be known as Bent in honour of Lee’s wife and the boys’ mom, designer Brenda Bent. “Not my choice,” says Bent, who preferred the more family-friendly Kin. Watch for a late May launch complete with curbside patio.

Fuzion fizzles

One of midtown’s most elegant patios, Fuzion is about to be rebooted on Monday (May 7) as the slightly more down-market Vic Pub (580 Church, at Dundonald, 416-944-9888, thevicpubtoronto.ca). “I’m tired of fine dining and high food costs,” says the resto’s Jimmy Georgoulis of the shift. Translation: adios, trendy tapas and champagne cocktails hello, poutine and local microbrews.

Dickery dock

TV chef and cheese spokesmodel David Adjey has just launched the Chickery (130 Spadina, at Camden, 647-347-2222, thechickery.com) in tandem with What a Bagel’s Danny Farbman. As the resto’s name suggests, bird is the word, whether on sandwiches, in salads or whole, although 24 bucks a pop seems a tad pricey, even if it comes with two sides. Does no one remember what happened to the similar Inigo and Cluck, Grunt and Low?

Annex action

Over on the cheap sushi strip, newly minted Noka (513 Bloor West, 647-351-1188, nokatoronto.com) in the old Las Iguanas looks geared to take on nearby Guu II. Note that the seafood used in Noka’s fusion-style maki is “sustainable and responsibly fished when possible.” And when it’s not, it’s not.

Famous for its student-friendly all-you-can-eat Indo-Nepalese buffet, Bloor West’s Mt Everest is about to expand into Leaside in the former Onassis Pizza at 804 Eglinton East. Seems the white-bread nabe just can’t get enough butter chicken.

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