Chorney-Booth: Barbarella Bar brightens Stephen Avenue with a sunny slice of the Italian coast

When the Concorde Group opened its Major Tom restaurant in 2021, it marked a new era for the restaurant company. Concorde has opened big venues before, with its flagship National beer halls, and it has done fancier chef-driven restaurants with spots like Pigeonhole and Bridgette Bar, but the group had never really rolled “big” and “fancy” into a single concept. With Major Tom winning Best New Restaurant in the country from Canada’s 100 Best last year, the expensive gamble paid off. Read More