This Week in Food rounds up the week's food news, restaurants openings and closings, chef movements and upcoming food events in Toronto. Find us here every Friday morning.

OPENINGS & CLOSINGS

• Weslodge Saloon is now open for business at 478 King Street West.
• Kanji Sushi at 1346 Queen Street West is now open, offering sushi alongside cocktails in a sleek, wood-heavy space.
• Riverside Public House at 725 Queen Street East is open for dinner now in advance of its August 9th grand opening, when it will roll out a full menu including brunch, lunch and late-night nibbles.
• Smoke BBQ House is hoping to bring traditional southern-style barbeque to 536 Manning Avenue when it opens in September.
• The Burger's Priest is looking to open a west-end location in the King and Spadina area - possibly before the end of this year.

UPCOMING EVENTS


• As previously reported, the 18th Annual Toronto's Festival of Beer takes place this weekend, July 27th-29th at Bandshell Park. The Festival Grilling Tent boasts a pretty awesome line-up including Rodney Bowers (Hey Meatball), Matt Dean Pettit (Rock Lobster Co.) and Noah Goldenberg (The Feasting Room), to name just a few.
• Sausage Partners (1378 Queen Street East) presents a class in Whole Hog Butchery on Saturday, July 28th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Chef and butcher Kyle Demming demonstrates how to break down the beast from primal cuts to portions, chops and roasts. The class is $95 per person.
• The Stop's Beer Garden presents beer by Muskoka Cottage Brewery and food from Vijaya & Krishna's Indian Cuisine this Sunday, July 29th from 1pm to 5pm at the Green Barn (601 Christie Street).
• Beast Restaurant (96 Tecumseth Street) hosts Eat the City Dinner on Tuesday, 29th inspired by Robin Shulman's book of the same name. Tickets are $50 for this all-Toronto meal, sourced from ingredients foraged, raised and fermented locally.
• Group Of 7 Chefs host a Fish and Beer Dinner at Bellwoods Brewery (124 Ossington Avenue) on Monday, July 30th. Tickets are $75.
• Ese pops-up on Thursday, August 2nd for a screening of Hysteria at the Open Roof Festival held at the Amsterdam Brewery (21 Bathurst Street).
• Reserve your seat now for a Texas vs. Tennessee BBQ Throwdown presented by DK Kitchen and the Rusholme Park Supper Club on Saturday, August 11th at 7:30pm.

OTHER NEWS


• The Depanneur has introduced a Tasting Menu, offering an ever-changing selection of $3 servings. This week, offerings include a spicy carrot salad with feta and grilled Ontario plums with honeyed ricotta.
• Via Norte Restaurant at 938 College Street is closed for renovations until Monday, September 3rd.

Photo courtesy of Kanji Sushi