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CHANGES

Café Boulud closed this week for renovations, three years after it opened in the Four Seasons Hotel at 60 Yorkville Ave. It plans to reopen in time for the Toronto International Film Festival in September, with a design by Martin Brudnizki (the Ivy) that can only improve on the sterile office vibe first created by Rosalie Wise Design. Chef de cuisine Sylvain Assié will oversee the Lyonnaise brasserie menu, which features rotisserie meats. Tyler Shedden, the previous chef, plans to open his own restaurant in Toronto.

OPENINGS

Waterfront strollers can now get Bea

vertails at Pier 6, 145 Queens Quay W. Who doesn’t love fried dough laden with sweet toppings?

New York’s Maman bakery café is opening in First Canadian Place’s food court, serving breakfast and lunch.

Filipino restaurant LJ Kusina has moved to 4915 Steeles Ave. E., open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m.

Beast at 96 Tecumseth St. is hosting a July 13 vegetarian dinner with Michael Thiemann and Matt Masera (Mother and Empress Tavern, Sacramento, Calif.). Five courses cost $60 plus $40 for Southbrook wine pairings by Zoltan Szabo.