Wonderful crazy patio madness in Toronto It doesn’t matter whether a delivery truck’s engine is vibrating in your ear, or whether a tapocketapocketa is going on next door, or the wind comes up a storm, or lightning strikes… I may have enjoyed my dinner under Boba’s purple and yellow striped canopy MORE because of the thudding downpour. Come summer, Torontonians HAVE to eat outside. Eating alfresco changes the rhythm, the tempo, the mood of Toronto dining. The word is unbuttoned. People who usually hurry through lunch are now drowsing under an umbrella as they sip pernod – and staying up later than usual to just absorb the warm inky night vibes.   more »