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Hapa Izakaya to open in time for TIFF

By Andrew D’Cruz

| August 28, 2012

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Hapa’s Kitsilano storefront (Image: Carolyn Coles)

A note has been posted on the doors at 602 College Street informing passersby that the official opening date for Hapa Izakaya, the latest in the string of new Vancouver-style Japanese restaurants to open in Toronto, will be September 6. Let the izakaya wars continue.

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