james street north

Stefani Soliman
13 Aug 2019

Home of the Makers is giving local artisans a space to call their own

There’s no shortage of talented artists in Hamilton. Between visual art, crafting, clothing design, home goods, and more, our city is full of high quality handmade pieces. While the monthly James St...

Anonymous
27 Jun 2019

The story of how the restaurant Jack & Lois came to be

I was working on some low budget Christmas movies at an old school across from Dofasco in 2010. The film industry is a tricky business in the sense that you are always looking for your next meal. Once...

Jenna Yeomans
09 May 2019

Bread Bar comes to James Street North

Bread Bar — a restaurant known for its quality ingredients and seasonally inspired menu, has opened its third location at 14 James St N. Open as of May 1st, Bread Bar is a welcome addition to the re...

Alex Manojlovich
10 Apr 2019

6 exciting development projects coming to James North

The last 10 years has seen James Street North become a vibrant and hip thoroughfare as the nucleus of fantastic art galleries and local businesses. With this burgeoning attention comes gentrification ...

Robert Cekan
24 Nov 2018

Free meter parking in Downtown Hamilton begins today

Hamilton is truly blessed to have such a large number of local, independent shops operating out of it. For a city with a population over half a million, you’d expect chain retailers and big box ...

Robert Cekan
10 Oct 2018

Nique owners opening two new spots at James North and Barton

The team behind Nique Restaurant will be opening the doors to two new spots at the south-east corner of James Street North and Barton. The first of which will be an Italian restaurant known as Martell...

Robert
13 Sep 2018

Your guide to Supercrawl 2018

The wait is over, Hamilton. Supercrawl is back this weekend! This year’s festival will span over four days, running from September 13-16. The Thursday to Sunday event will be filled with plenty to d...

Robert
06 Sep 2018

Jack & Lois will close after Super Crawl

It’s with heavy hearts that we announce another TrueResident favourite is closing their doors. Earlier this morning, Jack & Lois shared on their Facebook page that they will be closing their res...

Jayson Koblun
06 Aug 2018

Work Progress Kitchen becoming Neit Bar

Work Progress Kitchen, known by most simply as WORK, is officially closed and will reopen its doors tomorrow under new management and a new name — Neit Bar. The Hamilton breakfast, brunch and late-n...

Robert Cekan
04 Apr 2018

Wind storm in Hamilton causes destruction in the city

Very strong westerly winds with gusts up to 90 km/h wreaked havoc on Hamilton today. While hundreds experienced the thrill of tracking down (or even chasing!) their trash cans and recycling bins today...