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285 Augusta Ave. (Big Fat Burrito)
Two black and white pen and ink drawings on single piece of paper, both in landscape orientation. Top panel: The Big Fat Burrito located at 285 Augusta Avenue This restaurant is on the ground floor of a three-storey residential building that has been retrofitted for business. The walls on the ground and second floors of the building have been decorated with illustrations and murals of people and abstract art. Bottom panel: also 285 Augusta Avenue, but the perspective is now on the south-east side of the building. Close-up of a for lease sign hanging on the side of The Big Fat Burrito. The for lease sign and much of the wall itself has been graffitied on.

285 Augusta Ave. (Big Fat Burrito)

Date2020
Names
Alternate Title
  • 285 Augusta Ave. (Big Fat Burrito)
FormatPicture
Notes

Illustrated by Daniel Innes for the book Denison Avenue (ECW, 2023). Denison Avenue by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes is a moving story about aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders set in Toronto’s gentrifying Kensington Market and Chinatown, told in illustration and fiction.

Top panel: The Big Fat Burrito located at 285 Augusta Ave. This restaurant is on the first floor of a three-storey residential building that has been retrofitted for business. The walls on the first and second floors of the building have been decorated with illustrations and murals of people and abstract art.

Bottom panel: A close-up of a for lease sign hanging on the side of The Big Fat Burrito. The for lease sign and much of the wall itself has been graffitied on.


GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodKensington-Grange
GeographyNorth-south streetAugusta Avenue
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
DimensionsLeaf size (Paper size): 32 cm x 21.6 cm (12 5/8 in. x 8 1/2 in.)
Image size (top panel): 15 cm x 19.8 cm (5 7/8 in. x 7 13/16 in.)
Language
ProvenancePurchased from The Beguiling as part of the Denison Avenue Charity Art Sale, March 1-31, 2025. Sales of 80 pages of the book’s original artwork went to benefit Fort York Food Bank.
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderInnes, Daniel
Object Number2025-6-2 Cab