Charles Khabouth’s Ink Entertainment makes its mark again with a crowd-pulling destination for Toronto’s socializing pooh-bah. The June grand opening of the French bistro La Société was a mere prelude to its instant success, drawing September stargazers to coalesce for TIFF-inspired dishes and celebrity dinners. “On any given night, when you go in, every seat or almost every seat is taken at dinner,” says Khabouth. La Société’s rich décor and quality imported furniture is apropos to Parisian design sensibilities, which spill throughout mahogany interiors designed by Munge Leung.
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Photos: 1. Nightclub impresario Charles Khabouth with La Société partner Danny Soberano. 2. Musician manager Jake Gold with F-List creator Leesa Butler, à la mode. 3. National Post society columnist Shinan Govani and Tony Longo, La Société floor boss and Ink Entertainment’s director of food and beverage. 4. Holt Renfrew’s director of communications Moira Wright and guest. 5. Dancer-choreographer and So You Think you Can Dance Canada judge Blake McGrath. 6. Socialite Ainsley Kerr. 7. Joe Brennan and Daniel Greenglass of Toronto’s J.F. Brennan Design/Build 8. Shinan Govani with friends. 9. Magazine editor Suzanne Boyd and media mogul Moses Znaimer. 10. Christian Vermast of Chestnut Park Realty with Dr. Graham Smith and Stylist Wendy Natale. 11. CP24’s Melissa Grelo and Charles Khabouth. 12. Roots co-founder Michael Budmna and Diane Bald, Roots design director. Photography By George Pimental