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Caroline Aksich

Caroline Aksich, a National Magazine Award recipient, is an ex-Montrealer who writes about Toronto’s ever-evolving food scene, real estate and culture for Toronto Life, Fodor’s, Designlines, Canadian Business, Glory Media and Post City. Her work ranges from features on octopus-hunting in the Adriatic to celebrity profiles.

Latest from Caroline Aksich

Where Rudy owner Luke McCann eats in the Annex and Yorkville

Where Rudy owner Luke McCann eats in the Annex and Yorkville

The burger king’s go-to spots for all things meat

Now you can have afternoon tea on a (moving!) double-decker bus in Toronto

Now you can have afternoon tea on a (moving!) double-decker bus in Toronto

High Sociétéa hits the streets this June

One hundred pivotal moments in the history of Toronto dining

One hundred pivotal moments in the history of Toronto dining

These are the restaurants that have defined the city’s culinary scene

A Michelin-starred restaurant in Creemore just got a sister spot

A Michelin-starred restaurant in Creemore just got a sister spot

Lore is the Pine's more casual sibling in Collingwood

For $200,000, this director transformed his art deco loft into a live-in film set

Real Estate News

For $200,000, this director transformed his art deco loft into a live-in film set

Goodbye, Crayola colour palette, warped floors and frumpy fabrics. Hello, airy hardwood, stone slabs and lighting to die for

What's on the menu at Canada's very first Eggslut

What’s on the menu at Canada’s very first Eggslut

King West is now breakfast sandwich city

Toronto's best afternoon tea experiences

Toronto’s best afternoon tea experiences

Including classic services, dim sum and teapot cocktails

The best Toronto restaurants that double as affordable wedding venues

The best Toronto restaurants that double as affordable wedding venues

Whether you favour slightly surreal or minimalist decor, these venues may save you some scratch

Can you find this missing freeziemobile?

Can you find this missing freeziemobile?

The owners of Geladona are looking for help to track down their ice cream bike, and there’s a reward for whoever does

Four family members, nine seats, 20 courses: inside Toronto's sweetest new omakase restaurant

Four family members, nine seats, 20 courses: inside Toronto’s sweetest new omakase restaurant

The Onda is like a dinner party where the host wields a razor-sharp yanagiba

Four private wine cellars that are as stunning as the bottles they contain

Four private wine cellars that are as stunning as the bottles they contain

Including John Sleeman’s wine-and-whiskey archive, a glass-encased wall of bottles and a 124-year-old chianti

There’s a petition to double the space at Allan Gardens’ conservatory

There’s a petition to double the space at Allan Gardens’ conservatory

A volunteer collective is seeding the idea that free, citizen-led public space is worth growing

Five of the Toronto’s most hard-core new fitness clubs

Five of the Toronto’s most hard-core new fitness clubs

Including a Tron-themed Lagree studio, a high-altitude simulator for wannabe mountaineers and a fitness influencer’s customized bunker for doing his own research

Inside the luxe new spa offering a $1,500 wine soak

Inside the luxe new spa offering a $1,500 wine soak

Including bath names that sound like the extended family of an ancient Roman emperor

The best sauna–cold plunge circuits in Toronto

The best sauna–cold plunge circuits in Toronto

You’re hot, then you’re cold

The outrageous customer behaviour Toronto restaurateurs can't stand

The outrageous customer behaviour Toronto restaurateurs can’t stand

Follow these tips and you won’t end up on a restaurant’s naughty list

“I will always be in kitchens—even when I die”: Chef Didier Leroy on leaving LSL and what happens next

“I will always be in kitchens—even when I die”: Chef Didier Leroy on leaving LSL and what happens next

He’s not hanging up his apron

"Rodney was one of the great pearls of our industry": Toronto chefs and restaurateurs remember oyster expert Rodney Clark

“Rodney was one of the great pearls of our industry”: Toronto chefs and restaurateurs remember oyster expert Rodney Clark

Clark, who passed away on November 6, had a major impact on the city’s food scene—and on those who worked in it

The restaurant group behind Canoe and Aera just opened a new sky-high venue

The restaurant group behind Canoe and Aera just opened a new sky-high venue

It’s on the 68th floor of Scotia Plaza

Six of the city’s best private dining rooms for hassle-free holiday parties

Six of the city’s best private dining rooms for hassle-free holiday parties

Featuring a Filipino karaoke hotspot, a Bourdain-approved Vietnamese restaurant and an Aegean fantasy with skyline views

A Queen West cocktail bar is rebranding itself as an all-day restaurant with a "diner-ish" menu

A Queen West cocktail bar is rebranding itself as an all-day restaurant with a “diner-ish” menu

But the drink list remains the same

A Toronto pizzeria took home first prize at Canada’s top pizza competition

A Toronto pizzeria took home first prize at Canada’s top pizza competition

And we can’t say we’re surprised

Will the latest reboot of the Melody Bar revive the Gladstone’s rizz?

Will the latest reboot of the Melody Bar revive the Gladstone’s rizz?

Cassette, a new retro-inspired diner, opens later this month

What to eat, drink and do at the city's new arcade bars

What to eat, drink and do at the city’s new arcade bars

Patio season is over—it’s time to play inside

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Wines of the World

Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants

Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants

From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight

Big Stories

Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it

Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it

When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Just Listed

For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent

For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent

As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment