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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

Six eerie photos of natural history dioramas under renovation

Six eerie photos of natural history dioramas under renovation

Richard Barnes has photographed more than 50 museums around the world

Inside the kitchen of Adam Pesce, Reunion Coffee Roasters' director of coffee

Inside the kitchen of Adam Pesce, Reunion Coffee Roasters’ director of coffee

A few of the things it's stocked with: fresh ricotta, homemade pickles, leftover pizza and coffee, of course

Why Pai's tom yum soup is an essential Toronto dish

Why Pai’s tom yum soup is an essential Toronto dish

Restaurateur Hemant Bhagwani on what he loves so much about Nuit Regular's Thai soup

Inside the Tokyo Love Hotel, Toronto's new pay-by-the-hour suites

Inside the Tokyo Love Hotel, Toronto’s new pay-by-the-hour suites

The rooms range from vanilla to BDSM boudoir

What's on the menu at Shook, a new vegetarian restaurant from the team behind Byblos and Patria

What’s on the menu at Shook, a new vegetarian restaurant from the team behind Byblos and Patria

Everything is cooked over fire

Here's what was served at the Stop's eighth-annual all-you-can-eat-and-drink night market

Here’s what was served at the Stop’s eighth-annual all-you-can-eat-and-drink night market

The two-evening event raised $330,000 for the Stop

20 of Toronto's best hot sauces

20 of Toronto’s best hot sauces

Ranked from pleasingly piquant to Hadron Collider hot

What's on the menu at Gold Standard, the sandwich shop's new Queen West takeout counter

What’s on the menu at Gold Standard, the sandwich shop’s new Queen West takeout counter

Including one of the city's best burgers

Why House of Gourmet's wonton-brisket-noodle soup is an essential Toronto dish

Why House of Gourmet’s wonton-brisket-noodle soup is an essential Toronto dish

We're asking some of the city’s top food folks about their favourite T.O. meals

Inside the kitchen of Rob LeClair, the executive chef of Yorkville restaurant Sofia

Inside the kitchen of Rob LeClair, the executive chef of Yorkville restaurant Sofia

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: pickles, truffle chips and chocolate milk

Take a look inside a colourful Annex cottage that's built for entertaining

Real Estate News

Take a look inside a colourful Annex cottage that’s built for entertaining

Piano Piano's Victor Barry and his wife opened up the dark, awkward main floor into a big box of natural light

The best meal deals in Toronto by day of the week

The best meal deals in Toronto by day of the week

Where to find BOGO burger deals, unlimited oysters and all-you-can-eat pierogis

Inside Death in Venice's new gelato laboratory in Little Portugal

Inside Death in Venice’s new gelato laboratory in Little Portugal

Eggplant tahini, hay honey caramel and maple truffle sage, are just a few of the funky flavours available

A look inside the Royal York's new, extra-luxurious "hotel within a hotel"

A look inside the Royal York’s new, extra-luxurious “hotel within a hotel”

A new look for a few floors inside a classic Toronto hotel

Everything to do, see, eat and drink at Stackt, Toronto's new outdoor market made of shipping containers

Everything to do, see, eat and drink at Stackt, Toronto’s new outdoor market made of shipping containers

The all-season space is now open

Inside the Scandinavian-inspired Canadian headquarters of pharma giant Novo Nordisk

Inside the Scandinavian-inspired Canadian headquarters of pharma giant Novo Nordisk

A suburban office with some Danish flair

What's on the menu at Maison Selby, O&B's new French restaurant inside a 136-year-old heritage house

What’s on the menu at Maison Selby, O&B’s new French restaurant inside a 136-year-old heritage house

Including all the French hits

Inside the kitchen of Tsujiri pastry chef Tomo Rikuta

Inside the kitchen of Tsujiri pastry chef Tomo Rikuta

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: tapioca pearls, white Japanese curry and matcha bean paste

See inside a $6,000-per-night hotel room at the Ex

Real Estate News

See inside a $6,000-per-night hotel room at the Ex

A look inside the fanciest suite at Hotel X

See inside the swankiest hotel suite in the building that used to be Jilly's strip club

Real Estate News

See inside the swankiest hotel suite in the building that used to be Jilly’s strip club

Act out your Pretty Woman fantasies in a lavish room with a racy past

A look inside Bisha Hotel’s opulent Bisha Suite

Real Estate News

A look inside Bisha Hotel’s opulent Bisha Suite

Lenny Kravitz’s design company created this 1970s-inspired boudoir

An omnivore's take on Toronto's best vegan pizzas

An omnivore’s take on Toronto’s best vegan pizzas

It's far from sad, cheeseless flatbread

Ever wonder what an $8,500-a-night hotel room looks like?

Real Estate News

Ever wonder what an $8,500-a-night hotel room looks like?

See inside the St. Regis’s John Jacob Astor suite

See inside Bloor Street's newest luxury hotel suite

Real Estate News

See inside Bloor Street’s newest luxury hotel suite

The Kimpton Saint George's Presidential Suite mixes high-end finishes with vintage accoutrements

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

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

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

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