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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.

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A look inside one of cottage country's new condo communities

Real Estate News

A look inside one of cottage country’s new condo communities

Vacationers with cash to spare can now outsource all the stressful parts of cottaging

What's on the menu at Noorden, a modern Dutch restaurant from the owners of Little Sister

What’s on the menu at Noorden, a modern Dutch restaurant from the owners of Little Sister

Dutch-Indo small plates and a whole lotta gin

What's on the menu at El Rey Mezcal Bar, Grant van Gameren's new Kensington kitchen

What’s on the menu at El Rey Mezcal Bar, Grant van Gameren’s new Kensington kitchen

It's another Mexican spot for the market

This new dessert bar does Froot Loop paletas, Dole Whip floats and vegan soft serve

This new dessert bar does Froot Loop paletas, Dole Whip floats and vegan soft serve

Mexican ice cream parlours are hot, hot, hot

What's on the menu at the Wine Swine, a new spot with weekday brunch and a rooftop terrace

What’s on the menu at the Wine Swine, a new spot with weekday brunch and a rooftop terrace

Bonus: free parking

Inside the kitchen of Nota Bene chef David Lee

Inside the kitchen of Nota Bene chef David Lee

A few of the things it's stocked with: Bio-K, hemp hearts and homemade nut milk

Kensington Market's new café makes paletas and boozy slushies

Kensington Market’s new café makes paletas and boozy slushies

And it's open just in time for patio season

What's on the menu at Pinkerton's, a new snack bar named after a Weezer album

What’s on the menu at Pinkerton’s, a new snack bar named after a Weezer album

(And the detective agency and a character in a Puccini opera)

Introducing: Village Pizza, a place to get Spam-topped pies and Wild Turkey shots

Introducing: Village Pizza, a place to get Spam-topped pies and Wild Turkey shots

You can't beat canned meat

Inside the kitchen of Canoe and Auberge du Pommier chef John Horne

Inside the kitchen of Canoe and Auberge du Pommier chef John Horne

Screech, moose meat and an original Snoopy Sno-Cone machine

Bao burgers and deep-fried dumplings land on Dundas West

Bao burgers and deep-fried dumplings land on Dundas West

A new pop-up has taken over the Churchill's kitchen

Hidden Burger is the Financial District's new Archie-inspired lunch counter

Hidden Burger is the Financial District’s new Archie-inspired lunch counter

Two words: Jughead Platter

Inside the kitchen of chef and comfort-food king Anthony Rose

Inside the kitchen of chef and comfort-food king Anthony Rose

Don't mind the bathrobe

Inside the kitchen of Valdez chef Steve Gonzalez

Inside the kitchen of Valdez chef Steve Gonzalez

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: instant noodles, smiley-face hash browns and a whole lotta pigs

Kensington Market gets a taco-free Mexican spot

Kensington Market gets a taco-free Mexican spot

Torteria San Cosme is all about sandwiches

Inside the kitchen of chef and Chopped Canada judge Massimo Capra

Inside the kitchen of chef and Chopped Canada judge Massimo Capra

A few of the things it's stocked with: caviar, fancy butter, canned seafood and Cheezies

Introducing: Provo FoodBar, a new place for cocktails and small plates

Introducing: Provo FoodBar, a new place for cocktails and small plates

Ceviche, jambalaya and a whole lotta things on crostini

What's on the menu at Nota Bene, David Lee’s redesigned restaurant

What’s on the menu at Nota Bene, David Lee’s redesigned restaurant

The eight-year-old kitchen just got a makeover

Inside the kitchen of one of Toronto's culinary power couples

Inside the kitchen of one of Toronto’s culinary power couples

He's the executive chef for The Chase. She's the pastry chef for Colette Grand Café. This is their kitchen.

Inside Patois chef Craig Wong's kitchen

Inside Patois chef Craig Wong’s kitchen

A few of the things it's stocked with: shrimp paste, Jamaican oatmeal and a $500 bottle of Japanese whisky

Introducing: The Peasant Table, a Germanic-Italian restaurant in South Riverdale

Introducing: The Peasant Table, a Germanic-Italian restaurant in South Riverdale

Where gnocchi, sauerkraut and smoked ribs all live in harmony in the same bowl

Inside Rock Lobster chef Matt Dean Pettit's kitchen

Inside Rock Lobster chef Matt Dean Pettit’s kitchen

Make yourself at home and see what Rock Lobster's chef keeps in his fridge, freezer and cupboards

Introducing: Rione XI, a Roman-Jewish kitchen on St. Clair West

Introducing: Rione XI, a Roman-Jewish kitchen on St. Clair West

Familiar trattoria faves with Jewish (but not necessarily kosher) tweaks

Introducing: Bar Begonia, Anthony Rose's Parisian cocktail bar in the Annex

Introducing: Bar Begonia, Anthony Rose’s Parisian cocktail bar in the Annex

This is the sixth spot for Toronto's comfort-food king

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