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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

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

Constantinople is Queen West's new Turkish café

Constantinople is Queen West’s new Turkish café

Now open for some afternoon (Turkish) delight

Introducing: Angolino, a northern Italian kitchen in the Junction Triangle

Introducing: Angolino, a northern Italian kitchen in the Junction Triangle

The new restaurant is turning out handmade pasta and game-meat dishes

Eight local products made with GTA-sourced ingredients

Eight local products made with GTA-sourced ingredients

Once-neglected crops are being harvested in the name of jam, butter, beer and even ink

Café Belong has adopted Ceili Cottage's yurt

Café Belong has adopted Ceili Cottage’s yurt

Toronto's most unique winterized patio is now at the Evergreen Brick Works

Introducing: Bugigattolo, a teeny Italian kitchen in Liberty Village

Introducing: Bugigattolo, a teeny Italian kitchen in Liberty Village

With an ex–Bar Buca chef

Ceili Cottage loses its yurt

Ceili Cottage loses its yurt

Leslieville's Mongolian patio won't be going up this winter

Introducing: The Wickson Social, a sister spot for the Queen & Beaver

Introducing: The Wickson Social, a sister spot for the Queen & Beaver

It's in the 100-year-old base of a new condo in the downtown core

Eight fabulously potent punch bowls

Eight fabulously potent punch bowls

Perfect for getting into the holiday spirit

A close-up look at Toronto's first cat café (and its furry residents)

A close-up look at Toronto’s first cat café (and its furry residents)

Inside TOT the Cat Café, where coffee isn't the main attraction

Maker Pizza opens in Chinatown

Maker Pizza opens in Chinatown

And Parts and Labour's Matty Matheson designed the menu

Porchetta & Co. opens on King West

Porchetta & Co. opens on King West

The new location has a (slightly) bigger menu and way more seating

New King West bar Early Mercy brings food trucks to you

New King West bar Early Mercy brings food trucks to you

It's like a reverse drive-thru

Royale's Luncheonette lands in Little Portugal

Royale’s Luncheonette lands in Little Portugal

And there's a Pulp Fiction–themed burger on the menu

The Walton is Little Italy's new morning-to-night spot

The Walton is Little Italy’s new morning-to-night spot

It's a café! It's a cocktail bar! It's both!

Prairie Boy brings its bread to Dufferin Grove

Prairie Boy brings its bread to Dufferin Grove

The Bloor-Borden Farmers' Market staple now has its own retail outlet on College

Tuck Shop Kitchen is the Junction Triangle's new sandwich-and-convenience store

Tuck Shop Kitchen is the Junction Triangle’s new sandwich-and-convenience store

Things for sale here: smashed burgers, quinoa salad, cookies, Advil, bread, milk

Introducing: The Commodore, a seafood-focused spot in Parkdale

Introducing: The Commodore, a seafood-focused spot in Parkdale

The nautical-themed bar got a bit of design help from Captain John's

Cosmic Treats brings vegan comfort food to Kensington

Cosmic Treats brings vegan comfort food to Kensington

There isn't a grain bowl or green juice to be found

Introducing: Reforma, Baldwin Village's new Mexican restaurant (in the old Agave y Aguacate spot)

Introducing: Reforma, Baldwin Village’s new Mexican restaurant (in the old Agave y Aguacate spot)

Out with beef tongue, in with tacos

Introducing: La Carnita's third taqueria, housed in a King West heritage building

Introducing: La Carnita’s third taqueria, housed in a King West heritage building

The third location for the taco chain is also its biggest

Six of the city's best Pop Tart–like treats

Six of the city’s best Pop Tart–like treats

Toronto bakers are putting their own spin on the popular toaster pastry

Taiwanese pastry shop Bake Code opens at Yonge and Sheppard

Taiwanese pastry shop Bake Code opens at Yonge and Sheppard

Move over, Uncle Tetsu: there's a new place for cheesecake in town

Sweet Jesus brings brain freeze to the core

Sweet Jesus brings brain freeze to the core

Between TIFF and Uncle Tetsu’ s, the core is knotted with line-ups. And now Sweet Jesus , another queue-causer, has joined the...

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

Charm Offensive: The cottage country mortgage broker who lost $101 million of his clients’ money

Charm Offensive: The cottage country mortgage broker who lost $101 million of his clients’ money

Sandy Sussman spent decades wooing the upper echelons of Toronto society, becoming their go-to investment guy. He took their money and made a huge bet on cottage country. When the market tanked, he lost it all. Then he did everything in his power to cover it up

The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka

The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka

From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers

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

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