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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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Introducing: Enzo Pizza Bar, the new make-your-own pizza joint on Queen Street West

Introducing: Enzo Pizza Bar, the new make-your-own pizza joint on Queen Street West

Name: Enzo Pizza Bar Neighbourhood: Queen West Contact Info: 646 Queen St W., 416-366-0009, getenzo.com, @enzopizzabar Owner: Ryan...

Introducing: Seven Lives, the new Kensington Market location of the pop-up taco shop

Introducing: Seven Lives, the new Kensington Market location of the pop-up taco shop

Name: Seven Lives Neighbourhood: Kensington Market Contact Info: 69 Kensington Ave., sevenlives.ca, @SevenLivesTO Owner and chef:...

Introducing: The Rude Boy, Roncesvalles’s new gourmet burger joint

Introducing: The Rude Boy, Roncesvalles’s new gourmet burger joint

Name: The Rude Boy Neighbourhood: Roncesvalles Contact info: 397 Roncesvalles Ave., 416-533-3269, @therudeboyronce Owners: Faiez...

Introducing: Northwood, a new Christie Pits café and cocktail bar

Introducing: Northwood, a new Christie Pits café and cocktail bar

Name: Northwood Neighbourhood: Christie Pits Contact info: 815 Bloor St. W., Facebook page, @NorthwoodBloor Owners: Richard Pope...

Gallery: 30 top Toronto chefs at FoodShare’s annual Recipe for Change fundraiser

Gallery: 30 top Toronto chefs at FoodShare’s annual Recipe for Change fundraiser

The north building at St. Lawrence Market was filled to near-bursting on Thursday as food-loving philanthropists gathered to...

Q&A: Guy Fieri on shooting Diners, Drive-ins and Dives in Toronto

Q&A: Guy Fieri on shooting Diners, Drive-ins and Dives in Toronto

Guy Fieri, the frosted-tipped host of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives , hasn’t had a great month thanks to Pete Wells’ hilarious...

GALLERY: Guy Fieri presides over a roster of celeb chefs (and their fans) at this year’s Chef’s Challenge

GALLERY: Guy Fieri presides over a roster of celeb chefs (and their fans) at this year’s Chef’s Challenge

Saturday’s Chef’s Challenge was a chance for Iron Chef wannabes—or “masochists,” as event host Guy Fieri called...

Introducing: Fancy Franks, the new College Street spot for haute dogs

Introducing: Fancy Franks, the new College Street spot for haute dogs

A funny thing happened when Angelos Economopoulos opened Fancy Franks Gourmet Hot Dogs on College Street, with no prior...

Introducing: Indie Alehouse, the Junction’s long-awaited new brewpub

Introducing: Indie Alehouse, the Junction’s long-awaited new brewpub

Outside the Indie Alehouse, a new 4,000-square-foot brewpub in the Junction, there’s a banner from the local BIA that crows...

Introducing: Rakia Bar, a shiny new Queen East spot devoted to a traditional Balkan drink

Introducing: Rakia Bar, a shiny new Queen East spot devoted to a traditional Balkan drink

Serbian-Canadian Dušan Varga’ s Rakia Bar cannot be easily pigeonholed as an ethnic bar. Sure, you may hear Goran Bregović...

Introducing: Fidel Gastro’s new food truck, the roving home base of the rebel without a kitchen

Introducing: Fidel Gastro’s new food truck, the roving home base of the rebel without a kitchen

Matt Basile launched his Fidel Gastro’s business last year as a roving pop-up operation. Yesterday, for a crowd of 300 or so, he...

Introducing: the big new location of Sanagan’s Meat Locker, down the street from the old one

Introducing: the big new location of Sanagan’s Meat Locker, down the street from the old one

When Kensington Market's European Quality Meats and Sausages decided to leave the space it had occupied for five decades, many...

Introducing: Bridge and Bardot, Dundas West’s upcycling emporium

Introducing: Bridge and Bardot, Dundas West’s upcycling emporium

Although the name of Dundas West’s newest vintage boîte alludes to the 1960s French sex symbol Brigitte Bardot, Bridge and...

Introducing: 417, the Danforth’s newest resto-lounge (from a longtime Greektown family)

Introducing: 417, the Danforth’s newest resto-lounge (from a longtime Greektown family)

After running the Danforth Foodland grocery store for 30 years, the Pavlou family began to notice the decline of their...

Introducing: Beer Academy, downtown’s new brewery, education centre and tasting room for hopheads

Introducing: Beer Academy, downtown’s new brewery, education centre and tasting room for hopheads

After Duggan’s shuttered its downtown brewpub last year, it felt as though the wind was knocked out of the sails of the...

Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15

Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15

Monday, July 9 Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12 Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Farmers’...

Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 2 to July 8

Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 2 to July 8

Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3 Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, July 5 Friday, July 6 Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8 Farmers’...

Introducing: Anice, where almost anything in the world can be fashioned into a piece of jewellery

Introducing: Anice, where almost anything in the world can be fashioned into a piece of jewellery

Anice, Brittany Hopkins’ s new jewellery boutique on the periphery of Kensington Market, is a modest 310-square-foot space with...

The Stop Night Market recap: the alley behind Honest Ed’s becomes a sweaty, delicious mess

The Stop Night Market recap: the alley behind Honest Ed’s becomes a sweaty, delicious mess

Last Wednesday, the Stop decided to throw a summer solstice party in the alley behind Honest Ed’s—the by-day parking lot was...

Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for June 25 to July 1

Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for June 25 to July 1

Monday, June 25 Tuesday, June 26 Wednesday, June 27 Thursday, June 28 Friday, June 29 Saturday, June 30 Sunday, July 1 Farmers’...

Introducing: De la Mer, the Bayview fishmonger’s outpost on Roncesvalles

Introducing: De la Mer, the Bayview fishmonger’s outpost on Roncesvalles

“Would you like to enjoy an oyster while you browse?” De la Mer co-owner David Owen asks a tot-toting Roncesvalles mom, while...

Introducing: Smock Café, the new Roncesvalles spot for coffee, kids and crafting

Introducing: Smock Café, the new Roncesvalles spot for coffee, kids and crafting

One day prior to its opening a couple weeks back, a mosaic of pint-sized hand and nose prints adorned the glass front of...

The Stop’s first Beer Garden of 2012 brought out over 200 for Muskoka beer and Indonesian tacos

The Stop’s first Beer Garden of 2012 brought out over 200 for Muskoka beer and Indonesian tacos

Despite threatening clouds, over 200 hundred people gathered at Wychwood Barns No. 4 this past Sunday afternoon for this year’s...

An afternoon with Chuck Hughes and 19 excitable kids at The Stop’s after-school program

An afternoon with Chuck Hughes and 19 excitable kids at The Stop’s after-school program

Yesterday afternoon, Chuck Hughes took a break from promoting his new cookbook, Garde Manger, to join 19 eager kids in a cooking...

Canada Day Bar Cart

Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips

Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips

Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs

Best New Restaurants

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in

Big Stories

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight

Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal

Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal

As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down

Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial

Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial

She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in

Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber

Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber

To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals

Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche

Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche

If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto

Trump's Loss, Toronto's Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition

Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king

Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king

Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

The Baroness von Sketch Show alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?

Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm

Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm

Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband

Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian

Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian

For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect

Buy Canadian

An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York

An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York

Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles

This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients

This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients

It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment

A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs

A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs

How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead

"We felt disconnected from the outdoors before": What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home

“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home

And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling