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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

What's on the menu at Function Bar, a basement hangout for gonzo snacks and old-school video games

What’s on the menu at Function Bar, a basement hangout for gonzo snacks and old-school video games

It's Yonge and Eg's new place for fun pub grub and whimsical drinks

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

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