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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Jade, Yorkville’s fancy new spot for French-Asian fusion
Including char siu–style duck and a gochujang-spiced margarita
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What’s on the menu at Biff’s Bistro, the second coming of O&B’s long-running French restaurant
Including some returning favourites and recipes resurrected from Biff’s beginnings
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Inside the kitchen of Andres Jaramillo, chef de cuisine at Abrielle
Stocked with traditional Colombian liquor, frozen octopus and four tubs of ice cream
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What’s on the menu at Open Aera’s glamorous 4,500-square-foot rooftop patio
It’s on the 39th floor of the Well
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What’s on the menu at Lyla, a sleek new Mediterranean restaurant on Queen West
Including black truffle tortellini and a fresh fish counter
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What’s on the menu at Elijah’s Automatic Flame Broiled, a fast-casual concept from the founder of the Burger’s Priest
Including soft-serve milkshakes and beef-fat fries
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Tropical cocktails are taking Toronto by storm
Recipe ideas, bar recommendations and canned favourites to quench your hot-weather tiki cravings
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Inside the kitchen of Yannick Bigourdan, owner of Lucie and the Carbon Bar
Featuring a fancy mustard collection, canned wine and century-old glassware
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What’s on the menu at Wolfie, the Commoner Bar Room’s cocktail-forward revamp
Including a Big Mac–style burger and a New Orleans–inspired espresso martini
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Inside the kitchen of Ali Khan Lalani, the owner of General Assembly Pizza
Stocked with Mr. Noodles, homemade samosas and, of course, a killer pizza oven
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What’s on the menu at La Plume, a new French restaurant and speakeasy inside the Well
Including five types of tartare and five different steak frites
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What’s on the menu at Aamara, Corso Italia’s luxurious new Indian restaurant
Including an interesting Indian twist on a charcuterie board
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Inside the kitchen of Solomon Mason, executive chef at Auberge du Pommier
Stocked with a pieced-together pasta maker, fancy Dijon and three different coffee makers
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What’s on the menu at Frenchy, Hilton Toronto’s new lobby bar and brasserie
It’s the centrepiece of the hotel’s full-scale renovation
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What’s on the menu at Electric Bill, an Aussie-themed cocktail bar from the Civil Liberties team
Including sausage rolls, Marmite-glazed cabbage and mushroom “scallops”
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Toronto’s best, most lively new resto-clubs
Fuel up, then boogie down—all without leaving the premises
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What’s on the menu at Astoria, a new French-American bistro inside the Great Hall
It replaces Otto's Bierhalle
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Inside the kitchen of Kyle Rindinella, co–executive chef at Enoteca Sociale
Stocked with homemade tomato sauce, limited-run olive oil and a Nespresso machine
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What’s on the menu at Bar Goa, Hemant Bhagwani’s new tasting-menu restaurant
Including an elevated take on chaat and chicken masala tacos
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What’s on the menu at Contrada, Little Italy’s unconventional new Italian kitchen
Including a sweet-and-savoury roasted parsnip panna cotta
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Inside the kitchen of Lonie Murdock, the head chef at Miss Likklemore’s
Stocked with stolen sauces, experimental butter and gourmet gummy bears
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What’s on the menu at Bar Prima, an old-school Italian restaurant on Queen West from the team behind La Palma
Including a beet caprese, swordfish piccata and savoury zeppole
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Inside the kitchen of David Schwartz, the executive chef at Sunnys Chinese
Featuring an army of sauces, six jars of peanut butter and a collection of antique spoons
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Baijiu, China’s national spirit, is making waves in Toronto
Featuring baijiu varieties, bar recommendations and cocktail ideas for the potent, flavourful liquor
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The Private and Independent School Directory Fall 2024
Browse through Canada’s top independent and private schools to find the right fit for your child
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Deep Dives
Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto
Anti-Trudeau sentiment has officially breached the GTA. But what does the alternative look like? Here, 12 prognosticators weigh in on the impact of a Poilievre government for Canada’s largest city
Deep Dives
Ontario’s health care system is in chaos, and these doctors and patients are fed up
Half a million Torontonians are without a primary care physician. The search is maddening, exhausting and often futile. Dispatches from the front lines
Deep Dives
Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted
Deep Dives
The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind
Deep Dives
Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse
The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular
Deep Dives
Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners
Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars
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The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood
Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on
Deep Dives
Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Deep Dives
Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries
From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home
Deep Dives
How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024
This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence
Deep Dives
How Carley Fortune is reinventing the romance novel
In just two years, she’s published two runaway bestsellers, sold film rights to Prince Harry and Meghan, finished a third book—which hits shelves this month—and is well into her fourth. Here, she talks anti-romance snobbery, what makes a good sex scene and how sudden fame has changed her life
Deep Dives
The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million
Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle
Deep Dives
The perilous lives of Canada’s international students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs
Deep Dives
My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about
After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality
Deep Dives
The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception
Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her
Cost of Living
City
This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”
City
This Wychwood couple makes $123,800 a year. How do they spend it?
“Ontario was too expensive, so we’re having our wedding in Mexico”
City
This Distillery District couple makes $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
“I like fancy brunch and he likes dives—but all of it is expensive”
City
This registered dietitian makes $106,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I spent more than $4,000 on my cats last year”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.4 million for a gated Summerhill semi overlooking a soccer pitch
The 3,500-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two underground parking spots, landscaping service and a fireplace on the roof
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.9 million for an enormous ex-schoolhouse near Trinity Bellwoods stuffed with stunning art
The 5,000-square-foot property comes with classroom layouts, an elevator, a kooky catwalk and skylights everywhere
Real Estate
House of the Week: This East York property nearly tripled its asking price in two years
The 2,700-square-foot home comes with a wine rack suspended in mid-air, 20-foot vaulted ceilings and a basement with nanny-suite potential
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.3 million for a quirky detached near Yonge and Eglinton that was won in a lottery
The 4,000-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two laundry rooms, a three-tier backyard and four bedrooms
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.1 million for an Edwardian duplex in Little Portugal sitting on a massive commercial lot
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with Moroccan tiles, a meditation room, a backyard workshop and a tire swing