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Jessica Huras

Jessica Huras is a freelance writer and editor with over a decade of experience creating food, travel and lifestyle content. She’s a content editor for the LCBO’s Food & Drink magazine, and her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Chatelaine, Toronto Life and Elle Canada, among other publications.

Latest from Jessica Huras

What's on the menu at Frenchy, Hilton Toronto's new lobby bar and brasserie

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

What’s on the menu at Electric Bill, an Aussie-themed cocktail bar from the Civil Liberties team

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”

Toronto's best, most lively new resto-clubs

Toronto’s best, most lively new resto-clubs

Fuel up, then boogie down—all without leaving the premises

What's on the menu at Astoria, a new French-American bistro inside the Great Hall

What’s on the menu at Astoria, a new French-American bistro inside the Great Hall

It replaces Otto's Bierhalle

Inside the kitchen of Kyle Rindinella, co–executive chef at Enoteca Sociale

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

What's on the menu at Bar Goa, Hemant Bhagwani's new tasting-menu restaurant

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

What's on the menu at Contrada, Little Italy's unconventional new Italian kitchen

What’s on the menu at Contrada, Little Italy’s unconventional new Italian kitchen

Including a sweet-and-savoury roasted parsnip panna cotta

Inside the kitchen of Lonie Murdock, the head chef at Miss Likklemore's

Inside the kitchen of Lonie Murdock, the head chef at Miss Likklemore’s

Stocked with stolen sauces, experimental butter and gourmet gummy bears

What's on the menu at Bar Prima, an old-school Italian restaurant on Queen West from the team behind La Palma

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

Inside the kitchen of David Schwartz, the executive chef at Sunnys Chinese

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

Baijiu, China's national spirit, is making waves in Toronto

Baijiu, China’s national spirit, is making waves in Toronto

Featuring baijiu varieties, bar recommendations and cocktail ideas for the potent, flavourful liquor

What's on the menu at Lucie, the Financial District's new spot for fancy French food

What’s on the menu at Lucie, the Financial District’s new spot for fancy French food

It’s the kind of place that has a champagne cart

What's on the menu at the Lakeview, the recently revamped 90-year-old Dundas West diner

What’s on the menu at the Lakeview, the recently revamped 90-year-old Dundas West diner

Including milkshakes, club sandwiches and buckets of fried chicken

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less on Dundas West

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less on Dundas West

Including spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken sandwiches, and smash burgers

French Renaissance: Six of the city's best new bistros and brasseries

French Renaissance: Six of the city’s best new bistros and brasseries

Featuring steak frites, duck confit and all things tartare

Hot Plate: Six takes on steak frites you need to eat right now

Hot Plate: Six takes on steak frites you need to eat right now

The bistro and brasserie staple is popping up on menus across the city

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

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!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

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

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer