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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Pi Co., a new pizza joint that makes pies in 90 seconds or less
Also: dessert pizza
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Flock Rotisserie and Greens, Cory Vitiello’s quick-service chicken spot in the core
Name: Flock Rotisserie and Greens Contact: 330 Adelaide St. W., 647-483-5625, eatflock.com , @EatFlock Neighbourhood: King West...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Via Vai, downtown’s newest pizzeria (that could double as an art gallery)
Name: Via Vai Neighbourhood: Downtown Core Contact: 832 Bay St. , 416-362-0123, viavai.ca , @viavaiTO Owner: Joe Friday Chef: Joe...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Soi Thai, a bit of Bangkok in Little Italy
Name: Soi Thai Neighbourhood: Little Italy Contact: 651 College St. W., @soithaito Previously: Darwin Bistro Owners: Nopphawan...
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Food & Drink
Lucky Red reopens as a licensed, late-night snack bar
After Banh Mi Boys co-owner David Chau shut down his Spadina Avenue spot, Lucky Red, last September after just a few months in...
Food & Drink
Northern Belle, Northwood’s new sister spot, is now slinging drinks in Trinity Bellwoods
The Christie Pits café and cocktail bar Northwood has opened a second location on Dundas West. With its pour-over coffees and...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Fat City Blues, Little Italy’s New Orleans–inspired watering hole
Name: Fat City Blues Neighbourhood: Little Italy Contact Info: 890 College St. , 647-345-8282, fatcityblues.com , @fatcityblues...
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Food & Drink
Branca is opening an all-slider restaurant called Bronco
The popular, six-month-old Argentine restaurant Branca (one of our best new restaurants) has announced plans to open a new...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Bar Raval, Grant van Gameren’s much-hyped Spanish pinchos bar
Name: Bar Raval Contact Info: 505 College St. , thisisbarraval.com , @bar_raval Neighbourhood: Little Italy Owners: Grant Van...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Campo, a newish neighbourhood trattoria in Baby Point
Name: Campo Contact Info: 244 Jane St., 647.346.2267, camporestaurant.com , @CampoRestaurant Previously: Fish Camp Neighbourhood:...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Honest Weight, a new seafood shop and lunch counter from one of Canada’s top fishmongers
Name: Honest Weight Neighbourhood: The Junction Contact Info: 2776A Dundas Street West, 416-604-9992, www.honestweight.ca Owners:...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Città, CityPlace’s new (but rustic) Italian kitchen
Name: Città Neighbourhood: Harbourfront Contact Info: 92 Fort York Blvd ., 416-623-9662, cittatoronto.com Owners: Charles...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Touhenboku, the ramen shop’s new sushi restaurant in the Distillery District
Name: Touhenboku Neighbourhood: Distillery District Contact Info: 42 Gristmill Ln., 416-368-8686 Previously: Café Uno Owner:...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Mean Bao, the Chinatown bao shop’s new Queen West location
Name: Mean Bao Neighbourhood: Queen West Contact Info: 167 Bathurst St., 416-862-7737, meanbaotoronto.com Previously: A...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Ovest, a polished Italian restaurant on King West from ex-Terroni chef Luca Stracquadanio
Name: Ovest Contact Info: 788 King St. W., 416-214-6161, ovest-to.com , @Ovest_TO Neightbourhood: King West Owner: Marco...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Nana, the Khao San Road spin-off restaurant that (finally!) opened on Queen West
Name: Nana Contact Info: 785 Queen St. W., 647-352-5773 Neighbourhood: Trinity Bellwoods Previously: Friendly Thai Chef/Owner:...
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Introducing: The Drake Devonshire, the Toronto hotel’s cozy (but very cool) lakeside spin-off
Name: The Drake Devonshire Inn Contact Info: 24 Wharf St., 613-399-1851, drakedevonshire.ca , @thedrakehotel Neighbourhood:...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Nodo, a stylish new Italian restaurant in the Junction
Name: Nodo Contact Info: 2885 Dundas St W., 416-901-1559, nodorestaurant.ca Neighbourhood: The Junction Owners: High school...
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Introducing: Linwood Essentials, the stylish new speakeasy near Trinity Bellwoods
Name: Linwood Essentials Contact Info: 930 Queen St W., linwoodessentials.com, @Linwood_TO Previously: Yours Truly spin-off A-OK...
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Introducing: Mamakas, a homey Greek taverna on the Ossington strip
Name: Mamakas Contact Info: 80 Ossington Ave., mamakas.ca, @mamakasTO Previously: Fancy design shop Ministry of Interior...
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Introducing: Kadbanu, a casual Iranian café and restaurant on Dundas West
Name: Kadbanu Contact Info: 771 Dundas St. W., @Kadbanutoronto Previously: Chinese restaurant Eastern Legend Neighbourhood:...
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Introducing: The Sterling Social, a pretty new sandwich shop in the Junction Triangle
Name: The Sterling Social Neighbourhood: Junction Triangle Contact Info: 1421 Bloor St. W., 647-978-3977 Owner/Chef: Shauna Jones...
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Introducing: Mr. Ciao, a new Italian restaurant on Gerrard from the owners of AAA Bar
Nam e: Mr. Ciao Neighbourhood: Riverdale Contact Info: 598 Gerrard St. E., 416-901-8711, mrciao.ca , @MrCiaoTo Owners/Chefs:...
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Introducing: Mata, the South American restaurant that replaced Keriwa in Parkdale
Name: Mata Neighbourhood: Parkdale Contact Info: 1690 Queen St W., 647-691-0234, matabar.ca , @MataBarTO Owners: Sharath...
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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
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
Deep Dives
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 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”
City
This insurance analyst makes $62,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“Groceries are so expensive that I rely more on takeout”
House of the Week
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
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.7 million for a whimsical custom-built home backing onto an Etobicoke ravine
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with a sauna, a hot tub, cave-like walls and nature all over
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.2 million for a new build by the Humber with a fireplace in a closet
The 3,900-square-foot property also comes with an elevator, a powder room with a swoosh sink and a playful blue laundry room
Real Estate
Surreal Estate: $6 million for a Rosedale Victorian with a bath fit for a temple
What property off Sherbourne would be complete without a floating fireplace, a 14-foot butcher block, smart-home tech and a deck built around a tree?
Real Estate
House of the Week: $5.5 million for a Lytton Park home with a cocktail lounge
The 5,200-square-foot property also comes with six bathrooms, automated everything, a ribbon staircase and a display for purses