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Tiffany Leigh

Tiffany Leigh is an award-winning freelance journalist with degrees in business communications and education. She has a culinary background, is a recipient of the Clay Triplette James Beard Foundation scholarship award and has worked in restaurants such as Langdon Hall. In addition to Toronto Life, her pieces have been read in publications such as Forbes, Vogue, Eater, Dwell, Elle, Business Insider, Playboy, Food & Wine and Bon Appétit.

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Order in the Court: Karine's, a brunch spot inside Village by the Grange with a sort-of-secret Armenian menu

Order in the Court: Karine’s, a brunch spot inside Village by the Grange with a sort-of-secret Armenian menu

For this new series, we’re fixating on the city’s food court gems

Ten Toronto chefs on the best dishes they ate in 2022

Ten Toronto chefs on the best dishes they ate in 2022

Including a perfect pizza slice, some stellar scallops and luscious lamb korma

Where the founder of Instagram's Scarborough Spots goes for jerk chicken shawarma poutine, doubles and burgers

Where the founder of Instagram’s Scarborough Spots goes for jerk chicken shawarma poutine, doubles and burgers

Jesse Asido takes us on a tour of his favourite fast-casual kitchens in the neighbourhood

Turkey dinners, latke bundles, boozy brunches and other festive holiday feasts at Toronto restaurants

Turkey dinners, latke bundles, boozy brunches and other festive holiday feasts at Toronto restaurants

After two years of takeout, IRL holiday dinners are back

Twenty of Toronto's festive food and drink events, ranked

Twenty of Toronto’s festive food and drink events, ranked

Including kitschy cocktail pop-ups, special afternoon teas and outdoor winter villages

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less on Scarborough’s Golden Mile

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less on Scarborough’s Golden Mile

Including jerk chicken sandwiches, Iraqi-style shawarma and breakfast dosas

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Agincourt

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Agincourt

We're scouring the city—neighbourhood by neighbourhood—for the best budget-friendly meals

Snack bars, cider houses, barbecue joints and more of the best places to eat and drink in Collingwood this summer

Snack bars, cider houses, barbecue joints and more of the best places to eat and drink in Collingwood this summer

The Georgian Bay–adjacent town's restaurant scene is booming

Toronto's top chefs on their favourite kid-friendly restaurants

Toronto’s top chefs on their favourite kid-friendly restaurants

Where they get quick service, colouring pages and creative dishes for the kiddos

What's on the menu at J's Steak Frites, an unfussy, Parisian-style steakhouse on Queen West

What’s on the menu at J’s Steak Frites, an unfussy, Parisian-style steakhouse on Queen West

The frites are—wait for it—unlimited

Barbecue joints, breweries, butter tart factories and more of the best places to eat and drink in Muskoka this summer

Barbecue joints, breweries, butter tart factories and more of the best places to eat and drink in Muskoka this summer

Because cottage season is just around the corner

10 of the best places for takeout tacos, kebabs, burgers and dumplings in Etobicoke's Islington-City Centre West

10 of the best places for takeout tacos, kebabs, burgers and dumplings in Etobicoke’s Islington-City Centre West

Our favourite places for takeaway in the west-end neighbourhood

Where to get takeout chili chicken, slow-smoked brisket, curry goat and veal sandwiches in Woodbridge

Where to get takeout chili chicken, slow-smoked brisket, curry goat and veal sandwiches in Woodbridge

Our favourite spots for food to go in the Vaughan community

Where the owners of Little Sister get to-go Lebanese kibbeh, Egyptian kofta and Syrian sandwiches

Where the owners of Little Sister get to-go Lebanese kibbeh, Egyptian kofta and Syrian sandwiches

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

Where to get to-go smash burgers, sub sandwiches and empanadas in Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch

Where to get to-go smash burgers, sub sandwiches and empanadas in Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch

Ten of our favourite spots for takeout in the west-end neighbourhoods

Where Four Seasons Toronto chef Nicholas Trosien gets to-go spicy tuna rolls, hot rabbit sandwiches and peanut butter pie

Where Four Seasons Toronto chef Nicholas Trosien gets to-go spicy tuna rolls, hot rabbit sandwiches and peanut butter pie

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

Whitby’s top spots for takeout gyros, barbecue, country-fried steak and charcuterie boards

Whitby’s top spots for takeout gyros, barbecue, country-fried steak and charcuterie boards

Our favourite places to get food to-go in the Durham Region hub

Where Lai Wah Heen chef and owner Canson Tsang gets to-go noodle dishes and steak dinners

Where Lai Wah Heen chef and owner Canson Tsang gets to-go noodle dishes and steak dinners

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

Toronto restaurants doing Valentine’s Day dinner for takeout and delivery

Toronto restaurants doing Valentine’s Day dinner for takeout and delivery

Celebrate with your stay-at-home someone (even if that's just yourself)

Where Lazy Daisy's owner Dawn Chapman gets takeout fried chicken, Ethiopian feasts and Chilean poutine

Where Lazy Daisy’s owner Dawn Chapman gets takeout fried chicken, Ethiopian feasts and Chilean poutine

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

Toronto restaurants doing Lunar New Year dinners for takeout and delivery

Toronto restaurants doing Lunar New Year dinners for takeout and delivery

Happy Year of the Ox

Where Capra’s Kitchen chef and owner Massimo Capra gets takeout sushi, cashew chicken and fried noodles

Where Capra’s Kitchen chef and owner Massimo Capra gets takeout sushi, cashew chicken and fried noodles

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

Where Wonton Hut chef Eddie Yeung gets to-go jerk chicken, roasted pork belly and fried bao

Where Wonton Hut chef Eddie Yeung gets to-go jerk chicken, roasted pork belly and fried bao

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

Where Frilu chef John-Vincent Troiano gets takeout ravioli, yakitori and bento boxes

Where Frilu chef John-Vincent Troiano gets takeout ravioli, yakitori and bento boxes

We’re asking Toronto chefs and restaurateurs which takeout dishes have been getting them through the pandemic

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