The top spots to eat, drink and play in Toronto right now

Balmy weather alone is enough to give most Torontonians a case of the perma-smiles. But this year, summer fun is on overdrive. We sought out experiences that combined the giddy delight of our youth (sleepaway camp!) with the hard-earned privileges of adulthood (sleepaway camp with booze!) and found outlandishly good ice creams, secret beaches, indulgent pig roasts and oddles of other creative ways to max out the all-too-short season.

Best of Summer 2016

Food & Drink

Toronto’s best new barbecue joints

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Food & Drink

Beer-cizing—enjoying a brew at the end of a workout—is the funnest way to get fit this summer

The city's best boozy workouts

City

Drone racing is the newest, fastest sport you’ve never heard of

A Q&A with one of Toronto's top pilots

Food & Drink

Three of the city’s coolest unorthodox ice cream parlours

Vanilla who?

City

The summer’s quirkiest camps for grown-ups who don’t wanna grow up

Plus mushroom foraging sessions, zombie survival training and Beyoncé dance classes

Style

Ten of the coolest ways to bring the cottage home this summer

Ten ways to invoke Kawarthan charm at an urban address

Food & Drink

The city’s best non-Neapolitan pizzas

There's more to life than wood-fired pies

City

The coolest unofficial Blue Jays gear

Way-cool swag to show hometown pride

Shopping

The classic beach towel gets a new spin

The key to racking up likes on your summer posts? This statement blanket/towel/throw/shawl

Shopping

A guide to drone-buying in Toronto

A primer on the weirdest avocation of 2016

City

These crowd-free beaches are the city’s best-kept secrets

Five pristine shores to escape the swarms

City

The city’s most picturesque beach, Sunnyside Pavilion, is back in action this summer

The city's historic waterfront destination is getting a nip and tuck this summer