Subscribe

/

1x

Proudly Canadian, obsessively Toronto. Subscribe to Toronto Life!

How Nobs’ makes one of Toronto’s best sandwiches—on a street corner

By Toronto Life| Photography by Natasha Zimin

| September 26, 2019

Add Toronto Life(opens in a new tab)

Copy link

More Videos

How Toronto's Taiyaki NYC makes its rare unicorn of an ice cream cone

How Toronto’s Taiyaki NYC makes its rare unicorn of an ice cream cone

We went behind the counter to see the process behind these soft, sprinkle-covered creations

How Patois makes its potent Party Pineapple cocktail

How Patois makes its potent Party Pineapple cocktail

We visited the Dundas West restaurant to see how a hollowed-out piece of fruit becomes a tropical vacation

How Beach Hill Smokehouse makes its over-the-top brisket sandwich

How Beach Hill Smokehouse makes its over-the-top brisket sandwich

We went inside the east-end smokehouse to see how The Austin comes together

Inside Eye Candy, Toronto's new technicolor pop-up on Queen West

Inside Eye Candy, Toronto’s new technicolor pop-up on Queen West

It has a pizza room and a private jet booth

The juicy story behind Yukashi's rare melon

The juicy story behind Yukashi’s rare melon

We went inside the kitchen at Yukashi to learn about the Shizuoka crown muskmelon

Inside Leslieville's trippy neon studio

Inside Leslieville’s trippy neon studio

We visited the Neon Demon, an old box factory that houses more than 40 giant glowing signs

How Giulietta preps its pappardelle and other painstaking pastas

How Giulietta preps its pappardelle and other painstaking pastas

We went inside the kitchen at chef Rob Rossi's College Street restaurant to see how the pastas get made

Big Stories

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

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

Toronto Life ’s most popular long-reads of 2025

Toronto Life’s most popular long-reads of 2025

How Not to Get Away With Murder: The stranger-than-fiction story of the Stoney Creek killing

How Not to Get Away With Murder: The stranger-than-fiction story of the Stoney Creek killing

Pathological Lawyer: Inside the multimillion-dollar embezzlement case against attorney Singa Bui

Pathological Lawyer: Inside the multimillion-dollar embezzlement case against attorney Singa Bui

Starry Nights: Untold stories from the Toronto International Film Festival’s first 50 years

Starry Nights: Untold stories from the Toronto International Film Festival’s first 50 years

Inside the Latest Issue

The July issue of Toronto Life features the monster cottages of Muskoka versus the resistance. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.