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Twelve dishes at What’s on the Table (and where you can still find them)
For those who missed The Stop's annual event,12 of the dishes served can still be found on the menus of the restaurants that created them
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What the stars ate during TIFF: 26 celeb-approved meals from Toronto restaurants
Find out what Kristen Stewart ordered at Hooters, where Sarah Silverman had pizza and what George Clooney did with the second patty of his double-patty burger at Bosk
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Where can you still score a table for two on Valentine’s Day? These places. (But hurry.)
No Valentine's Day reservations? Don't break out that that fail-safe bolognese recipe just yet. We called around to places that...
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Cold Arts: 10 next-level ice creams and sorbets
Chefs are taking house-made ice creams and sorbets to new heights, goosing them with herbs, spices and savoury flavours to wildly...
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Recipe: Aria chef Eron Novalski’s hearty farro salad with porcini vinaigrette
PREP TIME: 1 hour COOK TIME: 50 minutes Serves 6 VINAIGRETTE 1 cup dried porcini or mixed mushrooms, about 20 g 4 cups boiling...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Union, Origin Liberty and Aria
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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Winterlicious 2013 Last Call: the scoop on the hot restaurants that still have tables available
Winterlicious ends on Thursday, but not before the dramatic final push, during which diners inundate their favourite ’licious...
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Alternalicious: a roundup of Winterlicious 2013’s prix fix rebels
Winterlicious can be a double-edged sword for diners. Yes, there’s the prospect of great deals that you’d never get...
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Winterlicious 2013: our food editor picks 10 ideal meals from this year’s list
Winterlicious is upon us again, with restaurants serving three-course prix fixe dinners for $25, $35 or $45. The roster doesn’t...
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Best of the City 2012: three perfect post-work patios
By Denise Balkissoon, Ariel Brewster, Andrew D’Cruz, Bronwen Jervis, Emily Landau, Signe Langford, Jason McBride, Mark...
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We called our 10 most clicked Summerlicious restaurants to find out when you can still get a table
With this year’s Summerlicious festival winding down (the last day is Sunday), we decided to call up the top 10 most clicked-on...
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Summerlicious 2012: our food editor picks the top 10 offerings from this year’s Licious list
Ten years in, Toronto’s loved (and loathed) bacchanalia of affordable dining is larger than ever, with 181 restaurants offering...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Jacob’s and Co., Aria and Volos
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 12, because fancy food is back
In the recession-stricken aughties, eating out in Toronto was a humble affair—chefs catered to thrifty diners by opening...
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Best New Restaurants 2012: No. 3 Aria
Aria offers a much-needed master class in seduction, dazzling us with set dressing before the food even arrives. For...
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Best New Restaurants 2012
Ten spots that surprised us, delighted us and made us grateful to live in this restaurant-obsessed city. (Images: Raina and...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Auberge du Pommier, Aria and Keriwa
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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Best Bars: Toronto’s top six places to cozy up with a glass of wine
CHECK OUT OUR SIX FAVOURITES » JUMP TO: BEST ANTI-LCBO LIST | BEST IBERIAN TAPAS AND WINE | MOST INTRIGUING WINES BY THE GLASS |...
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Best Bars: A brief history of hooch in Toronto, from 1837 to the present day
By Denise Balkissoon, Ariel Brewster, Andrew D'Cruz, Matthew Hague, Malcolm Johnston, Emily Landau, Jason McBride, Alexandra...
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We called the 10 most clicked Winterlicious restaurants to find out how the festival’s going (and how to get a table)
With the end of Winterlicious in sight, we got curious about how this year’s prix fixe madness was going. “Stronger than last...
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Winterlicious 2012: our food editor whittles the monster list down to a manageable 11
It might be hard to believe, but Winterlicious celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. That’s right: it’s been a whole...
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Winterlicious 2012: Toronto Life’s picks for King West and the Financial District
The dining scene in and around the Financial District has seen a lot of changes since last year’s festival, with new restaurants...
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Toronto’s best five restaurants to go for a business lunch
The top five spots to break bread, dent the expense account and sign a deal while you’re at it (Image: Aria’s red wine–cured...
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This year’s What’s on the Table fundraiser for The Stop features over 30 top chefs from Toronto and beyond
Eat well and feed the hungry along the way—that’s the concept behind the annual What’s on the Table benefit being held this...
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
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The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
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The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
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Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
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Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
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Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
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Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
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The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand