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Review: slow-smoked Southern barbecue at Marky and Sparky’s in the Junction
Marky and Sparky's ★½ 520 Annette St., 647-748-4227 The new 10-seater smokehouse at Annette and Runnymede injects a much-needed...
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Introducing: Big Crow, Anthony Rose’s new backyard barbecue tucked behind Rose and Sons diner
Name: Big Crow Neighbourhood: The Annex Contact info: 176 Dupont St. , 647-748-3287, roseandsonsbigcrow.com Owners: Anthony Rose...
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Boston Pizza is promoting its new ribs (and making people angry) by riffing on southern stereotypes
Rednecks are big in pop culture right now , especially on reality TV where rifle-toting swamp-dwellers and “sketti”-slurping...
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Anthony Rose is opening a BBQ restaurant behind Rose and Sons later this summer
An as-yet-unnamed eatery from chef Anthony Rose, who left The Drake Hotel last year to open the first of three new restaurants, is...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Our neighbours’ barbecue fills our backyard with unpleasant smoke. Can we complain?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I have new neighbours who love to barbecue, which is fine, except that it’s almost always...
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Introducing: Marky and Sparky’s Smokehouse, a new spot for southern barbecue in the Junction
Name: Marky and Sparky’s Smokehouse Neighbourhood: The Junction Contact Info: 520 Annette St., 647-748-4227, Facebook Owners:...
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Review: Electric Mud BBQ is a raucous Parkdale party spot for barbecue and bourbon
Electric Mud BBQ ★½ 5 Brock Ave., 416-516-8286 The team behind Grand Electric, Parkdale’s new-wave taqueria, has opened a...
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Introducing: Aft Kitchen and Bar, a new barbecue joint in Riverside
Name: Aft Kitchen and Bar Neighborhood: Riverside Contact info: 686 Queen St. East, 647-346-1541, aftbar.com, @aft_bar Owner: Paul...
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Smoke BBQ House is reopening with new ownership and a slightly different name (UPDATED)
Smoke BBQ House has shut its doors after only three months on Harbord Street. The southern barbecue restaurant announced the news...
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Barbecue restaurant Que Supper Club is opening soon on Queen East
Toronto’s first-ever barbecue-centric supper club will be launching soon at Queen and Parliament. Que Supper Club will serve...
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Barbecue joint Marky & Sparky’s Smokehouse is opening in Bloor West Village
Butcher by Nature is launching a new smokehouse where co-owner Frank DiGenova and pitman Marcus De Simone are going to turn the...
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The Month that Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in December
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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Introducing: Smoke BBQ House, Harbord’s new no-nonsense barbecue joint
Harbord’s new Smoke BBQ House is the latest restaurant in Toronto dedicated to straightforward southern barbecue. Unlike places...
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Introducing: Triple A Bar, a new Texas-style barbecue joint and saloon on Adelaide
Laide, the erotically themed Adelaide and Jarvis cocktail lounge, has gotten a big revamp. The stripper pole and nude relief...
City News
Rob Ford re-ignites his election campaign at the biggest Ford Fest ever
Forget TIFF: The biggest party this weekend was Rob Ford’s annual barbecue. No, seriously—Ford Fest attracted more than 6,000...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for September 10 to 16
Monday September 10 Tuesday September 11 Wednesday September 12 Thursday September 13 Friday September 14 Saturday September 15...
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Ford Fest 2012 will have police, pony rides and a Pride parade
Despite the fact that Ford Fest is open to anyone who cares to schlep over to Rob Ford’ s mom’s house in Etobicoke, every year...
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A culinary tour of some of this year’s deep-fried wonders at the CNE
For last year’s Canadian National Exhibition, we brought you eight culinary innovations, including the god-awful (but much...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 16 to 22
Monday, July 16 Tuesday, July 17 Wednesday, July 18 Thursday, July 19 Friday, July 20 Saturday, July 21 Sunday, July 22 Farmers’...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15
Monday, July 9 Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12 Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Farmers’...
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Introducing: Hogtown Smoke, Toronto’s first food truck with an on-board smoker
Just over a month old, the Hogtown Smoke is the brainchild of Mark Wasserman and brothers Scott and Kevin Fraser, who run the...
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Introducing: The White Brick Kitchen, a new spot for American comfort food (“Tater Tots” included)
The newest local joint serving up hearty comfort food is tucked in among the Korean eateries on Bloor Street West. The White Brick...
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Captured: New Hogtown Smoke food truck draws huge lunchtime lineups
By some magical twist of fate, the two parking lots directly to the east and the north of the Toronto Life offices have become...
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Introducing: Leslieville Pumps, Toronto’s only barbecue joint that’s also a gas station
Bringing something novel to jaded Torontonians is a pretty tall order. By the looks of it, though, that’s just what brothers...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
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Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
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Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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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
The
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?
Deep Dives
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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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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
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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