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Little Portugal loses Essen
Toronto’s only purveyor of Jewish ramen , Essen , has closed. Owner and chef Leor Zimerman first opened Quinta , the...
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Geraldine, Parkdale’s favourite absinthe spot, is no more
When the Parkdale restaurant Geraldine opened in the summer of 2013, it immediately commanded notice. It was an elegant throwback...
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The Atlantic dries up
After five years, and almost as many conceptual changes, The Atlantic has closed. When it opened on Dundas West in 2010, it...
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Crush Wine Bar gets squeezed out
Since it opened in 2002, Crush Wine Bar has been a King West fixture, but its new owners clearly weren't such big fans: it's now...
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Le Ti Colibri leaves Kensington Market
With rents rising and condos encroaching, Kensington Market’s patchwork of international shops, bodegas and restaurants is...
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Table 17 is set to close next month
After seven years of service, Table 17 is closing. The popular Riverside restaurant will serve its last meals on July 11. Owner...
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St. Clair West seafood spot Catch has gone fishin’
The restaurant that introduced Toronto to The Gout—a whole, oyster-stuffed trout roasted inside a baby goat—has...
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Swan Restaurant goes under
Queen West's Swan Restaurant , open since 1997, will no longer cure hangovers with its caesars and smoked trout eggs Benny. Owner...
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This End Up goes down
Dundas West sandwich shop and cocktail bar This End Up , popular for its secret sauce–laced burgers on sesame-seed buns, will...
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Marky and Sparky’s gets smoked out of the Junction
No longer will the intersection of Runnymede and Annette smell of hickory smoke: the co-owner of Marky and Sparky's Smokehouse...
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Rosedale loses Le Petit Castor
Le Petit Castor , a midtown restaurant that was half pub, half club, quietly closed last weekend. Open since 2008, the one-time...
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Gilead Café and Wine Bar is closing next month (but if anyone wants to keep it open, it’s for sale)
On Thursday, Jamie Kennedy announced through a tweet that Gilead Café and Wine Bar , his cozy bistro hidden down a Corktown...
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The Happy Hooker goes belly-up
The Happy Hooker , Dundas West's fish-focused taqueria that opened two years ago during the city's taco-craze, has flopped. The...
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Addis Ababa is having landlord problems again
For the second time in just over a year , Addis Ababa has been forced to close. In December 2013, bailiffs served the longstanding...
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Vita Sociale gets the boot
It was less than two years ago that Centro , a fine-dining destination, rebranded itself as the pizza-and-pasta-focused Vita...
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It’s curtains for Hudson Kitchen
It's a wrap for a Dundas West restaurant that made quite the entrance into Toronto's dining scene. The first guests to sample chef...
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Daiter’s Fresh Market, uptown’s go-to Jewish grocer, is closing up shop this spring
After decades in the blintz business, Daiter's Fresh Market , the much-loved deli on Bathurst, will close its doors for good on...
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RIP Ortolan, the pioneering restaurant on Bloor West
When Ortolan opened in 2011, its quiet seasonal cooking stood out on a strip of Bloor West known for its men's clubs and discount...
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The Grove will serve its final meals on November 15
It takes more than great reviews, interesting food and prestigious awards to keep a restaurant running these days, it would...
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Dundas West loses its all-hummus restaurant
Anyone who zoomed through Trinity Bellwoods on the 505 streetcar this morning may have noticed the papered-up windows at...
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Ursa on Queen West is closing (or rather, hibernating)
Jacob Sharkey Pearce, co-owner and chef of Ursa, announced on Facebook today that his high-concept Canadian kitchen will be...
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So Long, Red Tea Box
Queen West residents will soon have one less window to gawk at. Red Tea Box opened 14 years ago near the corner of Queen and...
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Mount Pleasant chipperie closes after 64 years
When Roly and Marion Johnston opened Penrose Fish and Chips near the corner of Mount Pleasant and Manor roads, Louis St. Laurent...
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Closing time for Red Sauce?
The Italian sandwich shop at College and Clinton—formerly fine-dining restaurant Acadia—appears to have shut its doors after...
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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,
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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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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
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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