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King West’s Cool Hand Luc is getting evicted (and selling off all scoops for a dollar)
Perhaps the apocalypse is arriving this weekend after all. Cool Hand Luc, the cheery ice cream parlour that Luc Essiambre opened...
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Riverside’s Toucan Taco Bar closes—but expect a new restaurant there soon
Could Riverside’s Toucan Taco Bar, at 686 Queen Street East, be the canary in the coal mine of Toronto’s taco craze? Richard...
Food & Drink
Amaya’s Bazaar Global Food Bar shuts down—but the concept isn’t dead yet
After less than a year, Bazaar Global Food Bar, the casual Mount Pleasant restaurant that was part of Hemant Bhagwani’ s Amaya...
Food & Drink
The Pinball Café falls victim to Parkdale’s restaurant ban (UPDATED)
Earlier today, Jason and Rachel Hazzard, owners of Parkdale’s Pinball Café, posted a note on Facebook announcing they’re...
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Queen West’s Cajú to pack it in after 10 years
Brazilian cuisine has never been well represented in Toronto, and soon it will become even less so. After 10 years on Queen...
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LPK’s Culinary Groove to wind down by the end of the year
Leslieville’s uber-ethical bakery LPK’s Culinary Groove recently announced that it will be closing at the end of the year. In...
Food & Drink
The Bloordale Pantry closes, is quickly replaced by The Whippoorwill Restaurant and Tavern
In a 10-day Restaurant Makeover- ish blitz, friends Shawn Creamer (Dakota Tavern) and Tyler Cunningham (Ultra) have taken over and...
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Captain John asks his fans to help bail him out
In the latest episode of the ongoing saga of Captain John’s Seafood Restaurant, owner John Letnik has made the increasingly...
Food & Drink
The Feasting Room nears the end of its successful pop-up run
In June, we told you about The Feasting Room, a nose-to-tail pop-up restaurant with a new six-course menu devoted entirely to one...
Food & Drink
Leslieville Cheese Market closes its Queen West location, blaming Loblaws
The west end Leslieville Cheese Market has shut its doors after a three-year run at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta...
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Food & Drink
Av and Dav’s Maléna sold to mystery buyer
Earlier today, we found out that Maléna, the Ionian and then Italian restaurant owned by Sam Kalogiros and David Minicucci, has...
Food & Drink
Agave y Aguacate closes in Kensington but will be popping up here and there
After just over a year of delighting Kensington Market with his meticulous Mexican street food, Francisco Alejandri, the affable...
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Toasted Tangerine food truck motors down for good
Toronto’s food truck scene took a hit Saturday when The Toasted Tangerine announced it would be winding down. Alyssa...
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Food & Drink
The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in July
Openings: Closings: Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
Food & Drink
Captain John reluctant to abandon ship as eviction deadline looms
Current Grid cover boy John Letnik (a.k.a. Captain John) of longtime waterfront joint Captain John’s Seafood Restaurant said he...
Food & Drink
Grindhouse Burger Bar bites the dust—for now at least
King West’s burger and karaoke bar Grindhouse is no more. The former gluten-free, vegetarian, and regular ol’ meat burger...
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Goodnight (the bar) to say goodnight (the valediction) this weekend
Back in October, we warned you that Goodnight, the semi-exclusive neo-speakeasy that was rammed with stars during last year’s...
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Pickle lovers rejoice: Strubs will live on (for now)
The latest development in the ongoing Strubs Food Corporation saga will be well received by pickle lovers across Ontario: the...
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Captain John’s Restaurant succumbs to the stormy seas of unpaid back taxes
The ongoing debt and legal issues at Captain John’s Harbour Boat Restaurant, the iconic marine eatery docked at the foot of...
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Strubs Food purchased, fate of pickles remains to be determined
As we suspected, the insolvent Strubs Food Corp. (maker of the much- loved Strubs pickles) has been bought by shelf-stable food...
Food & Drink
Strubs Food in a pickle over insolvency issues
Strubs Pickles, part of Strubs Food Corp., is in a crunch as it faces potential acquisition because of insolvency issues. The once...
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The Real Jerk to throw a farewell party this Saturday
The day that roti lovers across the city have been dreading is finally nigh: after fighting an eviction notice and then steeply...
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Prince Edward County cheesemaker Fifth Town suspends operations
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company, the much-loved artisanal Prince Edward County cheese company, has wound down its...
Food & Drink
The Real Jerk’s days in its Queen Street shop are numbered (22, to be precise)
It looks like the Real Jerk’ s long, drawn-out tenancy saga is about to come to an end—the last chance to grab a roti at the...
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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