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Queen West fixture the Cameron House is up for sale
The Cameron House, the bar of all trades near Queen and Spadina, is up for sale. The rather spare listing woos potential buyers by...
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Carman’s Dining Club steak house finally put out of its misery
Arthur Carman' s storied and troubled steak house on Alexander Street went into hibernation this summer, never to wake up. This...
Food & Drink
Study of Ossington hip strip is bad news for new restaurant owners and patio lovers across Toronto
When Toronto’s most notorious fuddy-duddy, Joe Pantalone, championed last May’s ban on new licences along lower Ossington, the...
Food & Drink
Ho-Lee-Chow, ubiquitous purveyor of pseudo-Chinese food, closes its many doors
Ho-Lee-Chow —that omnipresent bastion of quick, North Americanized Chinese food—is going out of business after 20...
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Zelda’s decamps for Yonge Street (where it will surely re-camp)
Zelda’s —the Village resto-bar and perennial third-choice patio after Hair of the Dog and O’Grady’s —has moved from its...
Food & Drink
Gourmet magazine has balled its last melon
Gourmet is no more. The food world is mourning the loss of the magazine, which has been a cornerstone of North American culinary...
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Closing in on the sale of the Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar
The much-anticipated sale of the Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, which has been in the works for several weeks, is slated to close...
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After 32 years on Church Street, Bigliardi’s closes its doors
Ever since the news broke that George Bigliardi’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant is closing on September 26, the long-standing...
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Truffles to close: Toronto’s grandfather of fine dining bites the dust after 37 years
After nearly four decades of obsequious service and high-end dining, the Four Seasons' restaurant Truffles announced that it will...
Food & Drink
Restaurant closures roundup: now is the summer of our discontent
Steel for some heartbreakers. Since our last roundup of restaurant closures, three of Toronto’s hoariest dining institutions are...
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Fire at new Glow restaurant causes two-week closure
Rose Reisman woke early last Thursday to talk about blueberry recipes on Canada AM. But when the restaurateur behind Glow Fresh...
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Robert Pattinson cheaps out, forks outsell knives, measuring restaurant pretension
• Twilight star Robert Pattinson has outraged New York waiters by leaving a 14 per cent tip. The English actor munched on...
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Jamie Kennedy sets the record straight on the Gardiner, the debts, and the Wine Bar sale
Last month, Jamie Kennedy called a press conference to talk about the transformation of his Gardiner restaurant from a fine dining...
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Thuet opens one, closes another
Marc Thuet and Biana Zorich are adding a new outpost to their empire, just as they close the dining room at Atelier Thuet . The...
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Name that Saloon: West Queen West gets a new bar by the Harbord Room boys
In a powerhouse collaboration to rival The Saint’s roster, the Harbord Room ’s owner (David Mitton, also of Czehoski ), chef...
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More recession-struck boîtes go belly up
Although the stock exchange is out of meltdown mode, restaurants are still suffering the aftershocks of recession. We’ve already...
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Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner to close on June 7
Having opened two café-style eateries in the past year, the once-unstoppable Jamie Kennedy will shutter one of his original...
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Cluck, Grunt and Low silenced: The carnivore’s paradise closes rather abruptly
The meat lovers among us were surprised and saddened by today’s unexpected news : Cluck, Grunt and Low —the Annex ’s go-to...
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Another one bites the dust: Cru is the latest recession casualty
The much-lauded restaurant Cru (we gave it three stars earlier this year) closed its doors on unlucky April 13. Owner Hieu Nguyen...
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RIP, recession-struck restaurants
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Tip of the Isberg: Coca’s fate is in the hands of its one-time chef
When we asked whether Coca ’s surprise shutdown signalled closure or reincarnation, we didn’t know that its management was...
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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
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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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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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