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Grant van Gameren’s opening a cocktail bar in Parkdale
And he's calling it Pretty Ugly
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At the Cloak Bar, Chartreuse is just the thing for spring
The monk-made liqueur gets a Caribbean spin at Marben's basement speakeasy
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How to make Bar Begonia’s rye cocktail
Bar manager Oliver Stern shares the recipe for his O&A
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Introducing: Provo FoodBar, a new place for cocktails and small plates
Ceviche, jambalaya and a whole lotta things on crostini
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The Cloak is Marben’s new cocktail bar
Fancy a Banksy or a Mr. Bean?
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How to get a taste of the tropics without leaving Toronto
Secret no. 1 to making the most of the city this chilly season
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Introducing: The Shameful Tiki Room, a Polynesian paradise in Parkdale
This is the second tiki bar for the west-end neighbourhood
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At Northern Belle, shrubs are back in bloom
Not the garden variety, but the cocktail mixer
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The Walton is Little Italy’s new morning-to-night spot
It's a café! It's a cocktail bar! It's both!
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Blender not required
The bartender of Parkdale's Polynesian spot, Miss Thing's, on how to drink rum (without cutesy umbrellas)
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Grey Tiger, a vegan bar and café, is now open in Bloordale
Vegans now have a second reason to visit Bloordale: the recently opened Grey Tiger (which the owners named after their rescued...
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Bittersweet Symphony: vermouth, the light, refreshing, versatile aperitif, is back
For years, Toronto bar lists have favoured ballsy amber liquors (bourbons, ryes and the like) for building powerhouse...
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A breakdown of BarChef’s Abstract Ice, a cocktail you eat with a spoon
Since 2009, Frankie Solarik of Queen West's BarChef has been rattling the cocktail scene with hyper-modernist elixirs, like the...
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How do you make a hi-tech cocktail?
At Rush Lane, the Queen West snack bar and experimental cocktail laboratory, Jordan Bushell and Simon Hooper craft complex...
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Top Five: Toronto’s best rum cocktails
Five innovative takes on the classic pirate’s grog At the County General, bartender Jeff Carroll creates a tart, fruity punch...
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Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: The New Brews
A summery guide to Toronto’s micro-beer scene Just when you think Toronto’s craft beer obsession has peaked, a new collection...
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Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew
As temperatures rise, look to beer cocktails for light, low-alcohol refreshment Beer cocktails used to mean whiskey-and-lager...
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Get tipsy for a good cause during Toronto Negroni Week
There must be a certain science to deciding which foods and drinks deserve to have entire weeks of the year cordoned off in their...
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Six inspired vodka infusions to help you create cocktails like a pro mixologist
Aja Sax, bartender at the new Dufferin Grove gastropub The Huntsman, on how to custom-flavour your vodka—and what to do with it...
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What to Wear to Christmas Parties: tuxedo blazers, skater skirts and more top trends for the holiday season
The holiday season brings with it a certain set of headaches: wacky relatives coming to stay, panicked shopping trips, and the...
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Rye High: a recipe for the ultimate Canada Day punch from The Emerson’s Aja Sax
Canadian rye now rivals bourbon as bartenders’ brown booze of choice. Here, Aja Sax, the cocktail savant at The Emerson, shares...
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Gallery: Toronto Life hosts the Art of the Cocktail at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Two hundred people packed the Malaparte event space on the sixth-floor of the TIFF Bell Lighbox last Thursday for our first-ever...
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Introducing: Ardor Bistro, a new Peruvian restaurant on Ossington from the owners of Celestin
Name: Ardor Bistro Neighbourhood: Ossington Contact Info: 59 Ossington Ave., 647-351-5100 Owners: Brothers Ivan Tarazona and James...
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A summer oyster bar is joining the eclectic mix at 99 Sudbury
The sprawling former glass factory at 99 Sudbury St., tucked between West Queen West and Liberty Village, has seen all kinds of...
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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?
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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