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Introducing: Catch, the Rushton’s new seafood-themed sister restaurant on St. Clair
A year and a half after St. Clair fixture Filippo’s ended its more than 20-year run, the paper has finally come off the windows...
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Introducing: Hopgood’s Foodliner, the new Roncesvalles restaurant from Hoof Café vet Geoff Hopgood
It’s been while since Geoff Hopgood, best known (and beloved) for the innovative brunch he served at the now-closed Hoof Café...
Food & Drink
Best Bars: A killer, just-sweet-enough bourbon cocktail on Queen West
The County General 936 Queen St. W., 416-531-4447 A good drink is in the details, and Aja Sax’s devotion to the little things...
Food & Drink
Best Bars: Toronto’s top 16 cocktail lounges, dives and speakeasies
CHECK OUT ALL 16 COCKTAIL PICKS » JUMP TO: BEST ROOFTOP TIPPLES | CLASSIEST DRINKS IN A DIVE | BEST DRINKS AFTER A 12-HOUR DAY |...
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Best Bars: Two meticulously calibrated elixirs at Brassaii and Barchef (some assembly required)
Brassaii’s Campfire Coffee 461 King St. W., 416-598-4730 Booze slinger Jordan Stacey turns the common specialty coffee into a...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Lucid, Moses McIntee’s molecularly inclined cocktail bar and restaurant on Queen West
Sure, it might seem a tad inauspicious being the following act to the absurdly short-lived Bohemiam Gastropub and its similarly...
Food & Drink
POLL: How much should you tip for fancy, pricy cocktails?
Over at the advice section of the New York Times Dining Journal, Florence Fabricant writes: Of course, even if bartenders are...
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Introducing: Gusto 101, a new King West Italian joint that’s got wine on tap (from the basement winery)
Gusto 101, the latest shiny new thing to appear in the perpetually-in-construction King West neighbourhood, opened its doors last...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Ursa, a new Queen West restaurant serving modern Canadian cuisine (that’s secretly good for you too)
Back in July, the owners of Trinity-Bellwoods staple Bar One announced they were shutting its doors after an 11-year run. Six...
Food & Drink
Demand for fancy cocktail ice spurs Chilean man to steal five tonnes’ worth—from a glacier
Seizing on a new and unique way to sucker people into paying exorbitant prices for water-based products, a man in Chile chipped...
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City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: is arriving late to parties just part of Toronto culture?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I moved to Toronto from Tokyo about a year ago. Maybe it’s just a difference in cultures, but no one shows...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Bar Neon, a new Bloordale watering hole with some ambitious grub
When Bar Neon opened last month, it became Bloordale’s answer to the trend embodied by places like Grand Electric and 416 Snack...
Shopping
Where to Get Good Stuff Cheap 2012: everything you need for a cost-effective happy hour
By Andrew D’Cruz, Matthew Hague, Rachel Heinrichs, Emily Landau, David Lawrason, Jason McBride, Mark Pupo, Peter Saltsman and...
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Bar star Moses McIntee to open Lucid Cocktail and Kitchen this month
Toronto cocktail lovers take note—word on the street is one of the city’s most inventive mixologists, Moses McIntee, is back...
Food & Drink
New Reviews: Pizzeria Defina, Diana’s Oyster Bar and the Hoof Cocktail Bar
Thin-crust lust in Roncey, impeccable seafood in Scarborough and double-digit cocktails on Dundas West PIZZERIA DEFINA 321...
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True Grits: Chris Nuttall-Smith on Acadia’s sublime Lowcountry cooking
There are things you don’t expect in a cheap, casual Little Italy restaurant with a mediocre wine list. You don’t expect to...
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Culture
TIFF 2011 Roundup: How to be Don Draper (er, Jon Hamm)
One of the many A-list celebrities to grace Toronto’s streets last week for TIFF 2011 was none other than Jon Hamm himself—or...
Food & Drink
Introducing: the second stop on the Drake Dining Roadshow, 1940s L.A. Chinatown
Back in June, we told you about the Drake Hotel’ s Dining Roadshow , a series of thematically changing restaurant concepts...
Food & Drink
Attention food science nerds: Foodpairing.com’s Bernard Lahousse brings taste into the lab in two talks this week
Chefs often speak of perfect pairings, particularly in food and wine. While most accept that certain flavour combinations just...
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Culture
Round 3, fight! More TIFF cocktails to help loosen us up when we’re three feet away from Ryan Gosling
The TIFF cocktails keep coming, because sometimes it’s difficult to fraternize with A- to D-listers without the aid of some kind...
Food & Drink
The vodka backlash backlash is here, apparently
Today’s Globe and Mail has a piece about the anti-vodka movement, championed by people like the Black Hoof’ s Jen Agg, and the...
Culture
More TIFF 2011 cocktails that will keep us buzzed among the buzzy
We are 10 days away from the booze-soaked celebrity circus otherwise known as the Toronto International Film Festival, and the...
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The annual list of celeb-inspired TIFF cocktails is out (with nary a Canadian to be seen)
Two weeks away from the start of the Toronto International Film Festival, official sponsor Skyy Vodka kicked things off with its...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Williams Landing, a new Liberty Village spot with a prime patio
Although it’s only been open for two weeks, Williams Landing Bar, Grill and Hub has quickly become one of Liberty Village’s...
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
“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
Deep Dives
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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“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
Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative