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The Black Hoof’s Jen Agg takes on the latest cocktail trend—barrel aging
Inspired by the experiments of Portland bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler , forward-thinking mixologists across the continent have...
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Introducing: Le Canard Mort, the new Leslieville restaurant and cocktail bar from the people behind Le Rossignol
The beloved neighbourhood watering hole Barrio shuttered its French doors last summer, and hungry Leslievillers have been gazing...
Food & Drink
DIY Barbecue Guide: how to make the Drake’s sweet, sour and bitter Cucumber Smash
Created by The Drake Hotel’s bar manager, Jon Humphrey, the Cucumber Smash is a tight balance of sweet, sour and bitter with a...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Against the Grain, a new lakeside pub with a lakeside patio
For so long, Toronto’s eastern waterfront has felt like a barren wasteland (remember when The Guvernment seemed like the edge of...
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Bringing Sexy Back: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Aria and Toca
After three years of restaurant restraint, Aria and Toca, two unabashedly flashy new spots, are giving diners a reason to get...
City News
Gregory Burke pulled the Power Plant out of debt and enhanced its international reputation. Then, he quit.
The Power Plant’s first board meeting of the year was held at noon on Monday, February 7. The gallery, situated on prime...
Food & Drink
The sipper club: meet the city’s competitive cabal of top sommeliers
Will Predhomme belongs to a competitive cabal of top sommeliers who sniff, sip and spit their way through hundreds of bottles a...
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Take a look inside the redesigned Victor restaurant at Hôtel Le Germain
With upscale bars and restaurants popping up in new hotels in and around King West, Victor , an operation that staked an early...
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Take a look inside the newly renovated Amber, Toufik Sarwa’s Yorkville mainstay
For almost 12 years, Yorkville’s Amber has been the place to see and be seen. Having just finished turning his Cinq 01 into the...
Food & Drink
The Year in Dining: our chief critic dishes on the city’s big food trends
You get two questions over and over when you’re a restaurant critic. The first one, “Where should I eat?” isn’t so hard to...
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Toronto chefs and Ontario wineries join forces for Japan earthquake relief dinner
In response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last week, a number of Toronto chefs and Ontario wine...
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Introducing: Blowfish on Bay, the financial district outpost of the King Street resto-lounge
The owners of King West Asian fusion resto-lounge Blowfish are banking on the Bay Street crowd with their newest venture, Blowfish...
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Canadian chefs: local food is still the new black
The results from the 2011 Canadian Chef Survey were announced Monday at the fourth annual Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices...
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Introducing: Lee Lounge, the latest incarnation of Susur Lee’s King West space
After teasing a hungry public for over half a year, Susur Lee , arguably the city’s most internationally recognized chef, opened...
Food & Drink
Flavour of the Month: eight core-warming winter cocktails
The city’s best bar hands are dreaming up boozy cocktails to take the edge off our mid-February malaise Hot Buttered Rum The...
City News
King State of Mind: When did the once-cool King West strip descend into a mess of stretch Hummers, drunken bachelorettes and last-call brawls?
Scenes from a never-ending party “Let’s get drunk and fuck! Let’s get drunk and fuck!” I’m at Cobra, a King West club in...
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12 best bets for Winterlicious 2011: our chief critic goes through the menus so you don’t have to
Big-spending downtown Torontonians have taken in the past few years to whining about Winterlicious, but the two-week dining...
Culture
Canadian prop master on designing the Tron movie
When Tron: Legacy hits theatres tonight at 12:01 a.m., you can bet there’ll be legions of super-fans in attendance, eager to...
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Empire state of mind: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Scott Conant’s Scarpetta
Celeb chef Scott Conant opened his third outpost of Scarpetta this summer. Too bad it looks, feels and tastes like a branch plant...
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Introducing: Bar Salumi, an aperitif bar by the owners of Local Kitchen
Inside Queen West’s new Bar Salumi —under hanging Berkshire prosciutto, garlands of hot peppers and a wild boar’s...
Culture
Peaches Geldof loves expensive video games, cheap booze
As the daughter of Bob Geldof , British socialite Peaches Geldof is basically high society by birth. Her taste in cocktails? Maybe...
Culture
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: James Franco, Hilary Swank and Marion Cotillard party at the Thompson Hotel
The TIFF celebrity brigade was out in full force at the Thompson Hotel on Saturday night to celebrate the films from Fox...
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Culture
Spotted: Emilio Estevez in Toronto
A little birdie tells us that Emilio Estevez was enjoying some late-night cocktails at the Drake's Sky Yard yesterday after the...
Food & Drink
The TIFF cocktail list is out: this year’s celebrity-themed drinks
With September looming, the annual swarm of boozers and cruisers is about to descend upon our city. No, not incoming U of T...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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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
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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