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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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West coast coffee chain Milano opens in Toronto
Vancouver's Milano Coffee has opened its first Toronto location, giving those in the core another way to stay caffeinated. The...
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There’s a Dark Horse Espresso Bar in store for Dovercourt Village
Dark Horse Espresso, the indie coffee chain with locations in Trinity Bellwoods, Riverdale, Chinatown and the Entertainment...
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A cute Scandinavian-style coffee shop joins the Junction’s café ranks
With seven cafes, a juice bar, a CrossFit gym and Diane Keaton visits , it’s safe to say the Junction is at gentrification...
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White Squirrel coffee is coming to Rosedale
The popular Queen West café is branching out into slightly yuppier territory with a new outpost at Yonge and Roxborough. Signage...
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Jimmy’s Coffee opens new, tri-level café at Bay and Gerrard
Historically, Bay and Gerrard hasn't been known as a particularly glamorous address, but things are looking up for the downtown...
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Indie bean supplier Pilot signs on at the Ritz, which means more good coffee in the Financial Core
There's a dearth of decent coffee in the heart of the Financial District, which is too bad, really, since the people who work...
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Tim Hortons is handing out free doughnuts this week
Tim Hortons is celebrating its semicentennial this week by giving away free doughnuts. The anniversary celebration starts...
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A new board-game café, hookah lounge and “bohemian tea house” is now open in Harbord Village
In Toronto, board-game cafés—once so daringly niche—have become superabundant. Bampot, the city’s newest social-gaming...
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Indie coffee maestro Sam James sets up shop on the Ossington strip
After setting up cafés in some unexpected places across Toronto—first Harbord Street, next Koreatown, and then The...
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A new coffee shop brings fresh-baked croissants (and cheesy bacon rolls) to the Roncey strip
For awhile it seemed like Roncey was in danger of losing its indie-coffeehouse cred, what with the recent closure of Alternative...
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Six boozy ways with coffee and tea
Chris MacNeil, the bartender at Suits, the Trump Hotel’s power broker lounge, shares boozy recipes to kick up your next caffeine...
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Afternoon Tea Guide: nine places in Toronto to spend a perfectly civilized afternoon
Bourbon cocktails and bar snacks have their place, but there’s something pleasingly civilized about afternoon tea. The social...
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Trinity Bellwoods welcomes The Lucky Penny, a new café-general store hybrid with a 25-seat patio
Debbie Rix ’s original intention wasn't to open The Lucky Penny in the midst of a polar vortex. The first-time entrepreneur was...
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The newest café to hit Queen East has a little Latin flair
Hola, the latest addition to the well-caffeinated Queen East strip, gets its funky Latin vibe from owner Cesar Penalver, who hails...
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Canadians are a surprisingly caffeinated people, according to a new study
Maybe it's the Timmy's count per block, or perhaps the brisk northern clime that makes everyone keen to sip something...
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A new indie coffeehouse brings caffeinated beverages (and Belgian waffles) to east Leslieville
Brickyard Grounds, a new café perched on the very eastern edge of Leslieville, is a comfortable place to take refuge on a...
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You can send Starbucks coffees to your friends over Twitter now
As of yesterday, Canadian social-media users can send more than just sparkling witticisms and insensitive ideological tirades over...
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Roncey loses a beloved coffee shop, gains a shiny new Timmies
Alternative Grounds, one of the first Toronto cafés to boast an eco-friendly mandate and 100 per cent fair-trade beans, has been...
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A new study adds drinking tea to the list of stuff pregnant women shouldn’t do
Being pregnant may have long-term payoffs (namely, babies), but it sometimes seems like one big list of buzz-kills: no...
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Here’s College Street’s Empire Espresso, because no one should have to walk five minutes for a decent coffee
In café-riddled Toronto, it has been curiously difficult to find good coffee on the stretch of College Street between Lit...
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Tim Hortons’ first new coffee blend since 1964 “actually tastes like coffee”
After half a century pouring the same old brew, Timmies is branching out with a brand-new blend. The darker, bolder roast, made...
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Multicoloured macarons and other mini-confections at a new patisserie on King West
Delysées, a contemporary French bakery at King and Tecumseth, was inspired by modern pastry shops in Paris. The pristine space is...
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Introducing: Kitten and the Bear, a charming new tea room and confiturier in Parkdale
Name: Kitten and the Bear Contact Info: 1574 Queen St. W., 647-926-9711, kittenandthebear.com, @KATBpreserves Neighbourhood:...
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
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Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
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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
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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
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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?
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
Deep Dives
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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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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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