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Weddings 2012: eight trendy finger foods to satisfy the health nut, the gourmand and the junk-food addict
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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
Where to Get Good Stuff Cheap 2012: a pimped-out sandwich, the ultimate bargain gourmet meal
By Andrew D’Cruz, Matthew Hague, Rachel Heinrichs, Emily Landau, David Lawrason, Jason McBride, Mark Pupo, Peter Saltsman and...
Culture
New Canadian TV show You Gotta Eat Here! hops on the comfort food bandwagon
It looks like Food Network Canada is betting that comfort food, the culinary trend that refuses to die, has yet more staying power...
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Food & Drink
Q&A with Bobby Flay: the Iron Chef talks to us about comfort food, Toronto dining and his Thanksgiving dinner for 55
Bobby Flay is a busy, busy man. In between flipping burgers with President Obama and opening up new restaurants (he launches his...
Food & Drink
Chris Nuttall-Smith on Keriwa and Bannock, two restaurants riffing on Canadian culinary traditions
In the basement hallway of Keriwa Café, there’s a row of photographs showing an Ojibwa man dancing through Paris in feathered...
Food & Drink
Foodie film alert: A Matter of Taste follows 10 years in the life of Paul Liebrandt
In 2001, Paul Liebrandt —whose story is told in A Matter of Taste: Serving Paul Liebrandt, on now at the TIFF Bell...
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Culture
Top Chef Canada winner Dale MacKay to launch new restaurant (sadly not in Toronto) and spice line
We don’t usually cover Vancouver restaurant news here at the Dish, but for Top Chef Canada we’ll make an exception. Shortly...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Food Cabbie, a new food truck with classic American comfort food
The Food Cabbie, an unassuming yellow-and-black food truck serving American classics, popped up a couple weeks ago in a car park...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Hogtown Vegan, vegan comfort food from the Hot Beans crew
In the past few years, Toronto has become a bona fide meat-tropolis, with a new charcuterie-heavy joint, barbecue smokehouse or...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: The Combine Eatery, the new place for fish tacos on the Danforth
The Combine Eatery , a new southwestern comfort food spot started by siblings Albert and Amy Chan , stands out from the slew of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Smith, the gay village’s new destination for both grubbing and clubbing
Smith may be one of the less Google-able of Toronto’s new restaurants, but owner Renda Abdo is counting on sharp design and a...
Culture
We chat with the winner of Top Chef Canada season one
We caught up with the winner of season one of Top Chef Canada last night shortly after the show aired to get their impressions on...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Barque, Roncesvalles’s new, lighter take on the traditional smokehouse
With newish barbecue joints The Stockyards and Hadley’s still going gangbusters and Hardy’s set to open this June, it looks...
Food & Drink
Introducing Parkette: Italian comfort food, Trinity Bellwoods style
Aptly named for its proximity to Trinity Bellwoods, Parkette is yet another new, rustic Italian outpost, this time only a couple...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Stout Irish Pub, the Cabbagetown tavern with a serious beer list
The traditional gold lettering set against a black wall might bring to mind Foxes, Fiddles and Firkins, but this is no...
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Introducing: The Ballroom, the downtown bowling alley with UFC and gourmet chicken wings
Until recently, Bathurst Bowlerama —site of kids’ parties and seniors’ leagues—has been the only option for downtowners...
Food & Drink
Weekly Lunch Pick: the 24-hour sam gye tang soup at Etsu
Taking responsibility for holiday excesses might be a painful task, but Etsu’s sam gye tang ($23) goes a long way in helping...
Food & Drink
Introducing: E11even, MLSE’s attempt at fine dining
MLSE’s Maple Leaf Square follow-up to Real Sports Bar and Grill is E11even, an unpretentious spot also in Maple Leaf Square...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: the gooey Dungeness crab mac-and-cheese at Reds
Top toque Michael Steh, bronze medallist at Toronto’s annual Gold Medal Plates competition, is the culinary mastermind behind...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: we review O&B Canteen and Brockton General
Brockton General 1321 Dundas St. W., 647-342-6104 The usual rules of running a restaurant don’t apply at this tiny former sports...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: the beef sukiyaki at Tokyo Grill
Turns out Guu isn’t the only place to go for Japanese comfort food. Homesick expats and Japanophiles often turn to the...
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How to make Canoe’s braised pork and split peas
Chef Anthony Walsh’s mother taught him how to cook pork so tender you can eat it with a spoon. Here’s his recipe “I started...
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Where to eat lunch this week: Aunties and Uncles
This urban oasis near U of T nails the '50s nostalgia and the chicken sandwich The place: If restaurants were swimsuits, Aunties...
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General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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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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