Real Estate News
Food & Drink
City News
Deep Dives
Culture
Style
Newsletters
Membership
Submit a Tip
Subscribe
Sign in
Cote de Boeuf
Food & Drink
Is this Bloor Street or the 11th arrondissement? A new French restaurant brings a piece of Paris to the Annex
Brasserie Côte is the sister spot to Union and Côte de Bœuf
Advertisement
Food & Drink
One of Toronto’s best bistros is opening something new in the Annex
Brassiere Côte will be the new sibling spot of Union and Côte de Bœuf
Food & Drink
“We came really close to selling the place”: Two Toronto restaurateurs on the struggle to open their dream Grey County restaurant
The story behind Heart's, the roadside tavern that almost wasn't
Food & Drink
11 extraordinary family-style feasts to fill up on this Family Day
Start your own tradition of not doing dishes
Advertisement
Food & Drink
15 of our favourite restaurants and bars perfect for last-minute Valentine’s Day dates
No reservations required
Food & Drink
The 30 best bars in Toronto
From molecular cocktails to top-notch tap lists, these are our favourite places to drink in the city right now
Food & Drink
Inside the kitchen of Prince Edward County winemaker Norman Hardie
A few of the things it's stocked with: Marmite, maple syrup, and a whole lotta meat
Advertisement
Food & Drink
20 reasons why there’s never been a better time to drink wine in Ontario
We're crushing hard on the province's grapes
Food & Drink
Ossington butcher shop Côte de Boeuf is now also a snack bar, sometimes
Whether it needed one or not, the Ossington strip has gained yet another epicurean attraction. The peckish and thirsty can now...
Food & Drink
Top Five: the best butchers in Toronto
Boutique meat shops that sell impeccably sourced cuts Sanagan’s Meat Locker, Kensington Market’s cult-followed butcher...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Festive Feast: the top 20 artisanal treats of the season
A hedonistic reverie of hand-crafted, artisanal, drop-dead-delicious holiday treats ’Tis the season for reckless...
Food & Drink
Recipe: Côte de Boeuf’s decadent duck confit (it’s worth the two-day preparation process)
PREP TIME: 10 minutes COOK TIME: 3 hours plus 15 minutes REFRIGERATION TIME: 2 days Serves 4 DUCK CONFIT ⅔ cup brown sugar ⅓...
Food & Drink
Top Five: Toronto’s best take-out dinners
Great home cooking, done by somebody else Ossington’s old-world butcher shop has an array of gourmet classics, including a daily...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Slideshow: Côte De Boeuf’s
Game of Thrones
-inspired dinner party
On Wednesday and Thursday, Ossington haute butcher Côte De Boeuf and The Kitchen Bell hosted A Feast For Kings , a Game Of...
Food & Drink
Ossington meat shop Côte De Boeuf is hosting a Game of Thrones dinner party
With the premiere of Game of Thrones season four on HBO just four weeks out, Toronto fans are running out of ways to sate their...
Food & Drink
Delivery Delights: six upmarket caterers that will bring an haute meal straight to your home
Between shopping, tree-trimming and seasonal party-hopping, the holidays offer precious little time to relax. Having to stuff a...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in March
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
Food & Drink
The Dish Power Rankings: Brandon Walsh edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. The top...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Côte de Boeuf, a new butcher and food shop from the owners of Union
Name: Côte de Boeuf Neighbourhood: Ossington Contact info: 130 Ossington Ave., 416-532-2333, @CDBOssington Owners: brothers...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Union is launching spin-off food shop Côte de Boeuf later this month
In late December, Côte de Boeuf popped up briefly at 130 Ossington Avenue to sell a variety of holiday provisions and then...
Advertisement
Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
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!”
Just Listed
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
Just Listed
For Sale: 50 First Avenue
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
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment