Toronto Life
1,077,815 Torontonians can’t be wrong. Follow us:
Toronto Life
  • Real Estate
  • Food & Drink
  • City
  • Life
  • Culture
  • Style
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
  • Subscribe
Follow us
Sections

Covid-19

“I can picture my stepdad toasting me with a loud ‘Skål!'”: How one Toronto publicist started a side hustle selling Swedish candy
Food & Drink

“I can picture my stepdad toasting me with a loud ‘Skål!'”: How one Toronto publicist started a side hustle selling Swedish candy

These are no Maynard's Swedish berries

This Toronto pastry chef opened her own chocolate shop in a 120-year-old Simcoe County farmhouse
Food & Drink

This Toronto pastry chef opened her own chocolate shop in a 120-year-old Simcoe County farmhouse

"When the pandemic hit, that was the final straw"

“We came really close to selling the place”: Two Toronto restaurateurs on the struggle to open their dream Grey County restaurant
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

“I think we need to embrace the awkwardness”: How a Toronto brewery is helping people relearn the art of small talk
Food & Drink

“I think we need to embrace the awkwardness”: How a Toronto brewery is helping people relearn the art of small talk

It's like platonic Tinder for tech-averse beer lovers

“I’m looking out for our customers”: Why this restaurant owner isn’t ready to do away with vaccine passports just yet
Food & Drink

“I’m looking out for our customers”: Why this restaurant owner isn’t ready to do away with vaccine passports just yet

"I respect the freedom of people who don’t want to come here, just like they should respect my freedom to make this choice”

“I love the entrepreneur life and it’s nice feeling like I’m in charge”: Chef Brandon Olsen on his new in-home restaurant experience
Food & Drink

“I love the entrepreneur life and it’s nice feeling like I’m in charge”: Chef Brandon Olsen on his new in-home restaurant experience

Life after La Banane

“We are already seeing an uptick in business”: How a Toronto café owner feels after two years of restrictions
Food & Drink

“We are already seeing an uptick in business”: How a Toronto café owner feels after two years of restrictions

Boxcar Social co-owner Alex Castellani on remembering what "normal" feels like after endless pivoting

Valentine’s Day: These Toronto restaurants are offering multi-course takeout meals, bagel brunches and charcuterie bouquets
Food & Drink

Valentine’s Day: These Toronto restaurants are offering multi-course takeout meals, bagel brunches and charcuterie bouquets

Say it with... meat and cheese

“I was crazy enough to think I could do this:” This chef returned from Bali to open a bistro, and then Omicron hit
Food & Drink

“I was crazy enough to think I could do this:” This chef returned from Bali to open a bistro, and then Omicron hit

David Adjey tells us what it's like to step back behind the stove right now

“Early on in this wave, we had 1,000 staff members off work every day”: UHN’s head of critical care on how ICUs are coping with the hospital crisis
City

“Early on in this wave, we had 1,000 staff members off work every day”: UHN’s head of critical care on how ICUs are coping with the hospital crisis

"Everybody’s exhausted. We’ve had people break down in tears in the middle of their shifts"

“We’re already selling out of chicken”: This burnt-out nurse started a sandwich shop with his fiancée during Covid
City

“We’re already selling out of chicken”: This burnt-out nurse started a sandwich shop with his fiancée during Covid

"No one’s life is on the line, and we get the satisfaction of sharing our creations with the world"

“One person said they had booked appointments for 20 friends from my tweets”: How this woman became a vaccine hunter extraordinaire
City

“One person said they had booked appointments for 20 friends from my tweets”: How this woman became a vaccine hunter extraordinaire

"I wanted to do what I could to ease the burden on the health care system"

An updated guide to Toronto’s best new takeout options this winter
Food & Drink

An updated guide to Toronto’s best new takeout options this winter

Including pho, birria tacos, Hong Kong–style toast and pizza, of course

“I’m preparing for a future where we will have dine-in service again”: Why one optimistic café owner is tackling a mid-Omicron reno
Food & Drink

“I’m preparing for a future where we will have dine-in service again”: Why one optimistic café owner is tackling a mid-Omicron reno

Lazy Daisy's Dawn Chapman, on plowing through despite the latest lockdown

“I started having work-related stress dreams”: What it’s like to be a pharmacist during the Covid surge
City

“I started having work-related stress dreams”: What it’s like to be a pharmacist during the Covid surge

"Because it's harder to see a physician, there are now serious gaps in health care, and a lot of patients are coming to us instead of their doctors"

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 37 >>

Private School Directory

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022
Private Schools

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022

Big Stories

“I was so petrified by the scale of the job that I couldn’t sleep”: True tales from the city’s high-rise construction workers
City

“I was so petrified by the scale of the job that I couldn’t sleep”: True tales from the city’s high-rise construction workers

How I escaped from Manus prison: a memoir
Memoir

How I escaped from Manus prison: a memoir

Where to get a dream cottage for less than you think
Real Estate

Where to get a dream cottage for less than you think

Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest
Real Estate

Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest

This family built their off-grid dream house for less than $1,000
Real Estate

This family built their off-grid dream house for less than $1,000

The true story of the $46-million heist that shocked the crypto world
City

The true story of the $46-million heist that shocked the crypto world

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine
City

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine

Toronto’s best new restaurants 2022
Food & Drink

Toronto’s best new restaurants 2022

This man would like your attention
City

This man would like your attention

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17
Memoir

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17

Toronto’s first family of cheese
City

Toronto’s first family of cheese

Twenty-five reasons to love Toronto now
City

Twenty-five reasons to love Toronto now

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country
Life

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer
City

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?
City

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland
Culture

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father
Memoir

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father

Inside a $4-billion family feud
City

Inside a $4-billion family feud

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s
City

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war
City

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war

Great Spaces

Inside Muskoka Beer Spa, a hop lovers’ utopia in cottage country
Style

Inside Muskoka Beer Spa, a hop lovers’ utopia in cottage country

Best Dressed

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac & Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac & Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey & Lucia Remedios

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey & Lucia Remedios

Toronto Life
  • Real Estate
  • Food & Drink
  • City
  • Life
  • Culture
  • Style
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Advertise with us
  • Get our newsletters
  • Get our digital edition
  • Subscribe to our magazine
  • Manage your subscription
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use

© 2022. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part strictly prohibited. Toronto Life is a registered trademark of Toronto Life Publishing Company Limited.