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Inside the home of the city’s most dedicated collector of vintage kitchenware
Featuring colour-coded shelves, one-of-a-kind patterns, and made-in-Canada standouts from Pyrex’s cookware and dining sets
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Real Estate News
Under Asking: “Buyers are calling the shots these days.” Three realtors on why they sold at a discount
Their properties include a detached red-brick steps from U of T, a pristine semi in Greektown and a Junction Victorian with plenty of green space
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at The Wood Owl, a new Danforth wine bar from the team behind The Wren
And it's right next door
Food & Drink
20 of our favourite places to eat and drink along the Danforth
Because the neighbourhood needs a little love right now
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Mister Frenchy, a new Francophile street-food joint on the Danforth
The east side has a new source for baguettes and croque monsieur sandwiches
Real Estate News
The Chase: Fed up with her condo, she went in search of a house for one
A U of T lecturer looks for a home she doesn't have to share
Food & Drink
Why Toronto’s west side has more (and better) restaurants than the east
There are plenty of great places to eat on the east side—it just hasn’t exploded the way the west has over the last five years. How come?
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Food & Drink
Get dinner to go from De la Mer’s new Danforth store
“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it,” reads the Lao Tzu quote scrawled onto a subway-tiled...
Food & Drink
Coming to the Danforth: a big new brewpub
Louis Cifer Brew Works, a new Toronto brewery and restaurant, is taking over the Four One Seven space at 417 Danforth...
Food & Drink
This new Danforth bakery sells gluten-free bread, doughnuts and brunch
Since early July, Spanish-born baker Tia Vazquez has quietly been selling gluten- and dairy-free goods at Tia’s Bakery, a new...
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Food & Drink
Stock in Trade brings handmade sausages and fried-tofu sandwiches to the Danforth
Take a stroll through Greenwood Village and you might just spot a pig being butchered in the window of Stock in Trade, Toronto's...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Tilde, the taqueria it took a neighbourhood to build (in exchange for tacos)
Name: Tilde Contact Info: Tilde, 699 Danforth Ave., 416-469-8226, tildetaco.ca , @tildetaco Previously: Bistro 699 Owner/Chef:...
Food & Drink
Crema Coffee on the Danforth is now doing brunch
Toronto coffee entrepreneur Geoff Polci and former Rock Lobster chef Joshua Charbonneau met through their mutual association with...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: The Forth, a new fine-dining spot on the Danforth from former Brassaii chef Chris Kalisperas
Name: The Forth Neighbourhood: The Danforth Contact Info: 629 Danforth Ave., 416-465-2629, @TheForthTO, theforth.ca Owner: Chris...
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Great Spaces: Take tours of four of Toronto’s boldest, boxiest new homes
Torontonians are finally rejecting fussy Victorian architecture and going bold. In almost every neighbourhood, there’s a house...
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Five pop-up shops land on the east end of Danforth Avenue for the summer
Residents of the East Danforth—an area long euphemistically dubbed “in transition”—are banking on a series of pop-up shops...
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Food & Drink
The Beer Store is giving four stores a boutique makeover
The Ontario beer chain owned by Labatt, Molson and Sleeman’s is completely revamping four GTA locations—College and...
Food & Drink
Aravind calls it quits on The Danforth
After just over two years on the Danforth, Aravind, which had earned a reputation for serving some of the most sophisticated...
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Winterlicious 2013: Toronto Life’s two picks east of the DVP
Winterlicious and Summerlicious are never particularly kind to the east end of the city, but this year’s selection is worse than...
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Introducing: Slider Revolution, Toronto’s first restaurant devoted to tiny burgers
With gourmet tacos, fancy hot dogs and “better burgers” popping up all over the city, Rich Lee saw a niche that was as yet...
Food & Drink
Slider Revolution hopes to bring an uprising of tiny burgers to the Danforth
Sliders, those tiny little burgers on their tiny little buns, have long been a fixture of catering menus in Toronto, but they...
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Introducing: 417, the Danforth’s newest resto-lounge (from a longtime Greektown family)
After running the Danforth Foodland grocery store for 30 years, the Pavlou family began to notice the decline of their...
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Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 2 to July 8
Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3 Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, July 5 Friday, July 6 Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8 Farmers’...
Food & Drink
Summerlicious 2012: our food editor picks the top 10 offerings from this year’s Licious list
Ten years in, Toronto’s loved (and loathed) bacchanalia of affordable dining is larger than ever, with 181 restaurants offering...
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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
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
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
Almost
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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions