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Food & Drink
Best of the City 2010: four ways that humble ice cream is made magnificent
Banana Split Oddfellows 936 Queen St. W., 416-534-5244 Diners at the chic communal table struggle bravely to retain an air of...
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Food & Drink
Where to eat lunch this week: Epic Restaurant
The ultimate power lunch: the three-course prix fixe at the Royal York makes for refined, delicious multi-tasking The place:...
Food & Drink
Bouches will no longer be amused after Amuse-Bouche closes on May 31
The people behind Amuse-Bouche confirmed today what was already suggested by the giant For Lease signs on their walls. After five...
Food & Drink
Toronto’s 14 new cafés: independent coffee shops continue citywide takeover
By our count, a whopping 22 new indie cafés opened in Toronto in 2009, but it looks like 2010 will be giving the java scene an...
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Food & Drink
Seven standout food deals for Easter and Passover
Whether you celebrate the slaves’ escape from Egypt, the resurrection of Christ or the annual arrival of Cadbury eggs, these...
Food & Drink
Cake vs. pie: a March Madness showdown to make diabetics of us all
Since the NCAA’s reach doesn’t extend north of the border, we can’t fully bask in the madness that is the March college...
Food & Drink
12 food trends we observed at the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices show
To follow up the Canadian Chef Survey of food trends, we decided to attend the annual conference of the Canadian Restaurant and...
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Tiers of joy: 13 spectacular wedding cakes
This is the one time in your life when spending $1,000 on dessert seems almost rational. But for that price, it should look...
Food & Drink
Torontonian Gail Simmons in line to host her own show (and maybe Padma Lakshmi’s show, too)
Toronto-born food critic and long-standing Top Chef judge Gail Simmons is set to host her own Bravo spinoff— Top Chef: Just...
Food & Drink
Twelve Treats of Christmas: amazing edible (or drinkable) gifts for the indulgent epicure
Now is the time of year when Toronto’s patisseries and food shops offer a tremendous selection of goodies that cater to the most...
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Food & Drink
New Egyptian menu at Frank, more A la Cart troubles, seal meat now for sale on Parliament Hill
• Anne Yarymowich, executive chef at the AGO’s Frank , has put together a series of Egyptian-inspired dishes to honour King...
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Toronto cannoli taste test, Miracle Whip takes on Stephen Colbert, cost-cutting at restaurants
• TasteTO has scoured Little Italy and a few other neighbourhoods to find cannoli that best Café Diplomatico ’s. The results...
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Temperance be damned: eight of Toronto’s largest restaurant dishes
When it comes to flouting moderation at the dinner table, Toronto may not be Texas, but it definitely has its share of big...
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Iceland loses its McDonald’s, This Is Why You’re Fat gets book deal, Top Chef spinoff coming to Bravo
• Icelanders looking for a fast-food fix will have to look somewhere other than McDonald’s. Bloomberg News reports that...
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Just Opened: Spice Safar
The recession may just be ending, but around King West, there are few signs it ever happened. Buca has just opened, The Roosevelt...
Food & Drink
Halloween comes early at the Toronto Chocolate Festival
Adults wanting to satisfy their sweet tooths (but who are unwilling to pass themselves off as a kid on Halloween) can find their...
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The Twitter diet, the best cheese in the world, the truth behind coffee’s contents
• Wired magazine breaks down what’s in a cup of coffee, including the good, the bad and the ugly. On the plus side, it’s...
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Nadège Patisserie sends its desserts down the catwalk
Nadège Patisserie continues to find original ways of flogging pastries to Torontonians. Last week, the Queen West shop held a...
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Dufflet, Canoe and Senses cook for a good cause
Thanksgiving is hectic enough, what with the turkey and that one uncle no one remembers inviting, so the seventh annual Pie in the...
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Just Opened: Nadège Patisserie
Back in 2008, a for lease sign went up in the window of Trinity Bellwoods’ Art Photo Studio, making some West Queen Westers a...
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Just Opened: Sweet Flour Bake Shop
Kim Gans, the owner of Sweet Flour Bake Shop, is not from around here. We don’t just mean that she’s from Cleveland (she...
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Follow the Tweeter: More Toronto chefs, bars and restaurants hop on the Twitter wagon
Chefs and restaurateurs across the city are heading into the Twitterverse in a big way. Since our last roundup of Toronto foodie...
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You could be my choco fro-yo
As nearly every Canadian knows by now, the Barenaked Ladies are one member short these days. And though Ben and Jerry’s Ice...
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Toronto’s top cheesecakes
Neither trendy nor cliché, cheesecake has gained a reputation as the go-to choice of the unadventurous—a steadfast, Golden...
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Summer Camp Guide
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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
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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
Just Listed
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For Sale: 99 Lake Promenade
This classic Hamptons-style home by Chatsworth Fine Homes offers an exciting opportunity to customize a new dream home and build instant value - without the long wait of new construction
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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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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
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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