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Introducing: Handlebar, The Avro’s new big sister bar in Kensington Market
It took two years, but Rachel Conduit and Bruce Dawson’ s vision has now outgrown the confines of their first watering hole, the...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for August 6 to 12
Monday, August 6 Tuesday, August 7 Wednesday, August 8 Thursday, August 9 Friday, August 10 Saturday, August 11 Sunday, August 12...
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Casing Prince Edward County: five fabulous, under-the-radar wines
(Illustration of Lawrason: Jack Dylan)
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Prince Edward Bounty: a hedonist’s guide to eating and drinking in Ontario wine country
In Prince Edward County, $1.3 million buys a lot of real of estate—an entire 19th-century inn, to be precise. That’s how much...
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A new craft beer competition challenges local brewers to use local hops
Despite the recent peak in interest (and consumption) of Ontario craft beers, one crucial component of those brews is seldom made...
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Coming Up Rosés: nine great bottles of the ultimate summer dinner party wine
I recently hosted a dinner devoted entirely to rosé. It was on a terrace in Crillon-le-Brave, a small town in Provence, and I was...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a rarely seen Nova Scotia sparkler
Benjamin Bridge Nova 7 $25 | Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia | Benjamin Bridge is a new Nova Scotia sparkling winery that’s been...
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The latest opponent to corner store booze: craft brewers
When we polled Dish readers about whether corner stores should be allowed to sell beer and wine, the results were a resounding...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in July
Openings: Closings: Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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Introducing: Glas Wine Bar, Leslieville’s latest spot for a drink and a local, seasonal bite
After two and a half years, Leslieville’s Frankly Eatery, known for its Indo-Canadian fusion brunches, threw in the...
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Introducing: Pacific Junction Hotel, a bright new island-themed bar from the owners of Betty’s
The Pacific Junction Hotel is not, despite its name, a hotel. Instead, it’s a brightly coloured new bar in the King Street East...
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Queen’s Park shoots down corner store booze proposal
Well, that was fast. Despite corralling 113,000 signatures, a request from the Ontario Convenience Stores Association to bring...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a stellar bottle of Ontario bubbly
Cave Spring Blanc de Blancs Brut $29.95 | Niagara Peninsula | Today, Ontario’s lieutenant-governor convenes various Queen's Park...
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Introducing: Riverside Public House, a new Queen East bar with Dustin Gallagher in the kitchen
When Nav Sangha (Wrongbar, The Great Hall) took over the former Blue Moon Pub at Queen and Broadview, the first thing he did was...
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Should Ontario convenience stores sell booze? 112,500 people think so
Ontarians’ long-standing gripes with the province’s rigid liquor-buying laws are starting to boil over. Members of the Ontario...
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Introducing: Weslodge, the new King West “modern saloon” from Charles Khabouth and Hanif Harji
For the second time this year that Yorkville has descended upon King West, first with Gusto 101 (from Trattoria Nervosa’ s Janet...
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VIDEO: has the cocktail scene gone too far? Gag hip-hop weighs in
Let’s be clear: we here at the Dish are nothing but chuffed that Toronto seems awash in house-made bitters and 50 types of...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a Niagara chardonnay that punches above its weight
Ravine Vineyard 2010 Chardonnay $24.00 | Niagara Peninsula | This weekend, 55 wineries from around the world are gathering in...
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Introducing: Beer Academy, downtown’s new brewery, education centre and tasting room for hopheads
After Duggan’s shuttered its downtown brewpub last year, it felt as though the wind was knocked out of the sails of the...
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Nine vibrant, refreshing rieslings that make for perfect patio sippers
There’s nothing quite like the crack of a crisp riesling on a bright spring evening. That bolt of vibrant, citrusy...
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Introducing: Quinta, a fresh new Dundas West Portuguese restaurant on the site of an old one
The latest new opening on the ever-churning Dundas West strip: Quinta, which launched last week in the space formerly occupied by...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a great Ontario summer red for under $15
Sandbanks 2011 Baco Noir $14.95 | Ontario | Baco Noir, with its occasional wild, gamey flavour, is not everyone’s cup of...
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Goodnight (the bar) to say goodnight (the valediction) this weekend
Back in October, we warned you that Goodnight, the semi-exclusive neo-speakeasy that was rammed with stars during last year’s...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15
Monday, July 9 Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12 Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Farmers’...
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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