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Micro Weddings: Inside a laid-back west-end bar bash that cost $47,164
Featuring Serbian pastries, a patio ceremony and late-night Popeyes
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Food & Drink
Where to find the best meals for $10 or less on Dundas West
Including spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken sandwiches, and smash burgers
Real Estate News
Airbnb of the Week: From $84 per night for a brick-lined Dundas West studio
See inside a character-filled studio that's up for rent by the night
Shopping
Inside Stole My Heart, a new lingerie store on Dundas West that sells Claire Underwood’s PJs
The new Dundas West lingerie store feels like your BFF's bedroom
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Style
Street Style: the 20 best looks from 2015
Our favourite outfits spotted on everyday pedestrians
Food & Drink
Little Portugal loses Essen
Toronto’s only purveyor of Jewish ramen , Essen , has closed. Owner and chef Leor Zimerman first opened Quinta , the...
Style
Street Style: hip dads hang out with their cute kids at a Dundas West street fest
Last weekend, dads were on duty at Dundas West Fest, the neighbourhood's annual street party. We spotted father figures dishing...
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Street Style: Brazilian fans show their World Cup pride, despite a rough loss
As we're sure you already know (it was, after all, the most tweeted-about sports event in history ), Brazil took a beating from...
Food & Drink
Reasons to Love Toronto 2014: #9. Because a Three-Block Stretch of Dundas West is Jammed with New Businesses
Four years ago, Dundas west of Gladstone to Brock was still described as “up and coming.” Now, it’s a full-fledged hipster...
Style
A high-end consignment store stocked with hip, designer clothing opens on Dundas West
After more than two years managing Ossington boutique Jonathan and Olivia, Britt Rawlinson has developed a clear sense of what...
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A guy-centric vintage store opens at Dundas and Ossington
Of the many vintage shops along Dundas West, Black Flower Vintage is the first to focus almost entirely on menswear. The stock...
Food & Drink
A new bar on Dundas West from the owners of Parkdale’s Motel
Bars and restaurants have been steadily colonizing the Dundas West strip between Ossington and Dufferin, including Churchill, The...
Style
Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from June 2013
The city’s newest stores include: a shop devoted entirely to socks, two online vintage boutiques and new locations from Kate...
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Store Guide: Easy Tiger Goods, a new lifestyle shop and coffee joint on Dundas West
Name: Easy Tiger Goods Sells: Home goods, stationery, grooming products, women’s apparel and accessories, and flowers, plus...
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Store Guide: Blue Button Shop brings sophisticated Japanese clothing and accessories to Dundas West
Name: Blue Button Shop Sells: Men’s and women’s clothing, accessories, grooming products and home goods Contact info: 1499...
Food & Drink
Another trendy new bar opens on the Dundas West strip
Montauk is the latest addition to the stretch of Dundas West east of Trinity Bellwoods park, joining Bent, L’Ouvrier and...
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Food & Drink
The Federal launches its evening service
The Federal (née The Federal Reserve) opened last spring as a brunch spot for west-enders looking to recuperate after a night of...
Food & Drink
The Hoof Café’s popular brunch service is back—at the Hoof Raw Bar
Over the weekend, Black Hoof owner Jen Agg tweeted a piece of news that Toronto brunchers have been waiting to hear since the cult...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Hogtown Cure, Dundas West’s new sandwich shop and deli
The Hogtown Cure is a new straight-from-the-farm deli and sandwich shop which opened earlier this month at the corner of Dundas...
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Introducing: Archive, a casual new wine bar on Dundas West
Unlike the tony wine bars of yore, which targeted the suits-and-heels crowd, Archive, which opened last month, is situated on the...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Is it rude to order dessert when there’s a line of people waiting for a table?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I recently waited for two hours to get a table at a new restaurant at Dundas and...
Style
Great Spaces: five tiny homes that prove tight spaces can be completely comfortable
Toronto homes are getting smaller by the second—250-square-foot units are coming soon to a condo near you. Here, a look at how a...
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Shopping
The Thing: a throw cushion that takes lounging up a notch
Bev Hisey has a mission. The Toronto-based textile designer, who recently converted her Dundas West studio into a gleaming white...
City News
Nine Toronto Halloween costumes, from Kevin O’Leary to a condo tower
Since Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, most of the revelry will be this coming weekend—which means there’s only a few...
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Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
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
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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