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Style
Street Style: 18 looks at the bartenders and servers of Dundas West
The spate of new bars and restaurants on Dundas West has turned the area into a magnet for the young and stylish (although the odd...
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Food & Drink
The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in September
Openings Closings Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
Food & Drink
New Reviews: Quinta, Glas Wine Bar and Weslodge
Hipster Portuguese food, a one-man bistro and Charles Khabouth’s new super-lounge Quinta ½ 1282 Dundas St. W., 416-534-0407...
Food & Drink
Gastropub Crawl: the good and great among the new wave of British pubs
Can a new crop of British pubs push the comforting cuisine beyond stodgy pigs and puddings? Toronto is a town obsessed with the...
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Queen Margherita Pizza announces a third location—on Dundas West
In what’s amounting to a blitz of Toronto’s Neapolitan pizza scene, Queen Margherita Pizza’ s John Chetti has leased a space...
Culture
TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: top 10 places to eat
Amid the cocktail swilling and celebrity gawking, eating can be an afterthought during TIFF. Good news: there are plenty of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Bent, the new Dundas West restaurant from Susur Lee’s sons Kai and Levi Bent-Lee
After a long wait and swirling rumours, Bent, the new Dundas West restaurant from the Bent-Lee clan, has finally—and...
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Food & Drink
Must-try: black pudding to die for at The Grove
In a city of diners determined to devour every last entrail, it’s no surprise that blood has made its way onto menus. At The...
Food & Drink
New Reviews: Hoof Raw Bar, Lamesa Filipino Kitchen and Edulis
A raw seafood bar, a serious locavore bistro and Filipino fusion downtown Hoof Raw Bar 926 Dundas St. W., 647-346-9356 Jen...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Arrow Café, Dundas West’s newest coffee and ice cream shop
Before it was The Arrow Café, 1164 Dundas St. W. was an accountant’s office. But when childhood friends Robin Eley, Owais Rafiq...
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The New York Times shows Toronto ever more love
The New York Times seems to have a bit of an infatuation with Toronto of late, and we have to say, we’re liking it. The most...
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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...
Food & Drink
New Reviews: The Grove, Hawker Bar and Actinolite
A refined British pub, a homey Hallam bistro and a Singaporean snack bar The Grove 1214 Dundas St. W., 416-588-2299 Chef Ben...
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City News
Rob Ford says a TTC driver “accosted” him for doing something perfectly legal
Rob Ford’ s dislike of streetcars had until now mostly been limited to speechifying and pamphlets on LRT crashes, but now he’s...
Culture
Luminato 2012 guide: 20 must-see events at this year’s arts festival
Luminato begins this Friday, and it can be a bit of a whirlwind. Everything from a Philip Glass opera about Einstein’s life to a...
City News
How actor and director Don McKellar would spend a perfect Saturday on Dundas West
I live close to Little Italy , but I like to think of my neighbourhood as Dundas West . Most of my favourite places are within...
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Secrets of the Secret Pickle Supper Club revealed in new documentary
The Secret Pickle Supper Club is now a lot less, well, secret, thanks to a new mini-documentary. The two-year-old club got started...
City News
Metrolinx says the Air Rail Link is supposed to be express (so stop asking for more stops)
Just days after the unlikely team of Mike Layton and Frances Nunziata called for more stops on the rail link to Pearson...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Midfield Wine Bar, Dundas West’s laid-back spot for oenophiles
Midfield Wine Bar, which opened without much fanfare at the end of January, is the vision of two front-of-house vets: sommelier...
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Introducing: The Grove, Dundas West’s new spot for modern English cuisine
Over the last few years, formerly low-rent areas like Ossington, Parkdale and Dundas West have become culinary destinations, with...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in March
It can be hard to keep pace with all the new restaurants and bars that open and close in Toronto—which is why every month, we...
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Introducing: This End Up, Dundas West’s new sandwich shop and cocktail bar
This End Up is the latest in a series of new Dundas West eateries to colonize the once Portuguese-dominated strip. Co-owners Karen...
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Matthew DeMille to leave Enoteca Sociale
Over the weekend, Swallow Food reported that Matthew DeMille, the chef de cuisine at Enoteca Sociale, would be stepping away from...
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Introducing: The Federal Reserve, Dundas West’s new brunch spot (with late-night snacks to come)
After a quiet opening last week, The Federal Reserve experienced a whirlwind first weekend, with Dundas West’s fevered brunch...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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