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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Short Turn, a snazzy new cocktail spot on Queen West from the 416 Snack Bar team
Including a drink inspired by Michelle Rabin’s Miso Banana Upside Down Cake
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Sort-of Secret: Noble House, a small-scale kitchen for family style takeout from the 416 Snack Bar chef
These meals are meant to cater to a whole family's tastes
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Toronto’s top chefs reveal their go-to neighbourhood restaurants and all-time favourite dishes
Spoiler alert: Edulis is pretty popular
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Review: Peoples Eatery (mostly) lives up to the buzz
Peoples Eatery ★½ 307 Spadina Ave., 416-792-1784 The owners of 416 Snack Bar have replicated the bourbon-jacked buzz that made...
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Introducing: Peoples Eatery, a new Chinatown restaurant from the 416 Snack Bar team
Name: Peoples Eatery Neighbourhood: Chinatown Contact Info: 307 Spadina Ave., 416-792-1784 Owners: The team behind 416 Snack Bar:...
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The trendification of Chinatown: good news or bad for the city’s celebrated “ethnic buffet”?
Last week, the New York Times published a glowing tribute to Toronto and its ethnically diverse food scene. The first-person...
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The team behind 416 Snack Bar takes on Chinatown with a new multi-level restaurant
These days, the mottled façade of the now-closed People’s Eatery —a place that once dubiously claimed to serve the best...
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Chef Patrick Kriss leaves Acadia
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for November 26 to December 2
Monday November 26 Tuesday November 27 Wednesday November 28 Thursday November 29 Friday November 30 Saturday December 1 Sunday...
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GALLERY: The Dinner Party, a celebration of women in the kitchen from some of Toronto’s top female chefs
Restaurant kitchens can be macho, male-dominated places. So, on Monday night, 60 guests gathered at The Great Hall to celebrate...
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New Reviews: Museum Tavern, Moo Milk Bar and Riverside Public House
An old-timey bar, fancified fried chicken and haute milk and cookies Museum Tavern ½ 208 Bloor St. W., 416-920-0110 Walking into...
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Introducing: the Monday’s Dinner chef series at Chantecler
Last year, Jonathan Poon and Jacob Wharton-Shukster, along with Woodlot’ s Jeff Connell, ran a series of popular, mainly...
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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: 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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The Bellevue’s Monday night dinner series returns with a new name, @TheBellevue
At The Bellevue in Kensington Market, the warmer weather signals the return of Monday dinners, a series of...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 12: fashion victims
With only four chefs remaining in the competition, last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada started in style—with Carl...
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Dustin Gallagher, of Top Chef Canada fame, on funny sushi masters and divine French toast
(Image: John Cullen)
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Top Chef Canada’s Dustin Gallagher to leave Grace after four years
Dustin Gallagher, the adorably smiley chef who narrowly missed the finals on season one of Top Chef Canada, is moving on after...
Culture
Top Chef Canada season two contestants announced; here are your six Toronto chefs
With the sophomore season of Top Chef Canada set to premiere on March 12, Food Network Canada has finally introduced the 16 chefs...
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Introducing: Tosho Knife Arts, the new Mirvish village mecca for fans of Japanese blades
Sitting down with knife enthusiasts Olivia Go and Ivan Fonseca , we couldn’t help but flash back to Kill Bill: Vol. 1 , when Uma...
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See how chefs (from Frank’s Kitchen and Woodlot) feed each other at a fundraiser for one of their own
Over the last couple of months, we’ve reported on events where cooks and restaurateurs have donated their time and resources to...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 13: the winner takes it all
It’s been quite a ride. After 12 weeks of special guests, horsing around and glorious product placement, season one of Top Chef...
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Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 12: family-styled
Season one of Top Chef Canada has been all about head judge Mark McEwan ’ s approach to cooking: luxurious ingredients, simply...
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Rob Rossi announces he’s leaving Mercatto for “new and exciting ventures”
News broke on Twitter this morning that Top Chef Canada finalist Rob Rossi will be leaving the Mercatto group of restaurants. For...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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