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Six of Toronto’s best barbecue joints
Our picks for loading up on brisket, ribs and pulled pork
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What’s on the menu at White Lily Diner, a brunch-and-dinner spot with a Grand Electric chef
Because you can never have enough brunch
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Consumed: What Food Network host Bob Blumer ate last week
"My idea was to watch a bit of the U.S. election and then go somewhere for dinner. That all went to shit pretty quickly."
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Real Weddings 2016: Inside a laid-back, DIY everything Brickworks bash
A DIY extravaganza that was pulled off without a planner
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The Grand Electric group is launching a music podcast
It's no surprise that dedicated restaurant owners care about music—Bieber blaring through the speakers could cause burger sales...
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Where can you still score a table for two on Valentine’s Day? These places. (But hurry.)
No Valentine's Day reservations? Don't break out that that fail-safe bolognese recipe just yet. We called around to places that...
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Where to Eat Now: everything you need to know about dining in Toronto in 2014
I’d gladly spend every night in a bar seat facing the open kitchen at Chantecler. Two scruffy young chefs squeeze past one...
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Best New Restaurants in Toronto 2014
These are the spots that encapsulate Toronto dining at its current peak, and ones I happily recommend to a friend or visitor. Chef...
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The Top Food Trends and Who Does Them Best: Late-Night Dining
We’re dining around the clock and the options for a midnight feast are suddenly excellent At some point over the past...
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Five food fads we loathe
Yes, we’re looking at you, Drake One Fifty ($9), Electric Mud BBQ ($3.75) and Hudson Kitchen ($4). The flooring of the moment at...
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Stay Outside: the 7 best new winter patios in Toronto
There’s something vaguely illicit about sipping a drink outdoors after October—which is precisely the appeal. Several new...
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Three Toronto Hot Spots Make EnRoute’s Annual “Best New Restaurants” List—Including Number One
It's that time again, when end-of-year lists start clogging our Twitter feeds and Facebook timelines. One we look forward to every...
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Best of the City 2013: Electric Mud’s nontraditional slow-smoked ribs
Everyone seems to be a barbecue purist today, with adamant opinions about regional rub variants, applewood versus hickory, saucy...
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Get Outside: The 10 Best New Toronto Patios
Toronto’s balmy summer nights are too precious to waste on mediocre drinks in a dark, dreary room. Lucky for us, over 100 new...
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Anthony Rose is opening a BBQ restaurant behind Rose and Sons later this summer
An as-yet-unnamed eatery from chef Anthony Rose, who left The Drake Hotel last year to open the first of three new restaurants, is...
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Review: Electric Mud BBQ is a raucous Parkdale party spot for barbecue and bourbon
Electric Mud BBQ ★½ 5 Brock Ave., 416-516-8286 The team behind Grand Electric, Parkdale’s new-wave taqueria, has opened a...
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The Dish Power Rankings: the Jack Bauer edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. Bar Isabel...
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Trend We Hate: lineups
Ever since the late aughts, when Pizzeria Libretto, The Black Hoof and Guu opened with strict no-reservations policies, lineups...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Terroir-ism edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. The...
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The Dish Power Rankings: April fools edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. A long...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in March
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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The Dish Power Rankings: Brandon Walsh edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. The top...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Kumar goes to Guu edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. After...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Best New Restaurants edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. Our annual...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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