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Introducing: Dyne, the Iberian-Asian restaurant that took over from Maléna
Last weekend, Richard Andino, a chef with 22 years experience in Toronto’s restaurant scene, opened Dyne in Maléna’ s old...
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Introducing: Café Boulud, Daniel Boulud’s new casual fine-dining restaurant at the Four Seasons
Last Friday, chef Daniel Boulud officially opened the doors of his first Toronto venture, Café Boulud, the third restaurant of...
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The latest escalation in the burger wars: New York’s $666 Douche Burger
From New York City comes news of a burger so expensive, it makes M:brgr’s $100 offering (remember that?) seem entirely...
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Must-Try: an offbeat dessert (it has foie gras) that’s worth its $25 price tag, from The Black Hoof
Two toast toppers —one lowbrow, one luxurious—come together in the Foie and Nutella, The Black Hoof’s most inventive dessert...
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Top Chef Canada recap, episode 5: the Thicke of it
The opening of last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada revived a time-honoured trope from season one: chefs in their...
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Foie gras, surprise caviar orders and one tight ship: my 12-hour stage at Splendido
Our regular contributor Renée Suen was recently invited to put away her fork and don an apron to stage at Splendido (a culinary...
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Introducing: Elle M’a Dit, Baldwin Village’s modern take on traditional Alsatian food
Elle M’a Dit , a new Alsatian restaurant, is the latest spot to open up on the popular Baldwin Street strip. Husband-and-wife...
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50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 28, Sweetbreads are the new chicken nuggets
When nose-to-tail restaurants like Cowbell and the Black Hoof started serving offal a few years back, diners debated the...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 7: placing products
Top Chef and blatant product placement have always gone hand in hand, with each season ratcheting up the level of sponsor...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 6: horsing around
Last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada might have featured superstar New York chef Daniel Boulud , but the viewing audience...
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We chat with Top Chef Canada contestants at Thursday’s mock quick-fire
Thursday afternoon, Top Chef Canada head judge Mark McEwan , alongside host Thea Andrews , held a mock quick-fire challenge at the...
Food & Drink
Best New Restaurants 2011
This year’s crop of restaurants, from a million-dollar dining room to a brazen burger joint, pushed Toronto’s culinary culture...
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Greatest Hits: Chris Nuttall-Smith picks the 25 most delicious dishes of the last year
The 25 most delicious dishes tasted this year, ranging from lowbrow comforts (potato puffballs) to high-minded masterpieces...
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Introducing: Canoe, the Oliver and Bonacini flagship revamped
After 16 years at the top, Canoe , one of the city’s culinary beacons, closed its doors on New Year’s Day for a...
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Introducing: Lee Lounge, the latest incarnation of Susur Lee’s King West space
After teasing a hungry public for over half a year, Susur Lee , arguably the city’s most internationally recognized chef, opened...
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Q&A with Susur Lee: the chef discusses Lee Lounge’s new dishes, lower prices and new flavours
On Monday night, we found ourselves at the highly anticipated Valentine's Day opening of Lee Lounge , the new restaurant from...
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Just Opened: we review three of the city’s new restaurants
European invasion: a humble bistro, a homespun trattoria and a glam tapas bar Le Rossignol 686 Queen St. E., 416-461-9663 The...
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King State of Mind: When did the once-cool King West strip descend into a mess of stretch Hummers, drunken bachelorettes and last-call brawls?
Scenes from a never-ending party “Let’s get drunk and fuck! Let’s get drunk and fuck!” I’m at Cobra, a King West club in...
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Sloppy, drippy, salty, meaty, fruity, earthy and cheesy: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on M:brgr’s $100 burger
I ate two Kobe beef patties for lunch yesterday, plus a couple slices of bacon, a wedge of foie gras, an ounce of gloopy brie, a...
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Introducing: M:brgr, home of the $100 burger
Ask Jeff Ditcher what it’s like setting up an upscale burger bar at the tail end of Toronto’s burger craze , and he’s not...
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Salt Wine Bar finally set to open on Ossington
The Saint is the only mystery resto left on Ossington. The much-anticipated Salt Wine Bar, which has been tantalizingly papered up...
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A photographic tour of one of Toronto’s best brunch menus
A mere six months after opening, the brunch at the Hoof Café has become the city's most coveted (witness the lineups snaking out...
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Summerlicious 2010: the restaurants have been announced, so let’s pick them apart
First things first: there’s not much change under the Summerlicious sun. All of the old favourites are here (including Canoe and...
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Where to eat lunch this week: Hemispheres
The restaurant at this downtown hotel goes all out for its weekly $27 prix fixe The place: The Metropolitan Hotel’s lobby-level...
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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,
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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
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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?
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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
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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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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
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand