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Latin food truck Gourmet Gringos opens a sit-down space at Bathurst and St. Clair
The winter months can be tough on Toronto’s growing fleet of roving restaurateurs. Gourmet Gringos, the Latin food truck that...
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Do you like food trucks? The city wants to know
If you’ve ever lamented the scarcity of food trucks downtown, now’s your chance to gripe about it in a way that could actually...
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AwesTRUCK 2013 food truck rally takes over Fort York in September
AwesTRUCK is the Oscars for roaming restaurants: an awards ceremony where trucks get well-earned props for braving a bog of...
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A new food truck brings Ontario produce from farm to city streets
Localista combines two of Toronto’s most cultish food obsessions: food trucks and farmers’ markets. The new roaming...
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UPDATED: Toronto relaxes food truck restrictions with a new pilot program in five city parks
Operating a food truck in Toronto is a tricky enterprise. On top of the brutal winters, fledgling truck owners have to wade...
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A new Hawaiian-themed food truck brings shaved ice to Toronto streets
Toronto summer isn’t all pool parties and patios. Sticky streetcar commutes, heat-ravaged hairdos and countless street closures...
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New ’50s-themed food truck Crossroads Diner hits Toronto streets
Sure signs that spring has come to Toronto: west-end hipsters and white squirrels recolonize Trinity Bellwoods; the Toronto Sun...
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Five gourmet Toronto food trucks that have us compulsively checking Twitter
1. Blue Donkey Streatery Mississauga’s first food truck serves classic Greek-Canadian food, like greasy and delicious chicken...
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Introducing: Lisa Marie, a new restaurant on Queen West from Fidel Gastro’s owner Matt Basile
Name: Lisa Marie Neigbourhood: Trinity Bellwoods Contact Info: 638 Queen St. W., 416-999-6822 Owner: Matt Basile Chef: Kris...
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A taxpayer-funded food truck is serving poutine and tourtière on the streets of Mexico
Even the Canadian government is getting in on the food truck trend. Agriculture Canada is currently touring a branded food truck...
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Gourmet Gringos food truck is opening a standalone restaurant
Gourmet Gringos , the Latin American food truck that first hit Toronto’s streets last fall, is following the lead of Fidel...
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Toronto’s first Peruvian food truck hits the streets in April
With temperatures tentatively crawling back above freezing, another food truck season is poised to begin. The first new mobile...
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Seven food trends at 2013’s Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association show
Each year, we head over to the annual Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association show to get a look at the big new food...
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Fidel Gastro’s Matt Basile takes over Prague European Kitchen’s space on Queen
Matt Basile, the man behind the popular pop-up and food truck Fidel Gastro’s, has moved into 638 Queen Street West, the space...
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Zane Caplansky returns to Dragons’ Den—yet again—on Sunday
Zane Caplansky is appearing on Dragon’s Den for a third time. The white-hatted owner of Caplansky’s Deli first appeared on the...
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Jack Astor’s deploys a pop-up food truck to promote its new menu
The demand for food trucks is so fevered in Toronto that the big-money corporate restaurant chains are starting to get in on what...
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Behind the Pass: a daylong stage with El Gastrónomo Vagabundo, the GTA’s food truck pioneer
Earlier this year we sent regular Dish contributor Renée Suen to complete a one-day culinary stage at fine dining institution...
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Introducing: Pretty Sweet, the GTA’s newest cupcake truck
As she squeezes swirls of pastel-pink icing onto cupcakes, Savera Hashmi, owner of the new Pretty Sweet Cupcakes truck, tells us...
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Nuit Mange: where to eat in the middle of the night during Nuit Blanche 2012
Nuit Blanche opens on Saturday night at 7:03 p.m. (see our full guide ), and with an entire night of roaming Toronto’s...
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Must-try: a pointillist-perfect take on traditional beef tartare from Yours Truly
In this era of underground supper clubs and artisanal food trucks, beef tartare, once the acquired taste of plutocrats and...
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Introducing: Gourmet Gringos, a new food truck serving Latin American fare (including handmade empanadas)
Joining the ever-expanding herd of food truckers, the Gourmet Gringos (not to be confused with the Gourmet Bitches, or the Food...
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The Weekender: TIFF, Lewis Black and five other events on our to-do list
1. LEWIS BLACK: RUNNING ON EMPTY If Lewis Black comes across as a shouting man more than a funny man, that’s because there just...
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Introducing: The Food Dudes’ new food truck
Adrian Niman (North 44) started his catering company, The Food Dudes, in 2007 as a one-man operation serving elevated fare for the...
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Introducing: Fidel Gastro’s new food truck, the roving home base of the rebel without a kitchen
Matt Basile launched his Fidel Gastro’s business last year as a roving pop-up operation. Yesterday, for a crowd of 300 or so, he...
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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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Sex worker and
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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
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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
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
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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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