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Food & Drink
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 12, because fancy food is back
In the recession-stricken aughties, eating out in Toronto was a humble affair—chefs catered to thrifty diners by opening...
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City News
Is the Four Seasons being stingy when it comes to severance pay?
The storied Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville is going condo, but not without a snag or two: several laid-off banquet servers are...
Culture
CONFIRMED: the first celebrity guaranteed to be here during TIFF is revealed
It is only late May and we already know one A-lister who is coming to town in September during TIFF: Maggie Smith. The Dowager...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Hamlet, Whoopi Goldberg and six other items on our to-do list
1. HAMLET Arguably Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet is the classic story of the titular character, a young prince whose...
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Food & Drink
Buca to launch second location at the new Four Seasons in Yorkville
Yorkville dwellers, already smug over the impending arrival of Daniel Boulud’ s Café Boulud , will soon have another reason to...
Real Estate News
Luxury condo wars: how the Trump Tower, the Four Seasons and the rest are doing so far
Sure, their high-profile restaurants and over-the-top ribbon cuttings have netted the Ritz-Carlton, Trump Tower, Shangri-La and...
Real Estate News
The Four Seasons has closed and will become—you guessed it—a condo tower
Luxury-loving Torontonians should brace themselves for a spring of deprivation: for the next four months, the city will be without...
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City News
A delightfully unstuffy affair (featuring Malcolm Gladwell) at the UWI Toronto Benefit Gala
More fancy Toronto benefit galas should be like the third annual University of the West Indies Toronto Benefit Gala at the Four...
Real Estate News
A giant condo on Bloor West is set to be the most expensive in the country (if it’s sold for the listed price)
With a reported $30-million price tag, the 10,000-square-foot Cumberland Apartment at 130 Bloor Street West could soon be...
City News
Forbes asks how Toronto can sustain four new luxury hotels
The folks at Forbes were curious as to how Toronto will sustain four new luxury hotel towers at a time when hotel development is...
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Real Estate News
Which of Toronto’s opulent new hotels is the most over-the-top?
According to a nifty chart over at the National Post that compares the city’s new crop of super-luxe...
Real Estate News
Buyers don’t want the Ritz-Carlton’s lavish condos; we wonder what that means for the luxury market
Apparently, the heat of Toronto’s condo market doesn’t extend to luxury penthouses (those one-per-centers must be chilly up...
City News
Reason to Love Toronto: four new five-star hotels are about to make staycations super-luxe
Toronto is a great place to visit. Just ask the people who live nearby. Residents of Halton Region, a mere 30-minute drive down...
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Real Estate News
The Star’s Vertical Toronto series on condo living continues its ascent
Last week we took a glance at the first instalment of Vertical Toronto, a three-part infographic on condo life courtesy of the...
Food & Drink
Daniel Boulud’s new Café Boulud announced last night at the Four Seasons
The Four Seasons condo presentation centre played host to celeb chef Daniel Boulud last night, where he introduced his...
Food & Drink
The cat’s out of the bag: Daniel Boulud to open restaurant at the new Four Seasons
Back in April, we reported that Daniel Boulud was another in the growing group of Michelin-starred chefs to snub Toronto in favour...
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Toronto ranked middle of the pack by Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards
Publishing powerhouse Condé Nast recently released the Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards—an annual roundup of the...
City News
THE SCENE: An Unforgettable Night at the sixth annual benefit for the Alzheimer Society
On Wednesday night, the Four Seasons Hotel was bursting with honorary guests for the sixth annual Alzheimer Society Unforgettable...
Culture
TIFF Weekend Roundup: the five splashiest parties
The first weekend of TIFF is basically one big long party, with a non-stop crush of big premieres, boldface names and tremendous...
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Culture
TIFF after hours: the 44 (and counting) film fest venues with the coveted 4 a.m. last call
Every year celebs from all over the world flood into the city for TIFF, but for many, it’s the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of...
City News
A parking space at the new Four Seasons Hotel that costs more than most cars (hint: we’re talking six figures)
Apparently the market for parking spaces is booming at the moment. Or at least the cost of a spot in the new Four Seasons Private...
City News
Why generations of artists insist on attempting the impossible—adapting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Back in the 1990s, I starred as the Red Queen in Alice: The Rock Opera , a student production at the Claude Watson School for the...
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Real Estate News
Mystery foreign buyer purchases Yorkville penthouse for a record $28 million
The 55th-floor penthouse suite of the new Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences in Yorkville has sold for a cool $28...
Food & Drink
Daniel Boulud announces new Montreal resto, joins long line of Michelin-starred chefs to snub Toronto
First Jean-Georges Vongerichten , then Daniel Boulud , then Gordon Ramsay , and now Daniel Boulud again. That’s three...
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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
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?
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
Deep Dives
“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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
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