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Next week’s episode of Top Chef Canada to feature horsemeat, outrage ensues
Oh, the controversy. At the end last week’s episode of Top Chef Canada , the preview for episode six featured, among other...
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Toronto Star is last paper on earth to discover that anglophones aren’t keen on the BQ. Maybe there should there be a Bloc Torontois?
How can there still be reporters who are surprised to discover that English Canada hasn’t warmed to the Bloc Québécois being...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Black Moon, the latest excuse for Bay Streeters to stick around after five
With the notable exception of Bay Street’s upscale banker - bait , it’s been hard to imagine Toronto’s financial district...
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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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DIY Gourmet: how to make La Palette’s Platonic French onion soup
The secret to La Palette’s peerless French onion soup is chef Brook Kavanagh’s slow-roasted beef bone broth “French onion...
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Introducing Parkette: Italian comfort food, Trinity Bellwoods style
Aptly named for its proximity to Trinity Bellwoods, Parkette is yet another new, rustic Italian outpost, this time only a couple...
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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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Modern comforts: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Woodlot and Ici Bistro
Two neighbourhood restaurants serve up light-handed renditions of our rib-sticking favourites The comfort food revolution has...
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Good Stuff Cheap: four standout dinner dates for penny pinchers
FOR A CINQ À SEPT Devoted locavores should head to Beast after work Wednesday through Friday, when former Jamie Kennedy chefs...
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A total epiphany: the 12th day of Christmas wouldn’t be complete without traditional galette des rois. Here’s where to get them in Toronto
Today is Epiphany—the 12th and final day of Christmas—which celebrates the day when the biblical three kings arrived to honour...
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The Best of Winterlicious 2011: Toronto Life’s 62 favourite restaurants
January is upon us, and for many hungry Torontonians, that means one thing: Winterlicious . The menus are less predictable than...
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12 best bets for Winterlicious 2011: our chief critic goes through the menus so you don’t have to
Big-spending downtown Torontonians have taken in the past few years to whining about Winterlicious, but the two-week dining...
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Introducing: Sorrel, the new Yorkville spot from Prego’s former chef
Back in its halcyon days, Prego Della Piazza was chic even by Yorkville standards. So when landlords opted not to renew its...
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Introducing: Ceno, Av and Dav’s latest spin on haute Italian
To set up a new Italian restaurant in the epicentre of Yorkville’s Mini Italy—that short stretch of Avenue where L’Unita...
Culture
Apple promises to make iBookstore more Canadian
For once, Apple is bowing to our demands. The federal government yesterday approved the company’s iBookstore in Canada, but...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Le Rossignol, a restaurant that might kick off Queen East’s French revolution
No need to Google it; we’ll just tell you: le rossignol is French for "nightingale." It’s the name of the new Gallic...
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La Palette shuttering its Kensington location this weekend
When Shamez Amlani muses about this coming Sunday, it’s not without a little sentimentality. Three days from now, the restaurant...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: the $38 Trust the Chef prix fixe at Didier
Didier Leroy, English Canada's first Maître Cuisinier de France, offers one of Toronto's more curious lunch experiences: a...
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Introducing: Ici Bistro, Harbord Street’s little restaurant that could
Ici Bistro is open for business. No, really. Two years after they signed the lease on 538 Manning Avenue, J.P. Challet and...
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Introducing: Beau Lieu Bistro, Ossington’s new French detour
These days, the buzz on the Ossington hip strip is near Dundas, but diners willing to walk south, past the hours-long lineups at...
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Battle of the baguettes: with Marché back at Brookfield Place, will its rivalry with Richtree be rekindled?
Marché , the open-air counter-service restaurant that looks like Epcot’s interpretation of a French market, is finally opening...
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Fisherman’s Friends: Chris Nuttall-Smith reviews Maléna and The Atlantic
The season’s most anticipated openings are two seafood-centric spots Toronto is a raw bar town. We’re over-served by excellent...
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Bio Picks: 10 top eco-wines
Eco-wines that taste so good your guests will never know they’re saving the planet I’m all for protecting the environment, but...
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Where to eat lunch this week: Loire
The French dishes at this Harbord Street restaurant stun as much at lunch as they do at dinner The place: This south Annex gem...
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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
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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?
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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