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Here’s what the Drake Hotel looked like before it became a Queen West destination
Food & Drink

Here’s what the Drake Hotel looked like before it became a Queen West destination

The hospitality and nightlife complex turns 15 this year, but the building's history is much older

The Influentials 2017: The top 50
City

The Influentials 2017: The top 50

The power wielders whose smarts, connections and clout are changing the world as we know it

What’s on the menu at Drake Commissary, the hospitality group’s new production bakery, bar and restaurant in the Junction Triangle

What’s on the menu at Drake Commissary, the hospitality group’s new production bakery, bar and restaurant in the Junction Triangle

The 5,000-square-foot kitchen is the new heart of the Drake's culinary network

How Jeff Stober turned the Drake Hotel into an empire
City

How Jeff Stober turned the Drake Hotel into an empire

The Drake's owner is a master at exporting his quirky brand of twee

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #36, Jeff Stober
Food & Drink

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #36, Jeff Stober

The king of Queen West has taken his quirky brand of Canadiana on the road

<em>Toronto Life</em> celebrates the most influential Torontonians of 2015 at an exclusive cocktail reception
TL Events

Toronto Life celebrates the most influential Torontonians of 2015 at an exclusive cocktail reception

Pictures from Toronto Life's Most Influential event at the Four Seasons

Why Toronto’s west side has more (and better) restaurants than the east
Food & Drink

Why Toronto’s west side has more (and better) restaurants than the east

There are plenty of great places to eat on the east side—it just hasn’t exploded the way the west has over the last five years. How come?

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: the people who changed the city in 2014
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: the people who changed the city in 2014

The Drake Hotel probably isn’t taking over Jilly’s, maybe
Real Estate

The Drake Hotel probably isn’t taking over Jilly’s, maybe

Great Spaces: a look inside the lodgings of Drake Hotel owner Jeff Stober
Style

Great Spaces: a look inside the lodgings of Drake Hotel owner Jeff Stober

Prince Edward Bounty: a hedonist’s guide to eating and drinking in Ontario wine country
Food & Drink

Prince Edward Bounty: a hedonist’s guide to eating and drinking in Ontario wine country

The Drake Hotel is expanding to Prince Edward County
City

The Drake Hotel is expanding to Prince Edward County

The Scene: Power Ball 13, a party where people drink a lot and eat meat in designer clothes
City

The Scene: Power Ball 13, a party where people drink a lot and eat meat in designer clothes

Gregory Burke pulled the Power Plant out of debt and enhanced its international reputation. Then, he quit.
City

Gregory Burke pulled the Power Plant out of debt and enhanced its international reputation. Then, he quit.

Seven-year itch: the Drake Hotel announces plans for expansion
Real Estate

Seven-year itch: the Drake Hotel announces plans for expansion

 

House of the Week

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto
Real Estate

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto

Private School Guide

The Private and Independent School Guide Fall 2023
Private Schools

The Private and Independent School Guide Fall 2023

Big Stories

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto&#8217;s biggest stars
Deep Dives

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto’s biggest stars

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting
Deep Dives

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus
Deep Dives

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok&#8217;s reigning influencer
Deep Dives

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer

Urbs vs. Burbs: Six families defend their visions of the ideal life in and around the GTA
Real Estate

Urbs vs. Burbs: Six families defend their visions of the ideal life in and around the GTA

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto&#8217;s public transit disaster
Deep Dives

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster

&#8220;At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming&#8221;
Deep Dives

“At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming”

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt
Deep Dives

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt

&#8220;We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew&#8221;: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto
Deep Dives

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate
Deep Dives

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school&#8217;s descent into chaos
Deep Dives

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud
Deep Dives

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud

These are Toronto&#8217;s best new restaurants in 2023
Food & Drink

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023

This man&#8217;s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer
Deep Dives

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate
Real Estate

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex
Deep Dives

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah
City

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong
Deep Dives

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected
Life

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected

<em>Star</em> Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country&#8217;s largest newspaper
City

Star Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country’s largest newspaper

Cost of Living

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend&nbsp;it?
City

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This public-sector lawyer makes $103,000 a year. How does she spend it?
City

This public-sector lawyer makes $103,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This apparel-company owner makes $90,200 a year. How does he spend it?
City

This apparel-company owner makes $90,200 a year. How does he spend it?

This Casa Loma couple makes up to $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

This Casa Loma couple makes up to $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?

House of the Week

House of the Week: $3.5 million for an Etobicoke home with three fireplaces just off Mimico Creek
Real Estate

House of the Week: $3.5 million for an Etobicoke home with three fireplaces just off Mimico Creek

House of the Week: $1.3 million for an Edwardian in Roncesvalles Village with industrial flourishes
Real Estate

House of the Week: $1.3 million for an Edwardian in Roncesvalles Village with industrial flourishes

House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Bloor West Village detached with two living rooms and a backyard oasis
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Bloor West Village detached with two living rooms and a backyard oasis

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a King City home with a fireplace that defies physics
Real Estate

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a King City home with a fireplace that defies physics

House of the Week: $2.7 million for a funky Oakwood Village home made for cherry blossom fans
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.7 million for a funky Oakwood Village home made for cherry blossom fans

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