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Kensington Market
City News
An actually affordable housing project is rising in a former Kensington Market parking lot
The 78-unit mass timber building follows eight years of work between advocates and the city
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Food & Drink
“The sad truth is that Kensington Market isn’t healthy anymore”: Why this neighbourhood fishmonger is closing up shop
Kristin Donovan, co-owner of Hooked, on leaving a neighbourhood she loves
Food & Drink
A popular Toronto brewery just opened a bar and restaurant in Kensington Market
Burdock Brewery has taken over the old Amadeu’s space
Food & Drink
This Kensington Market café makes some of the city’s best sandwiches
Everything there is to eat at Made-Rite, Leemo Han’s latest project
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City News
This piano teacher and wedding musician makes $170,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“Loblaws is ridiculously expensive. I avoid it completely”
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
Food & Drink
Toronto’s new dirty martinis are easy, breezy and literally cheesy
Slice of Life is kicking up a stink with its blue cheese martini
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Culture
Neighbourhood Crawl: What multimedia artist Sook-Yin Lee loves about Kensington Market
Including vintage finds, quality leather, local butter and more
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Cafe Belém, a new Portuguese café, bakery and bottle shop in Kensington Market
Including custard tarts, of course
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Casa Morales, a new Mexican restaurant from the Gus Tacos team
It’s the taqueria’s fancier sit-down sister spot in Kensington Market
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Slice of Life, a kooky new cocktail bar with a laboratory in the basement
Ever had a cocktail made with parmesan cheese? Now you can
City News
“It’s life or death”: Harm reduction workers on Doug Ford’s decision to close safe consumption sites
The heads of Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Services say their centre has saved thousands of lives. Now, they worry that people who use drugs will have nowhere to turn
Memoir
“I left a career in politics to open a music venue in Kensington Market”
Shaunt Raffi co-owns Tapestry with his brother, Raz Tchakmak. They’re about to host their biggest performance yet
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Food & Drink
“To find the drinks I liked, I used to have to drive around the city”: A Q&A with the owner of Toronto’s first stand-alone non-alcoholic bottle shop
The new Kensington Market store focuses on wine, spirits and beer that have all of the flavour and none of the booze
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Café BluBlu, an adorable French bistro on the outskirts of Kensington Market
Including a surprising early fan favourite: cod tongues
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Parallel Basta, Kensington Market’s 7,000-square-foot temple to tahini
It’s the brand-new sister spot to the Geary Avenue location
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Sunnys Chinese’s brand-new patio in the old Cold Tea space
Including dan dan noodles, boozy slushies and bubble tea cocktails
City News
“Everything I love here was fought for”: This non-profit is seeking millions to keep Kensington Market affordable
The Kensington Market Community Land Trust was successful in its bid to buy two Victorian homes. Now, it has a month to raise $2 million and close the deal
Food & Drink
Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Kensington Market
We're scouring the city—neighbourhood by neighbourhood—for the best budget-friendly meals
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City News
I ran the HotBox, Toronto’s first cannabis consumption lounge, for 20 years—now it’s closing
“Woody Harrelson spent a week hanging out in the space, smoking weed and playing chess. Bill Murray and Tricky dropped by”
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Sunnys, the buzzy new Chinese restaurant in Kensington Market
From the people who brought you MIMI Chinese
Food & Drink
What’s on the takeout menu at Tacos 101, the much-missed taqueria’s new Kensington Market counter
Now with 100 percent more Mexican ramen
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Food & Drink
Where chef Elia Herrera gets chicharrones, churros and chicken tacos in Kensington Market
Three of her favourite spots, and what she gets at each one
Food & Drink
Where chef Steve Gonzalez eats pho, tortas and doughnuts in Kensington Market and Chinatown
Four of his favourite spots, and what he orders at each one
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Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
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
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
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Food & Drink
An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
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