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King West
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Canada’s very first Eggslut
King West is now breakfast sandwich city
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Food & Drink
One of Toronto’s top chefs just took over the menu at this King West supper club
But the bottle service remains
Food & Drink
This new King West snack bar is from the team behind a popular barbecue joint
Carbon Snack Bar is now open in what was once Global Village Backpackers
Food & Drink
The $1,000 surf-and-turf platter at this King West steakhouse is Toronto’s wildest new splurge
Animl’s most extravagant menu item is meant to feed four hungry, wealthy people
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Shopping
What Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning loves about his King West neighbourhood
A British record shop, a hardcore hardware store, a coffee shop in a shipping container and more
Food & Drink
King West’s newest hotspot is an Italian kitchen, a Chinese restaurant
and
a country-western bar
Portland Square wears all kinds of fun hats
Food & Drink
A swanky seafood spot has been transformed into Toronto’s newest listening lounge
Out with Pink Sky’s surf and turf, in with Vinny’s vinyl
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Food & Drink
Toronto’s new Thai restaurant makes
The White Lotus
–themed cocktails
Everything there is to eat and drink at Same Same
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Cassius Cucina Contemporanea, an Italian resto-club on King West
Here, the night doesn’t end after dessert
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Hello Nori, a new sushi bar specializing in hand rolls
Each one is made to order
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Animl, an extravagant new steakhouse
Yes, that’s a disco bull
Real Estate News
Under Asking: “Buyers will pay later if they don’t act now.” Three agents share why they sold for less
Their properties include a three-storey High Park detached, a 1970s semi in Cabbagetown and a townhouse just south of the Gladstone Hotel
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Greta, a new 12,500-square-foot bar with more than 50 arcade games
Welcome to King West, Pac-Man
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Charlemagne, Café Renée’s second-floor speakeasy
Including an all-dumpling snack menu
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Café Renée, chef Nick Liu’s Italian-inspired French restaurant
Including a sheet of ravioli and a crème brûlée espresso martini that are blowing up on Instagram
City News
This King West sales consultant makes $90,000 a year. How does he spend it?
“I saved for a year to live in the Well”
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City News
“I own more than 2,000 books on Toronto”: A Q&A with condo king Peter Freed
The CEO of Freed Developments just announced an $800-million luxury tower downtown. He’s either brave or bonkers
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Patria, the second coming of the Spanish hotspot on King West
Including short rib paella and beef cheek–topped bone marrow
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Abrielle, a new Mediterranean restaurant inside the (also new) Sutton Place Hotel
Including better-than-average hotel breakfast
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Maxime’s, a glam new King West steakhouse with tableside martinis and caviar service
Also: steaming seafood towers
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Silent H, a new Mexican restaurant on King West with a tequila lounge and scorpion-garnished cocktails
Edible, mezcal-infused scorpions, of course
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Paris Texas, a massive country-western nightclub, restaurant and sports bar on King West
Mechanical bull not included
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What’s on the menu at Kissa, a sleek multi-level listening bar with a karaoke room on King West
Including smoked cocktails and caviar-topped oysters
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Ristorante Sociale, Enoteca Sociale’s splashy new sister restaurant with dining room dancers and bottle service
It's not exactly a carbonara copy
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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