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Food & Drink
Review: Portland Variety is a low-key surprise on clubby King West
Portland Variety ★★½ 587 King St. W., 416-368-5151 This serene new tapas bar is a delightfully low-key surprise in the middle...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Portland Variety, the new tapas restaurant on King West from the owners of Le Gourmand
Name: Portland Variety Neighbourhood: King West Contact Info: 587 King St. W., 416-368-5151, @PortlandVariety Owner: Ralf Madi and...
Style
Store Guide: Da Zoo, a King West boutique with an impressive lineup of avant-garde designers
Name: Da Zo0 Sells: Avant-garde menswear, womenswear, accessories and shoes Contact info: 613 King...
Food & Drink
Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta and Co. to open side-by-side restaurants along King West’s trattoria-thon strip
Remember when Pizzeria Libretto featured a delicious pizza inspired by Porchetta and Co. ? Well, that moment of food nirvana is...
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Real Estate News
Condo of the Week: $780,000 for a two-storey loft in a former perfumery on King West
Address: 833 King Street West, Penthouse 607 Neighbourhood: Niagara Agent: Elizabeth Machula and Chris Dawson. Re/Max Condos Plus...
Real Estate News
Quoted: David Mirvish can’t believe the city won’t embrace his Frank Gehry mega-development
— David Mirvish, on the unproductive, year-long negotiations with city planners over his proposed condo mega-project designed by...
Real Estate News
Condo Showdown: five Liberty Village units for under $550,000
Liberty Village has morphed from an industrial dead zone into an enclave of concrete, glass and brick in just a few years. Since...
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Real Estate News
Photo: the new design for the Mirvish-Gehry condo complex on King West
The second wave of plans are in for the hugely ambitious Frank Gehry -designed, David Mirvish -financed condo complex on the block...
Food & Drink
Former Origin chef Steve Gonzalez is opening a new place for Latin American street food on King West
Best known as the beloved class clown on season one of Top Chef Canada, Steve Gonzales, a former chef de cuisine at Claudio...
City News
Great Offices: a digital design agency’s ultra-playful King West digs
What: OneMethod, a digital design agency whose portfolio includes Wrigley, Moosehead, Nokia, Quiznos and Nestlé Where: The early...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: PS by Prettysweet, a new custom cake shop and bakery on King West
Name: PS by Prettysweet Neighbourhood: King West Contact info: 848 King...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1.65 million for a parkside penthouse in developer Brad Lamb’s King West building
ADDRESS: 25 Stafford Street, Penthouse 906 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Niagara AGENT: Brad Lamb, Brad J. Lamb Realty Inc. PRICE: $1,654,000 THE...
Food & Drink
The Month that Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in December
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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Style
Year in Review: the 15 best street-style looks of 2012
Every two weeks, we go to a different neighbourhood, seeking Toronto’s best-dressed denizens and examining the diverse style...
Food & Drink
King West’s Cool Hand Luc is getting evicted (and selling off all scoops for a dollar)
Perhaps the apocalypse is arriving this weekend after all. Cool Hand Luc, the cheery ice cream parlour that Luc Essiambre opened...
Culture
The Layover in Toronto: Anthony Bourdain’s favourite spots and best quips
For last night’s episode of The Layover, Anthony Bourdain and his merry crew squeezed as many of Toronto’s culinary delights...
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Real Estate News
The Chase: a first-time buyer finds her dream downtown condo in under a week
The buyer: Natalie Pastuszak, a 28-year-old marketing associate. The story: Pastuszak was sharing a home with her mother in...
Food & Drink
Emergency Lunch Pick: free celebratory fish and chips on King West
Don’t feel like grabbing delightful dim sum for one today? How about free fish and chips instead? To celebrate two years in...
City News
The insider dish on Soho House: who made the cut and who didn’t at the city’s new, exclusive private club
On Wednesday, July 25, a group of 30 people gathered for a secret meeting in the boardroom of a nondescript office building on...
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Real Estate News
A look at the best and worst of Frank Gehry’s past mega-projects
When David Mirvish and Frank Gehry announced their major King West redevelopment plans earlier this month, Mirvish said the pair...
Food & Drink
The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in September
Openings Closings Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $950,000 for a King West–area loft with hand-painted designs on the walls
ADDRESS: 560 Front Street West, Unit 1105 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: Brandon Ware, Private Service...
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Culture
TIFF WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The five hottest parties from the festival’s first few nights
Movie debuts and closed-door distribution deals may be the driving forces behind the Toronto International Film Festival, but...
Culture
TIFF PARTY: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson and other celebs revive a flagging Seven Psychopaths party
It’s odd when a party with not one but two VIP areas (a ground-floor zone and another on the second level) suffers a noticeable...
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Summer Camp Guide
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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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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
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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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
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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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
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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