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Food & Drink
Friday Night Bites: F’Amelia, Origin Liberty Village and Reds
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Maizal Quesadilla Café, a Liberty Village spot serving Mexican street food that’s not tacos
In a city that can’t gobble tacos down fast enough, Gabriela Ituarte and Ivan Wadgymar have chosen to do things a little...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Origin Liberty Village, the new west-side outpost of Claudio Aprile’s growing empire
It’s been a good year for Claudio Aprile: his food is on the cover of Art Culinaire; he’ll soon be collaborating with...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $2.6 million for a penthouse loft (with a sauna!) in Liberty Village
ADDRESS: 43 Hanna Avenue, Unit 711 NEIGHBOURHOOD: South Parkdale AGENTS: Claude and Pierre Boiron, Coldwell Banker Terrequity...
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City News
Metrolinx says the Air Rail Link is supposed to be express (so stop asking for more stops)
Just days after the unlikely team of Mike Layton and Frances Nunziata called for more stops on the rail link to Pearson...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1.5 million for a space in trendy Liberty Village’s Toy Factory Lofts
ADDRESS: 43 Hanna Avenue, Unit 311 NEIGHBOURHOOD: South Parkdale AGENT: Caroline Bokar, Forest Hill Real Estate Inc. PRICE:...
Food & Drink
Claudio Aprile set to open new Origin locations at Liberty and Bayview villages
Claudio Aprile, the chef and owner of molecular gastronomy temple Colborne Lane, has announced that he’ll be opening two new...
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Liberty Belle Bistro shuts its doors
Diners phoning in to make a reservation at Liberty Belle Bistro have been met for a few weeks now with a recording saying the...
Real Estate News
The Chase: two 30-something diehard downtowners find the perfect condo
The Buyers: Jennifer Zimmermann, a 30-year-old systems analyst, and Dustin Vaughan, a 32-year- old ad exec. The Story: Vaughan and...
The Weekender: Liza Minnelli, Día de los Muertos and six other events on our to-do list
1. LIZA MINNELLI La Liza, one of the world’s few EGOT winners (that’s Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), takes the stage this...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Bar Vespa, a new Italian-inspired room in Liberty Village
After opening the Sugar Beach–fronting Against the Grain in June, FAB Concepts, the group behind places like Mill Street Brewpub...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Beer Boutique, something just a little bit different from the Beer Store
With the rise of craft breweries, Ontario drinkers have been clamouring for access to a wider variety of brews. The Beer Boutique...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: we review Agave y Aguacate, Fanny Chadwick’s and Liberty Belle Bistro
Mexican street food reborn in the market, a greasy spoon–less diner on Dupont, and Liberty Village’s latest bistro Agave y...
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Shopping
Cozy throws for the post-holiday chill
After the hectic holiday season is over, we’re looking forward to snuggling up by the fire with this über-soft throw from West...
Shopping
Sales roundup: Marchesa trunk show, Virginia Johnson sample sale, Mark Lash holiday sale
FASHION AND BEAUTY BEAN SPROUT Parents can stock up on winter boots, snowsuits and coats for the kids from such brands as...
City News
The app kings: meet the army of tech genius millionaires who are turning Toronto into the new Silicon Valley
Why bother with a boring office job when you can share code at networking parties, design games for smartphones and sell your idea...
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The Long Weekender: eight things to do this Thanksgiving weekend that don’t involve turkey
1. HARBOURKIDS: HARVEST Despite our enjoyment of the word “hootenanny,” we were surprised to find out we didn’t know what it...
Food & Drink
Get outside: Toronto’s 10 best patios
The patio season started early this year, which simply means there's more time to hit the city's best al fresco dining and...
Food & Drink
Where to eat lunch this week: Chuck and Company
Liberty Village may be late to the party when it comes to the fancy burger trend, but good things come to those who wait The...
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City News
Five reasons why Nuit Blanche may not suck this year
Click here for our guide to the 10 must-see exhibits at this year's Nuit Blanche >> Although our reaction to last year’s Nuit...
Style
Details magazine takes on Toronto, barely leaves 501 streetcar
Details magazine has named Toronto a mecca of “modern-art galleries, high-concept restaurants and fashion-forward boutiques,”...
Real Estate News
Buy in Rosedale or Little Italy? One couple’s $700,000 real estate compromise leads them to the Annex
She wanted to buy in Rosedale. He didn’t. After an epic 10-month, 140-house search, they settled on a fixer-upper in the Annex...
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Food & Drink
Liberty Village bread factory is relocating to Hamilton
It’s been just over a month since we first reported on Canada Bread’ s announcement that it will be closing three aging...
Food & Drink
Let’s tryst again: Mildred’s Temple Kitchen encouraging sex in its washrooms
Hoping to spice things up for Valentine’s Day, or perhaps to attract a different breed of customer (the Larry Craig – George...
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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
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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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
Deep Dives
“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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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
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative