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Little Italy
Food & Drink
The 13 best restaurants in Trinity Bellwoods and Little Italy right now
Our highest-rated restaurants in these two 'hoods
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Real Estate News
How a stager remade a kid-friendly Little Italy home to suit grown-up tastes
See a house before and after it was staged for sale
Food & Drink
The owners of Bar Volo are opening another craft beer destination in Little Italy
But it won't just be another Bar Volo
Food & Drink
The Walton is Little Italy’s new morning-to-night spot
It's a café! It's a cocktail bar! It's both!
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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?
Food & Drink
Review: Little Italy’s Soi Thai serves stand-out snacks straight from the streets of Bangkok
Soi Thai ★½ 651 College St., 647-345-8838 The allure of street food is authenticity and adventure on a plate, with heaping...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.4 million for a Little Italy semi with a rooftop retreat
Address: 228 Palmerston Avenue Neighbourhood: Little Italy Agent: William Wallace , RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage Price:...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Name: A3 Napoli Pizzeria e Friggitoria Neighbourhood: Little Italy Contact: 589 College St. , a3napoli.com , @A3Napoli Owners:...
Real Estate News
Condo of the Week: $729,000 for a Little Italy suite with 20-foot ceilings
Address: 394 Euclid Avenue, Unit 101 Neighbourhood: Little Italy Agent: Jim Killoch, Urbaneer.com Price: $729,000 The Place: A...
Food & Drink
Review: Bar Raval, Grant van Gameren’s College Street tapas bar, is another standout
Bar Raval ★★★ 505 College St. Grant van Gameren’s claim to greatness is sweating the small details. At Bar Isabel, his...
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Food & Drink
A closer look at Soi Thai’s straight-outta-Bangkok mini–convenience store
When customers enter Soi Thai , co-owner Nopphawan Papa (who also goes by Sherry) wants them to feel like they're stepping into...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Soi Thai, a bit of Bangkok in Little Italy
Name: Soi Thai Neighbourhood: Little Italy Contact: 651 College St. W., @soithaito Previously: Darwin Bistro Owners: Nopphawan...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Fat City Blues, Little Italy’s New Orleans–inspired watering hole
Name: Fat City Blues Neighbourhood: Little Italy Contact Info: 890 College St. , 647-345-8282, fatcityblues.com , @fatcityblues...
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Style
Inner Sanctum: a converted church condo in Little Italy worth a seven-year wait
The red brick Romanesque Revival at College and Palmerston has lived a few lives in its 126 years. In the early days of the city...
Food & Drink
Porchetta & Co. and Pizzeria Libretto to open A3 Napoli on College
We know that Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. are besties now, what with their side-by-side venture set to open on King West...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Bar Raval, Grant van Gameren’s much-hyped Spanish pinchos bar
Name: Bar Raval Contact Info: 505 College St. , thisisbarraval.com , @bar_raval Neighbourhood: Little Italy Owners: Grant Van...
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Food & Drink
Cafe Diplomatico enforces $15-per-hour minimum spend during World Cup matches
—The minimum amount customers have to spend—per hour—for the privilege of watching Italy's World Cup matches at Cafe...
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: the $1.7 million Victorian that shows the changing nature of Little Italy’s rental stock
Address: 432 Markham Street Neighbourhood: Little Italy Agent: Elden Freeman , Freeman Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage The Property:...
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: the $970,000 townhouse that shows location and space can still be had—for a price
Address: 10 Plymouth Avenue , Unit 1 Neighbourhood: Little Italy Agent: Matt Manuel and Paul Johnston , Right At Home Realty...
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Shopping
Queen Video is closing its College location after a decade (and selling off 30,000 rentals)
In a heartwarming note on its storefront window, Queen Video announced the closure of its College location earlier this...
Food & Drink
The Mad Italian closes its doors after sane moment of epiphany
The Mad Italian Gelato Bar seemed to be on an upward trajectory over the past few years, having expanded twice from its original...
City News
RAT APOCALYPSE! Toronto’s new home invaders are growing in shocking numbers
An investigation into how Toronto became a vermin breeding ground
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Real Estate News
Condo of the Week: $1.1 million for a Little Italy penthouse with a dramatic catwalk and a roomy terrace
Address: 301 Markham Street, Penthouse 805 Neighbourhood: Palmerston-Little Italy Agent: Steven Fudge, Bosley Real Estate...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.65 million for a Little Italy semi with a backyard coach house
Address: 290 Palmerston Avenue Neighbourhood: Trinity-Bellwoods Agent: Stefani Konidis and Catherine Black, Chestnut Park Real...
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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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