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Little Portugal
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Toronto’s brand-new Korean brewery
Gyopo is from the team behind Gonzo Izakaya and Kensei Bar
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Food & Drink
This is Queen West’s newest spot for cocktails and nachos
A team of industry veterans is behind the Dirty Laundry
Food & Drink
The owners of two popular Japanese bars are opening a Korean restaurant and brewery
But it isn’t beer they’re brewing
Food & Drink
Toronto Life
’s most popular Chefs in the Burbs of 2025
Our top neighbourhood food tours of the year
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Food & Drink
Where Michelin-starred Hexagon’s sous-chef Victoria Rinsma eats comfort food in Parkdale and Little Portugal
Her favourite spots for breakfast sandwiches, butter chicken momos and ice cream
Food & Drink
Pasta Forever chef Jess Maiorano’s new restaurant is a love letter to Italian aunts
Zia’s Place is a celebration of southern Italy’s cucina povera cuisine
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2.8 million for a pristine pad with six patios on the edge of Little Portugal
The 2,900-square-foot property also comes with monkey-themed wallpaper, a wood-burning stove, an open staircase and a primo rooftop
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Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: The new walk-in lunch service at Affinity Fish
Including one of the city’s best katsu sandos
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $3.1 million for an Edwardian duplex in Little Portugal sitting on a massive commercial lot
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with Moroccan tiles, a meditation room, a backyard workshop and a tire swing
Real Estate News
The Chase: This couple thought they’d be renters for life. Then the market shifted in their favour
For six years, Dylan and Matt had been happily renting a two-bedroom apartment in Little Italy. They weren’t looking to buy, but when interest rate hikes put an end to bidding wars, they seized the opportunity
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Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Full of Beans, a Little Portugal café with its own 115-year-old roaster
Owner Lori Nytko likes to do things the old-fashioned way
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Stop, a restaurant and wine bar serving up classic eastern European food with a twist
Part of our series spotlighting the city’s hidden edible gems
Real Estate News
House of the Week: This Trinity-Bellwoods home more than doubled in price after a masterful renovation
At nearly 2,300 square feet, it comes with a jewel-box staircase, Italian marble and millwork, and views of the CN Tower
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Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Frank Ranalli’s, an Italian beef sandwich business inside a hot dog shop
Warning: do not read this article on an empty stomach
Food & Drink
Inside Pasta Forever, a new takeout counter and Italian pantry that started as a side hustle
Started from a webshop now it's here
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Woofdawg, a new takeout counter in the west end serving house-made hot dogs
It started life as a hot dog cart
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Taverne Bernhardt’s, the new place for rotisserie chicken from the team behind Dreyfus
It's in the old Julie's Cuban space on Dovercourt
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Lobby, a new cocktail and tapas bar on Queen West
It has a real statement ceiling
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The $1.75-million Little Portugal home that shows laneway housing has buyers intrigued
A back-alley detached home sells for a bundle
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Food & Drink
Inside Unboxed Market, Toronto’s new waste-free grocery store
There's fresh produce, a butcher counter and a hot bar—just don't expect to find any single-use plastics
Real Estate News
Rental of the Week: $4,500 per month for a furnished loft near the Ossington strip
See inside an apartment for rent in a century-old building
Real Estate News
Rental of the Week: $2,700 per month to live in a converted garage in Little Portugal
See inside a backyard suite that's up for rent
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Food & Drink
The best restaurants in Parkdale and Little Portugal
Our highest-rated restaurants in the two west-end 'hoods
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Hawk & Chick, a new quick-service Korean lunch counter
Little Portugal's brand-new spot for bento boxes, banchan and bulgogi
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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
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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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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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Guelph is having a moment
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For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd
A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer