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What’s on the menu at Blondies Ossington, the bright-pink pizza chain’s newest location
It's the only one of their shops to sell slices
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What’s on the menu at Blondies, the Food Dudes’ new east-end pizza parlour
Ten pizzas, three salads and frozen yogurt
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These are the best dishes of the year, according to Toronto’s top chefs and restaurateurs
Jen Agg, Rob Gentile, Patrick Kriss and more of the city's top chefs, dish on their favourite meals of the year
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Where Omaw’s Matt Blondin and Jump’s Sean Kim eat Korean food in the burbs
Their favourite restaurants and bars in Willowdale (and what they get at each one)
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At Omaw, Matt Blondin brings the American South to Ossington
Our review of the chef's sublime southern cooking
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Introducing: Omaw, Matt Blondin’s Carolina-inspired spot on Ossington
The old Levack Block space is now a low-country kitchen
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What Matt Blondin and The Food Dudes have been up to
It’s been well over a year since the talented (and typically outspoken) chef Matt Blondin and catering company/food truck...
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Matt Blondin’s Junk has finally found a home
Matt Blondin has been titillating Toronto food fans for weeks with coy tweets about his new snack bar, Junk (which, he has been...
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QUOTED: ex-Momofuku chef Matt Blondin on the type of customer he really, really hates
— Matt Blondin, the former executive sous-chef at Momofuku Daishō , on the kinds of crappy customers he’d rather not...
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Matt Blondin teams up with The Food Dudes to open a new snack bar
Chef Matt Blondin, the culinary whiz who helmed the kitchens at Acadia and Momofuku Daishō before going rogue last spring, is...
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Haute Junk: Matt Blondin and Ben Heaton team up to serve KD and Slurpees at the latest Charlie’s Burgers dinner
In Toronto, the trendiest new restaurants ply an almost cultish kind of casualness, where the greatest sin a new eatery can...
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Superchefs Matt Blondin and Ben Heaton are bringing bar snacks to a Dundas West cocktail spot
If you follow Toronto chefs on Twitter, you know there’s a lot of love between them—they exchange more shout-outs and props...
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Matt Blondin is no longer at Momofuku Daishō
Matt Blondin, the ambitious Toronto chef that came up through Colborne Lane’ s modernist kitchen before opening Acadia in...
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Chef Patrick Kriss leaves Acadia
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Slideshow: Claudio Aprile hosts a farewell dinner for Colborne Lane with six of his top alumni
Claudio Aprile closed Colborne Lane in February with little notice in order to focus on his growing stable of Origin...
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Claudio Aprile is convening Colborne Lane’s top alumni for one final dinner
Claudio Aprile, who announced the closure of Colborne Lane last month, is hosting a valedictory celebration for the molecularly...
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Khao San Road is hosting a beer garden and massive water fight for Songkran
Khao San Road is ringing in the Thai New Year next month with its third annual Songkran festival, a beer garden coupled with a...
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Momofuku Fever: we review David Chang’s new four-in-one mega-restaurant
David Chang’s new complex on University Avenue—three restaurants and a bar—puts a Toronto spin on a New York phenomenon In...
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Introducing: Daishō, Momofuku Toronto’s home for “large-format” meals
Up on the third floor of the Momofuku complex is Daishō , an 80-seat space devoted to large family-style meals. Ample natural...
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Iron Chefs: how the fine dining institution Splendido creates culinary superstars
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More Momofuku Toronto details trickle out
No, Toronto’s Momofuku outposts are still not open (and it looks like the projected August opening date may not happen...
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Splendido announces its new chef de cuisine: Tom McHugh
Back in May, we told you about Patrick Kriss’ s decision to leave his chef de cuisine gig at Splendido (where, in addition to...
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These Booths Were Made for Gawking: who sits where at La Société
The cuisine is supremely so-so, but the glitzy atmosphere and A-plus people-watching at La Société—the crown jewel of...
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Toronto vs. Chicago: Acadias, airport food and pizza edition
Two restaurants named Acadia opened last year: the Toronto version starred Matt Blondin (until he left) and Scott Selland, and...
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Best New Restaurants
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
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Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
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Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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“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