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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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Introducing: Origin North, the new uptown tapas restaurant from Claudio Aprile
Name: Origin North Neighborhood: Bayview Village Contact Info: 2901 Bayview Ave , www.originnorth.com , 416-479-8833 Owner and...
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Amsterdam Brewery is opening one of the city’s biggest brewpubs on Canada Day
Amsterdam Brewery’s giant new 14,000-square-foot waterfront brewpub, which has been in the works for almost a year, is finally...
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Introducing: Takht-e Tavoos, a new Persian restaurant from the owners of Pomegranate
Name: Takht-e Tavoos Neighbourhood: Dufferin Grove Contact info: 1120 College St. W., 647-352-7322 Owners: Husband and wife...
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Introducing: Seven Lives, the new Kensington Market location of the pop-up taco shop
Name: Seven Lives Neighbourhood: Kensington Market Contact Info: 69 Kensington Ave., sevenlives.ca, @SevenLivesTO Owner and chef:...
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Introducing: Grasslands, the trendy revamp of vegan stalwart Fressen
Name: Grasslands Neighbourhood: Queen West Contact info: 478 Queen St. W., 416-504-5127, grasslands.to, @GrasslandsTO Owner and...
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Introducing: Carmen, a new Spanish restaurant on Queen West from the owners of Torito
Name: Carmen Neighbourhood: Trinity-Bellwoods Contact info: 922 Queen St. W., 416-535-0404, carmensayz.com, @carmensayz Owners:...
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Introducing: Wiggle Room, a new East Coast street food stall at Scadding Court’s Market 707
Name: Wiggle Room Neighbourhood: Alexandra Park (Bathurst and Dundas) Contact info: 707 Dundas St. W. (second vendor from the...
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Ex-Modus chef Bruce Woods is opening a new restaurant in Colborne Lane’s former space
Bruce Woods is preparing to open his first restaurant, appropriately named Woods Restaurant, in the space that Colborne Lane...
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Introducing: Darwin, Little Italy’s new modern French bistro
Name: Darwin Bistro Bar Neighbourhood : Little Italy Contact info: 651 College St., 647-348-9347, Facebook Page, @DarwinBistroBar...
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Introducing: The Rude Boy, Roncesvalles’s new gourmet burger joint
Name: The Rude Boy Neighbourhood: Roncesvalles Contact info: 397 Roncesvalles Ave., 416-533-3269, @therudeboyronce Owners: Faiez...
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Introducing: Bushi Udon Kappo, a new Japanese noodle house in midtown
Name: Bushi Udon Kappo Neighbourhood: Yonge and St. Clair Contact info: 1404 Yonge St., 416-323-9988, bushiudon.com Owners: Koki...
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Introducing: Jazz Bistro, a new spot for live music in the downtown core
Name: Jazz Bistro Neighbourhood: Downtown Core Contact info: 251 Victoria St., 416-363-5299, jazzbistro.ca, @JazzBistro_CA Owners:...
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Introducing: The Guild, a new contemporary Canadian restaurant on Dundas West
Name: The Guild Contact info: 1442 Dundas St. W., 647-343-7288, guildresto.com Owner and chef: Mani Binelli (Centro, Auberge du...
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Introducing: Queen Margherita Pizza’s new Baby Point location
Name: Queen Margherita Pizza Neighbourhood: Baby Point Contact info: 785 Annette...
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Introducing: Aft Kitchen and Bar, a new barbecue joint in Riverside
Name: Aft Kitchen and Bar Neighborhood: Riverside Contact info: 686 Queen St. East, 647-346-1541, aftbar.com, @aft_bar Owner: Paul...
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Introducing: The Samuel J. Moore, the new nearly-24-hour restaurant in The Great Hall
Name: The Samuel J. Moore Neighbourhood: West Queen West Contact information: 1087 Queen St. W., 416-897-8348, Facebook...
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Introducing: Northwood, a new Christie Pits café and cocktail bar
Name: Northwood Neighbourhood: Christie Pits Contact info: 815 Bloor St. W., Facebook page, @NorthwoodBloor Owners: Richard Pope...
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Introducing: Electric Mud BBQ, the raucous new barbecue joint from the owners of Grand Electric
Name: Electric Mud BBQ Neighbourhood: Parkdale Contact info: 5 Brock Ave., 416-516-8286, @ElectricMudBBQ Owners: Colin Tooke and...
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Introducing: The Happy Hooker, a new fish sandwich and taco shop on Dundas West
Name: The Happy Hooker Neighbourhood: Trinity-Bellwoods Contact info: 887 Dundas St. W., 647-769-4243, happyhookerfish.ca...
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Introducing: Appetite, Riverside’s new gourmet food shop
Name: Appetite Neighborhood: Riverside Contact info: 722 Queen St. E, 416-850-8835, whetyourappetite.ca, @Appetite722 Owners:...
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Introducing: The Burgernator, a new shop for burger lovers in Kensington Market
Name: The Burgernator Neighbourhood: Kensington Market Contact info: 269 Augusta...
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Introducing: Bazara, Ossington’s new spot for sushi
Name: Bazara Asian Cuisine Neighbourhood: Ossington strip Contact info: 188 Ossington Ave., 647-748-0288, bazara.ca Owners: Sammy...
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Introducing: Black Rabbit, a new family-friendly café in Bloor West Village
Name: Black Rabbit Fresh Food Café Neighbourhood: Bloor West Village Contact info: 2312 Bloor...
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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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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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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative