Real Estate News
Food & Drink
City News
Deep Dives
Culture
Style
Newsletters
Membership
Submit a Tip
Subscribe
Sign in
New Restaurants
Food & Drink
Introducing: Acadia, Scott Selland and Matt Blondin’s new southern-inspired College Street restaurant
Earlier this summer we previewed Acadia , a new venture by first-time restaurateur Scott Selland ( Splendid o, Colborne...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Elle M’a Dit, Baldwin Village’s modern take on traditional Alsatian food
Elle M’a Dit , a new Alsatian restaurant, is the latest spot to open up on the popular Baldwin Street strip. Husband-and-wife...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Hammersmith’s, Riverdale’s newest spot for scones and other breakfast favourites
Hammersmith’s , the brainchild of boyfriend-girlfriend duo Brittany Peglar and Colin Reed , is a new brunch spot in brunch-laden...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Thundering Thelma, Zane Caplansky’s first food truck
Nearly two months past her original launch date, Zane Caplansky ’s new food truck—named Thundering Thelma — has come roaring...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Combine Eatery, the new place for fish tacos on the Danforth
The Combine Eatery , a new southwestern comfort food spot started by siblings Albert and Amy Chan , stands out from the slew of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Boreal Gelato Company, Parkdale’s new place for a scoop and a seat
The Boreal Gelato Company , Parkdale’s laid-back new scoop shop and café, is a breath of cold, fresh air after the slew of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Smith, the gay village’s new destination for both grubbing and clubbing
Smith may be one of the less Google-able of Toronto’s new restaurants, but owner Renda Abdo is counting on sharp design and a...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: La Carnita, Toronto’s here today, gone tomorrow pop-up taco stand
Last Thursday, Toronto’s first pop-up taco stand, La Carnita , appeared. One hour later, it disappeared. The only advance...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Locomotive, a new café and sandwich shop in the Junction
Childhood friends Vito Carnovale and Paul Araujo have been conspiring to open their take on the perfect café for the past...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Mr. Cream, a new ice cream shop in Kensington Market
For a neighbourhood with so much pedestrian traffic, especially during Pedestrian Sundays, it was just a matter of time until...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Drake Summer School Dining Hall, the first in the boutique hotel’s Dining Roadshow series
The Drake Hotel has never been afraid of a little shtick, and pop-up and quasi pop-up operations have long been a part of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Against the Grain, a new lakeside pub with a lakeside patio
For so long, Toronto’s eastern waterfront has felt like a barren wasteland (remember when The Guvernment seemed like the edge of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: La Société, Bloor Street’s massive new bistro and people-watching hub
La Société , Charles Khabouth and Danny Soberano ’s new upscale bistro, opened last week to just the chic red-carpet reception...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Earth Bloor West, Ed Ho’s massive new bistro and lounge
Earlier this year we reported on the closure of My Place , the massive Bloor West Village pub that lasted only a year. Many...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Barque, Roncesvalles’s new, lighter take on the traditional smokehouse
With newish barbecue joints The Stockyards and Hadley’s still going gangbusters and Hardy’s set to open this June, it looks...
Food & Drink
Charles Khabouth’s new Bloor Street bistro, La Société, to open in June; two more Khabouth restos in the works
A few months ago, we announced that Charles Khabouth of Ink Entertainment would be taking over the space formerly occupied by dim...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Mavrik Wine Bar, a laid-back Queen West hangout run by two escapees from the corporate world
Mavrik Wine Bar, a cozy new place replacing the Korean spot San , quietly opened a couple weeks ago one door east of Queen West...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Fishbar, the new Ossington seafood restaurant from the people behind Salt
After keeping eager would-be patrons waiting for almost six months, Fishbar , the new restaurant from William Tavares (co-owner of...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Lakeview Storehouse, Dundas West’s new corner store and communal pantry
Back in November 2010, we told you that the owners of the Lakeview Restaurant were planning on going retail in early December with...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Lansdowne Cone, a new ice cream parlour set to lure patrons westward
“Blansdowne,” to use the oft-deprecating moniker for the strip of Bloor around Lansdowne, may be losing traction with the...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: we review the Gabardine, Parkette and Khao San Road
A laid-back Bay Street pub, real vs. backpacker Thai and our enduring love for rustic Italian THE GABARDINE 372 Bay...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Ortolan, a tiny new restaurant in Bloordale
With a name nodding to a notorious old-world culinary delicacy, Ortolan quietly opened its doors two weeks ago in the space...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Wvrst, a new King West beer hall, to feature menu from “Southern Italy by way of Munich”
A couple weeks back, news broke that the space that once held Marc Thuet ’s Conviction (which closed last fall and was...
Food & Drink
Susur Lee lite: the celebrity chef is back, but he didn’t bring his A game. Lee Lounge, his latest venture, falls flat
In the year following the announcement of Susur Lee’s new project in the storied room that once was Susur restaurant, it was...
<<
1
...
8
9
10
11
12
...
16
>>
Advertisement
Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
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
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!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
Just Listed
Just Listed
For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
Just Listed
For Sale: 50 First Avenue
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
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment
Just Listed
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