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Introducing: Zakkushi, the first Toronto location of the Vancouver chain of yakitori bars
Name: Zakkushi Neighbourhood: Cabbagetown Contact info: 193 Carlton St., 647-352-9455, zakkushi.com, @ZakkushiCarlton Owner:...
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Introducing: Boccone Trattoria Veloce, Massimo Capra’s new Italian restaurant at Pearson Airport
Name: Boccone Neighbourhood: Mississauga Contact info: Domestic departures, Terminal 1, Pearson Airport, 416-776-0492 Owners:...
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Introducing: Porzia, a new Italian restaurant in Parkdale
Name: Porzia Neighbourhood: Parkdale Contact info: 1314 Queen St. W., 647-342-5776, porzia.ca, @porziaparkdale Owners: Basilio...
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Introducing: Ryoji Ramen and Izakaya, the Little Italy outpost of the Okinawa-based chain
Little Italy’s Ryoji combines two of the city’s hottest food trends: ramen and izakayas. The popular Japanese chain, founded...
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Introducing: The Hogtown Cure, Dundas West’s new sandwich shop and deli
The Hogtown Cure is a new straight-from-the-farm deli and sandwich shop which opened earlier this month at the corner of Dundas...
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Introducing: Kupfert and Kim, a new takeout spot in the Path that’s both vegan and gluten-free
Kupfert and Kim is a bright new kiosk under First Canadian Place that’s been drawing long lineups of health-conscious (and...
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The new restaurants at Pearson Airport are starting to open
The new Pearson International Airport dining options we told you about last year are finally starting to roll out. First...
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Review: A-OK Foods, Yours Truly’s spin-off ramen and snack bar
Jeff Claudio, the chef at the Ossington strip’s Yours Truly, recently devoted his kitchen to a studiously ambitious tasting...
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Introducing: Buonanotte, Charles Khabouth’s Toronto version of the Montreal night-life fixture
After 21 years on Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal supper club Buonanotte has expanded to Toronto courtesy of Charles...
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Introducing: Playa Cabana Cantina, the Junction’s kitschy new taco bar
Dave Sidhu’ s Playa Cabana Cantina, which opened late last month in the Junction, is Toronto’s latest taco-and-tequila...
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Year in Review: all 161 new restaurants, bars, food shops and food trucks we covered in 2012
When historians of Toronto’s food scene (should they ever exist) look back on 2012, they’ll wonder how so many new...
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Introducing: Karelia Kitchen, Bloordale’s new Scandinavian café
From the late ’60s until the ’80s, Karelia was an influential Scandinavian design store in Toronto run by Janis Kravis. Now...
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Introducing: Smoke BBQ House, Harbord’s new no-nonsense barbecue joint
Harbord’s new Smoke BBQ House is the latest restaurant in Toronto dedicated to straightforward southern barbecue. Unlike places...
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Introducing: Kingyo Toronto, the Cabbagetown outpost of Vancouver’s celebrated izakaya
Kingyo is the latest Japanese restaurant to make the move from Vancouver to Toronto, following the success of Guu, Guu...
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Introducing: The Artisan Baker, a new bakery café at Yonge and St. Clair
The Artisan Baker, a new bakery café at Yonge and St. Clair, opened with little fanfare last week right beside the space left...
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Introducing: Rose and Sons, the new Annex diner from Anthony Rose
The hotly anticipated Rose and Sons opened earlier this month where the beloved neighbourhood institution People’s Foods once...
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Introducing: OddSeoul, the new Ossington Korean restaurant from the brothers behind Swish by Han
Hot on the heels of Rock Lobster’ s opening, brothers Leemo and Leeto Han have launched Ossington’s newest...
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Introducing: Sabai Sabai, a new Northern Thai restaurant and bar on Church
Sabai Sabai is a new Thai spot just south of Ryerson from first-time restaurateurs Jason Jiang and Seng Luong, who’ve partnered...
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Introducing: Rock Lobster, the new Ossington incarnation of the popular pop-up restaurant
Recently there’s been a slew of Toronto Underground Market vendors graduating to permanent operations. First La Carnita opened...
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Introducing: Archive, a casual new wine bar on Dundas West
Unlike the tony wine bars of yore, which targeted the suits-and-heels crowd, Archive, which opened last month, is situated on the...
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Introducing: Hawthorne Food and Drink, a new downtown restaurant with a social mission
When the bold new 60 Richmond Street East co-op building was completed in 2010, the builders left open a medium-sized space on the...
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Introducing: Yakitori Bar and Seoul Food Co., a pair of new restaurants on the corner of Baldwin and McCaul
After Baldwin Palace Restaurant closed, the space it vacated was originally meant to be a new Wild Wings franchise—but when the...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in November
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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Introducing: Skin and Bones, Leslieville’s latest restaurant and wine bar
Leslieville’s dining scene is rife with wine bars and other oenologically inclined restaurants these days like Ascari Enoteca...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
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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
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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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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