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Introducing: Per Se Mobile, a Miami-inspired food truck serving Colombian fare
The latest mobile kitchen to join this year’s flood of new food trucks is Per Se Mobile, a moving kitchen serving comfort food...
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Introducing: Waffle Bar, serving Liège-style treats in the Upper Beach
First off, Jan Vandenbroeck would like to clear up any waffle confusion that may be out there: those big, round, fancy waffles...
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Introducing: Quinta, a fresh new Dundas West Portuguese restaurant on the site of an old one
The latest new opening on the ever-churning Dundas West strip: Quinta, which launched last week in the space formerly occupied by...
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Introducing: Hidden Kitchen, a dinner series brought to you by a ghost chef, an ex-chef, a guest chef and a craft brewery
Trying to keep up with the many pop-up food events in Toronto is a challenge, what with their unpredictable locations and...
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Introducing: Maizal Quesadilla Café, a Liberty Village spot serving Mexican street food that’s not tacos
In a city that can’t gobble tacos down fast enough, Gabriela Ituarte and Ivan Wadgymar have chosen to do things a little...
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Introducing: Hogtown Smoke, Toronto’s first food truck with an on-board smoker
Just over a month old, the Hogtown Smoke is the brainchild of Mark Wasserman and brothers Scott and Kevin Fraser, who run the...
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Introducing: Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria, the Annex location of the pizza chain from out west
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria was born in the summer of 2005 after co-owner Justin Lussier visited Pizzeria Sorbillo in Naples. He...
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Introducing: Barton Snacks, the Annex’s new spot for ice cream and specialty chips (together at last)
The corner snack spot is a staple of any neighbourhood worth its salt, and the corner of Bathurst and Barton may have found just...
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Introducing: Paulette’s Original Donuts and Chicken, Leslieville’s new house of indulgence
Back in May we told you about the happy convergence of two of Toronto’s favourite fried things that was about to take place in...
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Introducing: The White Brick Kitchen, a new spot for American comfort food (“Tater Tots” included)
The newest local joint serving up hearty comfort food is tucked in among the Korean eateries on Bloor Street West. The White Brick...
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Introducing: Rome’n Chariot, a new truck serving Italian-Canadian comfort food
Johnny V. knew the food truck life was for him after Eat St., that Food Network Canada ode to mobile eating, reeled him in with...
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Introducing: Farmhouse Tavern, a showcase for Ontario products in the Junction Triangle
There’s been a spate of restaurants opening just north of Bloor of late, and a full-blown explosion of places west of...
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Introducing: Lil’ Baci Taverna, the midtown outpost of the Leslieville Italian spot
After years of feeding Leslievillers at Lil’ Baci, restaurateur (and filmmaker) Mark Bacci has headed north, opening up...
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Introducing: La Carnita, the bricks-and-mortar incarnation of the pop-up taco sensation
Last July we introduced you to La Carnita, the city’s first pop-up taco stand. It was also, of course, a cheeky experiment by...
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Introducing: The Feasting Room, a carnivore’s delight of a pop-up on College
The Feasting Room is a six-month project by Noah Goldberg and Mathieu Dutan, who, much like the founders of certain other...
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Introducing: The Works on the Danforth, the first Toronto location of the cult fave Ottawa burger chain
After 10 years in the burger biz, The Works has finally made it to Toronto. Hailing from the nation’s capital, the award-winning...
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Introducing: Easy Restaurant, the College Street outpost of the classic Parkdale breakfast joint
With the advent of brinner and the dizzying popularity of all things bacon, it’s not surprising that all-day breakfast joints...
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New restaurants at Pearson airport to be decked out with iPads
Remember those shiny new restaurants that were announced for Pearson in collaboration with Toronto chefs like Mark McEwan, Claudio...
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A chat with the winner of Top Chef Canada season two
Yesterday, we got a chance to speak with the winner of season two of Top Chef Canada to find out what it’s like feeding Mark...
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Introducing: Smock Café, the new Roncesvalles spot for coffee, kids and crafting
One day prior to its opening a couple weeks back, a mosaic of pint-sized hand and nose prints adorned the glass front of...
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Introducing: The Oxley, the new Yorkville British pub from the team behind the Queen and Beaver
Planted smartly on Yorkville’s main thoroughfare, The Oxley Public House has arrived in style. This English-style pub is the...
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Introducing: Buster’s Sea Cove, Toronto’s first seafood-focused food truck
With lobster rolls seemingly showing up everywhere this spring, the timing couldn’t be better for the city’s first seafood...
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Introducing: Leslieville Pumps, Toronto’s only barbecue joint that’s also a gas station
Bringing something novel to jaded Torontonians is a pretty tall order. By the looks of it, though, that’s just what brothers...
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Introducing: The East Ender, Leslieville’s new spot for “stepped-up” comfort food
The landlord of 1212 Queen Street East wasn’t the only one to lose out when the owners of Tomi-Kro packed up and left; the...
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Food & Drink
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Food & Drink
“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