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Introducing: The Chickery, the new roast chicken joint from David Adjey and Danny Farbman
The Chickery opened in early May, seeking to bring yet another lunch option to the hoards of creative-types working in and around...
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Introducing: Kinton, a new Baldwin Village ramen bar from the people behind Guu
This summer, a number of new ramen restaurants—from Japan and Vancouver—are scheduled to invade the city’s arguably...
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Introducing: Hoof Raw Bar, the new seafood addition to the Hoof family
For many Toronto food lovers, Hoof Raw Bar, the latest eatery in Jen Agg’ s burgeoning Dundas West mini-empire, came out of left...
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Introducing: Stack, uptown’s new barbecue restaurant (complete with a huge smoker)
“Anybody can do a good burger,” says Todd Savage , co-owner of Stack , uptown’s answer to Barque. “But being the pit...
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Introducing: The Bristol Yard, a bit of Britain down by Christie Pits
The Bristol Yard is a new British-style cafe (that’s pronounced “caf,” not “café”) which opened a couple of weeks ago...
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Introducing: Osteria 55, the rustic Italian successor to the short-lived Bowery
A couple of weeks ago, The Bowery, which opened last year on Colborne Street with Tawfik Shehata at the helm, was quietly...
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Introducing: Lamesa, a contemporary spin on traditional Filipino cooking on Queen West
Despite the GTA being home to almost 200,000 Filipinos, it’s probably fair to say many residents are unfamiliar with Filipino...
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Introducing: Windows by Jamie Kennedy, the locavore chef’s new Niagara Falls venture
Jamie Kennedy (Gilead Café , formerly of Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar and JK Rom, etc.), describes his new venture, Windows by Jamie...
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Introducing: The Fuzz Box, a new Danforth restaurant serving classic East Coast donairs
What, exactly, is it about Haligonian donairs that always has Maritimers waxing rhapsodic? “The trick,” says Neil Dominey...
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Introducing: The Commissary, Leslieville’s new laid-back lunch spot
The Commissary, a new Leslieville lunch spot, bucks the healthy hippie fare and burgers that dominate the area and opts instead...
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Introducing: Kitch, a new restaurant and club just north of the tracks at Dupont and Dufferin
Kitch bills itself as a place for “eats and beats”—the eats coming courtesy of Bryan Jackson, noted waffle lover and owner...
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Introducing: Edulis, Michael Caballo and Tobey Nemeth’s reinvention of Niagara Street Café
After more than a decade in the neighbourhood, the well-loved Niagara Street Café has been reborn as Edulis. The restaurant’s...
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Introducing: Lilly’s Lunches, a new bike-based brown bag delivery service
Lilly’s Lunches is a new one-woman and one-bike operation run entirely by Elizabeth Callahan. After growing weary with her day...
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Introducing: L’Avenue, a new modern bistro on Bayview
Opened recently on a strip of Bayview Avenue that’s best known for Satay on the Road and Hollywood Gelato, L’Avenue, a new...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Hawker Bar, Toronto’s first spot for Singapore-style street food
Hawker Bar joins the likes of The Saint and Bellwoods Brewery on the strip as the new kids on the Ossington block. Run by a pack...
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Introducing: Gourmet Bitches, a new Toronto food truck that’s a little healthier than most
At a sneak preview event at the Boiler House in the Distillery District earlier this month, the Gourmet Bitches unveiled their new...
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Introducing: Bellwoods Brewery, Ossington’s new brewpub and snack bar
After a bit of a lull in new openings, it seems as though Ossington is in the middle of yet another restaurant and bar boom, with...
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Introducing: Toucan Taco Bar, Riverside’s new Mexican joint
“People in this city love burritos,” says Richard Henry, owner of Riverside’s new Toucan Taco Bar. Henry, the owner of two...
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Mark McEwan, Claudio Aprile and others to launch new restaurants at Pearson Airport
Toronto travellers rejoice: your airport dining options are about to expand far, far beyond the crushing indignity of eating a...
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Introducing: The Saint, Ossington’s long-awaited and oft-delayed contemporary tavern
When we first told you about The Saint back in 2009, we said it would open in April—and it will, albeit three years later than...
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Introducing: The Grove, Dundas West’s new spot for modern English cuisine
Over the last few years, formerly low-rent areas like Ossington, Parkdale and Dundas West have become culinary destinations, with...
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Introducing: Actinolite, one couple’s labour of love on a quiet stretch of Ossington
Nearly six years in the making, the long-awaited Actinolite opened last week on a quiet strip of Ossington at Hallam, just south...
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Introducing: Banh Mi Boys, Queen West’s shiny new Vietnamese sub counter
When Banh Mi Boys opened—from early December to mid-January—it was an overnight sensation. Cheap and delicious Asian street...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in March
It can be hard to keep pace with all the new restaurants and bars that open and close in Toronto—which is why every month, we...
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’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
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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
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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
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