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Ossington
Food & Drink
Ossington is getting an indoor farmers’ market, with booze
The Ossington strip now has an indie coffee shop, an ice-cream parlour and, as of June 14, its very own farmers' market—a...
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Extremely delicious ice cream sandwiches are now for sale on Ossington
Bang Bang is a new ice-cream parlour and bakery on the southern end of Ossington, sandwiched between Boehmer restaurant and hip...
Style
Store Guide: Victoire, a cute new Ossington boutique where almost everything is made in Canada
Name: Victoire Sells: Canadian designers plus a few international brands Contact info: 129 Ossington...
City News
How Jackie O’Brien, owner of streetwear shop Jonathan and Olivia, would spend a perfect Saturday on Ossington
“My husband, Nic, and I chose to set up our shop on Ossington because of its mix of new, dirty, gritty and dynamic. I can’t...
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A guy-centric vintage store opens at Dundas and Ossington
Of the many vintage shops along Dundas West, Black Flower Vintage is the first to focus almost entirely on menswear. The stock...
Food & Drink
Review: Ardor Bistro brings Peruvian ceviche and pisco cocktails to the Ossington strip
Ardor Bistro ★★ 59 Ossington Ave., 647-351-5100
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Quirky-cute Toronto brand Crywolf opens a boutique on Ossington
Crywolf, the five-year-old brand started by Toronto artists Rose Chang and Stephanie Drabik, now has its first standalone store on...
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A rotating pop-up shop opens on Ossington
Ossington’s cadre of hip boutiques keeps growing, most recently with the launch of Pop-Up 120, a wholesale-retail hybrid from...
Food & Drink
Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Union, Origin Liberty and Aria
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Ardor Bistro, a new Peruvian restaurant on Ossington from the owners of Celestin
Name: Ardor Bistro Neighbourhood: Ossington Contact Info: 59 Ossington Ave., 647-351-5100 Owners: Brothers Ivan Tarazona and James...
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Rock Lobster is opening a second location in Shanghai Cowgirl’s Queen West space
Rock Lobster Food Co. graduated from a wildly popular pop-up shop into a wildly popular brick-and-mortar restaurant when it opened...
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Store Guide: Annie Aime, a new Eurocentric boutique on Ossington from the owner of French Accents
Name: Annie Aime Sells: Clothing, shoes, accessories and skincare for men and women Contact info: 42 Ossington...
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Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from March 2013
Opened After two years and more than a little controversy, the trendy mass-market giant finally arrived in Canada. Now open:...
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Introducing: Côte de Boeuf, a new butcher and food shop from the owners of Union
Name: Côte de Boeuf Neighbourhood: Ossington Contact info: 130 Ossington Ave., 416-532-2333, @CDBOssington Owners: brothers...
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Review: Oddseoul, the Korean hipster dive from the brothers behind Swish
Oddseoul ★½ 90 Ossington Ave. From Leeto and Leemo Han, the brothers behind Swish by Han in the Financial District, comes this...
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Jeff Claudio is leaving Yours Truly at the end of March
Yours Truly’ s 29-year-old head chef, who came to Toronto by way of some of the world’s most celebrated kitchens, is exiting...
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Store Guide: Tiger of Sweden’s new Ossington outpost for hip professionals
Name: Tiger of Sweden Sells: Clothing, shoes and accessories for men and women Contact info: 56 Ossington...
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Must-Try: Bellwoods Brewery’s bitter and boozy Witchshark IIPA
Putting back a bottle of Bellwoods Brewery’s Witchshark Imperial India Pale Ale is a heady experience. Since the buzzing...
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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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Union is launching spin-off food shop Côte de Boeuf later this month
In late December, Côte de Boeuf popped up briefly at 130 Ossington Avenue to sell a variety of holiday provisions and then...
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Delux celebrates five years on Ossington with a special discounted menu
Corinna Mozo’s Delux was one of the pioneers of the Ossington strip’s restaurant explosion when it first opened in...
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The Month that Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in December
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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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: Gravity Pope, a massive Toronto location from the popular Western Canadian shoe boutique
Gravity Pope, a trend-focused shoe store much beloved in Western Canada, opened its first Toronto location on Friday at Queen and...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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!”
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