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The Black Hoof trots across the street
The west end’s temple of charcuterie, The Black Hoof , is expanding. A new café under the same management will be located just...
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Scaramouche stays put for another year
Scaramouche’s long-standing lease fiasco has finally been resolved—at least for now. Rumours of the restaurant’s relocation...
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Anthony Bourdain hates cupcakes, Thuet gets convicted, Fall Out Boy’s underage flub
• Chef and author Anthony Bourdain tells the Seattle Times he's had enough of the cupcake trend, that Kobe beef should not be...
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Barberian’s celebrates Louis Jadot’s 150th birthday with Geddy Lee, Jamieson Kerr and a meal money can’t buy
Like a speakeasy holding a social during prohibition, Barberian’s Steakhouse quietly hosted 29 guests in its wine cellar last...
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Ossington residents split on licensing ban
Forget the war on the car—a growing contingent of west-end residents is gearing up for a war on the bar. On Tuesday, city...
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Rosewater’s former chef, Paul Boehmer, jumps on the Ossington bandwagon with his new restaurant
How much more can Ossington take? A lot, it seems. The avenue’s seemingly endless gentrification will take another step this...
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Cluck, Grunt and Low silenced: The carnivore’s paradise closes rather abruptly
The meat lovers among us were surprised and saddened by today’s unexpected news : Cluck, Grunt and Low —the Annex ’s go-to...
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Another one bites the dust: Cru is the latest recession casualty
The much-lauded restaurant Cru (we gave it three stars earlier this year) closed its doors on unlucky April 13. Owner Hieu Nguyen...
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Let it Rain: The made-over hot spot is set to reopen next month
In June, the redesigned Rain will be unveiled, with a new name (Ame, Japanese for "rain"), a tip-to-tail renovation and some fresh...
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The life of a locavore, peppery peepers and a BMO Field booze ban
• In an attempt to break a world record, Anandita Dutta Tamuly of India rubbed 24 chilies in her eyes and ate 51 “ghost...
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Loss of appetite: It’s a double whammy for restaurants as their Bay Street backers go broke
There’s no question that investing in a restaurant is a high-risk venture. That said, many of the city’s swankiest downtown...
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Tip of the Isberg: Coca’s fate is in the hands of its one-time chef
When we asked whether Coca ’s surprise shutdown signalled closure or reincarnation, we didn’t know that its management was...
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Splendido changes ownership but stays in the “family”
Splendido is changing hands. The star-powered duo that revived the powerhouse Harbord Street restaurant—proprietor Yannick...
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What’s become of Coca?
Last night, we noticed that the windows of the trendy tapas bar Coca had been papered over. Though it was open on Friday, its...
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Go west: The Saint brings some King Street style to the Ossington strip
For the past two years, trendspotters’ eyes have been fixed on the Ossington Avenue strip. And now the ’hood is getting a...
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Fake food inspectors, some gifts for Toronto, a solution to insane restaurant queues
• On the eve of Hogtown’s 175th birthday , Star urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume has a few gift suggestions for the...
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Lax organics standards, gardens on the Gardiner, slaughterhouses self-inspect
• The label “certified organic” should spark more questions than confidence, says former food inspector Mischa Popoff , who...
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Who was “Bigley” of the Richard Bigley building at Queen and Mutual?
Who was “Bigley” of the Richard Bigley building at Queen and Mutual? And is it true that this is the oldest ghost sign in...
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How many security cameras are there in downtown Toronto?
How many security cameras are there in downtown Toronto? What happens to the footage? —Marie Kim, Birchcliff The Toronto police...
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Am I imagining it, or do fire trucks sound different these days?
Am I imagining it, or do fire trucks sound different these days?—BENOÎT MARTEL, WEXFORD Your ears don’t deceive you: fire...
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Is it typical for parking lots to change their rates hourly?
Is it typical for parking lots to change their rates hourly? Is there a limit to what they can charge? —Lisa Carter, Oakville...
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How many items does the TTC’s lost and found get in a day?
Dear Urban Decoder: How many items does the TTC’s lost and found get in a day?— Kathleen Stevens, Beaconsfield The...
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What happens to all the drugs, guns and other items seized by police?
Dear Urban Decoder: What happens to all the drugs, guns and other items seized by police?— Elizabeth Wong, East York All...
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How much does it cost the owners of the Rogers Centre (née SkyDome) to open and close the roof?
How much does it cost the owners of the Rogers Centre (née SkyDome) to open and close the roof? I assume it must take a lot of...
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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
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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
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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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