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Hay bales, hot drinks and heat lamps: This secret patio behind a secret bar is serving up boozy cocoa and fall-on-the-farm feels
It's like being at a farm—if that farm served cognac-spiked cider
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Fire pits, canvas tarps and some
Moonrise Kingdom
inspiration: How Anthony Rose winterized his new pandemic-friendly patio
Blankets are provided (but you should still bundle up)
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Toronto’s best new CaféTO patios
They're more than just tables inside a pylon perimeter
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Toronto’s best new patios
Where to sip ice-cold drinks in the sun (or shade)
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Twelve of Toronto’s best new patios
A dozen new places to drink and dine outdoors
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Twelve of Toronto’s best new patios for outdoor dining and drinking
Because the season's too damn short to sit inside
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Toronto’s patio fee “nightmare” reminds us just how vital outdoor seating is—and not just for happy hour
"Myself and friends in the industry are talking about packing it in and moving up north"
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Toronto’s best new patios with great late-night menus
Five dazzling outdoor seats for late-night eats
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Toronto’s best new patios this summer
Because the season's too damn short to sit inside
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Ceili Cottage loses its yurt
Leslieville's Mongolian patio won't be going up this winter
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #7. Patios aren’t just for summer
Ceili Cottage’ s giant plastic-wrapped yurt is low on curb appeal, but inside, the 35-seat rotunda is steamy and intimate. The...
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Patio Guide 2014: 10 spots the locals don’t want you to discover
"Big" and "new" don't always mean "better," especially when it comes to patios. That's why this year's guide is devoted to a less...
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Quoted: a Toronto bartender on the city’s proposed ban on patio-smoking
– on a new set of recommendations from Toronto health authorities that would eliminate one of the few remaining sanctuaries for...
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One more reason to eat at Momofuku: a brand-new patio
Torontonians have never been more spoiled for places to eat, drink and schmooze al fresco. In the last month alone, at least half...
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Get Outside: The 10 Best New Toronto Patios
Toronto’s balmy summer nights are too precious to waste on mediocre drinks in a dark, dreary room. Lucky for us, over 100 new...
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Introducing: Fika, a charming new café in Kensington Market from Victor Barry and Nikki Leigh McKean
Name: FIKA Neighbourhood: Kensington Market Contact Info: 28 Kensington Ave., http://Fika.ca/, @Fikakensington. Owners: Nikki...
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Tati Bistro is closing next month
After nearly six years on Harbord Street, Tati Bistro is winding down. Co-owners Wayne Parent and Whitney Brown made the...
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Cold Comfort: 11 winter patios for Toronto’s class of dedicated outdoor diners
Toronto’s love of patios is a curious, twisted thing. Even when the day’s high is minus-something-awful and snow blankets the...
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Check out the new 31st-storey terrace at the Trump Tower’s Stock restaurant
Toronto doesn’t lack tall buildings, but precious few of those buildings have restaurants or bars up in the heavens, let alone...
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Best of the City 2012: three perfect post-work patios
By Denise Balkissoon, Ariel Brewster, Andrew D’Cruz, Bronwen Jervis, Emily Landau, Signe Langford, Jason McBride, Mark...
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THE SCENE: Kate and Laura Mulleavy play host to socialites, designers and “Poordarte”-clad editors at the Bay
With the spate of good weather, Torontonians have been out en masse enjoying the sunshine, but in all the craziness and mishegoss...
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11 patios on which you can celebrate this balmy, 16-degree March day
Spring-like weather is a fleeting thing at this time of year, when even the sunniest afternoon can feel like it’s poised on the...
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Councillors say there’s hope for patios at Campagnolo, Woodlot and more
Last week, we pointed out that city staff had recommended that patio permit applications for Campagnolo and Woodlot (among others)...
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Taking a cue from developers, Parts and Labour goes to the OMB to plead their patio case
Two weeks ago, Jesse Girard and Richard Lambert, the pair behind Parkdale’s Parts and Labour, went before the Ontario Municipal...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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