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Patria
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Patria, the second coming of the Spanish hotspot on King West
Including short rib paella and beef cheek–topped bone marrow
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Quarantine Cuisine: How chef Ben Heaton makes his zesty club sandwich
Follow along at home
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A globe-spanning guide to Toronto’s best international brunches
A baker’s dozen of brunch plates worth lining up for
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The 100 best restaurants in Toronto
After hundreds of meals over many months, these are our absolute favourite places to eat in the city right now
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The best restaurants on King West right now
Our favourite restaurants along the King-Adelaide corridor
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Inside the kitchen of Stuart Cameron, executive chef of Byblos, Patria and the brand-new Mira
A few of the things it's stocked with: pisco, chorizo, frozen pizza and Vegemite
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The top 25 places to eat, drink and party during TIFF 2017
And maybe even rub elbows with a star or two
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What’s on the menu for Toronto’s third-annual citywide tapas fest
A sneak peek at some of the small plates being served
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The Insider’s Guide to TIFF 2016: where to eat, drink and party
Rub shoulders with Hollywood royalty at these surefire festival hot spots
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Macho Radio Bar, a new Tex-Mex joint with arcade games and a giant patio
Also: frozen margaritas, cocktails by the pitcher and cornbread French toast made with Pop Rocks
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Culture
Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts dance to Drake at the
Demolition
premiere
Last night, as guests piled into the the King West resto-lounge Patria to fête TIFF’s opening-night film Demolition , the first...
Culture
Your star-spotting guide for Friday, September 11
As TIFF ramps up, so do the number of celebs at parties all over the city—and this year's festival is drawing some serious star...
Culture
TIFF 2014 Insider’s Guide: Where to Eat, Drink and Party
A highly discerning look at the festival’s hottest hot spots The Chase 10 Temperance St., 647-348-7000 The glitzy surf-and-turf...
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Chef’s Choice: Gihen Zitouni of TOCA picks her favourite restaurants
Who better to guide a fantasy food tour than a chef? We asked some of the city's top culinary talents to walk us through their...
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Patria is giving away free paella and churros tonight
Free stuff is always exciting, even when it's just a crummy doughnut, so this news is pretty great: Patria, the scene-y Spanish...
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Recipe: how to make the authentic Spanish paella from King West’s Patria
PREP TIME: 30 minutes COOK TIME: 1 hour 40 minutes Serves 4 SOFRITO 1 ½ tbsp olive oil ½ white onion, finely diced 1 small...
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Introducing: Switch, the new downtown bar and rec room from Hanif Harji
Name: Switch Neighbourhood: Downtown Core Contact Info: 55 Colborne St., 416-901-9990, switchtoronto.com Owners: Hanif Harji...
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Must-try: World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià’s Estrella Damm Inedit lager at Patria
In 2010, Ferran Adrià, the experimental Spanish chef who invented food foam and fielded a million requests for reservations every...
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Trend We Love/Hate: the anti-local movement
In this age of conspicuous local consumption, a handful of chefs are racking up the food miles. We’d protest, but our mouths are...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Terroir-ism edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. The...
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Best New Toronto Restaurants 2013
One thousand three hundred and eight. That’s how many restaurants opened in 2012—more than triple the year before, and the...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Best New Restaurants edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. Our annual...
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The scraps, stunts and multi-million-dollar investments behind Charles Khabouth’s empire of cool
Life is one never-ending, exclusive party in Charles Khabouth’s 17 faddish restaurants and nightclubs. For those of you who have...
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The Dish Power Rankings: how the powerful stay powerful edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. Edulis...
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Canada Day Bar Cart
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
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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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Buy Canadian
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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
City News
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