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Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

At Alo, I poured my heart and soul into creating the perfect dining experience: the ambience, the service, the elegantly plated food. Now I make 1,200 burgers a week

“We’re selling 1,500 burgers a week”: A Q&A with Alo chef Patrick Kriss, who turned Toronto’s fanciest restaurant into a takeout joint
Food & Drink

“We’re selling 1,500 burgers a week”: A Q&A with Alo chef Patrick Kriss, who turned Toronto’s fanciest restaurant into a takeout joint

"Obviously Alo isn’t a restaurant that we imagined with takeout in mind, but we’re in survival mode"

Alobar Yorkville is midtown’s more approachable answer to Patrick Kriss’s high-stakes original

Alobar Yorkville is midtown’s more approachable answer to Patrick Kriss’s high-stakes original

It’s like Aloette but dressed in a coat of only-in-Yorkville, over-the-top luxury

What’s on the menu at Alobar Yorkville, a new restaurant and cocktail bar from the team behind Alo

What’s on the menu at Alobar Yorkville, a new restaurant and cocktail bar from the team behind Alo

The group's third outpost opened just in time for TIFF

What’s on the menu at Aloette, a new French diner from the Alo team

What’s on the menu at Aloette, a new French diner from the Alo team

Including a burger, cheesy fries and an apple pie sundae

Aloette, Alo’s more casual sister restaurant, will open next week

Aloette, Alo’s more casual sister restaurant, will open next week

And you won't need a reservation to eat there

These are the best dishes of the year, according to Toronto’s top chefs and restaurateurs
Food & Drink

These are the best dishes of the year, according to Toronto’s top chefs and restaurateurs

Jen Agg, Rob Gentile, Patrick Kriss and more of the city's top chefs, dish on their favourite meals of the year

The essential gear Toronto’s top chefs and bartenders can’t live without
Food & Drink

The essential gear Toronto’s top chefs and bartenders can’t live without

A good pair of tweezers, a sexy strainer, Sharpies, and more of their current obsessions

Toronto’s top 10 late-night snacks, and where to find them

Toronto’s top 10 late-night snacks, and where to find them

Ten places in Toronto to eat really great, really late

The city’s top chefs on the best Toronto meals they’ve had lately

The city’s top chefs on the best Toronto meals they’ve had lately

Ten chefs and the meals they crave

Inside Patois chef Craig Wong’s kitchen
Food & Drink

Inside Patois chef Craig Wong’s kitchen

A few of the things it's stocked with: shrimp paste, Jamaican oatmeal and a $500 bottle of Japanese whisky

Course correction: At his audacious new restaurant, Alo, Patrick Kriss revives the sullied art of the tasting menu
Food & Drink

Course correction: At his audacious new restaurant, Alo, Patrick Kriss revives the sullied art of the tasting menu

The new restaurant at Queen and Spadina is the best to open in the city this year—in many years, in fact.

Introducing: Alo, Patrick Kriss’s refined addition to the corner of Queen and Spadina
Food & Drink

Introducing: Alo, Patrick Kriss’s refined addition to the corner of Queen and Spadina

Patrick Kriss to bring refined dining to Queen and Spadina with Alo
Food & Drink

Patrick Kriss to bring refined dining to Queen and Spadina with Alo

Matt Blondin is no longer at Momofuku Daishō
Food & Drink

Matt Blondin is no longer at Momofuku Daishō

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“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
Memoir

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid

The miserable truth about online school
City

The miserable truth about online school

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”
City

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Memoir

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
Deep Dives

Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

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