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Six food trends we hate
Every year, Toronto Life's April edition names the current food and restaurant trends we love, hate and those with which we have a...
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Vancouver’s storied vegan cheese, Daiya, lands in Toronto
Toronto vegans have previously had to go to great lengths to obtain Daiya , the much-hyped vegan cheese revered by the non-meat...
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The next generation of pizza: the pizzacone
At one midtown Manhattan restaurant, pizza is undergoing an extreme makeover. Ingo Pinto, co-owner and manager of K! , has...
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City gives thumbs-down to community pizza nights and fun
First there was the liquor license debacle at Ici Bistro to prevent Harbord Street from turning into Skid Row, then the moratorium...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: Buca
Scoring a dinner table at this trendy King Street dining room is next to impossible. Lunch promises all the flavour with none of...
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Toronto’s five best pizzas
If the hour-long lineups at Libretto are any indication, Toronto’s thin-crust lust has never been more fierce. Five slices for...
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Mysterious Charlie Burger is blogging from East Africa
While the identity of Charlie Burger remains a mystery (most locals speculate that he’s a composite of T.O. restaurant...
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Just Opened: Ciao Wine Bar mixes South Beach and Italy, and moves it all to Yorkville
For Ciao Wine Bar, its newest high-octane hub, the Liberty Entertainment Group has shaken up the formula that has served them well...
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The cardboard complaint: Domino’s Pizza admits defeat, stalks unhappy customers
Mocked by food lovers and the stars of its own commercials (the Simpsons), Domino’s is attempting to revive its brand by...
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Cora Pizza reopens, Joanne Kates picks her top restaurants, the fooderati’s top Twitterers
• U of T students, rejoice: Cora Pizza reopened its doors last week. The restaurant, a long-standing refuge of drunken...
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Toronto scores two deserved, but predictable, spots in enRoute’s 2009 best restaurant ranking
Anyone who has spent hours sitting on a delayed Air Canada jet (an astronomical number of people, to be sure) is familiar with the...
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Top five candies for Halloween nostalgia, collagen-infused coffee, Obama sushi
• Obamamania has invaded the Far East. A Japanese chef has come up with Obama-inspired sushi, complete with benevolent...
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Just opened: Buca
The brains behind Brassaii , Jacobs and Co. and soon-to-be-opened The Saint are adding yet another restaurant to their...
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The way to fans’ hearts (or wallets) is through their stomachs
Cito may be back, but as the Jays’ season comes to a close with the team in second last (they’re presently 26 games away from...
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After 32 years on Church Street, Bigliardi’s closes its doors
Ever since the news broke that George Bigliardi’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant is closing on September 26, the long-standing...
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Graydon Carter’s terrifying lunch, fruit fly infestation, DIY pizza ovens
Cure all: the story of Niagara prosciutto maker Mario Pingue appears in the Star (Photo by stu_spivack)• Every Ontario gourmand...
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Follow the Tweeter: More Toronto chefs, bars and restaurants hop on the Twitter wagon
Chefs and restaurateurs across the city are heading into the Twitterverse in a big way. Since our last roundup of Toronto foodie...
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Where to eat near BMO Field
Heading to the Toronto Football Club game next Saturday? Keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not allowed at BMO...
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The $12 cup of coffee, the pizza vending machine and the cocaine-tainted cola
• In a few weeks, an Italian company will present its re-imagining of the vending machine. Rather than serving up coffee, chips...
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Christine Cushing wants to teach “lovable losers” how to cook
Spirited TV chef Christine Cushing is on a mission to transform Toronto’s “hopeless lovable losers” into confident cooks on...
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Mark McEwan protégé to open new Italian restaurant
Mark McEwan protégé Rob Gentile has left the fold of his mentor’s Yorkville restaurant, One , to open a place of his own later...
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Pizzeria Badiali
Anyone living on Dovercourt already had Bernhardt’s and, more recently, its sister sandwich shop down the street, Vilda’s, to...
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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“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