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Toronto’s best neighbourhood bars and pubs
Not breweries, not cocktail bars, just good old-fashioned watering holes
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #9. Toronto’s gastropubs make the best Sunday roasts
Chef Andrew Carter offers a traditional beef roast at the Queen and Beaver pub near Yonge-Dundas Square. But with a few days’...
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Five new pubs that push British comfort food beyond pigs and puddings
1. The Grove Ben Heaton’s restaurant has upturned all our Brit pub expectations by putting modern spins on stodgy classics. His...
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Frog and Firkin the latest Firkin pub to get the “Cool Britannia” treatment
Over the weekend, the Frog and Firkin at Yonge and Sheppard relaunched as The Frog, the latest in a series of rebrandings by the...
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Gastropub Crawl: the good and great among the new wave of British pubs
Can a new crop of British pubs push the comforting cuisine beyond stodgy pigs and puddings? Toronto is a town obsessed with the...
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Queen and Beaver team to open The Oxley, a new pub in Yorkville
Over the past few years, the Queen and Beaver has gained a loyal following as one of the few honest-to-goodness, non-generic...
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Best Bars: A brief history of hooch in Toronto, from 1837 to the present day
By Denise Balkissoon, Ariel Brewster, Andrew D'Cruz, Matthew Hague, Malcolm Johnston, Emily Landau, Jason McBride, Alexandra...
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Best of the City 2011: Six of Toronto’s tastiest treats and where to get them
Whoopie pie Wings Ice cream Fries Marshmallows Cask-conditioned ale Bobbette and Belle 1121 Queen St. E., 416-466-8800 For any kid...
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The Weekender: Drake Spring Market, Hot Docs and six other events on our to-do list
1. DRAKE SPRING MARKET ( ) By some miracle, this Saturday’s forecast promises a one-day respite from the non-stop April showers...
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Six places to watch this Friday’s Royal Wedding in style
The Royal Wedding is more than just another way for Canadians to express their fondness for the motherland; Kate and Will are also...
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How to make the Queen and Beaver’s New World cobbler
“Growing up in Tottington, near Manchester, I came across a meaty cobbler practically every day, whether at home, school or down...
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Beavernapped! Thieves abscond with the Queen and Beaver’s stuffed mascot, then post hostage photos on Facebook
The Queen and Beaver Public House on Elm Street is known for its food, its drink and its beaver. So what does a hip gastro-pub do...
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The Weekender: Equus, Voice-Box, Robyn and more on our to-do list
Editor's note: Robyn's concert has been cancelled due to an illness. 1. BRUCE MAU: 25 YEARS OF BIG THINKING An international...
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Five suggestions for where G20 visitors should watch World Cup games
As the list of logistical concerns surrounding the G20 continues to grow, the Summit Management Office is now trying to figure out...
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Fever pitch: five ideal places to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup—soccer’s ultimate series—offers a riotous excuse to cut loose and bend your elbow before 11...
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Best New Restaurants 2010
This time last year, the future looked awfully grim. We braced for restaurant closures and recessionary menus, but 2009 was...
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Seven food trends we love
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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Toronto’s five best microbrews
Local microbreweries are experimenting with bold flavours, creating surprising and original beers. Here, the best pints and where...
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Jamieson Kerr talks about selling Crush and opening a second Queen and Beaver-esque pub
After eight years as owner and operator of Crush Wine Bar , Jamieson Kerr has decided to sell the once-French, now-British King...
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It’s official: gastropubs are the new tapas bars
“Food and pubs go together like frogs and lawn mowers,” wrote the unswervingly provocative British restaurant critic...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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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
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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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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
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The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions