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Condo of the Week: $850,000 for a two-level unit in the Boiler Factory Lofts on Queen Street East
Address: 189 Queen Street East, Unit 2 Neighbourhood: Moss Park Agent: Erica Reddy, Royal LePage Signature Realty, Brokerage...
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Real Estate News
Condo Showdown: five industrial lofts for less than $1 million
The number of so-called “hard lofts” in Toronto has ballooned since the early 2000s as developers wised up to the moneymaking...
Food & Drink
Coming Soon to Queen East: The Pink Grapefruit, a health-focused grab-and-go café
Formerly the site of a medical marijuana compassion club, 106 Queen Street East will soon be home to The Pink Grapefruit, a new...
Food & Drink
Riverside’s Toucan Taco Bar closes—but expect a new restaurant there soon
Could Riverside’s Toucan Taco Bar, at 686 Queen Street East, be the canary in the coal mine of Toronto’s taco craze? Richard...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Bonne Journée, a new French bakery on Queen East with a Tunisian twist
For those visiting Bonne Journée, Tunisian ex-pat Hitchem Charfi’ s new French bakery on Queen Street East, it helps to know...
Food & Drink
New Reviews: Museum Tavern, Moo Milk Bar and Riverside Public House
An old-timey bar, fancified fried chicken and haute milk and cookies Museum Tavern ½ 208 Bloor St. W., 416-920-0110 Walking into...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $785,000 for a two-level unit with a private rooftop patio in the Beach
ADDRESS: 1842 Queen Street East, Unit 304 NEIGHBOURHOOD: The Beach AGENT: Kerri-Ann Brownlee, Bosley Real Estate PRICE: $785,000...
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Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15
Monday, July 9 Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12 Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Farmers’...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 2 to July 8
Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3 Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, July 5 Friday, July 6 Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8 Farmers’...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for June 25 to July 1
Monday, June 25 Tuesday, June 26 Wednesday, June 27 Thursday, June 28 Friday, June 29 Saturday, June 30 Sunday, July 1 Farmers’...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: The East Ender, Leslieville’s new spot for “stepped-up” comfort food
The landlord of 1212 Queen Street East wasn’t the only one to lose out when the owners of Tomi-Kro packed up and left; the...
Food & Drink
The Real Jerk’s new location will be a five-minute stroll from the old location
Sure, it totally sucks that The Real Jerk was booted out of its spot at 709 Queen Street East after 24 years in business. But a...
Food & Drink
The Real Jerk’s days in its Queen Street shop are numbered (22, to be precise)
It looks like the Real Jerk’ s long, drawn-out tenancy saga is about to come to an end—the last chance to grab a roti at the...
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Real Estate News
Condomonium: $3.2 million for a Queen Street East penthouse loft with its very own (very private) courtyard
ADDRESS: 43 Britain Street, Unit 200 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Moss Park AGENT: Carl Langschmidt, Royal LePage PRICE: $3,200,000 THE PLACE:...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for April 30 to May 6
Monday, April 30 Tuesday, May 1 Wednesday, May 2 Thursday, May 3 Friday, May 4 Saturday, May 5 Sunday, May 6
Food & Drink
Le Rossignol “moves in” with sister restaurant Le Canard Mort
Yesterday, a Chowhound thread alerted us that French eatery Le Rossignol is in real-estate limbo after a year-and-a-half in its...
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Food & Drink
Real Jerk landlord seeks to overturn injunction, calls judge’s decision “astonishing”
In what’s turning into the Toronto restaurant story that just won’t die, Bill Mandelbaum, the new owner of the Queen Street...
Food & Drink
The Real Jerk wins the right to stay put (Injunction: 1; Eviction: 0)
The eviction saga that cast Real Jerk owners Ed and Lily Pottinger as Davids against Bill Mandelbaum ’ s Goliath is over (for...
Food & Drink
Nota Bene team to open new restaurant at Queen and Church
Yesterday evening, Shinan Govani broke the news that the team behind Nota Bene Yannick Bigourdan, Franco Prevedello and chef David...
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Food & Drink
The Real Jerk, Riverside’s cult favourite Jamaican restaurant, gets an eviction notice
The iconic smiling sun that’s shone down on the corner of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue for the last 22 years is about...
Food & Drink
J. P. Challet to open Le Matin, a new French boulangerie on Queen East
Queen Street East has been steadily attracting culinary entrepreneurs for the last decade or so, but with prime spaces available...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $800,000 for a three-storey penthouse in the Beach
ADDRESS: 2012 Queen St. E., Suite 305 NEIGHBOURHOOD: The Beach AGENT: MaryAnne Runnalls, Chestnut Park Real Estate PRICE: $795,000...
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Introducing: Ruby Eats, Lynn Crawford and Cherie Stinson’s new gourmet food shop
March 2010 saw the opening of Ruby Watchco , a new Riverside venture by Restaurant Makeover duo chef Lynn Crawford and designer...
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Toronto’s five best cafés
The city’s top spots for lingering over a latte and laptop 1. Rooster coffee house This out-of-the-way spot overlooking...
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
“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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
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