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Food & Drink
Introducing: Nadège Patisserie. Queen West’s prettiest pastry shop joins the five thieves in Rosedale
Fourth-generation confectioner Nadège Nourian won over many Toronto palates when she opened her eponymous Queen West bakery and...
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City News
Gregory Burke pulled the Power Plant out of debt and enhanced its international reputation. Then, he quit.
The Power Plant’s first board meeting of the year was held at noon on Monday, February 7. The gallery, situated on prime...
Culture
Roger Mooking—of Kultura, Nyood and Bass is Base fame—to take on Michael Symon on Iron Chef America
It seems MC Mystic is back. No, Toronto chef Roger Mooking isn’t reprising his role as rapper and percussionist in...
Food & Drink
Keriwa Café, a new restaurant with an Aboriginal menu, to open on Queen West next month
A new restaurant focused on Aboriginal cuisine is set to open on Queen Street West this coming May. Behind Keriwa is Aaron Joseph...
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Real Estate News
Home of the Week: $669,000 for a spacious condo at Queen and John
ADDRESS : 169 John Street , Unit 905 NEIGHBOURHOOD : Kensington-Chinatown AGENT : Carl Langschmidt , Royal LePage - Your Community...
Food & Drink
Introducing: BYOB, a Queen West shop for everything booze-related (except alcohol)
Boozehounds, start your livers. Queen West is now home to BYOB, a new shop that specializes in cocktail-related accoutrement of...
Shopping
The Find: the perfect spring trench for the coolest girls
We know there’s still snow on the ground, but spring, believe it or not, is upon us, and we can’t wait to test out this...
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Style
PHOTO GALLERY: see Philip Sparks’s fall/winter 2011 collection
Philip Sparks kicked off Rogue Fashion Week’s first off-site show at Queen West’s Burroughes Building last night. Check out...
Food & Drink
Parts and Labour patio nixed by Parkdale residents and committee of adjustment
Looks like revellers will be staying indoors this summer at Parkdale hot spot Parts and Labour . Inside Toronto is reporting that...
Style
Introducing: John Allan’s men’s spa, yet another Hudson’s Bay Company acquisition
The place: Wednesday night’s opening of John Allan’s spa for men took place at The Bay’s flagship on Queen Street (just like...
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Food & Drink
The one thing you should see this week: a Queen West it boy at mid-career
This week’s pick: Luis Jacob’s Album X It’s no coincidence that the image chosen to promote a mid-career survey of Luis...
City News
Fun factory: a look inside Red Bull’s space-age new offices on Queen West
No surprise that Red Bull’s new offices resemble a space-age nightclub. They also prove that it’s OK—even beneficial—to...
Food & Drink
Owners of Queen West’s Delight Chocolate open new cheese store in the basement
Building on their success with chocolate and cheese lovers in the Junction, Jeff Brown and Jennifer Rashleigh , co-owners of...
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Real Estate News
Seven-year itch: the Drake Hotel announces plans for expansion
Since the day its current incarnation opened—Valentine’s Day, 2004—the Drake Hotel has been the restless centre of West...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Heart, Nature Unleashed and six other can’t-miss events
1. HEART Remember when rock star sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson sent John McCain’s campaign a cease-and-desist letter after he...
Food & Drink
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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Introducing: Fifth Elementt, Bay Street’s Indian fusion restaurant reborn on Queen West
When Bay Street’s Fifth Elementt closed down last May, chef Johnee Savarimuthu knew he wanted to continue the Indian fusion...
Food & Drink
Between two trends: John Lettieri on coffee and burgers in Toronto
John Lettieri is in an interesting position these days. As president and founder of both Hero Certified Burgers and Lettieri...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Inigo, a Queen West churrasqueira, takes over Igor Kenk’s old space
While Dundas West is in the midst of a carnivorous craze with a serious emphasis on the pig (we’re looking at you, Porchetta and...
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Hipster temple Oddfellows to close in February
Oddfellows— the only Queen West hipster hangout with a roving Winnebago—is closing. Eye Weekly reported the news earlier...
Food & Drink
Modern comforts: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Woodlot and Ici Bistro
Two neighbourhood restaurants serve up light-handed renditions of our rib-sticking favourites The comfort food revolution has...
Culture
Wonder no more: Queen West becomes 8-bit video game on Youtube
Having grown up with the sore thumbs that only the original Nintendo controllers could give, we always wondered what Queen West...
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Food & Drink
Just Opened: we review Sushi Couture, Niwatei and Bar Salumi
A new sushi king on Bloor, carb-loading in Markham and Parkdale’s chicest snack spot Sushi Couture 456 Bloor...
Style
Shopping on-line this holiday season? CB2 is now shipping to Canada
Crate and Barrel's hipper, more modern spin-off, CB2, is in the middle of opening its first Toronto store on the beleaguered Queen...
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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
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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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“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
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business