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Introducing: Bent, the new Dundas West restaurant from Susur Lee’s sons Kai and Levi Bent-Lee
After a long wait and swirling rumours, Bent, the new Dundas West restaurant from the Bent-Lee clan, has finally—and...
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Culture
Food Network Canada announces a slew of new series for the fall
Food Network Canada has released its fall lineup, and it looks delicious (if one’s definition of delicious includes spending...
Food & Drink
Massimo Capra to open a pair of restaurants at Pearson Airport
More news regarding the ongoing Pearson restaurant makeover from Saturday’s Globe and Mail : Massimo Capra of Davenport’s...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Chickery, the new roast chicken joint from David Adjey and Danny Farbman
The Chickery opened in early May, seeking to bring yet another lunch option to the hoards of creative-types working in and around...
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Food & Drink
C5 chef swap: Corbin Tomaszeski’s in, Ted Corrado’s out (or, rather, up)
The Royal Ontario Museum announced an interesting change of the guard today at C5, the continental fine dining restaurant perched...
Food & Drink
Susur Lee to open new spot on the Dundas West foodie mile with his sons
The comings and goings at 777 Dundas Street West sure have been attracting a lot of attention of late. The one-time home of Le...
Food & Drink
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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Food & Drink
Introducing: Café Belong, Brad Long’s new restaurant at the Brick Works
After almost half a year of delays, Brad Long ’ s Café Belong finally opened at the Evergreen Brick Works on Saturday...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 10: puffed up
This week’s episode of Top Chef Canada began with Vancouver-based chef François Gagnon mourning the loss of recently eliminated...
Food & Drink
Rosedale-Summerhill Guide: 23 need-to-know places along Yonge Street’s poshest stretch
Yonge Street’s poshest stretch, from Ramsden Park up to the Summerhill LCBO, has two strong suits: food and decor. Locals from...
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Shopping
The List: 10 things chef David Adjey can’t live without
Ten things chef David Adjey, star of the new Food Network show The Opener , can’t live without The best perk ever I used to work...
Food & Drink
The Fixe Is In: James Chatto on Lynn Crawford’s new restaurant, Ruby Watchco
At Lynn Crawford’s new restaurant, customers eat whatever she feels like cooking that day. The concept is bold and bossy, but...
Food & Drink
David Adjey wants to help new restaurants (or at least put them on TV)
Food Network Canada has posted a casting call for David Adjey' s new show, The Opener , which is looking for first-time...
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Food & Drink
Just Opened: Ruby Watchco, Lynn Crawford’s much-anticipated restaurant
After years of manning other people’s kitchens (the Manhattan Four Seasons), reinventing other people’s restaurants (...
Food & Drink
Lynn Crawford’s Ruby Watchco opens tonight
After months of buzz on food blogs and Twitter feeds anticipating chef Lynn Crawford' s return to Toronto, her new...
Food & Drink
Brassaii’s relaunch comes with new design, new menus and new chef
This week marked the long-awaited reopening of King West institution Brassaii , and judging from the extensive menu redesign, the...
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Lynn Crawford’s new Riverdale restaurant to open in March
Celebrity chef and Restaurant Makeover star Lynn Crawford' s much-anticipated Riverdale restaurant, located in The Citizen' s...
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The rumours are true: celeb chef Lynn Crawford is taking over The Citizen
After weeks of tongues wagging over the future of The Citizen , the Star has confirmed rumours that Restaurant Makeover stars Lynn...
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Brad Long’s new spot in Bloor West Village will have four floors, luck and tourtière
Chef and Food Network star Brad Long has a quick answer when asked what will be on the menu at his new Bloor West gastropub:...
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Food & Drink
Restaurant closures roundup: now is the summer of our discontent
Steel for some heartbreakers. Since our last roundup of restaurant closures, three of Toronto’s hoariest dining institutions are...
Food & Drink
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...
Food & Drink
David Adjey cooks up a series that will save new dining spots from disaster
David Adjey, the beaming and bronzed saviour-chef of Restaurant Makeover, goes back to basics on his new Food Network series...
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Missing restaurateur, Obama’s new brew, a Winterlicious countermeasure
• Police are searching for George Koutroubis, co-owner of Restaurant Makeover -ed Six Steps Restaurant and Lounge , who was last...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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