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Toronto’s patio fee “nightmare” reminds us just how vital outdoor seating is—and not just for happy hour
"Myself and friends in the industry are talking about packing it in and moving up north"
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This new Peruvian pop-up serves food that looks unreal, and tastes just as good
Chef Elias Salazar’s flavours deliver on the intensity of his food photos.
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What’s on the menu at Lasa, a casual Filipino follow-up to Lamesa on St. Clair West
Owner Les Sabilano and chef Daniel Cancino want to bring Filipino food to a wider audience.
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Good cooks are quitting the kitchen, and that’s bad news for your favourite restaurant
Experienced cooks are tired of being paid like the kid who shovels the driveway
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Life
The hardest job I ever had was working at a downtown bistro, and that was before the chef got violent
"I soon realized that was why I still had a job. I’d become the chef’s punching bag"
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Where to Eat 2015: our ranking of Toronto’s 10 best—actually, make that 20 best—new restaurants
It’s official: Toronto has too many great restaurants. Trying to keep track of every new omakase sushi savant, unmarked bar run...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #1, Buca Yorkville
I’ve been daydreaming about Rob Gentile. I’m in love with his ricotta gnocchi, which he rolls out by hand at Buca...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #2, Dandylion
Jay Carter studied at the best cooking school in town: Susur Lee’s kitchen. He worked as the master’s sous-chef for four...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #3, Yasu
There are only 13 seats in this narrow, gleaming white room: 11 at the counter, plus a table for two by the window. Couples on...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #4, DaiLo
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #5, Boralia
I wasn’t sure what to make of Boralia—yet another trendy restaurant on Ossington. The place, named after a moniker floated for...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #6, Byblos
The wonder of Charles Khabouth isn’t that he runs so many nightclubs and restaurants, and opens a new spot nearly every...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #7, Flor de Sal
Anyone nostalgic for the Corner House’s creaky, sunflower-yellow rooms and old-fashioned gastronomy is in for a shock. Cristina...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #8, Bar Fancy
The name is wink-wink. There are no frilly drinks on offer—only bar rail, draft and decent wines for $11 a glass. Grandma-style...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #9, Nana
Thai empires are at war. Two years ago, Monte Wan, who owns the line-up-for-hours Adelaide West phenomenon Khao San Road, parted...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #10, Rasa
Mondays used to be dull before Adrian Niman came along. He and his business partner, Brent McClenahan, run a trendy catering...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #11, Los Colibris
Elia Herrera is an anomaly: a real-deal chef running a Mexican restaurant that’s button-down sophisticated, nary a hipster...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #12, Branca
An Argentine restaurant is only as good as its meat. Some of the city’s finest is slow-roasted, braised and charred to...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #13, Yunaghi
When J. P. Challet moved Ici Bistro to the Windsor Arms, Yurika Ara and Yasuko Miyata took over the premises and opened...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #14, Mr. Flamingo
When I’ve had my fill of the fried chicken at Bar Fancy, I hightail it a couple of blocks north to this other cool new...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #15, Colette
Last year, my top restaurant was The Chase, the decadent downtown aerie that brought glitz back to the core. The owners, Steven...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #16, Luckee
Susur Lee spent his entire career running from traditional Chinese food, determined to be worshipped as a master of...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #17, America
The view from the surrounding office towers into this 31st-floor restaurant in the Trump Hotel must be distracting. At...
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Best New Restaurants 2015: #18, Fat Pasha
Somehow, against all odds, chopped liver is the hippest thing around, in no small measure because of Anthony Rose, the chef behind...
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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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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