Real Estate News
Food & Drink
City News
Deep Dives
Culture
Style
Newsletters
Membership
Submit a Tip
Subscribe
Sign in
Restaurants
Food & Drink
Best of the City 2011: The city’s most interesting dishes, places to eat them and, yes, hot sauce
Baguette Pasta Fad Hot Sauce Lobster reinvented Carnivore cure Roast chicken Devilled eggs Patio for dessert Woodlot 293...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Six things we learned from the Star’s investigation into the Canadian horsemeat industry
Any time an investigation takes place at a “kill auction,” you know its findings will be grim. This weekend’s report from...
Food & Drink
LINK: A lot of restaurants using electronic “zappers” to hide their sales from the CRA
Some access-to-information judo by the Canadian Press has uncovered a Canada Revenue Agency investigation into some fishy...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Elle M’a Dit, Baldwin Village’s modern take on traditional Alsatian food
Elle M’a Dit , a new Alsatian restaurant, is the latest spot to open up on the popular Baldwin Street strip. Husband-and-wife...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Hammersmith’s, Riverdale’s newest spot for scones and other breakfast favourites
Hammersmith’s , the brainchild of boyfriend-girlfriend duo Brittany Peglar and Colin Reed , is a new brunch spot in brunch-laden...
Food & Drink
The Guide Michelin is losing $24 million a year, while Michelin-starred restaurants continue to rake in the dough
While the bible of high-end dining has yet to make its way to this country, that doesn’t stop us by being fascinated with the...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Smith, the gay village’s new destination for both grubbing and clubbing
Smith may be one of the less Google-able of Toronto’s new restaurants, but owner Renda Abdo is counting on sharp design and a...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: La Carnita, Toronto’s here today, gone tomorrow pop-up taco stand
Last Thursday, Toronto’s first pop-up taco stand, La Carnita , appeared. One hour later, it disappeared. The only advance...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Locomotive, a new café and sandwich shop in the Junction
Childhood friends Vito Carnovale and Paul Araujo have been conspiring to open their take on the perfect café for the past...
Food & Drink
Geoff Hopgood on leaving the Hoof empire and opening his own place (and yes, there’ll be brunch)
A while back we told you about Food Truck Eats, tomorrow’s food truck event in the Distillery District, noting the participation...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Against the Grain, a new lakeside pub with a lakeside patio
For so long, Toronto’s eastern waterfront has felt like a barren wasteland (remember when The Guvernment seemed like the edge of...
Food & Drink
50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 28, Sweetbreads are the new chicken nuggets
When nose-to-tail restaurants like Cowbell and the Black Hoof started serving offal a few years back, diners debated the...
Food & Drink
Glenn De Baeremaeker proposes city-wide shark fin ban, taking a cue from…Brantford?
A couple weeks ago, the city of Brantford—yes, that Brantford—raised eyebrows when city councillors voted unanimously to ban...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Get set for the onslaught: the 2011 Summerlicious restaurants have been announced
Now that we’ve had a few days in a row without rainfall, it seems only fitting that Summerlicious menus were announced...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Earth Bloor West, Ed Ho’s massive new bistro and lounge
Earlier this year we reported on the closure of My Place , the massive Bloor West Village pub that lasted only a year. Many...
Food & Drink
Kensington Market’s Fresco’s fish and chips get Ocean Wise seal of approval
A little over a year ago, Michael Fresco took over the Kensington Market fish and chip joint Something’s Fishy . He jazzed up...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Barque, Roncesvalles’s new, lighter take on the traditional smokehouse
With newish barbecue joints The Stockyards and Hadley’s still going gangbusters and Hardy’s set to open this June, it looks...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: we review Agave y Aguacate, Fanny Chadwick’s and Liberty Belle Bistro
Mexican street food reborn in the market, a greasy spoon–less diner on Dupont, and Liberty Village’s latest bistro Agave y...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Mavrik Wine Bar, a laid-back Queen West hangout run by two escapees from the corporate world
Mavrik Wine Bar, a cozy new place replacing the Korean spot San , quietly opened a couple weeks ago one door east of Queen West...
Advertisement
City News
The war on fun takes aim at a new target: city patios
City council was busy junking 2010’s harmonization of city zoning bylaws yesterday—but as the Toronto Star points out , that...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Obikà, Brookfield Place’s long-awaited mozzarella bar
If Toronto’s growing number of fromageries, pizza joints and restaurant cheese caves is any indication, the residents of this...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Fishbar, the new Ossington seafood restaurant from the people behind Salt
After keeping eager would-be patrons waiting for almost six months, Fishbar , the new restaurant from William Tavares (co-owner of...
Advertisement
Culture
Next week’s episode of Top Chef Canada to feature horsemeat, outrage ensues
Oh, the controversy. At the end last week’s episode of Top Chef Canada , the preview for episode six featured, among other...
Food & Drink
Marben set to host Toronto’s latest sausage fest on Wednesday nights
Completing its transition from King West chic to rustic barnyard, Marben has announced it’s hosting the first annual Marben...
<<
1
...
26
27
28
29
30
...
59
>>
Advertisement
Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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!”
Just Listed
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment