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Introducing: Lee Lounge, the latest incarnation of Susur Lee’s King West space
After teasing a hungry public for over half a year, Susur Lee , arguably the city’s most internationally recognized chef, opened...
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iPads popping up in dining rooms across the USA
The era of high-tech kitchens is fading, but it seems as though gizmos are now colonizing the dining room. Stacked: Food Built...
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Q&A with Susur Lee: the chef discusses Lee Lounge’s new dishes, lower prices and new flavours
On Monday night, we found ourselves at the highly anticipated Valentine's Day opening of Lee Lounge , the new restaurant from...
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Harbord Street’s Pizza Gigi closed down for allegedly trafficking drugs
The Toronto Star is reporting that early Monday morning, Pizza Gigi , the Harbord Street hole in the wall beloved by University of...
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Oh Boy Burger Market to become new Paul Boehmer gastropub
Looks like even its famous Guinness ice cream float couldn’t keep Queen West’s Oh Boy Burger Market , er, afloat. The...
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Just Opened: we review three of the city’s new restaurants
European invasion: a humble bistro, a homespun trattoria and a glam tapas bar Le Rossignol 686 Queen St. E., 416-461-9663 The...
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Muskoka’s Windermere House latest annexation in the ever-growing Oliver & Bonacini empire
After three new restaurant openings last year ( O&B Canteen , Luma and O&B Café Grill ), a $1 million facelift at Canoe and a...
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King State of Mind: When did the once-cool King West strip descend into a mess of stretch Hummers, drunken bachelorettes and last-call brawls?
Scenes from a never-ending party “Let’s get drunk and fuck! Let’s get drunk and fuck!” I’m at Cobra, a King West club in...
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McDonald’s to give away free buttermilk biscuit sandwiches tomorrow and Thursday
If you’ve still got the stomach to handle fast food after our last post , then this one’s for you. On February 9 and...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: Ematei’s unique take on the bento box
This old school, expat-filled izakaya elevates the traditional bento box ($8.50-25). Instead of generic teriyaki and tempura, our...
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Empire watch: Oliver and Bonacini to open new restaurant at The Bay’s Queen Street flagship
The experience of eating at The Bay is about to get a whole lot snazzier. Canada’s oldest corporation is bringing in...
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The unaffordable city: how did Toronto get so !@#$%&* expensive—and is it worth it?
Middle-class life isn’t what it used to be. Thanks to a heated real estate market, a strong dollar, new taxes and stagnating...
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A first glimpse inside the renovated Canoe
Last December we reported that Canoe would be closing up shop for a million-dollar facelift. Unlike most construction projects in...
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Introducing: Café Pamenar, Kensington’s latest coffee shop and community hangout
Pouria Lotfi has been dreaming of opening a coffee shop in downtown Toronto for over six years—he actually bought his La...
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Get ready, everybody: Winterlicious 2011 starts today and we’ve got you covered
After 17 days of furious jockeying for reservations, Winterlicious —the city’s annual festival of prix-fixe menus, packed...
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A sneak peek at Claudio Aprile’s Origin brunch menu
Claudio Aprile is about to dive into the most sacred of Toronto meals: brunch. Starting Saturday, February 5, Origin , the...
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Introducing: 416 Snack Bar, Queen West’s newest spot for cosmopolitan late-night grub
With the recent arrival of such hot spots as The Hideout , Tattoo Rock Parlour and Barchef , the Queen and Bathurst area has seen...
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Alternalicious: a roundup of this year’s Winterlicious rebels
Few subjects are as divisive among Toronto diners and industry people as the merits of Summer- and Winterlicious. While the...
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The Weekender: Winterlicious, Barrymore and six other can’t-miss events
1. CONNECTING: TORONTO IS AN AWFUL CITY As part of the ROM’s regular Connecting series, Toronto Star urban affairs columnist...
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Tribute bonanza: Wayne Gretzky celebrates his 50th birthday
The Great One hit the big five-oh today, and news media across the country are rolling out their tributes to the kid from...
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Sloppy, drippy, salty, meaty, fruity, earthy and cheesy: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on M:brgr’s $100 burger
I ate two Kobe beef patties for lunch yesterday, plus a couple slices of bacon, a wedge of foie gras, an ounce of gloopy brie, a...
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Cookstown Greens goes up for sale after 22 years
Cookstown Greens, the pioneering supplier of specialty produce to top Toronto restaurants, is up for sale . Founded in 1988 by...
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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...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: one of the best pizzas in the Annex
A favourite with professors on long (and liquid) lunches, this slick Annex haunt dishes up rustic Italian fare with unpretentious...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
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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
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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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