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Kevin Smith’s curiously lame picks for where to eat in Toronto
Kevin Smith, the sometime Degrassi guest star and the director of Clerks , tells The Star about his favourite Toronto spots. Some...
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Celeb chefs and namesake restaurants: arrogance run amok or marketing genius?
The Guardian is shaming celebrity chef Marco Pierre White for attaching his name to restaurants he rarely cooks in. “The idea of...
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A first look inside Paul Boehmer’s eponymous Ossington restaurant (and details of his new Dean and Deluca-esque retail shop)
Paul Boehmer' s soon-to-open restaurant is like the cherry on top of the Ossington sundae. The eponymous eatery was one of the...
Food & Drink
Greg Couillard’s Spice Room may be closed for good among accusations of bounced cheques, serving without a liquor licence and thousands in unpaid wages
It seems as though every restaurant nightmare is presently playing out in the basement of Hazelton Lanes, where Greg Couillard’s...
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Fine food + fine art = the latest recession restaurant trend
Today’s New York Times puts Toronto at the forefront of an evolving trend in restaurants: “fine dining to go with fine art."...
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Five 2010 trends to watch: we ask Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Walsh, David Lee and other chefs what to look for in the coming year
It’s no secret that 2009 was rough for restaurants—“It’s a year a lot of restaurateurs are happy to see go,” says C5...
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Total Control: Claudio Aprile cooks like a scientist and rules his kitchen like a dictator
Claudio Aprile is one of the city’s most talented chefs. At Colborne Lane , he introduced Toronto to freeze-dried soy and liquid...
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Batifole sticks it to the credit card companies
Fed up with credit card companies' service charges, the venerable French restaurant Batifole is asking patrons to not use their...
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Mövenpick’s Toronto rebirth comes as 200 employees are let go by its predecessor
Mövenpick Marché is set to make its Toronto comeback in the coming months, only it will be under somewhat inauspicious...
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“World’s best restaurant” closing for two years
Come 2012, the small Spanish coastal town of Roses will have to rely on its natural charm to bring in the tourists. Its primary...
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No-reservations policies drive people outdoors, crazy
Capitalizing on one of the more frustrating dining trends, the Globe writes about the no-reservations policies at such restaurants...
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The world’s most outrageous foods, why winter tomatoes are hateful, calorie labels might actually be effective
• A new study at Stanford University confirms that in-restaurant calorie counts change eating behaviour. In New York, where the...
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Black Hoof buys Berkshire pigs for restaurant
In an effort to make charcuterie bastion Black Hoof more self-sufficient, the owners have purchased two female Berkshire...
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The Rosebud up for grabs at $95K
Chef Rod Bowers is hoping to sell his Queen West restaurant The Rosebud by March 1—four days before his wife is due to give...
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Backlash menus: some Toronto restaurants go rogue during Winterlicious by serving up their own prix fixe
Summer- and Winterlicious are divisive topics among those in the restaurant biz: some enjoy the increased business, while others...
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Trouble stewing at the Spice Room?
It seems like just yesterday that we spoke with Greg Couillard at the Spice Room about his trips to Toronto to prepare special...
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Toronto restaurateur charged with serving up McDonald’s-related scam
Fourteen years after calling him a “real-life Santa Claus” for his work feeding the homeless, the Toronto Sun is reporting...
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Just Opened: Ciao Wine Bar mixes South Beach and Italy, and moves it all to Yorkville
For Ciao Wine Bar, its newest high-octane hub, the Liberty Entertainment Group has shaken up the formula that has served them well...
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Starfish restaurant is serving rare species of abalone
Toronto restaurateur and champion oyster shucker Patrick McMurray has tracked down a sustainable source of extremely rare...
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J.P. Challet returns to the Windsor Arms
More than a decade after he reopened the restaurant at the Windsor Arms, French chef J.P. Challet is returning to revamp the...
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The Black Hoof and Niagara Street Café host Haiti fundraiser this week
Jen Agg, co-owner of The Black Hoof, is hosting a benefit on Wednesday to raise funds for victims of last week's devastating...
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New Yorkers told to visit Toronto and eat at CN Tower
As if our superior Chinatown weren’t enough of a draw, New Yorkers in search of a reason to visit Toronto may find inspiration...
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Jamieson Kerr talks about selling Crush and opening a second Queen and Beaver-esque pub
After eight years as owner and operator of Crush Wine Bar , Jamieson Kerr has decided to sell the once-French, now-British King...
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Winterlicious reservations start today
Today is the biggest pre-festival day for Winterlicious: reservations are now being taken at the 150 participating...
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General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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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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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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