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What’s on the menu at Osteria Giulia, chef Rob Rossi’s new Italian restaurant in Yorkville
Including everyone's favourite drink right now: an espresso martini
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How Giulietta preps its pappardelle and other painstaking pastas
We went inside the kitchen at chef Rob Rossi's College Street restaurant to see how the pastas get made
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Toronto’s top chefs reveal their go-to neighbourhood restaurants and all-time favourite dishes
Spoiler alert: Edulis is pretty popular
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What’s on the menu at Giulietta, chef Rob Rossi’s Italian follow-up to Bestellen
The new menu is lighter than its meat-first predecessor, and it's full-on Italian
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Bestellen’s chef and L’Unita’s owner are opening Giulietta, an Italian restaurant
On the menu: Rob Rossi's signature whole suckling pig
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Consumed: What the Harbord Room’s Cory Vitiello ate last week
"I crushed about six red Twizzlers—always red—and some tequila on the rocks"
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for October 8 to 14
Monday October 8 Wednesday October 10
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Best of the City 2012: four extravagant whole-beast feasts
Catch 744 St. Clair Ave. W., 416-658-0568 Chef Nigel Finley at Catch, St. Clair West’s new sustainable seafood...
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New reviews: Stock, Banh Mi Boys and Bestellen
A big-ticket steak house, banh mi to queue for and a scenester meat shrine STOCK Trump Hotel, 325 Bay St., 416-637-5550 Most hotel...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 12: fashion victims
With only four chefs remaining in the competition, last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada started in style—with Carl...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in March
It can be hard to keep pace with all the new restaurants and bars that open and close in Toronto—which is why every month, we...
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Introducing: Bestellen, the new College West meat den from Top Chef Canada’s Rob Rossi
The most recent in a slew of west-end spots run by young restaurateurs capitalizing on the affordable rent, Bestellen has finally...
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Rob Rossi’s Bestellen to open, finally, on Friday
It’s been a long road. Rob Rossi, the Top Chef Canada season one finalist, first announced he was leaving his gig as Mercatto’...
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We stopped by for a sneak peek of Bestellen, the College Street work-in-progress of Top Chef Canada runner-up Rob Rossi
When Top Chef Canada contestant Rob Rossi quit his job as Mercatto’ s head chef for “new and exciting adventures,” many...
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Musical kitchen chairs: Fat Duckling Matthew Sullivan is Maléna’s new head chef
Last week we reported that Maléna had lost executive chef Doug Neigel to Mercatto after its head chef Rob Rossi split to open his...
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Doug Neigel—of L’Unità and Maléna—appointed Mercatto’s new head chef, following Rob Rossi’s departure
After losing Top Chef Canada finalist Rob Rossi a few months ago, the Mercatto group of restaurants has announced its new...
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Top Chef Canada’s Andrea Nicholson announces she’s leaving her post at Great Cooks on Eight
First it was Rob Rossi. Then Steve Gonzalez.
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Top Chef Canada favourite Steve Gonzalez leaves Origin to strike out on his own
Steve Gonzalez , everyone’s favourite class clown from season one of Top Chef Canada , has left his post at last year’s best...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 13: the winner takes it all
It’s been quite a ride. After 12 weeks of special guests, horsing around and glorious product placement, season one of Top Chef...
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Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 12: family-styled
Season one of Top Chef Canada has been all about head judge Mark McEwan ’ s approach to cooking: luxurious ingredients, simply...
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Rob Rossi announces he’s leaving Mercatto for “new and exciting ventures”
News broke on Twitter this morning that Top Chef Canada finalist Rob Rossi will be leaving the Mercatto group of restaurants. For...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 11: street meet
From the opening moments of last night’s Top Chef Canada , we learned the following: Dale MacKay , the supremely self-confident...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: the rich, crispy pork belly at Trattoria Mercatto
Lunch around the Eaton Centre usually means waiting in long lineups for food court fare, but the recent launch of Trattoria...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 9: the prez
For any viewers who found the Milestones sponsorship in episode seven of Top Chef Canada unbearable, it's probably a good thing...
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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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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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
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand