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20 of the best places to eat and drink in the Path
Our favourite places to eat and drink without going topside
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Where (and what) you should be eating in the PATH right now
Because it's too damn cold to go outside
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This Toronto baker makes cookies that look like everything from Drake to bowls of ramen
These biscuits are bonkers
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Indie coffee maestro Sam James sets up shop on the Ossington strip
After setting up cafés in some unexpected places across Toronto—first Harbord Street, next Koreatown, and then The...
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Toronto’s Best Dressed 2012: the city’s 25 most stylish people
Toronto is a good-looking town, with no shortage of beautiful people in beautiful clothes. But only a few are bona fide...
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Ever wonder why Tim Hortons coffee tastes like that? A behind-the-scenes tour of their roasting plant
We’re under no illusions that most Dish readers would rate Tim Hortons coffee up there with what one might expect from, say, a...
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Introducing: Sam James Coffee Bar’s new underground outpost in the Path
Back in December, we told you about Sam James’ plans to launch a third location in that downtown warren of chain coffee...
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QUOTED: Sam James on the leg up he’s gotten from the good folks at Starbucks
—Sam James, of Sam James Coffee Bar fame, musing on Metro Morning about the effect that coffee shop chains have on independent...
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Sam James to open up shop in the Path
In this season of giving, it’s only fitting that Toronto’s favourite coffee son, Sam James, would announce he’s taking pity...
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With news of price hikes at Starbucks, we called around to see what indie shops are charging for their coffee
On Tuesday, the Toronto Star reported that Starbucks had raised its prices for coffee and other beverages across the country by...
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Sam James to celebrate his coffee bar’s second anniversary this Sunday with free lattes for all
Toronto espresso hero Sam James is celebrating his tiny Harbord Street coffee bar's second anniversary this Sunday, when he’ll...
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The Year in Dining: our chief critic dishes on the city’s big food trends
You get two questions over and over when you’re a restaurant critic. The first one, “Where should I eat?” isn’t so hard to...
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The rise of the indie coffee mini-empire
For Toronto coffee lovers, 2011 started in much the same way that 2010 finished: with further proof that the indie coffee craze...
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Foam craft: seven baristas show us their best latte art
Ten years ago, latte art was virtually unheard of in Toronto. Today, finding a rosetta, heart or tulip swirled into a latte is as...
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Introducing: Sense Appeal, a cafe with a “director of coffee extraction”
With an undeniable indie cafe explosion taking place, it's only a matter of time before Toronto’s coffee scene enters the realm...
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Introducing: Sam James Coffee Pocket, a second location for a local espresso guru
When Sam James set up his eponymous coffee shop on Harbord last year, some were skeptical that a business could thrive in such a...
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Nine amazing kitchen gadgets from Toronto’s restaurant kitchens
We’re all for home-cooked meals and comfort food, but let’s face it: people go to restaurants to order stuff they can’t...
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The best way to get cheap coffee at Manic, I Deal, Crema and more
While the reasons to avoid corporate coffee shops are abundantly clear to any aficionado, there is now a new enticement to explore...
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Free coffee! Sam James celebrates its birthday this weekend
It’s been a year since Sam James brought siphon coffee to the city, and the café is celebrating its first year with free java...
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Just Opened: Beast. Scott and Rachelle Vivian take over the Amuse-Bouche space
“I don’t dislike vegetarians, but my style of cooking is heavy on meat,” says chef Scott Vivian . It’s more of a warning...
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Double latte, double standard: indie cafés slammed for being too popular
Every time a Toronto café becomes popular or thinks about expanding, its indie status is called into question. People are quick...
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BNN legitimizes McDonald’s–Tim Hortons coffee war in excruciatingly long taste test
We knew the country’s post-Olympic patriotism would settle down, but not like this. The Business News Network spent nearly 20...
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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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Airport food guide, Tim Hortons’ big move, Tyra Banks eats from trucks
• Harried travellers are often at the mercy of the overpriced, under-flavoured food on offer in most airports. Well, Michael...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
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Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
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Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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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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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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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