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Steve Gonzalez
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Where chef Steve Gonzalez eats pho, tortas and doughnuts in Kensington Market and Chinatown
Four of his favourite spots, and what he orders at each one
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Here’s what was served at The Stop’s sixth annual all-you-can-eat-and-drink night market
Just some of the 44 dishes and drinks that were served
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What’s on the menu at Baro, King West’s new Latin American compound with a password-protected lounge
Yep, a password-protected lounge
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Inside the kitchen of Valdez chef Steve Gonzalez
Just a few of the things it's stocked with: instant noodles, smiley-face hash browns and a whole lotta pigs
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Introducing: Valdez, the new Latin American restaurant from Top Chef Canada alum Steve Gonzalez
Name: Valdez Neighbourhood: King West Contact Info: 606 King Street W., www.valdezrestaurant.com , @thevaldezTO Owners: Steve...
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Former Origin chef Steve Gonzalez is opening a new place for Latin American street food on King West
Best known as the beloved class clown on season one of Top Chef Canada, Steve Gonzales, a former chef de cuisine at Claudio...
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Slideshow: Claudio Aprile hosts a farewell dinner for Colborne Lane with six of his top alumni
Claudio Aprile closed Colborne Lane in February with little notice in order to focus on his growing stable of Origin...
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Claudio Aprile is convening Colborne Lane’s top alumni for one final dinner
Claudio Aprile, who announced the closure of Colborne Lane last month, is hosting a valedictory celebration for the molecularly...
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Foreign Dumplings brings six kinds of dumpling to the Beer Academy next week
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s Slurp Noodlefest comes another pop-up event whose starting point is a popular Asian...
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GALLERY: The Dinner Party, a celebration of women in the kitchen from some of Toronto’s top female chefs
Restaurant kitchens can be macho, male-dominated places. So, on Monday night, 60 guests gathered at The Great Hall to celebrate...
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Introducing: Hidden Kitchen, a dinner series brought to you by a ghost chef, an ex-chef, a guest chef and a craft brewery
Trying to keep up with the many pop-up food events in Toronto is a challenge, what with their unpredictable locations and...
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The Bellevue’s Monday night dinner series returns with a new name, @TheBellevue
At The Bellevue in Kensington Market, the warmer weather signals the return of Monday dinners, a series of...
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Gallery: the highly-anticipated collaboration between Jason Carter and Daniel Burns, two of Canada’s top out-of-work chefs
This weekend, 90 diners gathered over three nights at Mitzi’s on College for one of this year’s most highly anticipated...
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Top Chef Canada season two contestants announced; here are your six Toronto chefs
With the sophomore season of Top Chef Canada set to premiere on March 12, Food Network Canada has finally introduced the 16 chefs...
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Steve Gonzalez to fill in at Niagara Street Café as owner Anton Potvin readies it for sale
Last week we reported that Nick Liu is leaving Niagara Street Café to open his own place, an Asian brasserie. As it turns...
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La Carnita’s Andrew Richmond shopping for permanent digs
After drawing monster crowds for his La Carnita pop-ups, it seems design-director-cum-roving-taco-man Andrew Richmond is scouting...
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GALLERY: At this year’s What’s on the Table benefit, Toronto’s top chefs came out to support The Stop
On Wednesday, 550 Toronto foodies and philanthropists gathered in the Wychwood Barns for What’s on the Table, the annual...
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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...
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Toronto Taste 2011: We get the latest news from top chefs and restaurateurs from Woodlot, Buca, Nota Bene, O&B and many more
Two thousand of Toronto’s food lovers and makers gathered at the ROM on Sunday for the 21st edition of Toronto Taste . The...
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Top Chef Canada recap, episode 4: ethnic stuff white people like
First off, a confession: focusing on Top Chef Canada last night, as the ground-shaking results from the election poured in, was a...
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Top Chef Canada recap, episode 3: Aykroyd’s verboten vodka
Was it just us, or was the level of cooking on last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada miles ahead of the safe, bland fare from...
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Top Chef Canada recap, episode 2: saying cheese
Week two of Top Chef Canada celebrated that most essential of Canadian values: moderate ambition. Last night’s episode—brought...
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Top Chef Canada recap, episode 1: playing with knives
Like most fans of the original, American Top Chef , we came to last night’s premiere of Top Chef Canada with some pretty serious...
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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