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The Annex
Real Estate News
Surreal Estate: $5.8 million for a loft-heritage hybrid within stumbling distance of the Maddy
What wonder surrounded by frat houses would be complete without catwalks, 27-foot-tall windows, a carport and a multi-tier bedroom?
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Under Asking: “Market uncertainty is the new normal.” Three realtors on why they sold for less
Their properties include a classic Annex row house, a Victorian on Euclid with a garage and a Beaches oddity with a stylish basement
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Surreal Estate: $7.8 million for an Av and Dav home with a fever dream bathroom
What property overlooking Yorkville would be complete without a ribbon staircase, 18-foot ceilings and a cloak room for sneaker heads?
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Raffaella, a New York–style pizzeria inside the Annex Hotel
Including chicken parm and pizza sauce made using recipes from the chef’s own nonna
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Inside a three-storey Annex condo brimming with taxidermy and oddball art
Colin Hutzan and Brian Nguyen’s home is a shrine to the weird and wonderful
Real Estate News
Condo of the Week: $2.2 million for a penthouse in an Annex church that was developed by a filmmaker
The just-built 1,400-square-foot property comes with high-tech gadgets, an accordion staircase, a private patio and two parking spots
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Laneway Suite of the Week: How an Annex contractor built a $500,000 in-law unit in his backyard
Including heated floors, coffered Douglas fir ceilings, camouflaged storage, a carport and tons of natural light
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Rental of the Week: $4,800 to live in the top two floors of a renovated Annex semi
The 1,500-square-foot unit comes with three bedrooms, cathedral ceilings, a private third-floor deck and a parking spot out back
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House of the Week: $1.95 million for Marjorie Harris’s garden escape in the Annex
The 2,000-square-foot Victorian comes with a rental unit, a technicolour palette, more storage than a library and an Eden-like backyard
Real Estate News
Condo of the Week: $1.45 million for a loft on the Annex-Yorkville border
The 1,500-square-foot property comes with two bedrooms, chic design, a spotless kitchen and a finished basement with its own entrance
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House of the Week: $2.6 million for a Christie Pits classic sporting a twist on the bay and gable
The 3,000-square-foot home also comes with spa-like bathrooms, custom millwork, a basement unit and a backyard covered in ivy
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Victorian in the Annex with a basement sauna
The 2,500-square-foot property also comes with 10-foot ceilings, a rooftop deck, a parking spot out back and a stunning garden
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Tiny Market Co., a petite place in the Annex for handmade noodles, lunchtime sandwiches and monthly pasta parties
Like many of the city's new businesses, it started as a pandemic project
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Rental of the Week: $7,500 for a two-floor Victorian unit in the Annex with a sparkling staircase
At 2,000 square feet, the home also comes with two bedrooms, three balconies, tons of marble and 12-foot vaulted ceilings
City News
This Annex couple makes a combined $97,000 a year. How do they spend it?
"Our biggest indulgence is going out for drinks with friends"
Food & Drink
Inside Superfresh, the new 4,000-square-foot Asian night market–inspired food hall in the Annex
Every single booth inside is an Asian-owned or -led business
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Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Mimi Chinese, a gorgeous new Yorkville restaurant from the team behind Sunnys Chinese
Including a four-foot-long noodle
Food & Drink
Inside the new 6,000-square-foot location of Summerhill Market, just steps from Bathurst Station
It’s the independent grocer’s third store
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Udon Kitanoya, a new Japanese noodle house in the Annex
Ready, set, slurp!
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Rental of the Week: $12,000 for a huge house in the Annex
See inside a downtown detached house with plenty of living space
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House of the Week: $3 million for a modernized heritage home in the Annex
See inside a Victorian with a bright, spacious interior
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at the Annex Hotel’s wine bar and restaurant
For starters, pizza from Big Trouble and tacos from Seven Lives
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Condo of the Week: $8.8 million for an absolutely massive suite near Yorkville
A downtown condo with plenty of elbow room
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House of the Week: $1.9 million for a carefully updated Annex Victorian
See inside a classic downtown semi that's up for sale
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Big Stories
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
Almost
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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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
“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