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The Critic
Food & Drink
Alobar Yorkville is midtown’s more approachable answer to Patrick Kriss’s high-stakes original
It’s like Aloette but dressed in a coat of only-in-Yorkville, over-the-top luxury
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Quetzal, the latest addition to Grant van Gameren’s empire, is an ambitious exploration of Mexico’s cuisine
Just don’t expect to find any tacos
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At Kōjin, chef Paula Navarrete goes back to her Colombian roots and plays with fire
Toronto’s new David Chang restaurant makes a convincing case for the renewed relevance of the steak house
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Constantine brings trendy plates to a formerly sketchy stretch of Yonge Street
Read our review of Craig Harding’s new restaurant in the Anndore House hotel
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Flavour Country: The best restaurants outside Toronto to visit this summer
Food-loving day trippers have a bumper crop of reasons to hit the road this summer
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Critic’s Pick: Mira’s Peruvian pleasures jolt the downtown core
Read our review
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At Il Covo, two Buca expats bring Italian back to taco- and tapas-heavy College Street
Read our review
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Atlas reveals Doug Penfold as one of Toronto’s most inimitable chefs
How a middle-school dropout mastered Spanish, French and now Moroccan cuisine
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Toronto’s newest Filipino restaurants add big-city flourishes to an already incredible cuisine
New wave Filipino at Platito, Dolly's and Lasa
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Grey Gardens review: Jen Agg divides opinion, but it’s hard to deny that her new Kensington Market restaurant is a casually sophisticated success
It's her most ambitious Toronto project since the Black Hoof
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Planta review: chef David Lee gives vegan food a hit-and-miss Bay Street makeover
Skip the carrot dog and order a meat-free burger that's deeply satisfying—for real
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How Chantecler and Bar Begonia ditched trendiness and became 2016’s hippest hangouts
A year-end salute to the two trend-bucking restaurants that aim for something timeless
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Say hola to Toronto’s Little Mexico
Hole-in-the-wall taquerias have been joined by new-wave taco slingers, torta stuffers and mescal mavens
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At Flock Rotisserie and Greens, you really can win friends with salad
Cory Vitiello's fast-casual chain successfully makes salad a main course
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Piano Piano is the best new restaurant of the summer
It has a Tim Burton meets Nancy Reagan '80s vibe—but the food is extraordinary
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Why tipping is going away (and why I’ll miss it)
As more Toronto restaurants go gratuity-free, how are we to reward good service?
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Adventures in kaiseki dining at Miku, Toronto’s best new sushi spot
The B.C.-based restaurant brings its aburi-style sushi to Toronto. Read our critic Mark Pupo's review
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Cactus Club, the power lunch hot spot, takes Toronto
The Vancouver chain brings its fast-casual dining to the financial district
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Seven of our critic’s go-to gourmet shops for the holiday season
Cheese Boutique, Stasis Preserves and five other places for stocking the perfect pantry
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How Anthony Rose became Toronto’s comfort-food king
With five trendy spots (and another on the way), he's the Judd Apatow of our city's restaurant scene
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Course correction: At his audacious new restaurant, Alo, Patrick Kriss revives the sullied art of the tasting menu
The new restaurant at Queen and Spadina is the best to open in the city this year—in many years, in fact.
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Party Like It’s 1989: Yorkville’s Kasa Moto is an unholy mix of spray tans, bottle service and spectacular sashimi
I somehow managed to avoid Remys during its 26-year run. The place seemed to me the pinnacle of tacky Yorkville. No one ever went...
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Block Party: Corktown has sprouted street life, and a bona fide dining scene, thanks to the Pan Am Games
You can tell a lot about a neighbourhood from its pastry. My obsession of the moment is the mille crêpe cake at Roselle...
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Street Wise: how spots like Hanmoto and Lucky Red are bringing the pleasures of Asian street food indoors
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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
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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