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Food & Drink
How the fried chicken sandwich clawed its way to the top of Toronto’s fast-food chain
They’re as ubiquitous in Toronto as delivery vehicles parked in bike lanes
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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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The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
We'd like to apologize to your arteries ahead of time
Culture
The Who’s anniversary show, a Yousuf Karsh exhibition and nine other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of February 29
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Recipe: The Gabardine’s creamy, coma-inducing macaroni and cheese
PREP TIME: 25 minutes COOK TIME: 27 minutes Serves 4 to 6 3 cups dry macaroni BREAD CRUMB CRUST ¼ cup butter 1 tbsp...
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Top Five: Toronto’s best Caesar salads
Toronto menus are filling up with luxe, light and irreverent takes on the classic starter. The basic components are the...
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Breakfast Sandwich Smackdown: Our Search for the City’s Best Brunch on a Bun
Dundas Park Kitchen’ s updated sausage McMuffin is meaty, cheesy and sloppy enough to conquer the bleariest of morning fogs. The...
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Best of the City 2013: a thick, juicy cheeseburger that sticks to the essentials
Toronto has so many patty artisans, it could well support a burger guild. The Gabardine sets aside artisanal trickery and commits...
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Five exclusive Toronto spots ideal for landing a top-notch client
1. Soho House Just getting inside this new private members’ club is sure to impress the person on the other end of your...
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Flavour of the Month: delicious reinventions of the classic Caesar salad
The vintage salad has endured all manner of permutations since its birth in the ’20s, but none as luxe, light and irreverent as...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Table 17, The Gabardine and Ruby Watchco
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
Food & Drink
The Momofuku Effect: How David Chang took over the city’s menus long before Momofuku even opened its Toronto doors
The New York mastermind behind Momofuku is one of the most copied chefs of the last decade. His brand of fusion—Asian street...
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Trend we Love: Philly cheese steak, spotted in low- and middlebrow incarnations
Those who’ve grown weary of sanctimonious locavorism will welcome the sudden ubiquity of the Philly cheese steak on Toronto...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at The Gabardine, Chantecler and Table 17
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for September 24 to 30
Monday September 24 Tuesday September 25 Wednesday September 26 Thursday September 27 Friday September 28 Saturday September 29...
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Top Chef Canada’s Ryan Gallagher to helm a revamped Reds
News of big changes at Reds Bistro and Wine Bar, SIR Corp’s signature Bay Street power restaurant: Michael Steh, who left a...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 30 to August 5
Monday, July 30 Tuesday, July 31 Wednesday, August 1 Thursday, August 2 Friday, August 3 Saturday, August 4 Sunday, August 5...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Scaramouche, The Gabardine and North 44
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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All-Beef Party: Toronto’s 25 best burgers ranked in order of heart-stopping, messy magnificence
Nine years ago, Mark McEwan scandalized Torontonians with his $35 truffled Bymark burger. That was before words like...
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Terroir 2012 recap: what we saw, heard and ate at the big annual food industry meet-up
Last week, 500 members or so of Canada’s food and hospitality industry gathered for Terroir VI at the newly renovated Arcadian...
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At this year’s Green Living Show, Toronto chefs teamed up with local suppliers
Toronto’s sixth annual Green Living Show kicked off last Friday at the Ex and continued through the weekend. Ecoholic...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for March 19 to 25
Monday, March 19 Tuesday, March 20 Wednesday, March 21 Thursday, March 22 Friday, March 23 Saturday, March 24 Sunday, March 25
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Flavour of the Month: eight sublimely sloppy breakfast sandwiches
Toronto chefs are reimagining the McMuffin with house-made breads and luxurious ingredients Check out eight of the city’s best...
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Best Bars: Toronto’s top 16 cocktail lounges, dives and speakeasies
CHECK OUT ALL 16 COCKTAIL PICKS » JUMP TO: BEST ROOFTOP TIPPLES | CLASSIEST DRINKS IN A DIVE | BEST DRINKS AFTER A 12-HOUR DAY |...
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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
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
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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
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?
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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
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
Deep Dives
“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