The Queen and Beaver

Toronto bars and restaurants selling barbecue, charcuterie, booze and produce boxes at takeout windows and street-side markets

Also: larb, sake, Thai smoothies, wine and two-minute dance parties

What’s on the menu at Mad Crush, a new wine bar from the Queen and Beaver team

There are five certified sommeliers on staff

Introducing: The Wickson Social, a sister spot for the Queen & Beaver

It's in the 100-year-old base of a new condo in the downtown core

Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Swish by Han, Grace and the Queen and Beaver

Five new pubs that push British comfort food beyond pigs and puddings

Frog and Firkin the latest Firkin pub to get the “Cool Britannia” treatment

Gastropub Crawl: the good and great among the new wave of British pubs

The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in June

Introducing: The Oxley, the new Yorkville British pub from the team behind the Queen and Beaver

All-Beef Party: Toronto’s 25 best burgers ranked in order of heart-stopping, messy magnificence

Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Chantecler, The Queen and Beaver and Maléna

Where to Get Good Stuff Cheap 2012: 14 foodie finds, from family-style feasts to cut-rate craft beer