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The top 25 places to eat, drink and party during TIFF 2017
And maybe even rub elbows with a star or two
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Food & Drink
The Insider’s Guide to TIFF 2016: where to eat, drink and party
Rub shoulders with Hollywood royalty at these surefire festival hot spots
Life
Inside the members-only Spoke on the Water at the Island Yacht Club
The Island Yacht Club was reborn in 2015, 11 years after after a devastating fire earlier chipped away at its membership—and finances
Culture
TIFF 2014 Insider’s Guide: Where to Eat, Drink and Party
A highly discerning look at the festival’s hottest hot spots The Chase 10 Temperance St., 647-348-7000 The glitzy surf-and-turf...
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Culture
Must-See: Aria Tesolin, the opera prodigy who gives the Callas treatment to Nirvana hits
Aria Tesolin saw her first opera when she was seven years old. A year later, she was onstage belting out “Habanera” from...
City News
The insider dish on Soho House: who made the cut and who didn’t at the city’s new, exclusive private club
On Wednesday, July 25, a group of 30 people gathered for a secret meeting in the boardroom of a nondescript office building on...
Culture
TIFF Roundup: the winners and losers from this year’s fest
Make no mistake: While the TIFF red carpet is all air kisses and man-hugs, the festival is also a competition—for distribution...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Penelope Cruz and the cast of Twice Born at the Spoke Club
This just in: Oscar winner, wife of Javier Bardem and noted looker Penelope Cruz is currently at the Spoke Club, hanging out with...
Style
Great Spaces: an artist takes the live-work concept to extremes
A home turned into a workshop, showroom and retail space Alex Jowett has led a peripatetic life. For much of the last decade, the...
Culture
SPOTTED: Eli Roth (sans Snoop Lion) at the Spoke Club
Aftershock producer Eli Roth, who memorably responded to , and followed up on, Snoop Lion' s Reincarnated rallying cry, was...
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Culture
TIFF PARTY: Deepa Mehta, Rob Stewart and Ben Mulroney host the annual Canadian Film Centre shindig at the Spoke Club
Culture
TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: your essential road map to 10 days of all-consuming revelry
In other words: everything you always wanted to know about the film festival but were too Torontonian to ask The Bell Lightbox...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $2 million for a giant terrace (and kinky bathroom) near the King West party strip
ADDRESS: 10 Morrison Street, Unit 907 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: Adam Brind, Remax Condos Plus...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Steve McQueen at the Spoke Club
Another tip from the Spoke Club’s cultural curator: Steve McQueen, director of the Michael Fassbender/Carey Mulligan pic...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Butter gala presentation and Festival Music House
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6 p.m. Like Crazy special presentation at Ryerson Theatre • 6:30...
Culture
The TIFFing point: last night, the film fest ended in spirit, if not in fact
We regret to announce that the TIFF bacchanal is over. Not officially, of course—that’s not until Sunday—but we’ve reached...
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Culture
Canadian filmmakers, Lisa Ray and an OC mom party at the Spoke
Last night, the Spoke Club launched the film festival season with its annual Canadian Filmmakers party, hosted by actress Lisa...
Culture
Where to get a TIFF drink: the film festival’s 44 spots with 4 a.m. licences
The arrival of TIFF always demands answers to three crucial questions: which celebs are coming to town, what are the best flicks...
Culture
Viggo Mortensen parties with Danes at The Spoke Club
We hear Viggo Mortensen celebrated with the Danish cast and crew of the movie Applause until the wee hours of the morning last...
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Culture
Suck’s Rob Stefaniuk is off to Halifax for much-needed post-TIFF rest
We ran into Rob Stefaniuk (of TIFF vampire rock flick Suck ) and his actor/singer girlfriend Barbara Mamabolo out for some dinner...
Culture
Colin Farrell hosts private dinner party at the Spoke Club
We hear that Colin Farrell continued his night of media-free partying at The Spoke Club on Monday night. Accompanied by Neil...
Culture
Judging by the Canadian Filmmakers Party, this is going to be a fun film festival
Last night, The Spoke Club held one of the official TIFF kickoff events—the annual Canadian Filmmakers Party—and it set a...
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Culture
Getting a TIFF drink: a complete list of establishments open until 4 a.m. during the film festival
Stalking celebs at TIFF takes a lot out of us—and, we imagine, avoiding us takes a lot out of celebs. The best way to soothe...
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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
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand