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Thompson Hotel
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A first look inside 1 Hotel, the Thompson’s verdant replacement
There are more than 3,300 plants strewn across the property
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15 of the top hotels in Toronto, ranked
Plan your next in-town escape with our guide to the city's artsy, polished, wildly excessive accommodations
City News
Where to spot celebrities during NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto
A field guide to the weekend's famous (and semi-famous) visitors
Food & Drink
Introducing: Colette Grand Café, the palatial new French restaurant in the Thompson Hotel
Name: Colette Grand Café and Bakery Contact Info: 550 Wellington St. W. , 647-348-7000, colettetoronto.com , @colettetoronto...
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Food & Drink
Scarpetta is closing at the Thompson Hotel so that The Chase can move in
Last year’s biggest, splashiest restaurant duo, pescaterian penthouse The Chase and its casual sister restaurant The Chase Fish...
Culture
TIFF Party: James Franco proves he’s just as well-rounded as he seems at a fête for The Director
Basement parties were the height of luxury last night as Gucci fêted the James Franco- produced documentary The Director in the...
Food & Drink
A giant Miami-style pool and bar is coming to Sound Academy
Charles Khabouth’ s latest venture may be his most outrageous yet. The Toronto nightclub and restaurant impresario is opening...
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Wedding Guide: 34 of Toronto’s best wedding venues
Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas St. W. (at McCaul St.), 416-979-6634 For a truly magnificent celebration, Frank Gehry’s...
Culture
TIFF SPOTTED: Bradley Cooper on the Thompson rooftop
People’ s Sexiest Man Alive Bradley Cooper hit up the after-party for Nick Cassavetes’ Yellow last night on the Thompson...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1.7 million for a slick unit in the Thompson owned by an MTV exec
ADDRESS: 55 Stewart Street, Unit 438 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities-The Island AGENT: Brandon Ware, Private Service Realty...
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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...
Culture
TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: top 10 spots for boozing and schmoozing with stars
TIFF can be the most exhausting event of the year—10 days of near constant drinking, schmoozing and...
Culture
CONFIRMED: French goddess Marion Cotillard will be at TIFF 2012
When Marion Cotillard attended the film festival in 2010, she ruled the red carpet, shopped at Holt Renfrew and partied at the...
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Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Victorian home across from the Thompson Hotel
ADDRESS : 50 Stewart Street NEIGHBOURHOOD : Waterfront Communities-The Island AGENT : Craig William Emond, Model Suites Realty...
City News
SPOTTED: Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello being hottttttt at the Thompson Hotel
The Thompson Hotel in Toronto is becoming a hotbed of hotties. First, it was rumoured that Jake Gyllenhaal is staying there, and...
City News
The Jake Watch continues: Gyllenhaal hits College Street
Jake Gyllenhaal is all over town, which means everyone is getting a glimpse at the bearded babe. Yesterday, the Jake Watch...
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Culture
Jake Gyllenhaal is in Toronto, and here’s where he’s been so far
Did you know that Jake Gyllenhaal is in Toronto? He’ll be here to work on Denis Villeneuve’ s film An Enemy from May 22 to...
Food & Drink
Hemant Bhagwani, the chef-owner of the Amaya empire, on where he goes to splurge and save
(Image: John Cullen)
Food & Drink
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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The Thompson’s Lobby Bar taps Greta Constantine to design its wait staff’s uniforms
It was announced today that Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong of Greta Constantine will be designing the new staff uniform for the...
Food & Drink
Daniel Boulud’s new Café Boulud announced last night at the Four Seasons
The Four Seasons condo presentation centre played host to celeb chef Daniel Boulud last night, where he introduced his...
Food & Drink
Thompson Hotel takes control of its lobby bar from Scarpetta, allegedly fires entire wait staff
Wednesday we reported that The Counter at the Thompson Hotel has changed its name to the Thompson Diner, with no changes to the...
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Reintroducing: the Thompson Diner, the restaurant formerly known as The Counter
The Counter, the casual 24-hour diner at the Thompson Hotel, is no more—not because it’s gone out of business or been shut...
Culture
SPOTTED: Stephen Harper (yes, that one) partying with Ludacris (yes, that one) at the Thompson Rooftop Lounge
We’d say this is the kind of pairing that could happen only at TIFF, but for all we know it’s not the first time that Prime...
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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
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
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