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Introducing: The Bickford Flexitarian, a new Harbord Street café that caters to raw foodists, vegans and vegetarians
Name: The Bickford Flexitarian Neighbourhood: West Annex/Little Italy Contact Info: 326 Harbord St., 416-535-7717...
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A new Hawaiian-themed food truck brings shaved ice to Toronto streets
Toronto summer isn’t all pool parties and patios. Sticky streetcar commutes, heat-ravaged hairdos and countless street closures...
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Introducing: Playa Cabana Hacienda, the third location of the trendy taqueria
Name: Playa Cabana Hacienda Neighbourhood: The Annex Contact Info: 14 Dupont St., 647-352-6030, www.playacabana.ca/...
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Critic: two boisterous new tapas bars that have Torontonians eating dinner at midnight
Padrón are the witches’ fingers of peppers—gnarled, pointy and green—and one in 10 is hellishly hot. In Spain’s tapas...
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Introducing: Amsterdam BrewHouse, a 14,000-square-foot brewpub, retail store and lakeside extravaganza
Name: Amsterdam BrewHouse Neighbourhood: Harbourfront Contact Information: 245 Queens Quay W., South...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Woods, Actinolite and Dyne
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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Introducing: Food and Liquor, a new late-night snack bar in Parkdale
Name: Food and Liquor Contact Info: 1610 Queen St. W., 647-748-7113, foodandliquor.ca, @FoodandLiquorTO Neighbourhood: Parkdale...
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The Dish Power Rankings: The Crookie and The Cronut Edition
rest of the world, 1 . Clafouti (↑5) to proclaim 2. Le Dolci (new this week) unveiled 3. Pusateri’s (new this week) caught...
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Get Outside: The 10 Best New Toronto Patios
Toronto’s balmy summer nights are too precious to waste on mediocre drinks in a dark, dreary room. Lucky for us, over 100 new...
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Introducing: Big Crow, Anthony Rose’s new backyard barbecue tucked behind Rose and Sons diner
Name: Big Crow Neighbourhood: The Annex Contact info: 176 Dupont St. , 647-748-3287, roseandsonsbigcrow.com Owners: Anthony Rose...
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Introducing: Das Gasthaus, a new German pub on the Danforth from a former Langdon Hall chef
Name: Das Gasthaus Neighbourhood: The Danforth Contact info: 107 Danforth Ave. , 647-352-5044, info@dasGasthaus.ca...
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Introducing: Bero, pop-up chef Matt Kantor’s new Spanish restaurant in Leslieville
Name: Bero Contact Info: 889 Queen St. E., 416-477-3393, bero-restaurant.com/ Neighbourhood: Leslieville Owners: Andrew Bridgman...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in June
Openings Cabana Pool Bar— An outrageous Miami-style aquatic playground for daytime boozing and schmoozing from nightlife...
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Introducing: EFS, a new rooftop bar and hookah lounge on King West
Name: EFS, short for Everything For Sale Neighbourhood: King West Contact Info: 647 King St. W. , 416-477-5460, efstoronto.com...
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Hoof Raw Bar, The Black Hoof’s pescatarian offshoot, is closed
If there’s one thing Toronto restaurateur and power-tweeter Jen Agg knows, it’s how to keep things interesting. Since the...
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The Dish Power Rankings: bikinis and beefcakes edition
Cabana Pool Bar attracts the city’s skin set for the long weekend, and Clafouti knocks-off the wildly popular cronut. 1. Cabana...
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Introducing: Cibo Wine Bar, a plush new Italian resto-lounge on King West
Name: Cibo Wine Bar Neighbourhood: King West Contact Info: 522 King...
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La Carnita is opening a new spot for classic American comfort food on King West
Restaurants serving all things covered in chipotle and encased in corn tortillas open in Toronto faster than you can inhale a...
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Introducing: Sagra, a new trattoria in the Junction
Name: Sagra Neighbourhood: The Junction Contact Info: 240 Annette St. , 416-767-7200, www.sagra.ca , @Sagra_TO Owners: Roberto and...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Canada Day weekend edition
Toronto Life’s weekly roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to...
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Introducing: Rock Lobster Food Co. on Queen West, a second outpost of the trendy seafood restaurant
Name: Rock Lobster Food Co. Neighbourhood: Queen West Contact Info: 538 Queen St. W ., 416-203-6623, rocklobsterfood.com/...
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North Toronto institution The Belly Buster Submarines opens shop on King West
The Belly Buster Submarines has been fuelling a loyal fan base of Toronto teens and twenty-somethings with after-school snacks and...
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Heritage Minute: how Toronto became the centre of a new Canadian food revolution
A decade ago, nobody went out for Canadian food. It was the simple stuff we cooked at home: peameal bacon, neon Kraft...
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Introducing: Cool City Oyster Yard, a new surf shack at 99 Sudbury that’s open from June to October
Name: Cool City Oyster Yard Neighbourhood: Beaconsfield Village Contact Info: 99 Sudbury, 647-426-5997, www.coolcityoyster.com...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Big Stories
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
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Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
Food & Drink
“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