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Hogtown Charcuterie is being replaced by Rasta Pasta in Kensington Market
Hogtown Charcuterie, the gingham-clad Eastern European deli that opened in Kensington last December, is closed. The owner Pawel...
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Sam’s Philly Cheesesteak opens on Church Street
Sam’s Philly Cheesesteak is the newest downtown sandwich shop, and latest example of the Philly cheesesteak trend in Toronto...
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A new Spanish restaurant from Matt Kantor is opening in Leslieville
Matt Kantor is finally making the transition from popular pop-up cook to full-fledged restaurant chef. Over the last two...
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Must-Try: Auberge du Pommier amps up classic French foie gras with bold Asian flavours
Auberge du Pommier, the posh Hogg’s Hollow institution, is now in its 26th, and quite possibly best, year. Marc St. Jacques took...
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Introducing: THR & Co., the new restaurant on Harbord Street from the owners of The Harbord Room
Name: THR & Co. Neighbourhood: University Contact Info: 97 Harbord St., 647-748-7199, thrandco.com, @THRandCo Owners: David Mitton...
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Must-Try: the beautiful, fresh and flavourful sashimi at JaBistro
JaBistro’ s sashimi, cut expertly by chef Koji Toshiro, is outlandishly fresh and flavourful. One night, the selection...
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Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Café Boulud, Nota Bene and Samuel J. Moore
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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A new seafood spot named Geraldine is moving into Cowbell’s previous Parkdale digs
Former Cowbell chef Peter Ramsay, who also did a stint as the chef de cuisine at Sidecar in Little Italy, is opening a new seafood...
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Critic: Toronto’s love-hate relationship with brunch
How the unholy amalgam of hangovers, soggy toast and overpriced eggs became a city-wide ritual of belt-loosening hedonism Brunch...
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Must-Try: a heaping plate of crispy fried chicken served family style at Daisho
At Daishō, the largest of the three Momofuku restaurants, the chicken is lightly fried in a savoury batter and served family...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Mother’s Day at Splendido edition
Toronto Life’s weekly roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. Bar...
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Review: Electric Mud BBQ is a raucous Parkdale party spot for barbecue and bourbon
Electric Mud BBQ ★½ 5 Brock Ave., 416-516-8286 The team behind Grand Electric, Parkdale’s new-wave taqueria, has opened a...
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Review: Samuel J. Moore serves bistro standards in a handsome room at the historic Great Hall
Samuel J. Moore ★½ 1087 Queen St. W., 416-897-8348 In an era when every Queen West restaurant seems to follow a decor bylaw...
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Review: trendy new Riverside restaurant for barbecue, craft beer and bourbon Aft
Aft ★½ 686 Queen St. E., 647-346-1541 Aft is Riverside’s most remorselessly trendy restaurant. Bricks are exposed, wood is...
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Toronto Underground Market pop up Hot Bunzz opens a new Midtown shop
The latest TUM startup to transform from a popular market one-off to a permanent bricks-and-mortar version, joining other...
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Must-Try: Grace’s flatiron steak is charred to crispy perfection
Chef Colin Moïses of Grace grills his flatiron perfectly: crispy and charred outside, magnificently rare at the centre. The...
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The Dish Power Rankings: Terrence Howard goes for tapas 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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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in April
Openings Banh Mi Boys —The wildly popular Vietnamese banh mi, bao, and taco joint opened its second venue on Yonge Street with...
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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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Rock Lobster is opening a second location in Shanghai Cowgirl’s Queen West space
Rock Lobster Food Co. graduated from a wildly popular pop-up shop into a wildly popular brick-and-mortar restaurant when it opened...
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A new chef collective hosts a dinner party to up the east end’s cred
Chefs Dan Pantano (Glas), John Sinopoli ( Table 17 and Ascari Enoteca ), Sean Simons ( Goods and Provisions and The Comrade...
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Prairie Girl Bakery brings gourmet cupcakes to Yorkville
The wildly popular bakery specializing in deliciously decadent artisanal cupcakes opened a third location at the corner of Bloor...
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Fare Game is opening in the Jam Café’s former Cabbagetown digs
Bistro Jam Café closed ten days ago and already a new restaurant is opening in its place. Later this week Gord MacLeod, a former...
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Ben & Izzy’s kosher deli opens in the city’s northwest end
Ben Venasio and Izzy Bernath, two first-time restauranteurs who refined the art of meat smoking with Venasio’s grandfather, have...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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