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“We’re cranking out 60,000 pizzas a month”: Piano Piano chef Victor Barry on his plans for worldwide frozen pizza domination
Barry is now the proud owner of General Assembly’s line of frozen pies
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What’s on the menu at Piano Piano’s whimsically wacky new St. Lawrence location
Including pizza, pasta and a full-size carousel horse
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What’s on the menu at Piccolo Piano, chef Victor Barry’s new pizzeria and snack bar
It's in the old Café Cancan space
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What’s on the menu at Victory Burger, chef Victor Barry’s new virtual smash burger business
The business is virtual, the burgers are real
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Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on what they hope to see more (or less) of in 2020
“I would love for people to stop thinking Instagram is the be all and end all”
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Take a look inside a colourful Annex cottage that’s built for entertaining
Piano Piano's Victor Barry and his wife opened up the dark, awkward main floor into a big box of natural light
Food & Drink
Toronto Life
is hosting a series of epic dinners at the city’s best restaurants, and you’re invited
You don't want to miss these one-night-only menus
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Real Weddings: Inside an elegantly low-key ceremony at Piano Piano
Rain didn't ruin a thing
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What’s on the menu at Café Cancan, Victor Barry’s new French bistro in the old Harbord Room space
And in true Harbord Room fashion, there's a signature burger
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Toronto’s top chefs reveal their favourite spots for pizza, sushi, sandwiches and after-work drinks
Grant van Gameren, Mark McEwan, Victor Barry and a dozen other chefs share their go-to shops and restaurants in the city
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Chef Victor Barry is opening a French bistro in the old Harbord Room space
Café Cancan is scheduled to open later this spring
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Inside the kitchen of STK chef Tommy McHugh
Just a few of things it's stocked with: Champagne, Marmite and Taco Bell sauce
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Toronto Life’
s most-read restaurant reviews of 2016
From a fast-casual salad counter to a Bay Street sushi spot, these are Mark Pupo's most popular reviews of the year
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Piano Piano is the best new restaurant of the summer
It has a Tim Burton meets Nancy Reagan '80s vibe—but the food is extraordinary
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What’s on the menu at this year’s Taste of Toronto
A sneak peek at 26 of the dishes being served
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Inside the kitchen of Piano Piano chef Victor Barry
A few of the things it's stocked with: roast chicken, fresh pasta and a "shit ton" of broccoli
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What’s on the menu at Piano Piano, Victor Barry’s new Italian restaurant
With a menu chock full of classics like veal parm and wood-fired pizza
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Taste of Toronto reveals the lineup for its third annual food festival
It's back again for four straight days of refined gluttony
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Victor Barry is closing Splendido
The Harbord Street institution will serve its last tasting menu on New Year's Eve
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Q&A: Victor Barry, the fine-dining holdout behind Toronto’s most famously fancy restaurant
Over the past few years, Toronto has witnessed the rise of the snack bar and the decline of traditional fine-dining. In the midst...
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Summerlicious: dignified dining program or “cash-grabby food factory”?
The idea of dining out on the cheap is nice, but what is Summerlicious like from the restaurant's perspective? Sure, bargain meals...
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Recipe: the supremely fluffy raisin scones from Fika in Kensington Market
PREP TIME: 15 minutes REFRIGERATION TIME: 24 hours BAKE TIME: 15 minutes Makes 12 to 14 scones RAISIN SCONES 3 ½ cups all-purpose...
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Must-Try: Splendido’s slow-roasted carrots prove that veggies have star power, too
Magical things happen when chefs treat vegetables with proper respect. At Splendido, Victor Barry elevates humble carrots by...
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Prep School: Splendido chef Victor Barry offers three ways to prep truffles
As the fleeting truffle season nears its end, Splendido chef Victor Barry offers three ways to prep the black beauties at home...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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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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
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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?
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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
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“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
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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
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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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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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
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“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
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand