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How Patois makes its potent Party Pineapple cocktail
We visited the Dundas West restaurant to see how a hollowed-out piece of fruit becomes a tropical vacation
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Inside the new Death in Venice gelato laboratory
See where flavours like Everything Bagel and Strawberry Juniper Thai Basil come to life
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How Alobar Yorkville assembles its masterful mille-feuille
We went inside the kitchen at Alobar Yorkville to see how the signature pastry tower is made
Food & Drink
How Beach Hill Smokehouse makes its over-the-top brisket sandwich
We went inside the east-end smokehouse to see how The Austin comes together
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The juicy story behind Yukashi’s rare melon
We went inside the kitchen at Yukashi to learn about the Shizuoka crown muskmelon
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How Donna’s makes its anything-but-ordinary roast beef sandwich
We went inside the kitchen at Donna's to see how the sensational sandwich comes together
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How Momofuku Kojin prepares its top-notch T-Bone steak
We went inside the kitchen at Kojin to follow one of the restaurant's prime cuts from the aging fridge to the super-hot grill to the plate
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at our 2014 best-dressed list
Toronto Life Stylebook , which features our annual best-dressed list, is for sale today on newsstands and online , and our...
City News
VIDEO: the trailer for a touching, hilarious (and entirely made-up) Rob Ford movie starring Chris Farley
Our current favourite of the many, many, many, many, many Rob Ford spoof videos circulating online? This fake trailer for Rob...
City News
Quoted: Rob Ford’s lawyer on why the mayor wants the public to see the crack video
— Dennis Morris, who has the unenviable job of being Rob Ford’ s lawyer, making an unexpected push for police to release the...
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VIDEO: a supercut of the 39 best pizza scenes in the history of film
In the movies, pizza is most often portrayed as fuel for teenaged stoners, but this new supercut proves its range is quite a bit...
City News
Reaction Roundup: Rob Ford befriends an owl and reporters get excited
Rob Ford visited the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show yesterday, where he showed off his well-honed fishing skills, fired a gun and got...
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VIDEO: Watch Jennifer McLagan peel lamb’s testicles with Matty Mattheson
The last time the words “sizzle reel” were deployed on TorontoLife.com, they were in reference to Lake Shore, the ill-advised...
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VIDEO: Watch this naked man show off Gotstyle’s new Skype shopping service
Toronto men’s retailer Gotstyle has launched a video shopping service for the very busy (or the very lazy). Here’s how it...
City News
VIDEO: Rob Ford gets Gangnam Styled
Sure, this video is pure Internet silliness, but we couldn’t help but laugh at the awkwardness of Rob Ford trying to pretend not...
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VIDEO: Vice’s Munchies series gets Guu-y for its second Toronto video
For the second round of its Toronto sojourn, Vice 's Munchies crew stopped by Church Street’s Guu Izakaya. While Jen Agg praised...
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VIDEO: A wonderfully bizarre Yelp review of Schnitzel Queen read by a real actor
The Real Actors Read Yelp series, which has been making the rounds of the food blogopshere for a couple months, hit Toronto 12...
Culture
VIDEO: Watch Toronto Life’s online editor talk star-spotting and celebrity gossip at TIFF 2012
Our online editor Andrew Wallace appeared on Global’s The Morning Show bright and early yesterday morning to talk all things...
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All Mixed Up: SpiritHouse’s Brad Gubbins mixes a Man of Interest
Founded by the Toronto Institute of Bartending’ s Len Fragomeni, SpiritHouse is a King West bar and lounge that features a...
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VIDEO: watch a hot dog fly into space and then land and then get eaten
These are wondrous times to be alive. Behold: the proprietors of San Francisco’s Zog’s Dogs launched a humble hot dog, bun and...
City News
Watch a naked Jose Bautista swing his baseball bat (almost NSFW)
Don’t worry about Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista getting ribbed in the clubhouse for his second-place finish at the home run...
City News
VIDEO: Steve Jobs as a drug-dealing murderer (in this news cartoon about RIM)
This animated slap in Research In Motion’ s face comes courtesy of Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese studio also responsible...
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Video: TD Bank jumps on the “It Gets Better” train—as a business decision
TD Bank has made a video for Dan Savage’ s “It Gets Better Project” in support of LGBT youth, and they're the first of...
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Andy Byford writes an icy memo to TTC employees
The TTC has had a few customer service embarrassments over the last few years (workers texting on the road, leaving their routes...
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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
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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
Deep Dives
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
Food & Drink
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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