The best dim sum in downtown Toronto has evolved over the years. Cart service has largely disappeared, hotels are no longer the hotspots and many places on this list give their Markham, Richmond Hill and Scarborough counterparts a good run for their money when it comes to killer har gow, shao mai and cheong fan.
Here are the best dim sum restaurants in downtown Toronto.
See also:
The Best Dim Sum in Toronto
The Best Dumplings in Toronto
The Best Chinese Restaurants in Toronto
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The top places to buy a turntable in Toronto are stores that specialize in the analogue audio arts. Unlike big-box stores trying to push the latest gadget, these shops employ skilled, knowledgeable staff who specialize in high-fidelity audio. And they've all been in the business long enough to see vinyl survive digital fads and remain the choice-of-format for audio enthusiasts.
Open any weather app on your smartphone and chances are there will be a prediction about rain, snow, sleet, or hail. How much is coming, where it will fall, and in some cases whether or not there is some form of precipitation falling where you are, right now. 
The definitive Toronto movie has yet to be made. While New York enjoys Taxi Driver, and Chicago The Blues Brothers, (hell, even Winnipeg has Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets), Toronto's still burgeoning film scene is yet to produce an iconic, undisputed masterpiece which captures the pure un-distilled essence of the city.
Did I miss your favourite weird Toronto movie? Please add your suggestions in the comments section.
Do you love elaborate, fancy sweets, but want to skip that whole white-cloth-napkin thing? This brand-new Corktown patisserie - the creation of two Toronto sweethearts, who also happen to have resumes studded with Michelin stars - offers fanciful (and flavourful) French desserts like eclairs and tarts in a friendly, relaxed setting.
The top places to enjoy absinthe in Toronto are, for the most part, restaurants who will serve it as an aperitif prior to a rich meal. Steeped in legend and misinformation, absinthe spent much of the twentieth century under prohibition in many parts of the world, helping it attain a mythical status as a drink with hallucinatory properties. 
Good news pierogi fans - Toronto's first all pierogi restaurant is expanding to a second location east of the DVP. 
Free events in Toronto this week you can embark on a Trekkie odyssey, take in some of the best live music moments from Toronto in the past year, thumb through zines, and look back on the Wonder Years. 
The three main sports stadiums in Toronto--the Rogers Centre, Air Canada Centre, and BMO Field--are all relatively recent constructions. The oldest of the bunch, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays, has only been open since 1989. The newest, BMO Field, is only 8 years old. 
Maple Leaf Gardens (1931)
Monarch Park Stadium (1964)
Dominico Field (1969)
Allan A. Lamport Stadium (1975)
Sunday March 8 is 
Toronto was home to the local union, but also home of the provincial and dominion offices of the WCTU. In 1895, the Toronto union set up it's office on Elm Street and later, Willard Hall was built at 20 Gerrard Street, opening in 1911. The building is now the home of Covenant House. The WCTU was concerned with the prohibition of alcohol, but all sorts of other issues that affected families, especially women and children. 
Women did make some small gains throughout the 1880s. They were finally admitted to the University of Toronto for the first time in 1884, and medical colleges for women were established in both Toronto and Kingston in 1883. The next year, the full municipal franchise was extended to unmarried women with the appropriate property qualifications, although they did not get the right to hold public office. Married women were excluded from this right (because it was assumed, problematically of course, that their husband would vote for them). 
During this period, Toronto women were inspired by the efforts of American feminists. The Toronto-based Canadian Women's Suffrage Association invited the well-known American suffragist Dr. Anna Shaw to speak at a meeting held in Dr. Emily Stowe's home. Much enthusiasm was generated and this led to the creation of a new, more effective suffrage organization, the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association, with Stowe elected as the first president. 
With the outbreak of the First World War, Canadian women had organized around a large number of social, political, cultural, and economic issues. They were spurred by economic need and patriotic fervour to enter the paid workforce, filling jobs vacated by enlisted men. 
If you're looking for a way to celebrate International Women's Day with a focus on Toronto, take a look at Pat Staton's excellent book 
The concept of the mancave was taken to new heights (or lows) this month in Toronto, when a mysterious cave 
The top interior designers in Toronto can help simplify getting your current crib looking posh if you don't know where to start. There is certainly no shortage of quality interior designers in this town and these creative folks, who shape the aesthetic and flow of things around us, can share insight on how to paint and arrange your space, or help you completely overhaul your abode. 
Opened last fall, this boutique hotel near Yonge and Gerrard is a lot nicer-looking than its sub $150 a night price tag might have you believe. It might have a plain exterior, but this hotel bats well above average once you get inside.
Today in Toronto legendary Leeds post-punk band Gang of Four will be at Lee's Palace. If you're looking for new sounds, the first Toronto appearance of Sacred Bones artists 
Toronto has no shortage of breweries and so long as they keep pumping out quality product, there's always room for more. Welcome the baseball-themed Left Field who this past weekend opened the doors to their brand new Wagstaff Drive brewery for a two-day pop-up aptly dubbed Spring Training. The space is still a bit rough around the edges with final construction expected to be completed this Spring.
Within the GTA, Markham is known variously for its higher-than-average insurance rates, its busier-than-average T&T superstores, and its lower-than-average rate of crime. But those of us who grew up in this cheerful (if somewhat uneventful) borough share a more intimate knowledge of the city.
Polaris Music Prize winner 
Radik Tyulush was raised near the border of Mongolia, and originally made his name playing in fusion bands that combined traditional Tuvan sounds with rock music. In more recent years his work has become increasingly traditional though, whether performing with the band Huun-Huur-Tu, or solo, as in this case. 
Hearing Tuvan throat singing from a group is an otherworldly experience, but it's even more impressive when you hear the eerie resonant tones coming from a single body. The physical control required to sing such long drone notes while modulating a second melody by changing the resonance of his throat and mouth is undeniably impressive. At times his voice sounded more like an analog synthesizer than a human.
After an intermission, Tanya Tagaq took to the stage with her band and began her set with a long patient explanation of the tradition of Inuk throat singing, while taking pains to make it clear to the audience that her use of those techniques is very far removed from the historical model. Unlike Tyulush, her career trajectory has seen her move further and further away from folk music and towards the avant-garde, although her use of ancient Inuk techniques has helped her gain a foothold in settings like this.
Tagaq took pains to explain that while aspects of the film are inaccurate and arguably manipulative, there are other parts that ring true, and that her performance was meant to negotiate between those responses. She said that she hoped it would be apparent which parts of the film she was reacting against, and while that distinction wasn't always completely clear, it was a powerful exercise to force the audience to continually question how to interpret the visuals.
Her lengthy pre-show introductions and explanations at the beginnings of her shows are crucial to what follows, although she jokes that when she's more rich and famous she'll hire a pair of traditional throat singers to open for her so that she doesn't have to explain it. She gently warns the crowd that it will get loud at times, and calmly reassures them that no matter how she sounds she is ok. Then she tears the audience's mind wide open with powerful rhythmic grunting, wailing, and growled vocals.
When Tanya Tagaq won the Polaris Music Prize this year, she was asked if she was surprised by the standing ovation she received after her performance at the gala. Some took it as bravado when she answered "no, we're kind of used to it", but the truth is that it's hard to react any other way after experiencing her live. 
