The top 10 gin and tonics in Toronto
Gin and Tonics were afterthought drinks for Toronto bartenders a couple of years ago. Had you ordered one back then, virtually every bar in the city would have handed you a glass of Beefeater &...
View Article15 photos of the funky design takeover at the Gladstone
Come Up To My Room (CUTMR) - Toronto's biggest and baddest alternative design event - enters its second decade today, running all weekend long (January 24 - 26) for $10 a pop. Curated by Jaclyn Blumas,...
View ArticleVote: 20 new Best of categories
Today we're opening up voting in our latest Best Of poll. Now you can have your say in 20 categories including cheeseburgers, vintage clothing stores, cocktails, cookies and more.Take the best of poll...
View ArticleWhat's up with the rooftop figures at King & Portland?
Riders on the King streetcar would have been hard pressed to miss the two 7-metre figures swinging their legs over the northeast corner of King and Portland this week. The giant nylon spinnaker cloth...
View ArticleWeekend events in Toronto: January 24-26, 2014
Weekend events in Toronto is our guide to events happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's what's happening in Toronto this Jan 25-26, 2014.Toronto Design Offsite Toronto Design Offsite (TO...
View ArticleA brief history of Toronto's first apartment building
So many people live in apartments or condominiums in Toronto that it's hard to imagine a time when renting a small portion of a larger building was a radical, even a shockingly salacious way of...
View ArticleThe top 25 design finds at IDS 2014
Once a year, the design world's eyes are fixed firmly on Toronto. The Interior Design Show puts celebrated designers and massive international firms side by side with emerging Canadian and...
View ArticleThe top 10 restaurants for taxi drivers in Toronto
Taxi drivers can function as kind of highlighter for often otherwise underrepresented restaurants in Toronto. When you see a stream of cabs parked in front of some hidden joint, you just know it's a...
View ArticleLondon Road, a fascinating, um, verbatim musical hits Toronto
As the collected works of Agatha Christie demonstrate, crime and scandal never fail to pique interest when stoked by gossip, conjecture, and the press. So many of Christie's novels, set in quiet...
View ArticleBlack History Month in Toronto 2014
February is Black History Month in Toronto (and Canada), and there are plenty of Toronto events celebrating and honouring the legacies of black Canadians past and present. In 1979, Toronto was the...
View ArticleFree events in Toronto: January 25 - February 2, 2014
Torontonians are hunting for free stuff to do as the end of the month - and the coldest day of the year, so they say - approaches. While sitting at home bundled under twenty-three blankets has been...
View ArticleTheatre Centre revamps former Carnegie Library
The Theatre Centre is another charming heritage conversion soon to open on West Queen West. The property used to be home to book lovers as the Queen and Lisgar Carnegie library (and a Canada Post...
View ArticleToday in Toronto: Ant-Colony book launch, Jay-Z, Elvis Monday, Acceptance
Tonight, Michael DeForge launches his graphic novel, Ant Colony! at The Beguiling with a slideshow and book signing. On the musical front, Jay Z rolls into town for a spectacle at the ACC, and Elvis...
View ArticleThis Week in Music: The National tour dates, Teenage Kicks new track, Shad at...
This Week in Music rounds up the latest news, releases and concerts coming to Toronto.Teenage Kicks release new song Toronto's Teenage Kicks have released "Houdini," the first song from their new...
View ArticleHow's the food at Steak Queen?
This 24-hour Rexdale joint might be known forever on as the place where Rob Ford showed of his Jamaican patois, but in the days following the spectacle there was loads of praise for the old school...
View ArticleThe top 15 beers & bites at Winter Beer Fest
The inaugural Roundhouse Winter Craft Beer Festival took place outside Steam Whistle Brewery this past Saturday, and even the extremely chilly temperatures couldn't keep beer lovers away. Rosy cheeked...
View ArticleSaks Fifth Avenue coming to Yonge & Queen
Saks Fifth Avenue is coming to the Eaton Centre. Well, almost. Technically set to open across the street at Yonge and Queen, with the announcement that Hudson's Bay has sold its flagship location to...
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