House of the Week: 20 Taylorwood Drive
This home at 20 Taylorwood Drive brands itself as the "Hillside House" and certainly does make the most of a massive ravine lot. Sitting on a quiet street just northeast of the Humber River, the...
View ArticleThe top 10 luggage stores in Toronto
The top luggage stores in Toronto will have you ready for takeoff, no matter how far away your destination or how long your stay. There's cute carry-ons you can throw in the backseat for a weekend road...
View ArticleVideo imagines nightmare Rob Ford re-election posters
Some choice Rob Ford quotes are being reimagined as massive election posters in a new video that's sure to stir uncomfortable memories of the last four years."Those Oriental people work like dogs" is...
View ArticleToday in Toronto: Roar, Little Fiction Magazine Live, CSI Pop Up Market, Game...
Today in Toronto you can get in touch with your inner whatever at Videofag with Roar, Spencer Charles Smith's "campy quest for furry love." Feeling a bit less ferocious? Little Fiction Magazine, who...
View ArticleSherwood revival doesn't quite delight at Soulpepper
Robert E. Sherwood's 1936 play Idiot's Delight is a unique one to be sure. Part romantic comedy and part harbinger of war, the play's focuses often battle for top billing. Sherwood himself was aware of...
View ArticleThis Week in Fashion: HBC reveals Saks Fifth Avenue locations, Love Local,...
This Week in Fashion rounds up the week's style news, store openings and closings, pop-up shops, sales and upcoming fashion and design events in Toronto. Find it here every Wednesday morning.NEWSLast...
View ArticleIce bar and lounge opening soon in Toronto
Toronto is getting its first permanent ice house, bar and lounge. The Chill Ice House, from the same people behind Boston's Frost Ice Bar (plus about 20 other ice houses around the world), plans to...
View ArticleNew vegan brunch spot could convert a carnivore
Vegans rejoice, a new restaurant and takeout counter has opened near Allen and Lawrence that serves some seriously hearty fare. Focusing on organic, local and gluten free foods, Chef Doug McNish...
View ArticleWhat's life like in Toronto, Australia?
It's sunny and warm in Toronto right now. The gentle sapphire lake is sparkling in the sun and the eucalyptus trees on Bay Street are making a whispering sound in the soft onshore breeze. No, it's not...
View ArticleThe top 10 low-alcohol (session) beers made in Toronto
Session beers are so named for their suitability to being enjoyed over long, extended drinking sessions. Accordingly, they're typically appropriately low in alcohol and don't feature excessively bold...
View ArticleThe Best Cheeseburgers in Toronto
The best cheeseburgers in Toronto are in a somewhat philosophically distinct category from the purebred burger. The cheeseburger is, in essence, from a grimier universe where patties are thinner,...
View ArticleThe Gardiner Expressway won't be fixed any time soon
Waterfront Toronto and staff from the City of Toronto shed more light on the future of the eastern Gardiner Expressway this afternoon, revealing the results of an environmental assessment into four...
View ArticleToday in Toronto: Boy Pussy, Pics or it didn't happen, Heidy.P,...
Tonight in Toronto Boy Pussy, named on our list of Toronto's best queer bands and artists, will party at The Beaver with Distraksjon and a late night performance by Snap Boys. This Thursday will also...
View ArticleRob Ford says he will skip World Pride in Toronto
Rob Ford will once again skip the Pride Parade in Toronto. Asked about the event during a debate last night, the Mayor made his intentions clear, and notably without reference to his customary excuse...
View ArticleToronto Restaurant Openings: El Caballito, NODO, Grasshopper, College Street...
Toronto Restaurant Openings highlights the latest restaurant openings and closings in Toronto and also gives a preview of what's coming soon. Find us here every Thursday morning.OPEN NOWCopaCabana...
View ArticleWhat King Street used to look like in Toronto
Is there a thoroughfare as historically important as King Street in Toronto? It would face stiff competition from Yonge and Queen (formerly Lot) streets, to be sure, but it's not for nothing that it...
View ArticleBloordale grocery store doubles as taqueria
Having started as a a Latin American grocery store near Bloor and Lansdowne, this spot has morphed into a hybrid space that also does a small menu of freshly prepared foods each day. I had high hopes...
View ArticleValentine's Day ideas in Toronto 2014
Valentine's Day in Toronto is fast approaching and restaurant reservation books are filling up fast. Still looking to book a table? Find the perfect gift? Ignore the whole love-fest altogether and get...
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