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Ikea Monkey goes viral in Toronto
Sometimes I'll have a good idea of what's on the agenda for the next day, and then a monkey dressed in a tiny shearling coat escapes from a car outside a Toronto IKEA and everything goes bananas.The...
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Get to Know a Chef: Tobey Nemeth, Edulis
After returning from a four year soul-and-cuisine-searching trip though Europe and Panama, Chefs Tobey Nemeth and Michael Caballo, who also happen to be husband and wife, decided to settle down in...
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Thai food in Toronto just got better
December has already been a busy month for restaurant openings in Toronto but no cuisine has made as much progress in the past 10 days as the sometimes derided Thai eating landscape. With some notable...
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Toronto music lovers holiday gift guide
Gift ideas for the Toronto music fan on your listIt's holiday time and what better present is there to give than the gift of music! It's doesn't have to be literal, though, as there are plenty of...
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The Best Pizza Slice in Toronto
The best pizza slice in Toronto is proof that, along with a good coffee shop, no neighbourhood is complete without a decent place to get a slice. Because after all, is there a more perfect food? A...
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Where have all the Ossington galleries gone?
The short answer? Dundas West. Ossington Avenue still has all the right ingredients to be considered one of Toronto's hippest hoods, with great restaurants, shopping and even a little...
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How should the city separate its new bike lanes?
Toronto's first fully separated bike lane arrived on Sherbourne Street this fall, for the first time giving bikers the opportunity to move north and south through the eastern portion of downtown...
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Pinball Cafe falls victim to Parkdale moratorium
The Pinball Cafe has shut its doors, a victim of the recently legislated moratorium on new restaurants and bars in Parkdale. If that sounds strange given the fact that the cafe opened back in February,...
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Radar: It's A Wonderful Toronto, A Merry TSO Christmas, St. Lucia with Gold...
THEATRE | It's A Wonderful Toronto In this musical comedy piece by Matt Baram, Mayor Rob Ford is preparing for the opening of a performance that is intended to up his approval ratings when he begins to...
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Morning Brew: Ford's board list kept from ombudsman, mayor takes a vacation,...
A list of Rob Ford's preferred candidates for the boards of several of Toronto's public agencies that was emailed to three of the mayor's allies on council was not available to ombudsman Fiona Crean...
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What else could Metrolinx do with its PRESTO cards?
It was a long time coming, but the TTC last month signed off on PRESTO, provincial transit agency Metronlix's contactless payment card system, with a promise to have readers in every bus, streetcar,...
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This week on DineSafe: Ba Le, Delimark Cafe, Feng Mao Barbecue, Midnight...
This week on DineSafe, the People's Eatery on Spadina brought with it a little more than breads and circuses. Most notably, insects. After about four slaps on the wrist over the past year for so-called...
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Behind the scenes at Cool Beer Brewing Co.
Cool Beer Brewing Co., located near the intersection of Islington and the Gardiner, probably doesn't immediately spring to mind when you're asked to name the breweries currently helping lead Toronto's...
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The Island Airport gets a slick-looking travel store
The product of a collaboration between between Montreal's WANT Les Essentiels De La Vie and New York's Maison Kitsune, this design shop offers a bevy of slick and, in some cases, downright luxurious...
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Vintage photos of winter sports in Toronto
Winter in Toronto can be the pits depending on your disposition. I know more than a few people who pseudo-hibernate during the season's coldest periods — and who can really blame them? Forgetting the...
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What should Toronto do with the Gardiner Expressway?
The cost of fixing the rapidly deteriorating Gardiner Expressway has been back in the headlines recently as the city's budget committee discusses whether or not to commit to a proposed ten-year, $505...
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Radar: Going Rural turns Urban, The End of Time, Christmas at The Garrison,...
BOOKS & LIT | Going Rural turns Urban: A Launch for All Citizens Both This is Not a Reading Series and Conundrum Press present a book launch for Serena McCarroll's All Citizens tonight at The...
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Morning Brew: City fears disaster on the Gardiner, Ikea monkey's owner wants...
A troubling report revealed by Global News says there's a high risk a heavy truck could "punch through" the thinning deck of the Gardiner Expressway if the roadway continues to deteriorate. The report...
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