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Best New Restaurants
The top 20 places to eat—right here, right now. Plus, great news for extreme carnivores, tapas freaks, and the come-hither cocktail crew By James Chatto
Criminal Minds
Rich and powerful Canadians know what to do when they get into trouble with the law: hire a Greenspan. Brian made his name defending Alan Eagleson. His older brother, Eddie—counsel to Gerald Regan, Karlheinz Schreiber and Garth Drabinsky—will defend Conrad Black this month in the biggest case of his career. A portrait of the city's most sought-after attorneys By Jack Batten
Tamilville
When Paul and Bertha Nallanayagam were forced to return to Scarborough after seven years in Sri Lanka, they couldn't believe what they found: the humdrum burb they remembered had transformed into a bustling Tamil metropolis. How Toronto became the largest Tamil city in the WestBy Steve Pitt
Columns
Shop Therapy
She talks of journeys, life chapters and karma. She equates clothing design with storytelling. For Barbara Atkin, Holt Renfrew's lead tastemaker, fashion is a salve for our troubled soulsBy Olivia Stren
Sideshow Barb
Barbara Amiel's journalism is rife with veiled references to her husband's plight, so much so that reading her has become something of a spectator sport. It's a win-win situation for Maclean's. The columnist as curiosity By Douglas Bell
This City
Jian Ghomeshi, card-carrying member of CBC's hip list • 10 Toronto Street's storied past • How to start your own grow op • Sizing up the city's highest paid athletes
City Survivor
24 hours with Fashion Week diva Robin Kay By Amy Verner
Super Shopper The city’s best loot By Madeleine Wong
On the Block Yorkville, Toronto's reigning pocket of posh, gets a facelift By Olivia Stren
Food Mothers and matzo balls, a chicken soup By Leah Rumack
Drink Resurrecting Italy's 3,000-year-old grapes By David Lawrason
This Month
Dance sensation Matthew Bourne takes a stab at Edward Scissorhands • In-your-face sculptor Evan Penny makes the ordinary extraordinary • Unit, the latest notch in Queen West West's bar belt
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