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Where to Buy Next: Twelve Toronto neighbourhoods destined for big things
It takes an absurd amount of money and mettle to purchase real estate in this city. Why not stack the deck? Our comprehensive guide for property hunters and gawkers alike
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Food & Drink
Where chef Philip Haddad eats tacos, pizza and cheeseburgers
The chef and owner of Emmer took us for a tour of his favourite spots in Bloordale and the Junction Triangle
City News
Neighbourhood Crawl: What comedian Jasmeet Raina loves about Bloordale
Including vegan ice cream, Mexican imports, fresh juices and kimchi chopped cheese sandwiches
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Island Oysters, a sweet little seafood bar in Bloordale
Come for the oysters, stay for the crispy cod cakes and pillowy prawn rolls
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Sort-of Secret: The Daily Grind, a Bloordale gem serving Vietnamese-inspired brunch
Part of our series spotlighting the city’s edible hidden gems
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Bar Sugo, Bloordale’s new pizzeria and red sauce restaurant
It's right next door to its older sister spot, Sugo
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What’s on the takeout menu at Ruru Baked, a new Bloordale ice cream shop that’s drawing seriously long lineups
They move quickly, though
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What’s on the menu at Conzo Pizzeria, a new pizza parlour from the people behind Sugo
And it’s right next door
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What’s on the menu at Seoul Shakers, Leemo Han’s new Korean–South American snack bar in Bloordale
That's a working jukebox
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Sugo, a new Italian-American spot that makes spaghetti sandwiches
It's from the same owners as its neighbour The Emerson
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Grey Tiger, a vegan bar and café, is now open in Bloordale
Vegans now have a second reason to visit Bloordale: the recently opened Grey Tiger (which the owners named after their rescued...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Four Seven, a new Bloordale bar from Tequila Bookworm’s owners
Name: The Four Seven Neighbourhood: Bloordale Contact Info: 1211 Bloor St. W., @the47TO Previously: Ortolan Owners: Jeff Caires...
Food & Drink
RIP Ortolan, the pioneering restaurant on Bloor West
When Ortolan opened in 2011, its quiet seasonal cooking stood out on a strip of Bloor West known for its men's clubs and discount...
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Real Estate News
Bloordale is evidently tired of being a strip-club strip
The Star reports that a subtle but significant change is underway in Bloordale , the steadily gentrifying stretch of Bloor Street...
Style
At Bloordale’s new general store: come for vintage fur, stay for a cup of tea
Odd Finds is a general store, vintage clothing shop and tearoom in one. Unsurprisingly, the space is quaintly cluttered: rustic...
Food & Drink
Review: The Emerson, a new family-friendly bistro in Bloorcourt
The Emerson ★½ 1279 Bloor St. W., 416-532-1717 This jovial new Bloordale spot is the ultimate hipster family restaurant. The...
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Review: The Whippoorwill, the latest Bloordale brunch spot
The Whippoorwill ★½ 1285 Bloor St. W., 416-530-2999 Bloordale’s newest brunch spot deploys all the ubiquitous diner-kitsch...
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The Month that Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in December
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
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Introducing: Karelia Kitchen, Bloordale’s new Scandinavian café
From the late ’60s until the ’80s, Karelia was an influential Scandinavian design store in Toronto run by Janis Kravis. Now...
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The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in November
Opening Closing Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
Food & Drink
The Bloordale Pantry closes, is quickly replaced by The Whippoorwill Restaurant and Tavern
In a 10-day Restaurant Makeover- ish blitz, friends Shawn Creamer (Dakota Tavern) and Tyler Cunningham (Ultra) have taken over and...
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Introducing: Bar Neon, a new Bloordale watering hole with some ambitious grub
When Bar Neon opened last month, it became Bloordale’s answer to the trend embodied by places like Grand Electric and 416 Snack...
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New Reviews: Ortolan, Pizza e Pazzi and Obikà
ORTOLAN 1211 Bloor St. W., 647-348-4500 By now the formula is familiar: young chefs set up small, idiosyncratic restaurant in...
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Introducing: The Lansdowne Cone, a new ice cream parlour set to lure patrons westward
“Blansdowne,” to use the oft-deprecating moniker for the strip of Bloor around Lansdowne, may be losing traction with the...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
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Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
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Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
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Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
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The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
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My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
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Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
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293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
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Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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