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Fairmont Royal York
Style
What went down at a glittering Diwali gala at the Fairmont Royal York
The Lit Gala raised an impressive $130,000 for H2O4ALL
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Food & Drink
Twelve Toronto restaurants cooking up special TIFF-inspired menus
Including Alo, Mimi Chinese and the Carbon Bar
Food & Drink
Is this Toronto’s most extravagant picnic?
Hint: it’s accessible only to those with a Fairmont Gold room at the Royal York
Food & Drink
Over-the-top cocktails are sweeping the city
Garnishes include cotton candy, dry-ice clouds and blazing pyrotechnics. Here, the Library Bar’s director of mixology explains the method to the madness
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Life
Real Weddings: Inside an intimate ceremony at the Fairmont Royal York
The bride wore a fusion dress, with desi-inspired beading and lace
Food & Drink
Kitschy cocktail bars, wine-sampling salons, outdoor beer gardens and other places to have holiday fun all month long
Get into the spirit(s)
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at the Library Bar, the Royal York’s newly renovated cocktail lounge
Including the legendary Birdbath Martini, and more
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Food & Drink
Inside the kitchen of JW Foster, the Fairmont Royal York’s executive chef
A few of the things it’s stocked with: honey, oysters, vegan gelato and pizza dough
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Reign, the Fairmont Royal York Hotel’s new restaurant, bar and bakery
Including this fancy fish-bowl cocktail
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Clockwork, the Fairmont Royal York’s new champagne and cocktail lounge
The hotel got a makeover for its 90th birthday
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Life
A look inside the Royal York’s new, extra-luxurious “hotel within a hotel”
A new look for a few floors inside a classic Toronto hotel
Things To Do
Bottomless bubbles at Piano Piano, a luxe staycation at Hotel X and 10 other things to do in Toronto on New Year’s Eve
Everything worth doing in Toronto to ring in 2019
Style
15 of the top hotels in Toronto, ranked
Plan your next in-town escape with our guide to the city's artsy, polished, wildly excessive accommodations
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Food & Drink
Eight local products made with GTA-sourced ingredients
Once-neglected crops are being harvested in the name of jam, butter, beer and even ink
Style
Slideshow: the big winners of the inaugural Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards
Canada's fledgling fashion industry was fêted this weekend at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards, the inaugural awards ceremony...
City News
UPDATED: The Royal York does not admit horses, not even semi-famous ones
Even though we’ll be cheering for the Toronto Argonauts in Sunday’s Grey Cup, we half-hoped Calgary Stampeders fans would...
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Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for November 19 to November 25
Tuesday November 20 Wednesday November 21 Thursday November 22 Friday November 23 Saturday November 24 Sunday November 25...
City News
Party Pages: local philanthropists don their dandiest cowboy duds for the Wellspring Henderson Hoedown
Should all Toronto’s ritzy charity galas require guests to wear goofy outfits? Probably not, but last Thursday’s Wellspring...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for April 2 to April 8
Monday, April 2 Tuesday, April 3 Wednesday, April 4 Thursday, April 5 Friday, April 6 Saturday, April 7 Sunday, April 8
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Food & Drink
We dropped by the Great Toronto Tartare-off to discover a meatetarian frenzy
Last night, Grapes for Humanity corralled some of the city’s top culinary talent under one roof (that of the Fairmont Royal York...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for March 26 to April 1
Catch A Matter of Taste , which follows 10 years in the life of Paul Liebrandt, at the Revue Cinema on Thursday Monday, March 26...
Food & Drink
Forgot to make a Valentine’s Day reservation? Here are 10 restaurants that still have space
Hoping to take your sweetheart to Splendido, Scarpetta or Auberge du Pommier for Valentine’s Day? Well sorry, it’s too...
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Food & Drink
Eight no-fuss options for a Thanksgiving meal
While the moms (and dads) of Toronto can cook a fine turkey, plenty of chefs have also plumbed the bird’s mysterious...
Food & Drink
Toronto Taste 2011: We get the latest news from top chefs and restaurateurs from Woodlot, Buca, Nota Bene, O&B and many more
Two thousand of Toronto’s food lovers and makers gathered at the ROM on Sunday for the 21st edition of Toronto Taste . The...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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Toronto Life
’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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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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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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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