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Food & Drink
After closing six years ago, this old-school diner is making a comeback
Toasted is from the owner of Pete’s Corner Grill, a Parkdale classic
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Culture
“I wanted to bring the goth scene back to Queen Street West”: DJ Lazarus is keeping Toronto nightlife alive
Lloyd Warren, DJ and owner of Parkdale’s Ground Control, talks thirty years of alternative nightlife
City News
“I will not come back as a lobbyist for rich people”: An exit interview with Councillor Gord Perks
The veteran of Parkdale–High Park talks about his successes, why taxes are the price of civilization and how Toronto can be a refuge for the world
Food & Drink
The most expensive cocktail at Parkdale’s newest bar is just $16
A team of industry experts is behind the Virginia
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Real Estate News
Under Asking: “If you receive a fair offer, take it right away.” Three realtors share why they sold for less
Their properties include a Parkdale charmer, a Beaches new build and a semi with laneway potential in the Junction
Real Estate News
A wave of affordable housing and shiny venues is taking over Parkdale
More than 400 new units will soon line Queen West
Real Estate News
“I’ve been a renter for 25 years and can’t imagine living any other way”
Parkdale resident Shanna Flodström has extensively decorated her current space and even built a DIY loft bed. She may not own it, but it feels like home
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Shopping
What electroclash icon Peaches loves about Parkdale
Including filthy martinis, drag brunch and pinball wizardry
Food & Drink
“The more I give away, the better the bar does”: Why Danu Social House wants to become the city’s first community-owned watering hole
Joshua Zachariah dreams of handing over his Parkdale business to its employees, volunteers and patrons. Here’s how he plans to do it
Food & Drink
Toronto Life
’s most popular Chefs in the Burbs of 2025
Our top neighbourhood food tours of the year
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City News
This data scientist mapped every parking ticket issued in Toronto over the past 16 years
It’s fun to see how many millions your street has racked up
Food & Drink
Where Michelin-starred Hexagon’s sous-chef Victoria Rinsma eats comfort food in Parkdale and Little Portugal
Her favourite spots for breakfast sandwiches, butter chicken momos and ice cream
Food & Drink
Where Jerome Robinson, the Heartbreak Chef, eats in Parkdale
His favourite spots for doubles, burgers and espresso martinis
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Food & Drink
This sort-of-secret Parkdale sandwich shop hosts an affordable family-style supper club once a month
Coire is tucked away in the back of Danu Social House
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Memoir
“I was born in a refugee camp in Nepal. When I opened a momo restaurant in Parkdale, it became part of the community”
Garab Serdok’s family fled Tibet in 1959 and sought asylum in Kathmandu. In 2005, Serdok moved to Toronto, bought a restaurant and built a mini momo empire
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Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2.5 million for a Parkdale Victorian with a saltwater pool and an antique ensuite
The 2,100-square-foot property also comes with a sunroom, heated floors, fancy iron fencing and a garage with garden-suite potential
Real Estate News
Laneway Suite of the Week: How a Parkdale architect transformed a few backyard parking spots into a second home
For $600,000, she got two bedrooms, radiant flooring, smart-home tech and so many skylights
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Then and Now, Parkdale’s new Asian fusion restaurant with a no-tipping policy
It's a certified living wage employer
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Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Parkdale heritage classic with a spiral staircase to the backyard
The 2,800-square-foot property also comes with original stained glass and pine floors, a renovated basement, a parking pad, and quirky design
City News
What’s on the menu at Peaches, Parkdale’s new queer-friendly sports bar with bubble hockey
Including hot dogs, nachos and pitchers of beer (but also steak and cocktails)
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Simpl Things, Parkdale’s new snack bar that’s Italian by day, Taiwanese by night
Featuring two chefs-in-residence with distinctive menus
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Food & Drink
Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Parkdale
We're scouring the city—neighbourhood by neighbourhood—for the best budget-friendly meals
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at BB’s, Parkdale’s new weekend brunch spot for Filipino favourites
Including silog, spaghetti and tamarind-spiked caesars
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City News
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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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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