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Zane Caplansky
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Caplansky’s Yorkville, the deli’s new fast-casual location
Coming soon: mustard on tap
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Baju, Zane Caplansky’s laid-back barbecue joint at The Monarch Tavern
Name: Baju BBQ Contact Info: 12 Clinton St., 416-531-5833 Neighbourhood: Little Italy Owners: Zane Caplansky (best known for his...
Food & Drink
Zane Caplansky opens Baju, a Southern barbecue spot, in The Monarch Tavern
Toronto deli giant Zane Caplansky got his start slinging smoked-meat sandwiches out of the miniscule kitchen at The Monarch Tavern...
Food & Drink
Toronto food trucker Zane Caplansky: “People who go in parks are unemployed people”
— Zane Caplansky , the outspoken deli owner and food trucker, explaining to the Star why last summer's attempt to turn Toronto...
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Food & Drink
Caplansky’s has big (but secret) expansion plans
Earlier this week, Zane Caplansky hinted on his blog that big changes were coming for his deli business, which already comprises a...
Food & Drink
QUOTED: Toronto deli guy Zane Caplansky on why Toronto should be ashamed of itself
– Zane Caplansky , expressing contempt for city hall's less-than-hospitable attitude toward Toronto's beleaguered food-truck...
Food & Drink
R.I.P. Yitz Penciner, the man behind the famous Toronto delicatessen
Yitz Penciner, the founder of Yitz’s Delicatessen at Eglinton Avenue and Avenue Road, died yesterday after a brief...
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Culture
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
recap: Caplansky’s edition
Guy Fieri wrapped up his too-brief tour of Toronto last week with a visit to Zane Caplansky’ s College Street deli. The...
Food & Drink
The Dish Power Rankings: Kumar goes to Guu edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. After...
Food & Drink
Foreign Dumplings brings six kinds of dumpling to the Beer Academy next week
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s Slurp Noodlefest comes another pop-up event whose starting point is a popular Asian...
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Culture
Second time’s a bust for Zane Caplanksy on Dragons’ Den
Zane Caplansky’ s second appearance on Dragons’ Den ended the same way as his first: without a deal. The Caplansky’s...
Culture
Zane Caplansky returns to Dragons’ Den—yet again—on Sunday
Zane Caplansky is appearing on Dragon’s Den for a third time. The white-hatted owner of Caplansky’s Deli first appeared on the...
Food & Drink
Caplansky’s celebrates three years in business with free latkes—today!
Zane Caplansky’ s much-loved (and occasionally groused-about ) College Street deli has made it to three years, a not...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: Toronto International Burlesque Festival, Movies in the Park and six other items on our to-do list
1. TORONTO INTERNATIONAL BURLESQUE FESTIVAL Now in its fifth year, this steamy fest gives attendees a chance to meet and greet...
Food & Drink
Strubs Food in a pickle over insolvency issues
Strubs Pickles, part of Strubs Food Corp., is in a crunch as it faces potential acquisition because of insolvency issues. The once...
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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Where to Eat Now 2012: the 10 top food trucks in the GTA
This year, a fleet of new trucks raised street food standards in the GTA. Trouble is, they’re always on the move. Here, the top...
Food & Drink
Toronto’s Top Delivery: five best bets in the west
(Images: Liam Mogan. Food styling by Linsey Bell/judy inc.)
Culture
Zane Caplanksy returns to Dragons’ Den tonight (hopefully to say “I told you so”)
Caplansky appears at 2:05 and 2:12 in tonight’s promo video Dragons’ Den fans may remember that Zane Caplansky of...
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Is 20 per cent the new 15 per cent? Restaurant tips nudge ever upward
In today’s Toronto Star, Amy Pataki reports on the latest trend sweeping Roncesvalles: credit card machines suggesting a 20 per...
Food & Drink
Year in Review: 2011 was the year street food finally took off in Toronto
After living through decades of delicious but pretty much uniform street meat, followed by a city-backed pilot program that ended...
Food & Drink
Truck-off: why Calgary’s food truck program works and Toronto’s doesn’t
Somehow, inventive, high-quality food served out of a truck has become one of the hottest food trends across North America over...
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Zane Caplansky flaunts his delicious meats on Dragon’s Den, walks away empty-handed
Toronto diners watching Dragon’s Den last night got to see a familiar face: Zane Caplansky, owner of the eponymous College...
Food & Drink
In a bid to stop the “mega-quarry,” Michael Stadtländer rallies (nearly) every chef we’ve ever heard of for Foodstock
Michael Stadtländer has rallied 100 of the best chefs from across Canada to participate in Foodstock, an epic, pay-what-you-can...
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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
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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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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
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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