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Black Market Vintage
Listed in Fashion Stores Black Market Vintage is the punk rock granddaddy of Toronto vintage stores, both in age - at 34 years young - and in sheer size. Toronto's tinsel-and-string-lights-coated...
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Annex Pawn
Listed in Design Stores Annex Pawn is a sea of pirate's treasure, with contents that span everything from the sartorial to the functional. But everything in the store is sprinkled with a little bit of...
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Gyugyuya
Listed in Restaurants Gyugyuya, a recent addition to a crowded stretch of Dundas, is a rare Japanese restaurant in Toronto not focused on sushi. No, Gyugyuya is a curry house, serving up large...
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Gordo Ex Cafe
Listed in Restaurants Gordo Ex Cafe has been open for over a year on the up-and-coming Dupont and Bathurst strip, which includes the wonderful Annex Pawn and newcomer Sugary Swirls. Perhaps its...
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Sugary Swirls
Listed in Baked Goods Sugary Swirls, a new bakery on Bathurst, is the realization of owner Sonia Esteves' long-held dream of running a bakeshop. After a life-changing experience with breast cancer,...
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Black Toe Running
Listed in Fashion Stores Black Toe Running is more than just a place to buy a pair of new sneakers. With a name that invokes all the gruesome idiosyncrasies that long distance runners suffer from,...
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Sam James (Ossington)
Listed in Cafes Sam James Coffee Bar has pencilled itself into Lower Ossington, but be careful - blink and you'll miss it. You can recognize it by that signature diamond on the door, wedged between...
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SpeakEasy 21
Listed in Restaurants SpeakEasy 21 is a new sleek cocktail lounge in Scotiabank Plaza. Where most prohibition-style pubs aspire to an air of secretiveness, this 1920s-inspired venue is entirely on...
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Argon CrossFit
Listed in Fitness Clubs Argon CrossFit is the newest gym for CrossFitters in downtown Toronto. Located on Richmond St., between Church and Jarvis, the gym's only been open for three weeks, but it's...
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May28th
Listed in Fashion Stores May28th watches are more than just timepieces; they're a fun and affordable accessory for the sartorially-minded. Fun, fashion-forward guys and girls around the world have...
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Hourglass Workout
Listed in Fitness Clubs Hourglass Workout is a new fitness studio on Queen West, owned by fitness competitor and personal trainer Lyzabeth Lopez. Lopez has been featured on numerous television shows...
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The Passenger
Listed in Restaurants The Passenger is the latest venture from Michelle Vella and Heather Osler, the duo behind The Beet, an organic cafe and market across the street on Dundas West. Occupying a...
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PRiMAALA
Listed in Fashion Stores PRiMAALA is only six weeks old, but the Dundas West boutique is already poised to change the way Toronto thinks about plus size fashion, one impeccably-tailored pinstripe...
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Phipps Bakery Cafe
Listed in Baked Goods Phipps Bakery Cafe lets whimsy reign. The Eglinton Ave. bakery bubbles over with a kind of frothy enthusiasm, from its curlicue-rod iron-front doors and French-style awning to...
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Studio Bar
Listed in Bars Studio Bar is the latest multiuse venue to open on Dundas West, after a long struggle. That must be a relief to owners Sebastian Lye, Alex Otten and Mike Bodor, who have had the...
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Palm Sunday
Listed in Fashion Stores Palm Sunday is the result of a beautiful transformation. The salon had a previous life as the Saloon until owners and stylists Kat Marcus and Ronnie Dag decided last year that...
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Market Street Catch
Listed in Restaurants Market Street Catch is the latest seafood-centric offshoot from Buster's Sea Cove owner Tom Antonarakis. The new spot has docked on the newly redeveloped restaurant row that runs...
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Sky Blue Sky (King East)
Listed in Restaurants Sky Blue Sky has expanded to a second location on the east side. Since mid-March the Wilco-inspired sandwich shop has been in full swing on King St. East, on the ground floor of...
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Fat Pasha
Listed in Restaurants Fat Pasha, Anthony Rose's latest venture with partner Robert Wilder, is now open on Dupont in the corner spot once home to The Indian Rice Factory. The 45-seat dining room by...
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Blackbird Baking Co.
Listed in Baked Goods Blackbird Baking finally has a flagship, and it's in the heart of Kensington - a great fit for owner Simon Blackwell's rustic bakery. Housed in the former Cobs Bread location on...
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