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Ciao Roma
Listed in Restaurants Ciao Roma brings Roman style Pizza al Taglio (by the cut) to Woodbridge. Owner Rob Federici has been in business for almost four years now, specializing in this less common style...
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The Cavern Bar
Listed in Bars The Cavern Bar is a newly renovated bar located on the lower level of the Hostelling International Toronto hostel. Open seven nights a week, The Cavern hosts fun activities like open...
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Second Cup Coffee Co.
Listed in Cafes The Second Cup Coffee Co. at King and John, located in the heart of Toronto's Theatre District, is the first location in the Second Cup chain to receive a complete overhaul. The total...
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Linwood Essentials
Listed in Bars Linwood Essentials is located at Queen and Shaw, in the former home of celebrated noodle house A-OK Foods, a space long eyed by any number of savvy restaurateurs who might want to break...
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Istanbul Cafe
Listed in Cafes Istanbul Cafe is a wonderful new coffee shop at Eglinton and Redpath that celebrates the culture of Turkey. It brings a much-needed independent twist to otherwise corporate cafes in...
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Rush Lane
Listed in Bars Rush Lane, Queen West's new cocktail-focused nightspot, opened this summer to no small amount of buzz. Featuring a team of multiple owner-bartenders, the place appears ready to make a...
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Surfset Toronto
Listed in Fitness Clubs Surfset Toronto is the city's newest unconventional workout. While you may not be surfing actual waves, or are even able to take your board outside, once you climb on you won't...
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Borealia
Listed in Restaurants Borealia on Ossington is a novel 45-seat restaurant devoted to revitalizing and modernizing the historic cuisines of native, early settlers and subsequent waves of immigrants to...
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Junction City Music Hall
Listed in Bars Junction City Music Hall has been described as a place where you feel like you're part of a secret club that only the cool kids know about. This inconspicuous underground - literally -...
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The Well
Listed in Bars The Well landed itself a coveted spot on Lower Ossington this past spring, taking over from the short-lived pasta place just down from Golden Turtle. Billed as a cafe and bar, The Well...
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Scratch Kitchen
Listed in Restaurants Scratch Kitchen recently replaced the short-lived Middle Eastern kitchen Cleo on Yonge Street north of Lawrence. It's a venture by chef/owner Dave Tucker, whose resume lists...
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Penny's
Listed in Bars Penny's is one of the latest bars dotting the molting retail landscape of Bloordale Village. Located at Bloor and Lansdowne, the bar opened its doors earlier this year in a heavily...
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Gilt
Listed in Bars Gilt opened over the summer in the Entertainment District. Boasting bottle service and themed nights, the nightclub bills itself as Toronto's hottest patio. I visited Gilt on a Thursday...
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Baju at the Monarch Tavern
Listed in Restaurants Baju at the Monarch Tavern is the newest venture by Zane Caplansky, Toronto's smoked meat maven, who has built something of an institution with both his celebrated deli and his...
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Bill Hicks Bar
Listed in Bars Bill Hicks Bar is a new rock-meets-dive-meets-tiki bar (basically, the bar version of a hypothetical love child between Dave Grohl, Gary Busey, and Matthew McConaughey in his bongo...
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The Derby
Listed in Restaurants The Derby opened this past summer on Dundas West at Dufferin, and it's what I'd classify as a classy neighbourhood sports pub (if a bar has a banker's/library lamp as part of its...
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LoversLand
Listed in Fashion Stores LoversLand is a new shop catering to offbeat brides (and the people that love them, plus all their friends). Open just a few weeks on Ossington, the romantic, relaxed store is...
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Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse
Listed in Restaurants Jacobs & Co. is one of Toronto's most distinguished steakhouses. It's the type of powerhouse restaurant where pro hockey players, celebrities and suits hold court and...
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Wise Bar
Listed in Bars Wise Bar is a haven for lovers of craft beer located along Bloor St. W. just west of Dovercourt Rd. I go to visit late on a Thursday night earlier this year. I'm hoping it's quiet...
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The Feathers Pub
Listed in Bars The Feathers Pub has been the local watering hole for British expats and Britophiles in the Upper Beaches community since 1981, and its patrons just can't seem to get enough of this...
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