Eating Out
Serving feel-good fare, Rosalinda—a collaboration between Grant van Gameren, Max Rimaldi and Jamie Cook; bringing together some of Toronto's most significant restaurateurs—is making (Mexican) waves, its highly Instagrammable interiors as...
Eating Out
Set within a small but perfectly formed building on Dundas Street West—where one will also find the handsome Casa La Palma—Milky’s offers 'a Canadian interpretation of coffee culture', the neighbourhood café serving stellar variations of...
Shopping
Headfoneshop Toronto sells audio equipment including—wait for it—headphones, earphones, amps and accessories. All from a tight retail space with a big architectural draw, located on the main floor of a 42-storey mixed-use tower in the city's...
Eating Out
Relaxed Toronto all-day café cum cocktail bar, La Palma, has a new sibling located on the second floor of their 849 Dundas Street West venue, focussing on the finer things in life—think fresh seafood, sharing plates and exquisite wines—with a...
Hotels
Originally built in 1891, the building that houses the hotly-anticipated The Broadview Hotel is a neighbourhood landmark with a storied past. (A few stripper poles remain in homage to its infamous past.) Today the much-loved edifice has...
Eating Out
High up on the 44th floor of Toronto's style-conscious Bisha Hotel, new restaurant KŌST (pronounced coast) is a Baja-inspired eatery that transports its diners to a paradisiacal island in the sky through fresh colourful dishes, refreshing...
Lifestyle
East Room in Toronto’s Riverside neighbourhood is a place for its creative members to spearhead their careers; quench their cultural thirsts; and nurture a healthy lifestyle ... after all, kids, ‘all work and no play, makes Jack a dull...
Shopping
It seems as though nothing is built to last in these times of mass production and squeezed profit margins. Cheap, disposable and readily-replaceable is the order of the day, but not everyone thinks this is the way forward. Walter Manning and...
Eating Out
Get your tapas on in downtown Toronto at the Barsa Taberna, which has come snorting onto the scene from the creative minds at design studio +tongtong. Energy and authenticity were two key principles of the job here at the Market Street heritage...
Hotels
Ten years on from the launch of The Drake in downtown Toronto, hotelier Jeff Stober is taking things in a more rural direction with the Drake Devonshire in the historical town of Wellington, Southern Ontario. The country inn, bar and restaurant -...
Culture
Toronto is a city very much on the up. High-rise development is booming, famous names in hospitality are heading there to take on new projects, and hipster favourite The Drake Hotel's parent company recognised it was no time for half measures when...
Bars & Nightlife
Cool beer on a hot day? Yes please. With their typical September Indian summers, Torontonians were revelling in patio weather until the very last second when we dropped by recently. Beer Hall is the latest but perhaps greatest in the patio and craft...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
Maintaining your home appliances and furnishings is crucial. It helps them reach their full potential, typically lasting 9 to 15 years. Investing time and effort into regular upkeep extends their lifespan. That can result in significant cost savings...
Dispatches
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many of us think about work. With lockdowns and social distancing measures making office-based jobs difficult over the past few years, working from home became the new normal for millions. As we move further...
Dispatches
If you can imagine putting wheels on your favourite luxury resort you'll get an idea of what your vacation can be when you use RVshare to rent an RV in San Diego. With RV vacationing, you can combine an adventurous road trip with luxury living on...
Dispatches
The world is your oyster and the streets of many foreign cities are waiting for you to walk them, but are your feet ready for it? If you do not have the proper walking shoes, then the answer is no. Some choices in walking shoes offer little to no...