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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Will the TTC's new Customer Charter improve service?

What made St. Clair streetcars bunch up like this?

10 tasty takeout meals in Toronto on Instagram

10 tasty takeout meals in Toronto on Instagram

Could dollar vans work as alternate transit in Toronto?

7 wine classes in Toronto

The top 8 food competitions in Toronto

New in Toronto real estate: The Perry Condos

Pretty Pretty Records celebrates Toronto's dark side

This Week in Film: Stoker, Japanese Cinema of the Eighties, Made IN Toronto, Warriors of the Rainbow

Science at the Movies is a new film series for geeks

Science at the Movies is a new film series for geeks

Morning Brew: Rob Ford still writing lobbyists for cash, Prince Philip is coming, blood clinic wants your plasma, school bus drama, and man stabbed at Davisville station

Radar: Retro Video Gaming Night, The Cold Show, The Gatekeepers Screening and Discussion, Major Lazer, Kodak Lectures Presents Alfredo Jaar

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

What Queen Street East used to look like in Toronto

Pretty pictures of the Toronto slush storm

Whatever happened to the Osgoode and St. Patrick station refits?

How to ride the TTC in first class

10 chains that rule late night dining in Toronto

Nicholas Hoare looks back at bookstore's 40 years

Condo of the Week: 90 Sumach Street

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: The Bay plans men's department renovation, The Loved One Trunk Show, Gravity Pope and Holt Renfrew Last Call sales

Where to eat stinky tofu in Markham

Morning Brew: Sloppy rain and snow hits Toronto, Ford gets an unusual invite and visits David Menzies' "man cave," and Toronto police seek Dupont subway shooter

Radar: Beach Fossils, Pipe Trouble launch, ROMCafe, Charles Taylor Prize panel, Giving Notice, Daedelus, SALVA, Ryan Hemsworth and Samo Sound Boy

Photo of the Day

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New game tests your knowledge of Toronto neighbourhoods

The Only Cafe to open in-house brewery

Fashion & Style

Street Style: 22 winter looks on Bloor and Queen

House of the Week: 5 Ava Road

This week on DineSafe: Bahara Cuisine, Canton Chilli, Castro's Fiestahan, Dragon Dynasty, Lil' Bean N' Green, Omi, Pho Dau Bo, Poondy Bread

How to make a cocktail: The Hanky-Panky

Junction bars collaborate on a craft beer

King West dive bar likes its bras and Jagerbombs

Morning Brew: Ford dodges prosecution and gets boost in the polls, TCH raid finds guns and swords, freezing rain and snow coming, and city hall snubs Hero burgers

Morning Brew: Ford dodges prosecution and gets boost in the polls, TCH raid finds guns and swords, freezing rain and snow coming, and city hall snubs Hero burgers

Radar: Science at the Movies Star Trek, C'mon Get Happy at Design Exchange, Feminist Voices in Hip Hop, Second Harvest Lunch Money Days

Photo of the Day

Best seat in the house

Monday, February 25, 2013

TTC unveils new system map and stop poles

This is what a kimchi battle looks like

Is new Toronto-based film our version of Taxi Driver?

That time when Toronto loved its bank robbers

Get to Know a Chef: Matt Dean Pettit, Rock Lobster

Get to Know a Chef: Matt Dean Pettit, Rock Lobster

Vancouver cupcake chain opens first Toronto shop

Fashion & Style

101 Markets combines craft beer and retail therapy

Fashion & Style

101 Markets combines craft beer and retail therapy

Swedish House Mafia hit up Toronto on farewell tour

This Week in Music: Arcade Fire's Parry Brings New Project to Toronto, Timberlake and Jay-Z Kick off Summer Tour, Deftones at Kool Haus

Morning Brew: Committee to rule on Ford audit, Ruby responds to costs proposal, TTC rethinks Gateway lease, Unicycle Man, better traffic signals, and coyote returns

Radar: Coen Brothers in Nayman's Terms, The Eels and Nicole Atkins, Transit Town Hall, National Cupcake Day, Veda Hille, Fortuna Mezcal Saloon at Weslodge

Photo of the Day

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Solange is near-perfect at the Danforth Music Hall

Sunday Supplement: Big sewers, fishy murals, small pox signs, and TTC number plates

Sunday Supplement: Big sewers, fishy murals, small pox signs, and TTC number plates

Trust kick-off North American tour at Lee's Palace

New gym offers workout all the rage with LA celebs

Photo of the Day

Nobody's Listening

Saturday, February 23, 2013

A brief history of skiing in the Don Valley

New bake shop serves up cinnamon buns & spelt loaves

This Week In Comedy: All Black Comedy Show, ALTdot Comedy Lounge, Tommy Savitt ft. Toby Muresian, Andy Kindler

Photo of the Day

Friday, February 22, 2013

Weekend events in Toronto: February 22-24, 2013

10 artists to check out at the Artist Project 2013

Centro and Colborne Lane to close

The photos of the week: February 16-22

This Week in Food: La Burrita, TenTen, The Chase, The Pink Grapefruit, The One Restaurant, Broastyy

13 places to watch the 2013 Academy Awards in Toronto

Tony award winner Clybourne Park now in Toronto

Contest: Win a Fortuna Night at your home, collectibles and passports from Fortuna Mezcal

Morning Brew: Council OKs protections for non-status migrants, coun. Perks gets a GIF, graffiti squad targets councillor's yard, and more bendy buses for the TTC

Photo of the Day

International Departure Distraction

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Fashion & Style

Party Style: 13 looks from Ralph Lauren at Harry Rosen

Vintage, vinyl, and crafts store surfaces on Bloor St.

Will new Loblaws on College kill Kensington Market?

The top 10 restaurants for late night eats north of the 401

New in Toronto real estate: Fabrik Condos

Where to get a greasy spoon breakfast in Scarborough

How to make a cocktail: The Low Season

This Week in Film: Tower, CINSSU's Cult Night Triple Bill, The Free Screen, Reel Artists film festival

Contest: Win tickets to see DJ Premier and Lord Finesse

Morning Brew: OCAP vows to shelter inside Metro Hall, Vice magazine knocks Ford's photographer, council OKs Jack Layton Way, and subway construction fire is smoky

Radar: Rich Aucoin, Vector, Communicating Doors, The Artist Project, Balanced Expressions, Quiet Vintage

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Toronto casino now has a website

Tortilla Flats is back in business

Where to eat Japanese near Bloor and Ossington

New email alert program lets you keep tabs on City Hall

New record store gives free coffee with every purchase

Condo of the Week: 152 Annette Street

Fashion & Style

10 (more) upstart fashion brands in Toronto

Fashion & Style

10 (more) upstart fashion brands in Toronto

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: Square One plans expansion, Etsy Craft-a-Thon, clothing swap, Christopher Bates and Charmain Bertram studio sales

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: Square One plans expansion, Etsy Craft-a-Thon, clothing swap, Christopher Bates and Charmain Bertram studio sales

New in Toronto Music: Njacko Backo, Magneta Lane, Pick a Piper, Tarantula X, Tru Lyrikks

New in Toronto Music: Njacko Backo, Magneta Lane, Pick a Piper, Tarantula X, Tru Lyrikks

Morning Brew: Rob Ford at a loss over gun violence, no more shelter beds says Ford, questions over Downsview Park, condo owners kept out, and Toronto sees Hadfield

Radar: Toronto Talks, 34th Rhubarb Festival, Jen Mann and Jenal Dolson, Little Terrors, Hayden

Photo of the Day

Porter Robinson

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Get to know a bartender: Ryan McVittie, Motel

Wallace and Lansdowne gets a cozy coffee bar

Get to know a street: Geary Avenue

Get to know a street: Geary Avenue

House of the Week: 54 Stanley Terrace

This week on DineSafe: Fenmar Cafe, Mahalkita Restaurant, MBCo, Melewa Bakery, Nikko Sushi, Rap's, Spence's Bakery, The Friendly Thai

Fashion & Style

10 "treasures" from Chinatown dollar stores

5 films to watch at the 2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in Toronto

Morning Brew: Council mulls legal fight for its shark fin ban, speculation is rife over miracle baby, the Star gets OLG ad wrap, and Riverdale Farm gets a $25K pledge

Radar: Etsy Craftathon, Adrienne Pierce CD Release, The Glory of Living, Table Hockey Night in Toronto

Photo of the Day

Monday, February 18, 2013

Wavelength 13 Night Four: Cookie Duster, The Magic, Dusted, Henri Faberge and the Adorables, Legato Vipers, Cell Memory and Castle If

Get to Know a Chef: Adisa Glasgow, 3030 Dundas West

The 2012 Photos of the Year: Final Round

This Week in Music: Prism Music Prize releases nominees shortlist, Patti Smith adds third Toronto show, Bosnian Rainbows at the Mod Club

This Week in Music: Prism Music Prize releases nominees shortlist, Patti Smith adds third Toronto show, Bosnian Rainbows at the Mod Club

Meet the techno-wizards behind Bon Jovi's new tour

Meet the techno-wizards behind Bon Jovi's new tour

Morning Brew: Mammoliti says loans weren't in conflict, fake fares cost the TTC $2 million, Ford is against transit taxes, baby tragedy turns to joy, and locals fight Loblaws

Family Day 2013 events in Toronto

Photo of the Day

Great Canadian Chill

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Wavelength 13 Night Three: Do Make Say Think, Evening Hymns, Sarah Neufeld, Doom Squad, Bernice

Sunday Supplement: Toronto's urban coyotes, the first Skywalk, and the city's forgotten drinking fountains

New in Toronto Music: Orchards, Os Tropies, Fort York, Thomas D'arcy, Chloe Charles

OCADU architect Will Alsop in spotlight at Olga Korper

Get to know a Toronto startup: ShelfLife

This Week in Theatre: Clybourne Park, Hannah Moscovitch Double Bill, Loveloss, Spent, La Clemenza Di Tito

Photo of the Day

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Wavelength 13 Night Two: Doldrums, Cadence Weapon, Blue Hawaii, Blonde Elvis & Thighs

The Toronto Auto Show 2013 has cars from the future

That time when drains were a Toronto cyclist's nemesis

This Week In Comedy: Laughable at Unlovable, Rap Battlez, Quinnochio, Globehead

Photo of the Day

Sunnyside sunset

Friday, February 15, 2013

Family Day weekend events in Toronto 2013

Will new condo transform Yonge-Dundas Square?

Wavelength 13 Night One: This Mess, Fresh Snow, Ell V Gore, Lullabye Arkestra

Fashion & Style

Toronto Fashion Week brings rogue events into the fold

Family Day events & activities in Toronto 2013

The Tragically Hip still put on one hell of a show

The Tragically Hip still put on one hell of a show

This Week in Food: Cupcakes, Brioche Doree, Sips and Nibbles, Family Day Winter Picnic, Belated Valentine's

Toronto Sodom parties still going strong almost four years later

That time when Canada's strong beers went to war

That time when Canada's strong beers went to war

The photos of the week: February 9-15

Morning Brew: Giorgio Mammoliti in the spotlight over loans, Rob Ford says sorry, Metrolinx mulls parking fees, a ticket grace period

Morning Brew: Giorgio Mammoliti in the spotlight over loans, Rob Ford says sorry, Metrolinx mulls parking fees, a ticket grace period

Photo of the Day

Pigs in a snowstorm

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Confessions of a Toronto dominatrix

Wavelength Music Festival 13 preview

Should cyclists have to ride single-file in Toronto?

5 reasons why Foundry will change Toronto's electronic scene

What's open and closed on Family Day in Toronto 2013

New in Toronto real estate: 365 Church Condos

10 bars & pubs where Toronto beer experts go to drink

This Week in Film: A Good Day to Die Hard, Trans-Europ-Express, Andy Warhol's Kitchen, Moving Shadows, TIFF Next Wave and a John Hughes marathon

Get to know a Toronto startup: Shifthub

Morning Brew: Coun. Minnan-Wong has a new tax plan, Mike Del Grande hospitalized, Hudak floats TTC-GO merger, SIU looks at Queen St. crash, and Harlem Shake

Radar: Wavelength Music Festival, Hate Love Art Show, The Cooney Brothers, Jagged Edge, 360 Screenings

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Toronto bars, pubs, late night eats (now an iPhone app)

437 area code coming to Toronto

Get to know a Toronto startup: Mejuri

Album Review: Hayden, Us Alone

Album Review: Hayden, Us Alone

Get to know a bartender: Kyle Fawcett, The Westerly

Condo of the Week: 189 Queen St. East

The top 10 Toronto web series

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: I'MONIQ pop-up shop, Chinedesign masquerade ball, Over the Rainbow sale, The Sample Sale Guys designer sale

Girly new King West bakery serves homestyle sweets

Morning Brew: Vaughan wants in on Ford's inner circle, the mayor's private afternoons, city to review snow plan, Cabbagetown coyote shot, and an all-dachshund UN

Morning Brew: Vaughan wants in on Ford's inner circle, the mayor's private afternoons, city to review snow plan, Cabbagetown coyote shot, and an all-dachshund UN

Radar: I Love Sketchfest, Be Mein Valentine, Gojira, Resolvere/Resolve, Toronto WordStage, Wu Block

Photo of the Day

Someone loves stripes

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

5 films to see at the Toronto Black Film Festival

Winter storm leaves behind gorgeous ice formations

Fashion & Style

The top 8 online fashion stores in Toronto

What Parkdale used to look like in Toronto

Valentine's Day events in Toronto

This week on DineSafe: Chris Bread, Delancey Kosher, Feng Tai, Gino's Pizza, Haandi Restaurant, New York Fried Chicken, Ottoman Restaurant, Times Square Diner

House of the Week: 266 Brunswick Avenue

Fashion & Style

Party Style: 11 looks from 1st Thursdays at the AGO

Fashion & Style

Party Style: 11 looks from 1st Thursdays at the AGO

Advance Base wants to be your post-Valentine

Morning Brew: Board of Health is against a casino, term limits for council, racist letter is a hoax, Cabbagetown on coyote watch, and bird strike building owners acquitted

Radar: We Made This, An Evening with John Singleton, Heart Strings, Live & Local

Photo of the Day

Monday, February 11, 2013

Fashion & Style

Party Style: 12 looks from the Grey Goose launch party

Toronto street parking gets ugly in wake of snowstorm

35 Toronto restaurants for Valentine's Day 2013

Get to Know a Chef: Eric Wood, Hawthorne Food and Drink

Get to Know a Chef: Eric Wood, Hawthorne Food and Drink

This Week in Music: Wavelength Music Festival expands lineup, Long Winter series set to add March show, Passion Pit at the Kool Haus

Get to know a Toronto startup: SpringTern

Comic book heroes and ping-pong mingle at SPiN

Comic book heroes and ping-pong mingle at SPiN

Morning Brew: Fords talk casinos, Vaughan pulls blue tweet, pondering a GTHA transit tax, more slippery roads, skating on Lake Ontario, and a credit meltdown

Radar: Graydon James & Laura Spink, Damien Hirst, Woody Allen, Fleurus 2, Canada Reads, Rock Star Live

Radar: Graydon James & Laura Spink, Damien Hirst, Woody Allen, Fleurus 2, Canada Reads, Rock Star Live

Photo of the Day

Cherry Beach Clouds

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Sunday Supplement: Snowstorm edition

Brampton band that couldn't make a comeback (sort of)

New Chinatown yoga studio lets you pay in joules

Short run for Psycho Bitch in Kensington ends today

This Week in Theatre: 4.48 Psychosis, Turtleneck, To Myself At 28 , [Title of Show], Claire, From The Bus

Photo of the Day

Winter storm on the Leslie Street Spit

Saturday, February 9, 2013

This Toronto fitness club gets you fit with gravity

That time Toronto banks went to war over Scotia Plaza

Fashion & Style

Party Style: 11 looks from the CFC gala at the Carlu

This Week In Comedy: ALTdot Comedy Lounge, Bryan O'Gorman, I'm with Cupid, No Kidding

This Week In Comedy: ALTdot Comedy Lounge, Bryan O'Gorman, I'm with Cupid, No Kidding

Photo of the Day

Friday, February 8, 2013

Weekend events in Toronto: February 8-10, 2013

Pretty pictures of Toronto covered in snow

Contest: Win tickets to an evening with John Singleton

This Week in Food: Black Rabbit Cafe, Lisa Marie, Boccone Trattoria Veloce, Valentine's Buffet, Appetite

That time when Yeti attacked Toronto

Kensington Market gets a new burger joint

How to enter the ether at a Toronto concert

The photos of the week: February 2-8

Tracking the birth of reggae culture in Toronto

Fringe Fest hit Rare back on stage at the Young Centre

Morning Brew: Big snow and high winds slam Toronto, Rob Ford looks at an owl, workplace fraud costs half a million, carbon copies keep going, and scaring pigeons

Photo of the Day

Thursday, February 7, 2013

10 mouth-watering photos of Winterlicious 2013

New bar combines Vanity Fair and Mercury Espresso

6 restaurants to feast at on Chinese New Year in Toronto

How to make a cocktail: the Trip Flip

New in Toronto real estate: Minto 30 Roe Condos

Where to get a full English breakfast in north Toronto

This Week in Film: Tchoupitoulas, Side Effects, Only the Young, Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, and The 8 Fest

Morning Brew: RioCan CEO hates Toronto casino plans, convicted cab drivers still operating, Janet Davis turns to crimefighting, big snow coming, and a subway closure

Radar: 1st Thursdays, A Workers' History of the 1970s, Sweeney Todd, The Sex Show, Celebrating The Music of J Dilla

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

It's deadpool for Tortilla Flats on Queen West

Is the TTC (still) the most expensive transit system in North America?

The SkyWalk could come crashing to the ground

Condo of the Week: 1 St Thomas

Condo of the Week: 1 St Thomas

Bellevue restaurant evicted by landlord

Where to eat authentic Georgian food in Toronto

What the Junction used to look like in Toronto

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: World MasterCard Fashion Week, Valentine's Day pop-up sales, Dior comes to the ROM, Cookies & Champagne party

New fitness studio combines yoga and athletics

8 Fest showcases small-gauge films in original format

Telephone Explosion Records on how to stay awesome

Morning Brew: Frank Di Giorgio gets the job, Woodbine Live is dead, TTC waits on bids, off-peak fares, Captain John's could sail on, casinos, and running the beer mile

Radar: Os Tropies Release Residency, Kinship, Ty Segall, A Fond Husband, LIFT Out Loud

Photo of the Day

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

New Playa Cabana outpost even better than the first

This week on DineSafe: Country Style, Jimmy the Greek, New Seaway, Oja, Oriental Food Mart, Richlee's, The Friendly Thai, Wanda's Pie in the Sky

House of the Week: 17 Oakley Place

House of the Week: 17 Oakley Place

Winter beers shine at the Rhino's new beer festival

The 2012 Photos of the Year: Round Four

Why is this the latest fitness craze to hit Toronto?

Morning Brew: Ford likes Di Giorgio for budget chief, audit may not remove the mayor, the Eglinton LRT gets shorter, GO gets quiet, and Toronto is the city of love

Radar: The Addington County Revue, #16yearsleft Film Festival, Japanese Film: 1897 to Today, Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada

Photo of the Day

Down the Street

Monday, February 4, 2013

Mammoliti to be turfed from city council?

Mammoliti to be turfed from city council?

Spice Girls tribute band takes over the Great Hall

Parkdale's Cowbell enters the deadpool

Wood-fired, Montreal-style bagels land in Toronto

This bar serves up grilled cheese on the dance floor

This bar serves up grilled cheese on the dance floor

Bloor and Lansdowne an emerging culinary hotspot?

Bloor and Lansdowne an emerging culinary hotspot?

Event space above SPiN hosts new night market

Kristyn Wong-Tam plans city-wide pedestrian Sundays

This Week in Music: Drake drops new single, SiriusXM Indies lineup announced, k-os releases double LP, Ty Seagall at the Phoenix, and recently announced concerts

This Week in Music: Drake drops new single, SiriusXM Indies lineup announced, k-os releases double LP, Ty Seagall at the Phoenix, and recently announced concerts

Massive development good or bad for St. James Town?

Morning Brew: Snowplow death trial set to begin, bingo halls want e-bingo, council is against a casino, protesters block CP tracks, and saying goodbye to the penny

Morning Brew: Snowplow death trial set to begin, bingo halls want e-bingo, council is against a casino, protesters block CP tracks, and saying goodbye to the penny

Radar: Culinary U Turn, Conversations With George Luscombe, The Vaccines, Trampoline Hall

Radar: Culinary U Turn, Conversations With George Luscombe, The Vaccines, Trampoline Hall

Photo of the Day

Toronto, the coolest city

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Sunday Supplement: Pieces of Toronto, the TTC installs bag racks, the battery next door, and the CIBC caduceus

Spoken Word events in Toronto, February 2013

This Week in Theatre: Othello, C'est Qui, Shakespeare's Nigga, A Craigslist Cantata, Tristan Und Isolde, A Woman Of No Importance

This Week in Theatre: Othello, C'est Qui, Shakespeare's Nigga, A Craigslist Cantata, Tristan Und Isolde, A Woman Of No Importance

Once dry, the Junction is now a craft brewing hub

Photo of the Day

Green means go!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Surprise Diplo DJ-set creates a frenzy at Uniun

What the Maple Leafs looked like when they won

Where to go rock climbing in Liberty Village

This Week In Comedy: Stand Up in Character, Laugh Sabbath, Laugh Riot, East End Comedy Revue

This Week In Comedy: Stand Up in Character, Laugh Sabbath, Laugh Riot, East End Comedy Revue

Photo of the Day

Zamboni at City Hall

Friday, February 1, 2013

Audit finds Rob Ford breached Municipal Elections Act

Weekend events in Toronto: February 1-3, 2013

Toronto Concerts, February 2013

Looking back at the Pay TV wars in Toronto

Big Freedia shakes some serious booty at Lee's

Big Freedia shakes some serious booty at Lee's

That time Toronto banned street parking downtown

This Week in Food: Bazara Asian Cuisine, The Happy Hooker, Burger's Priest, Toronto Tea Festival

Get to know a street: Dupont Street

The photos of the week: January 26 - February 1

Morning Brew: Ford audit expected today, mayor asks staff to sign in, Ikea monkey ruling due, rat infested store to re-open, watering the plants, and a Robocop sale

Photo of the Day

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