Sarah Lazarovic––curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada––is painting a portrait of a Torontonian (be they grannies or gardeners or Gord Perks) every day for one hundred days. Each Monday, we’ll feature one of those portraits here. This is Mr. Golden Star, proprietor of a Thornhill burger joint that some consider the best [...]

A lovely photo of our winner. Torontoist recently found itself tackling the age-old puzzlement: how do you enjoy the barbeque season without owning a barbeque? While we acknowledge that the easiest way to accomplish this is to crash someone else’s backyard gathering, we felt that it may be less offensive to your unwitting host if [...]

It will be an eventful weekend at Dufferin Grove Park where you’ll be able to promote peace, purge the old clothes, and binge on burgers! A Festival of Non-Violence will be held on Saturday from 1 until 6 in the afternoon. The day of non-violence is being celebrated worldwide to reject all forms of violent [...]

Restaurants: Hero Comes to Save the Day

On with the Ist List of Toronto’s Best Cones! 3. Kensington Market Organic Ice Cream (66 Kensington Ave) A medium cone here is $4.25, but it’s an organic $4.25. According to the CBC’s Beyond Burgers: No growth hormones, no antibiotics, no genetic modifications, and no pesticides. Kensington Market Organic Ice Cream is the only organic [...]