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 in town. Now into his 80s, he can still be seen manning the till into the wee hours, trying to......

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 you just trucked on over to your favourite burger joint, got some take-out, and sat on your very own......

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 behaviour. The gathering is run by Toronto’s Humanist Movement and the event will feature music, speakers, poets, info tables,......

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 home made ice cream shop in the city. No antibiotics? Bad news for anyone trying to cure a urinary tract......

The girl with the fist in her mouth was paid to do as much by burger purveyors to the south, Hardee's. The ad is actually called 'Fist Girl.' In an awesome Slate ad report, Seth Stevenson talks about the oversexed ads the revamped fast food co. is using to sell bigger burgers to the 18-34 year-old meat-eatin' male. As you can see by the header, we're setting up a little cross-border compare and contrast, red......

You either stumble upon it or have to hunt for it, and it seems you either love it or you hate it. The unassuming Shanghai Cowgirl Diner is either a great hit or a bad miss. Lucky for us, Torontoist has had only good times at the trendy late night spot on Queen West. Open till 4am on weekends, it's a great place to stop in for a reliable meal or decent drink any......