There are restaurants that arrive with a concept, and there are restaurants that arrive with a point of view. Brasserie Côte, the new Annex opening from the team behind Côte de Boeuf and Union Restaurant, belongs firmly in the second category. Ranked second on Toronto Life’s 2026 best-new-restaurants list, it’s already being talked about as […]
Toronto’s nightlife landscape is about to get a whole lot more rhinestone-studded. The team behind the beloved Old Spaghetti Factory is planning to open a massive country bar in the city — and the inspiration is none other than Dolly Parton herself. The project represents a significant pivot for an operator known for family-friendly Italian […]
The Annex just got a genuinely exciting new arrival. Bellis, a Japanese- and Italian-inspired dining bar inside the newly opened Nomas Hotel, brings a sophisticated dual-concept energy to the neighbourhood that feels both fresh and surprisingly well-calibrated for the space it occupies. What makes Bellis unusual — and immediately appealing — is its commitment to […]
Planta, the Toronto-founded plant-based restaurant group that helped define upscale vegan dining in Canada, has announced it is closing all of its Canadian locations and pivoting its future to the United States. It’s a bittersweet moment for a city that helped build the brand from the ground up. The group made waves when it launched […]
Yorkville has seen its share of ambitious new openings over the years, but TOKI Listening Bar — the new Japanese-Peruvian cocktail bar and lounge inside TONO by Akira Back — may be the most distinctive yet. TOKI represents something genuinely new in Toronto’s nightlife landscape: a space that treats music, drinks, and late-night dining as […]
Korean cuisine has found a devoted audience in Toronto over the past decade, but Oldeseoul Tavern is doing something slightly different from the KBBQ spots and banchan-forward restaurants that dominate the conversation. Landing at number four on Toronto Life’s 2026 best-new-restaurants list, Oldeseoul takes the warmth and depth of Korean comfort food and presents it […]
The Annex has long been one of Toronto’s most characterful neighbourhoods — bookshops, old houses, the perpetual hum of university life — but it hasn’t always been a destination for serious cocktail culture. Bar Eugenie is changing that, and it’s doing so with enough style to land at number three on Toronto Life’s list of […]
The FIFA World Cup is officially here, and while six matches will take place at Toronto Stadium, the real action may happen far away from the pitch. Over one month, Toronto will transform into one giant international party. Hundreds of thousands of visitors will flood the city from every corner of the world, creating one […]
When two of the minds behind Giulietta and Osteria Giulia team up for a new project, Toronto’s restaurant community pays attention. Sammarco, the sleek Italian steakhouse from Chef Rob Rossi and David Minicucci, has done more than meet expectations — it’s exceeded them decisively enough to land on both Toronto Life’s best-new-restaurants list and Canada’s […]
There’s a complicated kind of tension that comes with reopening a beloved Toronto venue — the weight of history pressing against the excitement of something new. Hyve, the brand-new nightclub that has transformed the former Velvet Underground space on Queen West, leans into that tension rather than running from it, and the result is one […]