Archive

July 2026

9 stories, newest first.

  1. Eat & Drink Desk

    Craft Breweries in Toronto: Five Taprooms Across the City

    Burdock, Godspeed, Bellwoods, Blood Brothers and Left Field: five Toronto craft breweries, from a converted horse stable to Leslieville, each with its own page.

  2. Outdoors Desk

    Tommy Thompson Park Toronto: A Visit Plan With Owl Etiquette

    Toronto's urban wilderness on the Leslie Street Spit: how to plan a visit, how to get there, and how TRCA asks us to watch owls respectfully.

  3. Weekend Desk

    Things to Do in Toronto When It Rains: A Museum First Plan

    Rain in Toronto is a reason to go indoors in style: museums first, then a market, a station worth looking up in, and a PATH route home.

  4. Culture Desk

    Islington Village Murals in Etobicoke, Toronto: A Walking Guide

    Dundas Street West is an outdoor gallery of local history, from a skating rink made by firefighters to a leaflet drop gone wrong. Here is how to walk it.

  5. Weekend Desk

    Free Museum Days in Toronto: One Monthly Calendar

    Sundays, Wednesdays, first Wednesday nights and City museums with free general admission: one Toronto calendar, with each museum's booking note.

  6. Eat & Drink Desk

    Peameal Bacon Sandwich Toronto: History and Where to Eat

    Toronto's Hogtown pork-packing past, the cornmeal-crusted loin, why the sandwich belongs to St. Lawrence Market, and the stall to start at.

  7. Outdoors Desk

    Best Beaches in Toronto: Which One for Which Mood

    Ten supervised City beaches matched to the day you want: quiet island sand, a boardwalk stroll, Bluffs scenery or a lakeside picnic. Plan for summer 2027.

  8. Eat & Drink Desk

    Shawarma in Toronto: Wrap or Plate, and Three Shops to Try

    A wrap-versus-plate guide to Toronto shawarma, from how the spit works to Scarborough's Lawrence Avenue East and a family spot on Pape Avenue.

  9. City Desk

    Toronto Waterfront Parks, From Humber Bay to the Beaches

    Twelve waterfront parks and beaches in west-to-east order, with the ones that work in winter flagged, drawn from City, Waterfront Toronto and TRCA pages.