Here’s what a one-night staycation in Toronto looks like with a very large dog
There are two kinds of dog-friendly staycations in Toronto: the ones where you feel like a guest, and the ones where you feel like you've temporarily moved in. My family's one-night stay at the Kimpton Saint George Hotel in Yorkville fell firmly into the latter, and that's saying som...
#Travel #Pets #Food #CityLife #Toronto #Yorkville
https://www.blogto.com/travel/2026/02/one-night-staycation-toronto-with-large-dog/
Hidden $3 million Toronto loft used to be an art gallery
It's not often a Toronto condo makes me stop scrolling. But in a market full of copy-and-paste condos, 301- 113 Dupont St. feels like it was actually meant to be seen.Before becoming a residence, this particular unit started life as an open gallery — a blank, light-filled canvas that eventually e...
#RealEstate #Toronto #Design #TheAnnex #Yorkville #CasaLoma
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/02/301-113-dupont-street-toronto/
Toronto food stall was a home away from home for 25 years and now it's gone
After 25 years, the last-standing food stall at Toronto's Cumberland Terrace has closed its doors, closing a chapter of turning soup into a home away from home.Esther Joseph explains that, when she first moved to Toronto from Colombo, Sri Lanka, fleeing the civil war in 1995, two t...
#food #business #community #Toronto #CumberlandTerrace #Yorkville
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/02/esther-queen-of-soups-toronto/
Auston Matthews reveals his favourite Toronto restaurant and what he eats there
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews just divulged his go-to restaurant in Toronto, and he shares it with one of his celebrity buddies.Celebrities, they've got to eat too. This is perhaps especially true of professional athletes: all that running, dunking, batting and skati...
#Sports #Food #Celebrities #Toronto #Yorkville
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/01/auston-matthews-favourite-restaurant-toronto/
This $18 million Toronto condo was designed by the same guy who did Drake's house
At almost $18 million, this condo in Toronto's posh Yorkville neighbourhood is obviously expensive. But according to the owner, the view alone is worth $17 million — and honestly, we can see why he'd say that.Perched on the 38th floor of Yorkville Private Estates, this 4,012-sq...
#RealEstate #Luxury #Design #Toronto #Yorkville
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/01/3802-200-cumberland-street-toronto/
$3.5 million century-old Toronto home gets a huge makeover
There are glow-ups… and then there are Pinterest-board, save-this-immediately, send-to-your-group-chat glow-ups.The property at 256 Major St. is a reimagined 1900s Toronto brick home that firmly falls into the second category.What was once a "landlord special" house has been transformed into ...
#Home #Renovation #Design #Toronto #Yorkville #UniversityofToronto
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/01/256-major-street-toronto/
Toronto class is so popular there hasn't been an empty slot in a whole year
There's a wildly popular musical theatre workout class in Toronto, and the power it's supplying, well, it's electrifying.Shine Fit Studio in Yorkville runs two 45-minute musical theatre classes in cardio and strength. Owner and fitness instructor Jess Takimoto tells blogTO that ever since th...
#fitness #workout #popularity #Toronto #Yorkville
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/01/musical-theatre-cardio-shine-fit-studio/
Top Toronto Chinese restaurant closes to undergo huge transformation
The new year comes with some major changes for one celebrated Toronto restaurant, as it closes its doors to undergo a major refresh for the first time since it opened.It's hard to believe that Yorkville staple MIMI Chinese has only been around for four years. In that short time, it's cemented itself as one of...
#restaurant #food #change #Toronto #Yorkville
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/01/mimi-chinese-toronto-closed/
As Mamdani Leaves Queens for the Upper East Side, a Cool Welcome Awaits

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home, really wanted his opponent to win.

The New York Times