Where to Buy a Guitar in Toronto

You’ve mastered “Rock Band,” but before you can nail down that record deal, you’re going to have to swap your plastic toy for the real thing. Good news: Whether you’re an aspiring jazz musician, a burgeoning headbanger or an esteemed campfire troubadour, one of these Toronto guitar shops will have … Read More

Toronto’s Best Tattoo Parlours

Once the domain of sailors, Russian mobsters and Maori warriors, tattoos have become unquestionably mainstream. Even if you’re not committing to that full-neck scorpion – and you’re skipping this weekend’s Toronto Tattoo Show at the Hilton – you might be considering something subtle and tasteful. Before you take the permanent … Read More

Bloordale: Toronto’s Next Hot ’Hood

With condo developers in the midst of castrating Parkdale, the starving artist set that gave the Queen West neighbourhood its cool have fled in search of cheaper digs. Here are a few of the businesses that are transforming Bloordale, the once-sketchy stretch of Bloor between Dufferin and Landsdowne, into the … Read More

Toronto’s Best Meals For Under $5

Dining on a budget — no matter how tiny — doesn’t have to mean dashing through drive-thru. Here, the city’s finest meals for under five bucks. Bánh Mì Now: Nguyên Hu’ong The Damage: $2.25 The tiny Chinatown shop serves the city’s best bánh mì — French-style baguettes stuffed with chunks … Read More

Where to Play Squash in Toronto

What could be more boring than an elliptical trainer? The machine has you literally run in circles, and there’s little chance that the part of your brain wired for chasing down woolly mammoths is getting much stimulation. Still, you’ve got to get your exercise somehow. Thank God for squash. Here’s … Read More

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