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April 22, 2024

In today’s edition of This City: how a Toronto man went from stealing sneakers to running an organization that gives them out for free, a North York tasting restaurant with three Michelin-star chefs, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our city coverage.

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“Growing up, I had to steal to afford the sneakers I wanted”

Jamal Burger used his childhood love of shoes as a launch pad for a successful photography career. Then he started Kickback, an organization that has distributed over 8,000 sneakers to youth around the world. He shares his story here.

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LSL, a tasting restaurant opening soon near Avenue and Wilson, is a collaboration between Michelin-star chefs Didier Leroy, Masaki Saito and Christian Le Squer. It’s a Japanese omakase experience reinterpreted through French cooking, featuring ingredients like Hokkaido hairy crab, wild mountain vegetables and purple sea urchins that cost $800 per tiny box. Here’s a first look.

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