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May 13, 2024

In today’s edition of This City: our annual ranking of where to eat now, inside a raucous wedding at a 1920s-style speakeasy, and a man on a mission to get the City of Toronto to adopt a vegan diet.

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Toronto’s Best New Restaurants

After months and months of delicious research and (literal) loosening of belts, we’re proud to present you with our 42nd annual ranking of the best places to eat in Toronto right now. This year’s winners include a Japanese listening lounge, a high-flying steakhouse, a Thai restaurant with a molecular tasting menu, a fancy Korean barbecue spot, and the sweetest little sake and snack bar. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence. Click here to dig in—but don’t read this on an empty stomach.

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Real Weddings

After meeting in high school in Mississauga, Kami Spasova and Pawel Obyrtacz were separated by time—and the Pacific Ocean—when Kami moved back home to Macedonia. But they were meant to be: the two got hitched after a proposal in Santorini almost a decade later. See how their raucous celebration at a 1920s-style speakeasy came together.

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“I used to live for meat and cheese”

Our city’s best restaurants are doubling down on steak, and our vegan restaurants are closing. It’s not just a Toronto thing, either—a popular plant-based spot in Los Angeles is starting to serve animal-based products. But, despite the resurgence of unabashed carnivorism, a local nuclear analyst is petitioning the City of Toronto to go meat free. Here’s why.

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A tribute to a beloved Canadian icon

Massey Hall and Gordon Lightfoot share a special connection: the legendary late Canadian musician holds the record for most performances at the venue. Lightfoot, who died last May, is now being honoured with a tribute show. Led by Blue Rodeo and the Lightfoot Band, it will include performances from such notable Canadian artists as Tom Cochrane, Allison Russell and Aysanabee. Massey Hall, May 23

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