24 h. ago Here are some Toronto laundromats that also serve coffee and snacks

Doing your chores can really work up an appetite, which is why these Toronto laundromats double as restaurants, cafes and ice cream parlours.Perpetually spilling ice cream and coffee on your shirt? Us too, but it doesn't have to be a trip-back-home-to-change level emergency.From swanky, upscale dry cleaners with full-service cafes inside to hole-in-the-wall snack bars hidden behind the facade of a retro coin-operated laundromat, these cafes are bringing you the best of both worlds, all with that novelty spin that the city can't seem to get enough of.Here are four cafes in Toronto that just so happen to double as laundromats::Creeds Coffee BarArguably the innovators of the laundry-cafe concept in Toronto, this dry cleaner and coffee shop comes with a history of more than a century in the making. Jesse MilnsWe'll spare you all the details, but nowadays, all you need to know is that you can drop off a load of dry cleaning at before knocking back an Americano all w...

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25 h. ago Toronto food alley that just opened on a buzzy strip last year has closed down

An outdoor food market in Toronto that once boasted a dozen vendors has closed permanently after only a few months.Founded in October 2024, Queen West's Food Alley promised to be a one-of-a-kind addition to the landscape of the buzzing downtown core.Transforming a vacant lot into a culinary bazaar populated by upwards of 14 independent vendors served burgers, pizza, dumplings, ice cream and beyond to scores of hungry shoppers under draping Edison string lights.Toronto alley transforming into a new street food market https://t.co/GbaL8AwG8r— blogTO (@blogTO) September 20, 2024Honestly, it would have been a cool idea had it been able to stick around. Alas, no more than 10 months after opening its gate, the Food Alley suddenly announced via Instagram post that it was closing down permanently, with little explanation."This is a goodbye! Thank you Queen W.," the stylized image reads, adding, "Queen West, you've been a dream," in the c...

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3 d. ago Tacos from this Toronto restaurant were just ranked best in the city

Tacos from a Mexican restaurant in Toronto were just voted the best in the entire city, so here's everything you need to know about them.Another annual Toronto TacoFest has come and gone, leaving a tortilla crumb trail of carnage in its wake. While taco lovers across the city are nursing their birria-induced food comas, one taco joint in the city is busy celebrating its newly minted title as the creator of the best taco in Toronto.According to the scores of attendees at the food festival, at least.From Friday, Aug. 8 to Sunday, Aug. 11, dozens of local Mexican restaurants joined forces with food fanatics in the thousands to spend a weekend consuming as many tacos (among other things) as their bodies would allow.On the last day of the festival, the pièce de résistance came in the form of a golden taco trophy awarded to the local taqueria that won the majority of votes from attendees.This year, it went to Kensington Market force Birria C...

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4 d. ago New Italian restaurant from renowned Toronto restaurateurs is their best yet

A pair of Toronto restaurateurs closed down their previous restaurant to make way for a new spot in Little Italy. It was a great choice.Restaurateur Michael Sangregorio and Chef Fabio Bondi are no strangers to the Toronto food scene. In fact, they're currently on their third restaurant as a duo after shuttering their previous venture, the Junction's Lucia, to make way for their new project.It's called Sal's Pasta and Chops, and it opened its doors in the heart of Little Italy this past July.An unpretentious, comfortable spot lined with plush banquettes and framed black and white photos, it's a welcome addition to the neighbourhood, and perhaps Sangregorio and Bondi's best project yet. A healthy amount of its success can be attributed to the passion behind the project.The sons of two Italian fathers — both named Sal, hence the restaurant's name — Sangregorio and Bondi created Sal's as a love letter to the Italian-Canadian cui...

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9 d. ago Secret sausage business quietly supplying some of Toronto's trendiest restaurants

An under-the-radar sausage business run by a Toronto chef is making waves at some of the city's most buzzy new restaurants.Ever find yourself sitting at a restaurant, wondering how the sausage gets made? Not in a metaphorical way, but literally, how the sausage you're currently eating was actually made? Moreover, who made it?Maybe that's a niche experience that only we've had, but we think that sausages and the people who make them deserve more respect. After all, it's a messy business, but someone's got to do it, for the greater good of pizzas, sandwiches and barbecues everywhere.One such sausage-maker is Ferdi's Foods, which, despite only having come into existence in early 2025, is already making a splash on Toronto's food scene, supplying sausages to a selection of noteworthy restaurants in the city.Ferdi's quick success (which is only growing, might we add) is largely, if not exclusively, due to its founder, Theo, who, before s...

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1 week ago Kehlani shouts out Toronto restaurant for 'best Vietnamese food I've ever had'

A Toronto restaurant is reaching new heights after getting a huge shout-out from R&B star Kehlani following a performance in the city.All it took was one taste of pho from an Ontario institution for singer/songwriter Kehlani to start saying "I Like Dat," going as far as posting about it on TikTok.What restaurant could have elicited such an enthusiastic reaction from the superstar? None other than the third and most recent location of Mississauga-founded Vietnamese food staple, Pho Ngoc Yen.The chain, which boasts locations in Mississauga, Etobicoke, and, most recently, in downtown Toronto on Adelaide, the latter of which was the location that Kehlani visited following a performance at Cabana Pool Bar in celebration of Caribana.To say that the singer enjoyed their meal would be a major understatement.@kehlani i’m finna start Life wit a Back Back Taurus series. TORONTO ILL BE DREAMING OF U PHO NGOC YEN! on Adelaide W lol @Towfu @Jamie-Lee B. ♬ original sound - Kehl...

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3 w. ago That time a lone rogue 'demon' cow caused mayhem in Toronto streets

From narrowly escaping fate as an expressway to being home to an iconic location of a beloved fast-food chain, Toronto's Spadina Avenue is rife with fascinating history.But one of its quirkiest and wildest moments was when a loose cow, possessed by what some at the time called "some strange demon," went on a rampage through this busy street.A cow on Spadina may seem weird, but in the early days of Toronto, there were a number of pet cow owners in the city — and some of the results of that were utterly chaotic.Toronto's cattle crackdownIn the 1830s, as the incorporation of Toronto was being solidified, the city was doing all it could to regulate domestic animals.In fact, one of the first nuisance by-laws, enacted in May 1834, helped regulate domestic animals — with stipulations like "no swine shall be permitted to run or be at large in any of the streets or any of the sidewalks of this city."But there are reports that residents didn't find ...

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