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Matty Matheson opening a restaurant in Hamilton Arena

Our city featured prominently in the Departure music and art festival in Toronto, with the Canadian celebrity chef announced as a food partner in the transformed downtown arena, and panel discussing Hamilton as key to next global music hub. Celebrity chef Matty Matheson is a big fan…
Arts + Culture

REVIEW: Waitress is a sweet slice of musical theatre

Theatre Aquarius’s season close-out production takes place in Joe’s Pie Diner where Jenna, played by Hamilton native Julia McLellan, escapes her loveless marriage by creating and baking desserts and dreaming of a new start. It runs until May 18. Waitress serves strong performances, great music, a…
Food + Drink

Henry’s on James, a 1920s-inspired jazz supper club opens downtown

James Street North live music venue by The Other Bird will be open Thursday to Sunday, featuring twice daily performances, a simple dinner and light-night menu, a jazz brunch on Sunday, and classic cocktails with a twist. It’s fair to say Hamilton hasn’t seen anything quite like Henry’s…
Food + Drink

ON THE MENU: WHAT’S OPENED AND CLOSED ON THE LOCAL RESTAURANT SCENE

Here's a list of what has come, gone and changed in Hamilton and Burlington in April. Launched Coffee Bunny (1216 Upper Wentworth, Hamilton)Hamilton Mountain has been graced by another indie coffee shop, focused on a large menu of coffee and signature coffee drinks. Alongside craft beverages, you’ll also…
Made in Hamilton

Sharing the LRT goldmine

Pilot project aims to provide an alternative future for Hamilton’s transit corridor, one that includes affordable housing alongside upscale high-rises. A land speculation bonanza is underway along Hamilton’s King and Main streets triggered chiefly by the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history, the $3.4-billion light rail transit…
Food + Drink

Cheap eats

These Hamilton restaurants and takeout joints – most of them longtime institutions – prove that in the lower city and the Mountain, paying less can be super satisfying. Keeping our bellies full feels like a rich man’s game these days. Grocery prices are through the roof, and take-out…
Food + Drink

Sweet success at WÜD Chocolates and Gifts

Nesreen Abusultan is a Palestinian woman who has made a journey from refugee to chocolatier and Burlington entrepreneur. In Middle Eastern culture, chocolate is more than an indulgence to satiate a sweet tooth or satisfy a craving. Rather, it’s a special treat to share with loved ones to…
City Life

Embracing the water

The CN rail yard on the west harbour has to move in order to realize Hamilton’s full potential as a true waterfront city.  Hamilton is a city on water. The harbour has been a source of commerce and recreation for the entire life of the community, and…
Arts + Culture

HAMILTON READS

Maxie Dara is now working on the second installment of her modern-day grim reaper tale that includes definite Hamilton vibes. Kathy Valence likes things boring and predictable. She’s mid-divorce, pregnant with her ex’s baby, and is terrified she doesn’t have what it takes to be a mom.
Food + Drink

Easy Kitchen with Marisa Mariella

The Stoney Creek resident, food blogger and Cable 14 host is joining HAMILTON CITY Magazine to share her favourite recipes. Once a month, we'll add a video here with mouth-watering recipes that will dazzle your family and friends! My all-time…
City Life

Hounds of Hamilton: Dogs are the stars at Fetching Studios

We need a big dose of dogs these days so HAMILTON CITY Magazine is a new feature to celebrate the city's canines. Send in your dogs! This story starts with a photogenic bulldog.  Soon after he moved to Hamilton in 2020, a neighbour who breeds bulldogs…

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City Life

Why basic income still matters

Researchers, authors and filmmakers reflect on a social program that puts human thriving at the centre of policy-making. By film and by photo, zine and op-ed, book authors, researchers, and oral presenters impressed upon 100 people gathered in downtown Hamilton why basic income still matters.  The Hamilton Roundtable…
City Life

Deal signed for $280 million revamp of downtown arena

Oak View Group and Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group will begin construction on the FirstOntario Centre in April. The transformed arena is expected to be open in fall 2025. A deal to invest $280 million into a renovation of Hamilton’s downtown sports and entertainment arena has been officially…
City Life

Your pumpkin is not going to help the deer

Fall is a magical time to get outside and see local wildlife. But don't get fooled by social media memes urging you to dump your jack o'lantern in the forest. Fall is here, and now that the leaves are thinning it’s a magical time where we can see…
City Life

IT’S DEMOLITION OR RESTORATION FOR 54 HESS ST. S.

Owner of historic stone structure built by a former Hamilton mayor says it has deteriorated and needs to be demolished. City staff and council have designated it and the community has rallied around it. Its future is still in doubt. The handsome structure at 54-56 Hess St. S.
City Life

The Florida Keys Coming to Hamilton

Grab a free piece of Key lime pie and learn about the group of connected islands that are a winter destination for Canadians in an event at Hamilton City Hall Nov. 9 and 10. Want to experience a slice of Florida as the chill of fall…
Arts + Culture

Waterfront art is a soaring, thoughtful ode to Indigenous ways of thinking

All Our Relations features luminous hand-blown glass beads in intricate depictions of animals, trees, healing plants, earthly elements and celestial beings. Hamilton’s latest public art commission All Our Relations rises from the freshly paved James Street Plaza in a space that is still in the process of…
Happening Now

Scary circus coming to town

Emerson Arts’ Fright Night: Carnival will transform the Cotton Factory into the backstage of a creepy carnival. A Christmas show will be staged at the former industrial building, too. For the first time, the Hamilton-based theatre company Emerson Arts has managed to secure the Cotton Factory as a…
City Life

Jane Goodall: Do we have the will to save the world?

Famed animal scientist and environmental activist delivers challenge to crowd at Royal Botanical Gardens. There are many reasons to give up hope when the smartest species ever to roam Earth is poised to destroy it, says famed wildlife researcher Jane Goodall. Yet she continues to hold on to…