Italian Steakhouse · St. Lawrence Market · Michelin Guide
Rob Rossi and David Minicucci's Italian steakhouse in St. Lawrence — the third act of the team behind Giulietta and Osteria Giulia, which already explains why the room books out. Large-format steaks, ...
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Mott 32
Chinese · Financial District
The Toronto outpost of the Hong Kong fine-dining Chinese behemoth, sprawling over three floors of the Shangri-La on University. Mott 32 is the rare Cantonese restaurant doing tableside Peking duck, di...
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General Public
Modern British / Canadian · Dundas West · Toronto Life Best New Restaurants 2025 (Top 20)
Jen Agg's two-level Geary Avenue room in a former auto-body shop, with executive chef James Stanton running a modern British-Canadian menu that lands her in Toronto Life's Top 20 Best New for 2025. Ge...
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Stop Restaurant
Eastern European · Roncesvalles · Toronto Life Best New Restaurant #3 (2025)
Denis Ganshonkov's elevated Eastern European restaurant and wine bar — relocated to Roncesvalles in summer 2025 after a fire shut down the Dundas West original. Khinkali, cabbage rolls, Russian honey ...
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Byblos Downtown
Mediterranean · Entertainment District
INK Entertainment's polished Eastern Mediterranean room on Duncan Street, where the wood-fired flatbreads, mezes and lamb shoulders come out of an open kitchen and the cocktail program runs deep. Ente...
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Library Bar
Hotel Bar · Financial District · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#19)
Inside the Fairmont Royal York across from Union Station, Library Bar mixes its signature Birdbath Martini tableside on QUILL, a bespoke Niagara-distilled spirit made just for the drink. James Grant's...
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Bar Pompette
Cocktail Bar · College Street · #8 North America 50 Best Bars 2026
A walk-in-only French neighbourhood cocktail bar in Little Italy, attached to the Pompette restaurant and bakery on College Street. The drinks run on locavorism and Ontario terroir — the Cornichon is ...
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Mother
Cocktail Bar · Queen Street West · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#22)
A dark, intimate cocktail bar on Queen Street West from Massimo Zitti, leaning on house-made and fermented ingredients from an in-house 'fermentorium.' The drinks get strange in the best way — a Truff...
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Civil Works
Cocktail Bar · King West · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#29)
An art-deco, velvet-draped cocktail bar on the mezzanine of the Waterworks Food Hall in King West, with a conceptual hook: demineralized Toronto tap water rebalanced to mimic regions worldwide. Elise ...
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Martine's Wine Bar
Wine Bar · Trinity Bellwoods · Toronto Life Best New Restaurants 2025 (Top 20)
The Bar Raval team's nostalgic farm-to-table wine bar on a residential corner of Palmerston — Trinity Bellwoods adjacent, low-lit, the kind of room that feels like it has been there for decades despit...