📍 Cabbagetown, Toronto

La Gloria bills itself as Toronto's first Mexican coffee house, roasting and selling its own beans — Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Veracruz blends — out of a small shop on Parliament Street...

Vietbites opened on Gerrard Street East with a narrow focus: bánh mì and Vietnamese desserts done in Hải Phòng style, the northern port city known for its own take on the sandwich....

Relax Shisha Lounge sits on Parliament Street at the edge of Cabbagetown, near Regent Park, a low-lit spot built for slow evenings over a hookah rather than a quick stop. It runs l...

A Japanese udon bar on Carlton Street working in the thick-wheat-noodle tradition, with udon served in broth and as accompanying small plates. The format is tight and specialist, f...

A coffee house on Howard Street in Old Toronto, set in a quiet residential pocket east of downtown. A straightforward neighbourhood stop for a cup close to home.

Madras Curry serves South Indian cooking from a small Carlton Street storefront near Cabbagetown, alongside a food truck that carries the same menu around the city. The kitchen wor...

Tasso Baking is a narrow Parliament Street storefront in Cabbagetown built around one thing: laminated croissants. The dough rests overnight, then gets folded with butter over a th...

ZERO is a non-alcoholic cocktail bar, tasting room, and bottle shop in Old Toronto, billed as Canada's first zero-proof bar of its kind. The concept covers more than 50 handcrafted...

A Cabbagetown gastropub on Parliament Street with two patios and a no-reservations, first-come policy that keeps it feeling like a genuine neighborhood local. The kitchen runs late...

Zakkushi on Carlton is the Toronto outpost of a Vancouver-born yakitori izakaya group, grilling more than thirty skewer varieties — meats, seafood, vegetables — over binchotan char...