📍 Old Town, Toronto

Mystic Muffin has held down its corner of Jarvis Street since 1993, a tiny counter-service spot that outlasted its own name — the muffins are fine, but regulars come for the apple ...

A Toronto specialty-coffee fixture roasting and pulling espresso since 2011, when its Lombard Street shop became the first in the city to offer multiple single-origin espressos. Th...

Neo Coffee Bar's Frederick x King location sits a few minutes east of St. Lawrence Market in Old Town, in a double-height room of concrete walls, warm wood, and one long communal t...

Tavern on Front Street with a piano that doesn't stop five nights a week — jazz, pop, classic hits, whatever the room needs. Weekend piano brunch is the move if you're near St. Law...

A breakfast and brunch spot on King Street East, in Toronto's St. Lawrence area. The all-day format makes it a casual morning-and-lunch room rather than a dinner destination.

Hidden beer garden operated by the long-running C'est What brewpub, accessed via Farquhars Lane. Open-air space with Ontario craft beer on eight taps, cocktails, and ciders. A summ...

Tucked near the foot of Yonge and Front, The Jason George has been the neighbourhood's bar-and-grill since 2000 — brick walls, a couple of working fireplaces, and a polished wooden...

One of Toronto's longest-standing Irish pubs, tucked behind the King Edward Hotel on Colborne Street since 1993. Recognizable by its yellow-and-blue exterior and the Guinness clock...

Corner sports bar at King and Church with 11 screens, a 30-tap draft list, and a reputation for the best Caesar in the city. Street-side patio on Church catches afternoon sun. Satu...