📍 The Annex, Toronto
19 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 19 Restaurants
Bloor Street's bookstore-and-bistro mile — Sicilian pizza, a French-Jewish room with critics' attention, and Palestinian cooking a short walk from the ROM
Top 10 in The Annex
1
Maven
Shauna Godfrey took over the old Harbord Room space and built Maven around her Polish-Jewish heritage — challah and chicken schnitzel, duck confit cholent, pastrami-crusted short r...
92
2
Dreyfus
Zach Kolomeir's intimate French-ish bistro on Harbord — former Joe Beef chef de cuisine doing a tight seasonal menu with Jewish and Québécois influences threaded throughout. Baked ...
90
3
Myeongdong Gyoza Kalguksu
This Korean spot started in Thornhill before opening a second location on Bloor, steps from Koreatown, and the menu still centers on the same three things: handmade gyoza with a ch...
90
4
JJIN Toast
JJIN Toast brings Seoul-style street toast to a small Bathurst Street counter in Koreatown, baking its own bread for a menu of egg-and-cabbage sandwiches built around Korean flavor...
90
5
Yellow Flower
Yellow Flower opened in early 2026 in the Annex space that used to be Emily Rose, a small corner cafe built around good coffee, pastries and a rotating selection of vintage goods f...
90
6
Louf
A Palestinian restaurant from chef Fadi Kattan and Nicole Mankinen in a two-level converted house at the foot of Casa Loma — an Annex address with a city-skyline-perched feel. Katt...
88
7
RASA
RASA opened in 2014 in Harbord Village as part of the Food Dudes Hospitality Group, and picked up a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand designation at Toronto's 2024 ceremony, a distinctio...
88
8
Mallo
Mallo runs out of a corner spot on Bathurst Street, serving coffee and baked goods through the day before shifting to wine and beer in the evening. The room leans into eclectic, ar...
88
9
The Annex Hotel Lobby Bar & Café
The Annex Hotel's ground-floor lobby doubles as a public cafe and wine bar, tucked just off Brunswick Avenue north of Bloor. By day it runs a coffee program with pastries; by eveni...
88
10
Brasserie Côte
Brasserie Cote is the Annex sibling to Ossington's Cote de Boeuf, opened at the corner of Bloor and Brunswick by chef Damien Cochez, who trained in Lille. The menu runs through the...
88
All 19 Restaurants in The Annex
Piano Piano
86
Insomnia Restaurant & Lounge
82
The Fortunate Fox
82
Mezcalero
80
Belli's Café & Bar
80
Victory Cafe
78
Crafty Coyote
78
The Backyard Smokehouse
78
Slanted Door
78
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