11 New Toronto Restaurants Worth Adding to Your List
Toronto’s restaurant scene doesn’t really pause, and the latest wave of openings makes that obvious — eleven new spots, scattered across the city and covering everything from British-Indian sports bar food to a $5 gnocchi counter. Here’s where to point your next reservation.
Tap N Tandor — The Junction
Run by industry veterans Tarun and Noni Verma, this British-Indian sports bar pairs tandoor-fired spice with game-day comfort food — think 48-hour honey-roasted tandoori lamb bao, crispy coconut calamari, and tandoori-spiced Caesars, all best paired with a local craft beer. 2865 Dundas St. W.
Pri’s Smokehouse BBQ
Led by a chef with two decades in Canadian kitchens, this spot brings real technique to Southern barbecue: 14-hour hardwood-smoked AAA Ontario brisket, tender pork back ribs, and maple-glazed pork belly bites, alongside inventive mashups like a double smash burger topped with chopped brisket and loaded poutine finished with tequila-lime pulled pork.
The Main Exchange Public House and Eatery — King West
A sprawling, unpretentious public house near the Rogers Centre, with a two-story rooftop beer garden, arcade games, and late-night sports on. Expect crispy corn fritters, smash burgers, and wings with chili-soy cucumbers, plus budget-friendly pitchers and trivia nights that make it an obvious pick for post-game crowds.
Via Gnocchi — Bloor and Bathurst
A genuinely cheap night out is rare in this city, and this walk-up counter delivers: $5 gets you gnocchi in marinara, with Parmesan or Calabrian chili as cheap add-ons. The $10 “Mamma Mia!” combo bundles everything together with a drink and mini tiramisu, and the counter stays open until 3 a.m. on weekends. 758 Bathurst St.
Sonny Can’t Dance — King West
From Municipal Goods, the team behind Paris Texas and Small Talk Jazz, this playful new steakhouse takes over the former Pizza Wine Disco space. The menu runs from Ontario beef and Japanese Wagyu A5 to sushi, oysters and pizza, all inside a colourful, retro-leaning room — and Wednesday dice rolls give diners a shot at winning their entire bill for a dollar. 788 King St. W.
Mizunara — Adelaide Street
A cocktail bar and restaurant built around Japanese whisky and seasonal, inventive drink-making — think cocktails built with miso, Sichuan peppercorn, yuzu and tofu — paired with a food menu spanning tuna tartare, agedashi tofu and moules frites. Later this summer, a six-seat private room will start offering a seven-course cocktail pairing menu. 235 Adelaide St. W.
Solena Brunch + Bar — Corso Italia
An all-day brunch spot serving golden eggs Benedict, loaded omelettes and steak and eggs, with a full vegan menu alongside. The Montreal Benny comes piled with smoked meat and hollandaise, and the sunlit room is built for lingering over a second coffee. 1224 St. Clair Ave. W.
Tecolote Market — St. Lawrence Market
Chef Elia Herrera, formerly of Los Colibris and founder of LosCo Vegan, returns to Toronto with a permanent home for her fast-casual Mexican concept, serving nixtamalized corn tortilla tacos, Baja burritos and chicken enchiladas on the market’s lower level, after previous pop-up runs at Kitchen Hub and Chefs Hall.
Bar Butcher — Bay Street
The team behind The Butcher Chef expands to the waterfront, taking over the former Miller Tavern space with a resto-cocktail bar built around “mixology meets gastronomy.” Highlights include glazed pork ribs finished in a coffee-chocolate barbecue sauce, branzino ceviche, house-made bolognese with burrata espuma, and a pistachio cake layered with orange blossom whipped ganache. 31 Bay St.
Atlas Avenue Coffee & Wine — St. Clair West
A family-owned café that shifts gears as the day goes on — croissants and a bacon-spinach breakfast sandwich in the morning, wine, craft beer and shareable plates by evening. 820 St. Clair Ave. W.
Horio Taverna — Danforth Avenue
Chef Maria brings traditional village-style Greek cooking to this new Danforth spot, starting with a trio of dips (tzatziki, tirokafteri, melitzanosalata) and moving into moussaka, pastitsio, and grilled options like chicken souvlaki and Ontario lamb chops, finished with house-made ravani or walnut cake. 516 Danforth Ave.