Basil Box, the GTA-founded build-your-own-bowl chain that brought healthy, Asian-inflected fast casual dining to Toronto over a decade ago, is closing all of its locations across the country. The move marks the end of a brand that helped shape the city’s quick-service landscape and inspired a generation of similar concepts. At its peak, Basil Box […]
Not every rooftop bar needs to be a spectacle. Some earn their place in the city’s seasonal rotation by offering something more considered: a smaller crowd, a better drink, a view that rewards attention rather than demanding it. The Rooftop at BISHA Hotel in the Entertainment District is exactly this kind of venue, and in […]
Honest Weight, one of Toronto’s most respected seafood restaurants, has announced it will close after more than a decade of serving some of the city’s finest fish. The news landed with particular impact among the dining community, where the restaurant had earned a reputation for quality, integrity, and a commitment to sustainable sourcing that was […]
Toronto’s relationship with Mexican cuisine has deepened considerably in recent years, moving well beyond the generic Tex-Mex offerings that once dominated the category. In the summer of 2026, that evolution is accelerating, with a wave of new openings bringing genuinely regional and authentic Mexican flavours to neighbourhoods across the city. The most talked-about arrival in […]
Toronto’s love affair with Korean cuisine has produced some remarkable restaurants over the years, but Alley Pocha brings something different to the table: the specific, irreplaceable atmosphere of a Korean pojangmacha, the late-night tent bars tucked into Seoul’s backstreets where friends gather over street food and soju until the small hours. The team behind Alley […]
When one of approximately 500 Master Chefs in the world announces their next move, the city’s restaurant community stops what it’s doing and pays attention. Chef Didier Leroy — who earned his international reputation through decades of acclaimed work before bringing his talents to Toronto, most recently through the celebrated (and now reimagined) LSL — […]
When Figo, the beloved Italian restaurant in Toronto’s Entertainment District, closed permanently in early 2026 after a fire and a brief reopening, it left a noticeable gap in one of the city’s most competitive dining corridors. Now that gap is being filled — with something remarkably similar. Bar Romy is taking over the address, and […]
Some restaurants carry more history than their square footage would suggest. Lunch Lady on Ossington is one of them — a Toronto outpost of a concept rooted in an extraordinary story that begins in Ho Chi Minh City, runs through a chance encounter with a celebrated food journalist, and ends, in a sense, in this […]
Toronto is saying goodbye to one of its most beloved Cuban restaurants. La Cubana, the pioneering Ossington Avenue spot that introduced thousands of Torontonians to Cuban sandwiches, ropa vieja, and the joy of a properly made mojito, will close its last brick-and-mortar location on June 28. The restaurant’s history runs deeper than most. Siblings Pablo […]
Every city has venues that exist in the gap between the dinner crowd and the rest of the night — places that come alive precisely when other venues are winding down. In Toronto, in 2026, that venue is Lost & Found on King West, and it’s accumulating a devoted following of VIPs, influencers, and stylish […]