Toronto’s Korean food scene has never been more vibrant, more varied, or more willing to push beyond the familiar. Into this moment arrives Alley Pocha, a new Korean restaurant and late-night dining destination that promises to deliver the kind of experience you’d find in Seoul’s most electric pojangmacha alleys — the informal outdoor tent restaurants […]
Prime Seafood Palace, one of Toronto’s most celebrated and visually stunning restaurants, is raising the stakes with a new dinner series that brings some of the country’s top culinary talent into its kitchen. Chef Coulson Armstrong’s collaboration project promises to be one of the dining highlights of the summer. The format — bringing a rotating […]
Toronto has not historically been a barbecue city in the way that Nashville, Kansas City, or Austin are barbecue cities — but Golden Horseshoe Barbecue is making a credible case for an Ontario version of the tradition, one that draws on local agricultural heritage and Canadian sensibility to produce something genuinely its own. The restaurant […]
One of Toronto’s most anticipated restaurant openings of summer 2025 has come to a premature end. Peaceful Chinese Restaurant, the Vancouver-based concept that generated significant buzz when it announced a Toronto expansion, has closed its local location after less than a year in operation. The restaurant had arrived with strong credentials — a West Coast […]
In a dining landscape full of concepts and statements, there’s something genuinely refreshing about a restaurant whose primary claim is simply that it sources exceptional ingredients and treats them with respect. Radici Project — which landed at number seven on Toronto Life’s 2026 best-new-restaurants list — makes that claim and backs it up with cooking […]
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 […]