Toronto’s First Pay-by-Weight Tiramisu Shop Is Here — And You Can Mix Every Flavour
Tiramisu has had a real moment in Toronto over the past couple of years, with dedicated shops springing up across the city to lean into the dessert’s rich, coffee-forward appeal. The newest entry, though, is doing something the format hasn’t really seen yet: pay-by-weight, mix-and-match tiramisu, letting customers build a fully custom cup rather than commit to a single flavour.
Mirello opened August 15 at 60 Danforth Road, and it’s billing itself as the city’s first pay-by-weight tiramisu concept. The setup is straightforward: grab a container, work your way down a rotating counter of flavours, layer in as much or as little of each as you want, and pay based on total weight — $9 per 100 grams. It sounds simple enough until you’re actually standing at the counter facing down a dozen good options at once, at which point it becomes something closer to a genuine test of willpower.
The lineup mixes a classic recipe, developed alongside an Italian pastry chef, with plenty of more inventive builds. Pistachio comes with house-made paste and roasted chunks folded in; a Lotus Biscoff version layers in cookie spread; fruit-forward options like strawberry and mango get finished with Ataulfo mango coulis. The shop has also experimented with tea-infused versions, including an Earl Grey and a Bangladeshi tea flavour. The whole appeal of the pay-by-weight structure is that none of these are mutually exclusive — a few spoonfuls of pistachio can sit right next to a scoop of matcha or fruit in the same cup, with the final price reflecting exactly what ends up in the container rather than a flat per-flavour rate.
Tiramisu isn’t the only thing on offer. Mirello also serves gelato, weighed at $5.50 per 100 grams, along with cold brew and iced matcha drinks layered with fruit and cold foam — enough to turn a quick stop into its own extended decision-making process.
One thing worth knowing before you go: there’s a strict no-scoop-backs policy, so it’s worth pacing yourself at the counter rather than loading up and hoping to walk it back.
As the first shop in the city to apply this model specifically to tiramisu, Mirello is carving out a genuinely distinct niche in an already crowded dessert category — betting that customization and portion control will be enough to set it apart from Toronto’s growing roster of tiramisu specialists.