Restaurants in Ontario

Bite Me!

Following a brief summer break, Chef Marc Thuet and his wife and business partner Biana Zorich re-open their popular King Street West eatery with a new name and a new menu this September tempting patron’s into Bite Me!. It’s a provocative invitation to experience the gastronomy that Thuet is renowned for.
Gilead Cafe

Located in the King St. East district, Jamie Kennedy presents the best that Ontario has to offer in a casual café atmosphere. The open-concept café features a daily lunch menu, delicate pastries, freshly baked breads, exceptional prepared dishes and an array of brewed and espresso coffees.
Grace

Restaurateur and sommelier Lesle Gibson (ex-Xacutti) spent the last three years in L.A. catering to a celeb who’s who. Now she's back on familiar territory -- the same College Street address she left more than three years ago for a warmer climate and a taste of the surreal life. Paired with super-talented young chef Dustin Gallagher (ex-Susur), they’ve created a modern farmhouse menu consisting of traditional Sunday dinner faves, lifting College Street out of its mediocre dining spell.
Harbord Room

Queen West barfly émigrés, staff from Splendido and Annex dwellers have found a new home at Harbord Room. Owner David Mitton (ex-Czehoski) and chef Cory Vitiello (ex-Drake Hotel) are packing ’em in night after night, with a hot comfort-food menu and cool pink décor.
Mildred’s Temple Kitchen

The new Mildred in Liberty Village is the perfect package. It’s the most beautiful resto I’ve seen all year, with a smart menu to boot -- popular faves like chicken biryani and profiteroles still kicking around -- and the same Mildred Pierce brunch menu west-end foodies came to know and love all those years on Sudbury Street.
Nota Bene

Owners Yannick Bigourdan, with Splendido exec chef David Lee and veteran restaurateur Franco Prevedello, opened perhaps the year’s best resto at Queen and University -- where white collars mesh harmoniously with urban hipsters. Designed by local architect firm KPMB (Gardiner Museum, Bell Lightbox), the space is a media darling, garnering great reviews.
Nyood

It’s got the hottest décor in town -- not to mention a smoking social scene and a talented chef (Kultura’s Roger Mooking) so you know reservations are a must before heading to this cheekily titled resto in Parkdale. The sexy space (formerly the DeLeon White gallery) is gorgeous and cool, with an impressive Mediterranean menu.
Pizzeria Libretto

Libretto aims to be loyal to what real pizza is, invented in Naples using local natural ingredients, cooked in a wood fired oven at extremely high heat to achieve a charred, blistered crust. We use San Marzano tomatoes and Fiore di Latte Mozzarella, brought in fresh daily. Our dough is made from 100% organic stone ground flour, never bleached or bromated, and leavened naturally.
Sidecar

Chef and owner William Sweete and partner Casey Bee took a tacky space (the former Versace’s Driveway) and made it a College Street dining-out destination on the strength of both his cocktail and dinner menus. The restaurant makes the best (and strongest) Bad Ass Mojito in town and dinner ain’t bad either -- serving solid fare like steak frites and delicious oven-roasted chicken.