Toronto Restaurant Openings highlights the latest food news in Toronto and gives a preview of what's coming soon. Find us here every Thursday morning.

Open now

• Bubble tea chain Answer Tea now has its first Canadian location at 439 Spadina Avenue (at College).
• Niuda Hand-Pulled Noodles has softly opened at 204 Queen Street West (by St. Patrick) in what was formerly H2 Kitchen.
• Fort York Tavern is now open at 92 Fort York Boulevard at CityPlace, replacing what was previously Macho Radio Bar.
• Korean chain restaurant Yupdduk, which specializes in ddukbokki and also has a location in Koreatown North, has taken over Mom’s Korean Food at 612 Bloor Street West in Koreatown.
• Gatto Wood Oven Pizza has opened at 2312 Bloor Street West in Bloor West Village.
• Eggstatic Artisan Breakfast & Brunch is now open at 1568 Bayview Avenue in Leaside.

Recently reviewed

• Scotty Bons
• Bar Buca Eglinton
• Casa La Palma
• The Mutt
• Councillor
• Kebab 49
• High Park Brewery
• Bombay Roti
• Byblos Uptown
• Bootleg Smokehouse

Opening soon

• Leslieville's Ascari Enoteca will be opening a 120-seat second location on King Street West (at Portland) in the spring of 2019.
• Another location of popular bubble tea shop The Alley will be replacing shuttered Seoul Restaurant at 621 Bloor Street West in Koreatown, which means there will soon be four different BBT spots all on the same block.

Closed

• Mr. Roc's Crawfish has closed in Chinatown.

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