Restaurants
Restaurants in West Queen West
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A-OK Foods / Asian
A-OK Foods is utterly without pretensions; a refreshing move from the sister restaurants of one of the most celebrated restaurants to hit the city recently, Yours Truly. To suggest that...
Addis Ababa / Ethiopian
Still going strong after all these years, Addis Ababa fills tummies in West Queen West with the area's tastiest Ethiopian specialties....
Apalla / Indian
Apalla has taken over the space formerly home to Indus Junction. Not much has changed with the decor but the menu has been updated and includes offerings like lamb, chicken...
Banu / Middle Eastern
Mr. C has been excited to go for Iranian food at Banu ever since I discovered that you can smoke from a Shisha/Hookah on the patio. Friday night, we...
Barton Snacks (Queen) / Ice Cream
Barton Snacks now has a second location in Toronto to fill up on snacks, ice cream and soda. The West Queen West location follows quickly in the footsteps of their...
Carmen / Spanish
Carmen, the new sister restaurant to Kensington Market's Torito is now open on Queen West in the space formerly occupied by Caju. Chef Luis Valenzuela and Veronica Carmen Laudes celebrate...
Chippy's Fish & Chips / Fish 'n Chips
With a weighty familial and cultural legacy on my shoulders, I walked into the Annex institution Chippy's looking for some crispy goodness, with a side of absolution. My Devonshire dad and...
Church Aperitivo Bar / Italian
Church Aperitivo Bar has opened in an old church at the corner of Queen and Dovercourt after an extensive (and lengthy) renovation. Was it worth the wait? The restaurant serves...
Dog & Bear / Pub Food
The Dog & Bear pub is the latest iteration of 1100 Queen Street West, a space best known as the former home of the Social. Converted by members of the...
Fat Bastard Burrito Co. (Queen St.) / Burritos
Fat Bastard Burrito Co. on Queen St. is the popular Mexican restaurant's Toronto location--their first was in Etobicoke--and is open for lunch, dinner and take-out. The menu includes burritos, quesadillas,...
Feel Good Guru / Vegetarian
Feel Good Guru has been a quiet fixture in my neighbourhood, across from Trinity Bellwoods Park, for the past several months. I've even walked in--on an occasion where I was...
Fresh on Crawford / Vegetarian
Fresh on Crawford serves up some of the best vegetarian and vegan brunches, lunches and dinners in Toronto. This is one of three Fresh locations but the only one with...
Gino's Pizza / Pizza
Gino's Pizza is pizza chain with dozens of locations scattered across Southern Ontario. They have three outposts in Toronto including this one near Queen and Niagara. The menu is your...
Gladstone Cafe / Burgers
Gladstone Cafe is the poorer across-the-street neighbour of the Gladstone Hotel's own café. But score one for a totally unpretentious cheeseburger and fries. The menu here is truckstop-meets-foodie with a...
Happy Child / Pub Food
Happy Child recently opened in the former location of Double Deuce Saloon on West Queen West. Its only signage is a sandwich board and the logo of a somewhat deranged...
Harlem Underground / Caribbean
Harlem Underground is the latest addition to chef Anthony Mair's soul food mini-empire, taking over the space from his previous Irie Food Joint and joining Richmond Street's Harlem Restaurant on...
Hoops Sports Bar (Queen) / Pub Food
Hoops Sports Bar on Queen St. is an ideal place to bunker down during a game. All Hoops locations (and there are several in the GTA) offer large, flat-screen TVs...
Hot Shawarma / Middle Eastern
Hot Shawarma across from the Gladstone Hotel lives up to its name, serving up falafel and shawarma plates and sandwiches until the wee hours of the morning....
Izmi Sushi / Sushi
Izmi sushi is a standard sushi joint on Queen that doesn't do much to distinguish itself from the hundreds of other Japanese restaurants in Toronto....
Julie's Cuban / Cuban
Thoughts turn to smoochin' once Toronto escapes the clutches of its winter prison. The newly summer-skinned brothers showing off tats and sisters in sundresses come charging through TTC turnstiles...
La Hacienda / Mexican
La Hacienda serves up big plates of Tex Mex on Queen West. It's certainly plated its share of nacho orders throughout its 22-year run. Classic round yellow chips and high-quality...
Lafayette Bistro / French
Lafayette Bistro is a small French restaurant near Queen and Ossington. They have various kinds of your typical French favourites, but the highlight has to be the French onion soup,...
Little Tibet Restaurant / Tibetan
Longstanding Queen Street West resident Little Tibet Restaurant serves an authentic Tibetan menu: mostly mild, all tasty, with a wicked chili sauce on the side. ...
Mavrik Wine Bar / Eclectic
Mavrik Wine Bar may easily be missed on bustling West Queen West. For whatever reason, the wine bar trend has never really caught on in Toronto. The whole mixology craze,...
Milagro on Queen / Mexican
Milagro near Queen and Euclid is the third location in the burgeoning Mexican cantina's empire. For authentic Mexican food (not Tex-Mex) in Toronto it's tough to find a better place...
Noce / Italian
Noce is something of a West Queen West institution, having overlooked Trinity Bellwoods Park for years. On a block increasingly littered with bakeries, you might expect almond croissants or baklava...
Nunu Ethiopian Fusion / Ethiopian
Nunu Ethiopian Fusion isn't your traditional Ethiopian restaurant. Found two doors down from Addis Ababa near Queen and Northcote, the just opened eatery is owned and operated by a woman...
Nyood / Mediterranean
Nyood is a nyoo (opened this spring, signage isn't even up yet) hip Mediterranean restaurant with a stunning futuristic decor and gourmet mouth-watering dishes. A rooftop patio is in...
One of a Kind Pasta & Grill / Italian
A neighbourhood favourite, One of a Kind Pasta & Grill offers a huge selection of pasta, meat dishes and other items....
Oyster Boy / Oysters
Oyster Boy is famous for being one of the best oyster houses in the city. They also do a brisk business in supplying the rest of the city (both restaurants...
Poutini's House of Poutine / Poutine
I've been waiting a long time for Poutini's House of Poutine to open. When I found out that a new poutine place was opening on West Queen West, I...
RaviSoups (Queen St.) / Soup
RaviSoups has opened a second location in Toronto, this one just down the street from the Drake on Queen St. Inside, the decor isn't quite as slick as the Adelaide...
Saigon Flower / Vietnamese
Saigon Flower seems to excel when the West Queen West bars close up shop for the evening. This is not the prettiest Asian fusion restaurant around, but it does work...
Swan Restaurant / Eclectic
Swan is consistently mentioned as one of the best brunch spots in the city. And there are regularly long line-ups to match this reputation. But with a little online research...
Sweet Lulu / Asian
As the prevalence of "NO SUBSTITUTIONS!" clauses on menus grow, it's getting harder to customize your dish in this town. Now, while I can hardly blame the eateries for...
Thai Elephant / Thai
Thai Elephant is a run-of-the-mill, westernized South-East Asian eatery across from Terroni on Queen. It offers all of the usual dishes you'd expect from your local Spring Rolls outlet, and...
The Beaconsfield / Eclectic
A great neighbourhood spot across from the Drake Hotel, The Beaconsfield offers good sized meals like salmon with spaghetti squash, poutine and short ribs. ...
The County General / Brunch
The County General is Splendido's tattooed cousin from the South, with a penchant for rock music and bourbon. But don't let its tough-as-nails attitude fool you, because just like...
The Dog's Bollock's / Pub Food
The Dog's Bollocks takes over the space that hasn't found a consistent tenant since the popular Gypsy Co-Op served both beer, good tunes and the best late night candy store...
The Samuel J. Moore / Eclectic
The Samuel J. Moore is a newly opened West Queen West eatery that pays homage to its 19th century digs by taking the name of its builder. The historic site...
UFO Restaurant / Diner
UFO Restaurant is a small greasy spoon diner in an old-school environment close to Trinity-Bellwoods. It serves a variety of classic comfort foods, such as a full breakfast and and...
Ursa Restaurant / Eclectic
Ursa lives up to the hype — and there's been a lot of it. Brothers Lucas and Jacob Sharkey Pearce opened up shop at the end of January in the...
Vinny Massimo's Pizza & Pasta / Pizza
Massimo's has been getting a lot of press lately. First, there was the whole sanitation and rats issue that forced the popular late night pizzeria to close temporarily. And then...
Yogurty's (Queen West) / Frozen Yogurt
Yogurty's, the burgeoning do-it-yourself frozen yogurt chain owned by Yogen Fruz has taken over the long standing Second Cup location at the corner of Queen and Palmerston....
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