The Best New Bakeries in Toronto, 2013
The best new bakeries that opened in Toronto during the past 12 months haven't, for the most part, heard of the wheat belly phenomenon. Ditto on the idea that you should either be cutting out sugar, or chocolate or dairy or that cupcakes and doughnuts are no longer "cool." They all threw caution to the wind somehow and opened up anyway, and secretly, or not-so secretly, we are happier for it.
These best bakeries run the gamut, from vegan to gluten-free, chocolate-focused or pie-crazy, Italian, Japanese French, relatively guilt-free or totally gluttonous. Whatever the style, each place will certainly have a bevy of treats with which to shut your cake hole.
Here are the best new bakeries in Toronto from 2013.
See also:
The best new bakeries in Toronto, 2012
The best new bakeries in Toronto, 2011
The best new bakeries in Toronto, 2010
Situated in a basement off King West, you walk down and find yourself right inside the production. The oven is front and centre, with the bread and pastry counter continually getting fresh and hot top-ups of the scrumptious offerings. Try the corn and anise loaf, or the sourdough - called filone integrale. I hate anything too sweet, but here the balance is achieved between tantalizing and cloying.
The latest addition to the Terroni empire, Sud Forno is right next door to the original Queen Street location. The pastries are Italian classics - bomboloni-custard and nutella filled doughnuts, bigne, slices of pizza and beautiful breakfast croissants and sandwiches. Crusty Italian bread, rustic seed and whole grain breads sit in sophisticated repose on wooden dowelling. Take home potted jams, imported amaretti, pastas and other Italian products displayed to great effect on the towering dark wood shelving.
Well, you don't have to be a genius to figure out what this Queensway shop specializes in. Not sweet, however, but savoury pies - five in total - braised beef rib pie, beef n' beer, butter chicken, Canadian cheddar and bacon mash, and vegetarian, all harkening back to our colonial past. Flaky crust hides the meaty insides. You can have the pies there or take them cold to cook later in your own oven.
A Japanese Patisserie did you say? How odd, and, as it turns out, oddly good. Combining the best of both worlds- the restrained toothsomeness of Japanese desserts, with the delectable pomp traditional to a French patisserie, mon K Patisserie aims to bridge any palate gap. Husband and wife baker owners Ryosuke and Naomi Kita opened in their neighbourhood of East York but they've had no problem with customers making the trek for their macaroons, eclairs and croissants.
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