Toronto Restaurant Openings: Mymy Chicken, Leela by Amaya, East of Brunswick

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

Open now

• Italian restaurant Noce closed last spring, but now a Noce 2.0 has launched in the same space at 875 Queen St. W.
• Korean fried chicken franchise Mymy Chicken recently opened its first Canadian outpost at 9 Spring Garden Ave. in North York.
• Chicago-style deep-dish pizza spot Double D's is finally open at 1020 Gerrard St. E.

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Opening soon

• Leela by Amaya, a new Indian restaurant in the Junction from restaurateur Hemant Bhagwani (Amaya, Indian Street Food Co.) is set to open any day now at 3108 Dundas St. W., formerly Avec Panache.
• Back in late 2015, College St. bar Weldon Park closed for renovations, and now it will soon relaunch as a bar and restaurant called Reverie at Weldon Park.
• A new cafe called Noble Coffee Co. is set to open soon in the Junction Triangle at 1421 Bloor St. W., taking over the space that was last known as Sterling Social.
• Due to open at 720 Spadina Ave. in the next week or so is pub East of Brunswick, from the group that's also behind Dominion, Foggy Dew and Brazen Head.
• Southern Accent, just one of the many businesses on Markham St. that's had to relocate due to the new development replacing Honest Ed's, will reopen at 839 College St. on Tuesday, January 24.

Closed

• Another casualty of the redevelopment of Mirvish Village is Ka Chi, the Korean restaurant at the southwest corner of Markham & Bloor. It closed last week. There's no word on where it will relocate.
• La Cascina at Avenue Rd. & Lawrence is set to close next month, after seven years in business.

Other news

• Fans of Al Pastor in the Junction, no need to panic—the taco joint hasn't closed; it's merely doing renovations and will reopen again.

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