Toronto Restaurant Openings: Quetzal, Clay, Fresh on Front, Sticky Rice, Urban Hakka

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

• Mexican Quetzal is finally open at 419 College Street (at Bathurst).
• Clay, the restaurant at the Gardiner Museum in partnership with The Food Dudes, is currently in soft opening mode at 111 Queens Park.
• Born-in-Toronto veggie/vegan chain Fresh has opened Fresh on Front, a beautiful, Instagram-ready location with a bar menu featuring healthy-ish cocktails. The new spot is at 47 Front Street East (west of Church).
• Lick It Gelato has opened a second location, this one at 1934 Queen Street East in the Beaches.
• Sticky Rice Kitchen and Bar, a Thai spot boasting a bamboo-covered storefront, is now open at 1489 Gerrard Street East (by Rhodes Avenue).
• Urban Hakka has opened by Yonge & Lawrence at 3305 Yonge Street.
• Korean lunch spot Gogi Bap is now open at 946 Yonge Street in Rosedale.

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Opening soon

• Quality burger joint Rudy is opening a second location soon, at 69 Duncan Street (just south of Queen West), the space that was formerly occupied by BaBa Geddo, which has moved to 525 University Avenue.
• Harry's Steak House, named after the founder of Barberian's Steakhouse, should be opening very soon at 3277 Bloor Street West in Etobicoke.
• Slate Restaurant & Bar will be opening in the Beaches this month at 2237 Queen Street East.
• Danish Pastry House is opening another location this fall, this one inside the Eaton Centre.
• A second location of Nimman Thai should be opening any day now at 1060 Eglinton Avenue West (west of Bathurst).

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