The Best New Restaurants in Toronto for 2020

The multi-level sister restaurant of Gusto 101 does it all. The all-day Italian cafe opened pre-pandemic in Corktown serving wood fire pizzas straight from the oven, tagliata on the ground floor Trattoria, and a cocktails menu.

St. Clair West’s recent addition is a neon-hued takeout spot for tostones, including an epic patacon maracucho with fried chicken inside. Tacos come loaded with favourites like carne asada and more experimental ingredients like beer-battered cod in a pad thai sauce.

A business that began as a pizza-making hobby expanded into a tent on the driveway. Now, pizzeria owner Mark Alousis has his own takeout spot on Old Kingston Road where he makes all his thin-crust pizzas on a rotating menu from scratch.

The cute Dovercourt digs that once housed Julie’s Cuban is a now a rustic rotisserie chicken joint. A former chef at Bacchanal and Noce brings locally-sourced meats and veggies to the table. The obvious highlight is the whole chickens with gravy boats on the side.

Lebanese cuisine has a new home near Bay and Bloor. Toronto’s nightclub king Charles Khabouth partnered with Chef Rony Ghaleb last year to launch this high-end restaurant serving labneh, pricey pistachio kebabs, and shaabiyat for dessert.