Toronto restaurants that opened this week
After running countless pop-ups, collaborations and an online shop, Churnt Up finally has its own brick and mortar location at 858 Eglinton East. Hand-crafted ice cream flavours include mango, taro, honey teddy graham and strawberry pocky, plus hot brownie ice cream sandwiches in either birthday cake or strawberry.
Conspiracy Pizza has found their new home next door to Churnt Up at 856 Eglinton. Dan Rios and co. are known for their self proclaimed ‘weird’ pizzas, including the Roswell (mozza, cheddar, ground beef, pulled pork, black olive, jalapeno, tomato, green onion, fritos and cilantro sour cream) and the Bay of Pigs (white sauce, mozza, pulled pork, bacon, red onion, pickles and mustard sauce).
Hush Hush Bar has reopened at 423 College. Featuring a menu courtesy of Mexican restaurant Classico Macha, expect authentic tacos, quesadillas and churros alongside your drinks.
Lavender Menace, a lesbian-owned, LGBTQ+ friendly restaurant and cocktail bar opens this weekend at 1062 Gerrard East. Think ’60s and ’70s vibes and Southern cuisine, including catfish banh mi po’ boy, fully loaded jambalaya, bacon and corn chowder plus tons of signature cocktails.
Oji Seichi is soft opening this weekend at 354 Broadview. With a menu inspired by Japanese Canadian home cooking, look for their house-made broths, tares and noodles in their classic shio or shoyu ramen. Seichi also offers panko fried chicken, fried shrimp patty, teriyaki pork patty and maitake sandwiches.
Toronto restaurants opening soon
The beloved Volo brand is expanding again; this time they’re taking over the lobby of Little Italy’s iconic Royal Cinema with a hybrid concession/bottle shop. The theatre is a stone’s throw from Volo’s specialty beer bar, Bierria Volo. Bar Volo said on Twitter that their “goal is to maintain & enhance the integrity of the theatre w. our food/drink offerings,” which will include beer, wine, and even grocery.
Millie Desserts will be operating two pops out of Oomomo’s Markham and North York locations this month. The French-Japanese fusion dessert shop will offer a specialty menu of crepe cakes, cream puffs, and popcorn, including their Instagram-worthy rainbow crepe cake with peaches and cream filling.