La cigogne, or stork, is a symbol of the Alsace region of France, where it is thought to bring good luck. At Patisserie La Cigogne, French master pastry chef Thierry Schmitt aims to provide Alsatian delicacies from the land of the stork. Traditional French desserts, like croquembouches, pastries, breads and chocolate, have earned La Cigogne
At Phipps Bakery they care about their customers and it shows. By making sure it’s using good, honest and homemade products, Phipps hopes to spread the love a little every day. The Eglinton Avenue West bakery is an establishment that has been serving up amazing baked goods prepared fresh daily by a dedicated team of
Phipps Desserts (not to be confused with Phipps Bakery Cafรฉ on Eglinton Avenue W) has been a staple of the dessert scene in Toronto for decades now. Originally established in Cabbagetown, it mostly sells its treats as a wholesale retailer, but also has a location for the average customer. You can head to Phippsโs North
Rahier Patisserie has been a mainstay in the Leaside neighbourhood since it first opened its doors in 1996. Now more than two decades later, residents in South Bayview continue to flock to the bakery for its intimate atmosphere and delicious baked goods. The menu is filled with items like fresh baked bread on weekends, daily
This Korean bakery is affiliated with North Yorkโs beloved Kimโs A La Cart. The North York cart was part of the city’s plan to introduce more diverse street food to the people of Toronto and is the only vendor that lasted from the project. Since Kim’s A La Cart needed a commercial kitchen to prep
This Corktown bakery was started by power couple, Bruce Lee and Stephanie Duong. While both working at Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris, the couple decided to take their love of pastry and decadent food back to Toronto. The menu at Roselle is based in French patiserrie, but is also influenced by many of the city’s local
Making its first foray into Toronto, Ruelo Patisserie has long called Richmond Hill home. Owner Jacqueline Lo, pastry chef extraordinaire, has been in the biz now for some four years, and hopes to slowly set up camp throughout the city, gaining customers one macaron at a time. Her new Toronto location opened near Yonge and Eglinton last month
Famous for their cupcakes, Short & Sweet is one of the city’s best bake shops. Owned by Orli Levy, a mother and beauty industry executive who decided to make her life a little sweeter by quitting her job and opening a bakery in 2009. As a lifelong baker, she took inspiration from her mother and
As a sixth generation konditor, or specialty pastry chef and chocolatier, chef Daniel Stubbe is never messing around when it comes to the art of chocolate and pastry. Growing up in Germany, he was constantly surrounded by treats and chocolates. He attended culinary school and apprenticed under many konditorei before moving to Canada and opening
Originally a brick-and-mortar bakery in Bloor West Village, Sweet Flour Bake Shop now focuses on online orders and catering from its Stockyards-area commercial kitchen. The bakery offers a range of scratch-made cookies, cupcakes, cookie cakes, bars, and including holiday-themed treats. Their baked-to-order cookies are known for their crispy exterior and soft centre and come in
The Butternut Baking Co. is Toronto’s first 100 per cent natural bakery specializing in paleo, gluten-free and low carb baked goods. Owners Michelle and Christine set out to create a guilt-free bakery that was completely free of cane sugar and grains. With their first brick and mortar location in the Junction, Butternut Baking Co. is
The Cheese Boutique has been a long-standing draw for both chefs and regular folk on the hunt for the perfect fromage. And although plenty of other gourmet options for the cultured palate abound, the gelateria is here for the masses. The owners bought a Carpigiani ice cream maker and built an addition to the side
Founded in 2003 during the cupcake craze, this cute bakery hidden down a midtown alley has managed to endure beyond the fad. The Cupcake Shoppe makes 28 different cupcake flavours, which range from classics like red velvet to more inventive combinations, such as the pink lemonade which sees a lemon cupcake topped with raspberry buttercream.
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets, or The GOoDS, is a geek-centric bakery on Queen West. This spot does a ton of different desserts, but when it comes to themed-cakes, theirs may be some of the best in the city. Their Baby Yoda cake made a splash on Instagram and now The GOoDS is one
North York’s favourite neighbourhood doughnut shop, the Rolling Pin, has perfected the art of holed desserts, from your classic yeasty confectionary to extremely Instagrammable innovations like their Nutella-Reeses Cocoa Puff and Fluffernutter doughnuts, and whatever else their talented pastry chefs are making that day. With a rotating selection of blinged-out doughnuts, youโre always in for
Driven by their success on Mount Pleasant, the Thobor family have opened a second location of their eponymous bakery, this time, on Eglinton West near Allen Road.
The Beachโs newest bakery, Toriโs Bakeshop, is all vegan, all natural, refined sugar-free, occasionally gluten-free, organic where possible and entirely eco-friendly. Owner Victoria Vaccher, a vegan herself, made sure of that. Entering the welcoming green and white shop, patrons are greeted with the sound of a whirring espresso machine and a soundtrack of French music
The bakeshop may be Toriโs, but the treats are for everyone. Right in the heart of the Beaches, Toriโs Bakeshop is an environmentally conscious, all-natural organic bakery that offers sweet (and savoury!) treats that are free of dairy, egg, casein, refined sugar and gluten. Just not all at once. Toriโs invents and retunes classic and
Wanda’s Pie in the Sky has been a Kensington Market staple for over 10 years. The bakery is perched on a busy corner with a bright, multi-coloured interior. Each day, the team whips up a variety of pies, cakes and tarts made from scratch and with love, in addition to other smaller treats like cookies,
What other restaurants do you know of where a maple charcoal grill is the culinary staple? From the surf to the turf, mostly everything served up at Wildfire Steakhouse & Bar hits the grill and gets infused with that special smoke flavour. The perfect steak starts with in-house 40-day aged certified Angus beef and, like