Eat in Financial District / Old Town, Toronto

Canoe

• ★ 4.6
• New American
• $$$$

Order The full Canadian tasting menu with the wine pairing.

Canoe on the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower runs a Canadian-ingredient tasting menu since 1995, the city's reference business-lunch and skyline dinner.

Bymark

• ★ 4.4
• New American
• $$$$

Order The dry-aged ribeye, or the Bymark burger with truffle and brie at lunch.

Bymark on Wellington in the TD Towers atrium is Mark McEwan's downtown chophouse since 2002, floor-to-ceiling wine cellar and the city's reference business.

Don Alfonso 1890

• ★ 4.4
• 1 MICHELIN star
• Italian
• $$$$

Don Alfonso 1890 atop the Westin Harbour Castle is the North American outpost of the Iaccarino family's Amalfi restaurant, Michelin one-star since 2022.

Pearl Harbourfront

• ★ 4.3
• Cantonese
• $$$

Order The shrimp dumplings, BBQ pork buns and a half Peking duck.

Pearl Harbourfront on Queens Quay runs Cantonese dim sum overlooking Lake Ontario from the Queen's Quay Terminal, the city's waterfront dim sum room.

Pizzeria Libretto University

• ★ 4.2
• Pizzeria
• $$

Order The Margherita or the Diavola with hot calabrese salami.

Pizzeria Libretto University on University Avenue is the downtown business-lunch branch of the AVPN-certified Neapolitan chain, vegan and gluten-free pizzas.

Dineen Coffee Company

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $

Order A cappuccino at the marble counter with a kouign-amann.

Dineen Coffee on Yonge at Temperance occupies the 1897 Dineen heritage building, the city's reference financial-district espresso bar with restored Edwardian.

Fahrenheit Coffee

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $

Order A traditional macchiato pulled tight.

Fahrenheit on Lombard is owner Vahe Tcheulian's tiny espresso counter in the financial district since 2010, a six-stool room with the Toronto-roasted Manic.

Carousel Bakery

• ★ 4.8
• Bakery
• $

Order The peameal bacon sandwich on a kaiser, choose mustard at the counter.

Carousel Bakery in St Lawrence Market Upper Level 42 has run the city's reference peameal bacon sandwich since 1977, the Biancolin family the operators.

Buster's Sea Cove

• ★ 4.4
• Seafood
• $

Order The cod fish and chips with house tartar.

Buster's Sea Cove on St Lawrence Market's lower level has run fish and chips, lobster rolls and oyster po'boys since 1995, the market's seafood counter.

Steam Whistle Brewing

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$

Order A pint of the pilsner on the Roundhouse patio facing CN Tower.

Steam Whistle in the 1929 John Street Roundhouse heritage building south of CN Tower has brewed a single Czech-style pilsner since 2000, the city's reference.

St Lawrence Market

• ★ 4.7
• Markets
• $$

Order Carousel Bakery peameal sandwich plus a wheel from Olympic Cheese.

St Lawrence Market on Front Street East has been Toronto's main food market since 1803, the South Building daily and the rebuilt North Building Saturday.

Chocolate Railway Museum Experience

• ★ 4.4

Tasty Tours' Chocolate Railway tour boards a vintage train car at the Toronto Railway Museum, a curated craft-chocolate flight under a chocolate expert.

St Lawrence Market Food Tour

• ★ 4.2

Culinary Adventure Co's St Lawrence Market tour visits Carousel Bakery peameal, Olympic Cheese, Buster's Sea Cove and the North Market Saturday farmers stalls.

Winterlicious

• ★ 4.4

Winterlicious is a city-run prix-fixe dining festival; over 240 Toronto restaurants offer three-course menus at $20-$55 lunch and $25-$75 dinner across two.

Summerlicious

• ★ 4.4

Summerlicious is the city-run summer counterpart to Winterlicious, three-course prix fixe at over 200 Toronto restaurants across the first three weeks of July.

T.O. Food and Drink Fest

• ★ 4.0

T.O. Food and Drink Fest at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre runs over 200 food and beverage exhibitors, MasterChef demos, mixology classes and a wine.

George Brown College Chef School

• ★ 4.2

George Brown College's Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts on King East runs the city's longest-running professional cooking program plus open-public.