Tracking Toronto's newest, independent, registered restaurants
New restaurants in Leslieville, Toronto: 5 licensed in the past year, tracked daily from the City of Toronto business-licence registry (chains excluded). The most recent is QUEEN'S CHARBROILED BURGER & SHAWARMA, first seen 3 months ago.
Independent-restaurant corridor along Queen Street East between Broadview and Jones. Brunch, third-wave coffee, neighbourhood Italian and Asian; less heritage-immigrant, more contemporary independent.
Of the 5 currently tracked restaurants in Leslieville: 2 Thai, 1 Middle Eastern, 1 Vietnamese, 1 Italian.
"First seen" reflects when each restaurant first surfaced in our combined evidence — City permit, public-health inspection, social media — usually within a few weeks of opening, but a permit can lead actual opening by months. How we verify ›
A counter serving charbroiled burgers and Middle Eastern Shawarma in a single operation, splitting focus between North American and Levantine appetites.
A Thai kitchen and coffee counter serving a hybrid menu that blends traditional dishes with unexpected fusions.
A Vietnamese Banh Mi counter operating from a convenience store window in Leslieville, offering soft-launched sandwiches built to order. · No website yet.
A full-service Thai kitchen with dining room and bar, built around a menu that balances classic appetizers with less common preparations.
This trattoria centres on house-made pasta osso buco, carbonara in-house focaccia on the menu, plus risotto.
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