NowServingTOThis Week in Toronto · May 29, 2026
THIS WEEK IN TORONTO

Toronto's newest Jamaican kitchens

11 licensed in the past year. From the City of Toronto’s nightly registry.

Pictured: KENSINGTON JERK & PASTA
1
Past 3 months
11
Past 12 months

Eglinton West has anchored Toronto's Jamaican food culture for two generations. But the 11 kitchens below cluster across Scarborough, the western 401 corridor, and Etobicoke as much as the original Little Jamaica — with 0 of them licensed in just the past 30 days.

The 11 most recently licensed

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JERK BOX
5MO AGO

JERK BOX

2591 Eglinton Ave W, York, ON M6M 1T3 West Toronto
JAMICAN
6MO AGO

JAMICAN

160 Baldwin St Unit 7A, Toronto, ON M5T 3K7 Downtown
THE REAL JERK
8MO AGO

THE REAL JERK

842 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1Y7 East Toronto
FAHMEE BAKERY
8MO AGO

FAHMEE BAKERY

31 Tapscott Rd Unit 58B, Scarborough, ON M1B 4Y7 Scarborough

Where they're opening

All 11 kitchens, by Toronto district. Concentration tells you where the Jamaican community's commercial footprint is densest right now.
West Toronto
6
Downtown
2
Scarborough
2
East Toronto
1