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

Toronto's Lebanese kitchens, shawarma to knafeh

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

Pictured: ALADDIN SHAWARMA & SANDWICH HOUSE
2
Past 3 months
10
Past 12 months

Lebanese cooking is one of Toronto's deepest diaspora cuisines — the 10 kitchens below stretch from Yonge-Sheppard shawarma counters and North York mezza houses to Etobicoke bakeries turning out fresh man'oushe and knafeh. 0 licensed in the past 30 days.

The 10 most recently licensed

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GONDAL SHAWARMA
2MO AGO

GONDAL SHAWARMA

2956 Islington Ave., North York, ON M9L 2K5 Etobicoke
SHAWARMA STYLE
8MO AGO

SHAWARMA STYLE

281 Scarborough Rd, Toronto, ON M4E 3M9 East Toronto
DUHOK SHAWARMA
11MO AGO

DUHOK SHAWARMA

1635 Lawrence Ave W, North York, ON M6L 3C9 West Toronto

Where they're opening

All 10 kitchens, by Toronto district. Concentration tells you where the Lebanese community's commercial footprint is densest right now.
Downtown
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East Toronto
2
West Toronto
2
Etobicoke
1
North York
1
Scarborough
1