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

Toronto's Portuguese kitchens, the Dundas West cradle

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

Pictured: NOVA ERA BAKERY & PASTRY II INC
8
Past 12 months

Little Portugal — Dundas West, Ossington, Davenport — remains the cradle. The 8 Portuguese kitchens licensed in the past 12 months sit across the original blocks plus a recent expansion north into Bloordale: pastel de nata bakeries, churrasco houses, bifana counters, and a quiet wave of Aoreanu regional specialists. 0 in the past 30 days.

The 8 most recently licensed

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CAFE BELEM
7MO AGO

CAFE BELEM

348 Oakwood Ave, York, ON M6E 2W2 West Toronto

Where they're opening

All 8 kitchens, by Toronto district. Concentration tells you where the Portuguese community's commercial footprint is densest right now.
West Toronto
5
Etobicoke
2
North York
1