Top 10 Restaurants In Yonge And Eglinton Toronto

Home to a great selection of multicultural bistros and gastropubs, Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto is a foodie’s paradise. With so many high-quality, affordable restaurants within a few blocks of each other, ‘Yonge and Eg’ can offer a different culinary experience every time you visit.

Messini Authentic Gyros

Check out the Yonge Street franchise of Messini Authentic Gyros. As soon as you enter this small, fast-food style eatery prepare to be hit by the smell of slow-roasting pork basted with intoxicating spices. Featuring plenty of generously proportioned dishes, the star of the show is their signature gyro wraps served with fries right in the pita. Tabule Middle Eastern Cuisine | © Carlos Pacheco/Flickr

Tabülè Middle Eastern Cuisine

Restaurant, Lebanese

Take a journey to the east at this elegant, Middle Eastern fusion bistro. Vegetarians should check out their excellent falafel dishes and appetizer platter of flatbread and spreads like hummus, baba ghanouj and, of course, tabülè. Stay late to enjoy their in-house desserts.

Grazie Ristorante

A Yonge and Eglinton staple, Grazie has been serving authentic, homemade-style Italian food to the community for twenty years. In addition to their excellent pizza and pasta, try the Cozze Portofino, mussels steamed with your choice of white wine sauce or light tomato sauce. Copa Grill | © Milan Kalkan

Copacabana

Bar, Restaurant, Steakhouse

This Brazilian churrascaria offers some of the best grilled steak in midtown. As chefs circulate with skewers of exotic meat, try some less carnivorous delicacies like their fried plantains and roasted pineapple slices. While vegans might be put off, The Copa does offer a diverse salad bar as well. They also have live Brazilian music and dancers. All Star Salad | © Fresh

Fresh

After a hearty steak dinner, cut through that red meat with a made-to-order juice or smoothie at Fresh’s Eglinton location. Into the healthy eating lifestyle before it was cool, all their food is made from scratch and without any chemicals not found in Mother Nature.

Lime Asian Cuisine

An ultra-modern Asian fusion eatery on Eglinton just between Yonge and Mt. Pleasant, Lime’s sleek décor offers an upscale dining experience. The chef’s signature dishes include mango chicken sautéed in either hoisin or satay peanut sauce, served in a Phoenix Nest and pan-seared black cod with spicy basil sauce. Fin Izakaya | © Sasha Erfanian

Fin Izakaya

Bistro, Bar, Japanese

Sushi fans will love Fin Izakaya’s Japanese take on tapas. Try some of their signature delicacies like raw octopus dishes or mackerel, which they blowtorch right at your table. Small groups should go for their meat lovers’ or seafood platters.

Caribbean Bistro

Restaurant, Canadian

You will get a kick from the authentic Jamaican dishes offered at Caribbean Bistro. Unafraid of spice? Go for the jerk chicken roti and curry potatoes. Still not satisfied? Top it off with a slice of their cassava pone dessert.

Coquine Restaurant

Restaurant, French

Those searching for a little slice of Paris can check out this spot. Featuring cozy, European décor, Coquine offers all the ambience of a café by the Seine right in the middle of Midtown. Perfect for brunch, lunch, and dinner, check out their wild mushroom ravioli bathed in white wine truffle sauce or oeufs Florintine with Hollandaise sauce and Lyonnaise potatoes.

Mariachi’s

Restaurant, Mexican, Vegetarian

A fun little Mexican restaurant, Mariachi’s is a great place to sit on their Yonge Street-facing patio with an imported Mexican beer in one hand and a chimichanga in the other. Have one of their famous burritos with their homemade habanero hot sauce.

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Sasha Erfanian Dow was born in North York and raised in Thornhill. He recently graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor Combined Honours Degree in Journalism and Political Science. His writing has appeared in Collision Repair Magazine, Centretown News, and the Carleton Charlatan. Follow him on Twitter or check out his blog, That's Not A Moon Game Reviews for his thoughts of the Marxist subtext of the Mushroom Kingdom.