Open now and opening soon: Toronto’s newest restaurants

This weekly round-up spotlights Toronto’s newest restaurants and bars, plus incoming establishments that should be on your radar.

Here are the newest restaurants opening in Toronto right now:

Bar Stray, a new motorcycle bar, is now open in Little Italy at 532 College Street.
Bonafide Restaurant a new European tapas bar and cocktail lounge is open at 209 Augusta Avenue in Kensington Market.
Tigernut milk based ice-cream purveyor The Chufa Co. has popped up inside a shipping container in The Beaches at 1973 Queen Street East.
In more ice cream news, Churnt Up is scooping ice cream on weekends from inside Conspiracy Pizza at 176 Wicksteed Avenue in Leaside.
Koi Koi Sake Bar, a new night-time spot from the same folks behind Northpoke and Sukoshi Mart, soft opens tonight (July 12) in Kensington Market at 170 Baldwin Street.
OMG on the Park has edged over a few doors and is now occupying new digs at 47 Abell Street.
Malaysian coffee bun chain Papparoti is now open for business at 270 Spadina Avenue.
Selam Restaurant Toronto’s first vegan Ethiopian restaurant is newly opened in Bloorcourt at 812b Bloor Street West.
Chinese bubble tea chain Tea Land is now open at 231 Queen Street West, the address formerly occupied by the Condom Shack.
Two Peas Variety is now open at 403 Spadina Avenue in Chinatown.
The Yard is now open at 1061 Queen Street East. The public house is a sister spot from the folks behind Hogtown Smoke.

Signs are up for Cauldron Ice Cream at 502 Queen Street West. This will be the first Toronto location for the California-based chain.
Copenhagen, a new vegan Danish bakery is among the new plant-based businesses transforming Parkdale into “Vegandale.” The bakeshop expects to open at 1312 Queen Street at the end of July.
American chain, MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company will open its first Canadian location at Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket. It’s part of the newly announced Market & Co. food market that will also house locations of Amano, Union Chicken, Bake Three Fifty, and more local food merchants.
Omni Palace, China’s biggest hand-pulled noodle chain opens in Toronto this month at 235 Consumers Road, in North York.
Vegandale Brewery is also moving into Vegandale at 1346 Queen Street West. It’s being billed as Toronto’s first “Toronto’s first ever vegan brewery and restaurant,”
Village Pizza is opening an outpost at Henderson Brewing at 128A Sterling Road according to a recent AGCO application.