Toronto's food news headlines are heating up, the city's best patios are bumping and the new Toronto restaurant openings are rolling in. It's the best time of year to be in the city soaking up every delicious bite and sip — especially when some of the best restaurants in Toronto are offering limited-time, summer specials. Pretty soon prix-fixe menus will be popping up all over the city for Summerlicious next month, which is one more great excuse to get out and enjoy.

While it's not exactly Toronto food news, the FIFA World Cup is the biggest buzz right now. With the influx of tourists it promises to (maybe?) bring into the city to pay the exorbitant ticket prices that are making Torontonians choke, planning ahead and booking your reservations well in advance is the best bet right now. On top of that, street festivals like Do West Fest and Taste of Little Italy are shutting down main arteries for whole weekends at a time. (It's going to be a hoofing it around on foot kind of summer for me.)

But the sun is shining, the grills are sizzling, the Jelly Kings are cold (and come in a whole new lineup of alc and non-alc iterations) and the most exciting Toronto food news stories are here to keep us entertained all summer long. 

The hottest Toronto food news stories for June 2026

  • Do West Fest marks the start of summer with 16 blocks of music, food, arts and entertainment on Dundas West from Shaw Street to Lansdowne Avenue, June 5–7.

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  • The following weekend (June 12–14), College Street is shut down for the Taste of Little Italy, another fest packed with food, music and culture.
  • Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the FIFA World Cup is taking over Toronto from June 11–19, but what you might not know about are all the restaurants and bars throwing FIFA watch parties and events.
  • After months (or maybe years) of a painfully slow descent into bankruptcy, all of the Canadian locations of Planta have finally shuttered. There are still plenty of other amazing vegan restaurants in Toronto to go out and support, but there's a creamy truffle udon shaped hole in my heart that will never be filled. 
  • A beloved European spot for grab-and-go, street-food-style pasta cups is opening its first North American location in Toronto this month. Mailo's - The Pasta Project lands on Bremner Boulevard on June 12.
  • Toronto’s largest country-western bar is opening next month with a massive patio. Dolly’s is bringing live music, line dancing and pizza to the Esplanade in mid-July.
  • The latest viral dessert, dot cakes have arrived in Toronto at Short & Sweet Bakeshop, XO Bisous, Mily Sweets, Becked Goods and more. 
  • You can now take afternoon tea aboard a decked out pink bus in downtown Toronto with High Sociétéa. It's Toronto traffic but make it twee. 
  • One of the best restaurants in Toronto, Lyla is now offering a weekday lunch menu with flatbreads, salads, a steak sandwich and their obsession-worthy cauliflower.
  • Eataly is cashing in on aperitivo culture with its new La Piazza concept, which started at Yorkville and will soon expand to Eaton Centre and Sherway Gardens locations. The new menu is all about sharable grazing plates.
  • A mysterious new Mexican restaurant called Santa Madre is moving into Little India.
  • You don’t have to book that trip to Italy this summer — DaNico and Don Alfonso 1890 just earned the coveted 3 Forks distinction in Gambero Rosso's 2026 Top Italian Restaurants Guide for authentic Italian dining abroad.
  • Beloved barbecue spot, The Carbon Bar has just launched a brand-new brunch menu under their new chef Taylor Wells, featuring dishes like Smoked White Bean Shakshuka, chicken and waffles, a pastrami benny and fully loaded brunch towers.
  • Alley Pocha opens in Koreatown this month, promising a real Korean bar experience in a space inspired by an old Korean alley.
  • Taco Fest has just revealed its first-ever Mississauga vendor lineup for the June 27 and 28 event at Port Credit Memorial Park, featuring over 20 top GTA restaurants, more than 100 taco varieties and a brand-new waterfront fiesta.
  • On the Way Festival is taking over The Bentway on August 15, with local food, up-and-coming live music acts and plenty of wine. Presented by Community Wines and Standard Time, the independent festival will include DJ sets from The Dare, members of BADBADNOTGOOD, Patrick Holland, Doss, and Young Teesh, with food and drink from Matty’s Patties, Ruru Baked, Rooms Coffee, Barbet and Rizzo’s.