NOW Magazine
Toronto’s best new restaurants 2021
Despite hardship, restaurants are continuing to open with creative (and tasty) offerings attuned to the takeout era By Kelsey Adams, Kevin Ritchie and Richard Trapunski
May 13, 2021
It feels redundant to state that it’s been a tough year for restaurants in Toronto. With multiple lockdowns and indoor dining off the table for much of the past 12 months, it’s been an uphill battle for eateries to keep the doors open.
Restaurateurs are a tenacious bunch and despite the hardship, new joints continue to open. Typically, NOW’s best new restaurant lists consider things like atmosphere and table service. So much of the dining experience is really all about those peripheral elements – just not right now.