Emmer is an artisanal bakery offering ever-changing sweet and savoury goods like croissants made every which way, breakfast sammies and an endless suppl.
Neighbourhood: Harbord Village
Chef: Philip Haddad
Covid-19 safety measures: Social distancing, mandatory mask policy for patrons and staff, frequent sanitization.
Accessibility: Storefront is accessible, washrooms are upstairs.
The food
Philip Haddad part prosthodontist, part ultra-passionate baker first garnered a serious following in 2018 when he sold perfect loaves of sourdough via Instagram. Since then, his baked goods have been available at Donna’s in the Wallace-Emerson neighbourhood. Along the way, he’s hinted at a bricks-and-mortar bakery. Emmer three years in the making now finally opened this month in Harbord Village, complete with snaking (but socially distanced) lines and much fanfare. Sourdough, brioche and croissants both sweet and savoury are Emmer’s literal bread and butter, but the opening of patio season will also bring a lunch and dinner menu (the details of which are on lockdown for now). There’s a rotating selection of toasts and sandwiches, like an
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You have to line up to get your hands on the bacon butty from Emmer in Harbord Village.
You may have noticed pylons lining the streets around many Toronto restaurants. The city is preparing CafeTO street patios so they can be ready at a moment’s notice once lockdown restrictions are lifted.
With beautiful, warm weather this past weekend but no patios to sip and eat on, Torontonians took to the parks en masse (some leaving a bit of a mess in their wake). In this week’s roundup of new openings, there are a lot of picnic or backyard-friendly offerings. Restaurants are getting creative, meeting people where they are – Pastiche’s new roving mini-van popped up at Trinity Bellwoods, serving sandwiches, cocktails and freezies.