Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week
Here s what opened and closed between December 15-29, including the Momo House taking over Brothers old spot in Yorkville By Kelsey Adams
Courtesy of the Momo House
Last week we published our list of 99 Toronto restaurants that closed in 2020. This week we’re playing catch up on all the openings from the past couple of weeks.
As this year showed, people continue to open new restaurants despite the pandemic. Even established restaurateurs like Nuit and Jeff Regular, who own several restaurants across the city accrued debt launching the new location of Pai, which meant they had to open or swallow the debt.
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99 Toronto restaurants and bars we lost in 2020
From neighbourhood favourites to trendy upstarts and big franchises, a variety of eateries closed this year By Kelsey Adams and Natalia Manzocco
Dec 22, 2020
It was difficult to keep up with the closures in our weekly roundups, but there were also a healthy number of openings. Of course, the restaurants that did open weren’t greeted by the most favourable dining landscape.
Despite stopgap measures like government relief and new takeout and delivery offerings, many Toronto restaurants and bars closed their doors for good during the pandemic.
The trend was Canada-wide. On December 16, Restaurants Canada said that since March 2020, 10,000 restaurants have closed across Canada. In Ontario alone, the sector has lost 19 per cent of jobs and 25 per cent in revenue since February, the industry group said.