After opening its first GTA location at Bathurst and Rutherford, Israeli chain Cafe Landwer has a downtown outpost going in at 165 University (at Adelaide).
Tea Land, a massive bubble tea chain from China, is set to replace Condom Shack (RIP) at 231 Queen West (at University). (Sure, they’ll have cheese drinks and waffles, but will they have cappucino-flavoured lube?)
Celebrity Hot Pot (254 Spadina, at Cameron) has closed.
NORTH
Doug’s Public Kitchen (561 Marlee, at Glencairn) has shuttered so that chef Doug McNish can focus on Mythology Diner, his collab with the team behind Doomie’s.
Pressed sushi spot Aburi Room is open at 16 Park Home (at Yonge).
EAST
This is not a drill: Filipino fast food chain Jollibee opens in Scarborough (15 William Kitchen, at Kennedy) this Sunday, April 1. Read our explainer here.
WEST
Machino Cafe is now open at 823 Bloor West (at Crawford).
Natalia came to NOW as the food writer in 2015 before taking over the lifestyle desk in 2019. She has written about food, style, technology, life and travel for the National Post, Sun Media, blogTO and Metro. She enjoys thrift stores and bad puns.