What to know
- Daddy’s Chicken, a Toronto restaurant on Queen Street East, says it is being evicted after refusing to pay for repairs to a broken furnace in its building.
- The restaurant shared the claim in a Dec. 20 Instagram post, alleging “extortion” and showing an eviction notice ending its month-to-month lease effective March 1, 2026.
- Daddy’s Chicken says its original lease stated the tenant was not responsible for furnace repairs and claims the landlord declined to renew the lease while seeking to sell the property.
- Now Toronto has contacted both the restaurant and the landlord for comment but has not yet received a response, and the restaurant has not announced closure or relocation plans.
A Toronto restaurant says it is being evicted by its landlord after refusing to pay for repairs to a broken furnace in its building.
Daddy’s Chicken, located at 1276 Queen St. E., shared the information in an Instagram post on Dec. 20, alleging it is being evicted through what it describes as “extortion.”
“TWO MONTHS Notice, following one conversation saying it WASN’T RIGHT to have to pay to fix the BUILDING’S furnace – Happy Holidays?” the restaurant wrote.
The post also included an image of the eviction notice, which states that the current month-to-month lease “shall terminate effective March 1, 2026.”
According to the restaurant, it has been operating under a month-to-month lease after its fixed-term lease expired.
Daddy’s Chicken claims its landlord refused to renew the lease in hopes of selling the property to a condominium developer, and says the original lease stated that the tenant was not responsible for repairs to the building’s furnace.
Now Toronto has reached out to both Daddy’s Chicken and the landlord for comment but has not yet received a response from either party.
As of publication, Daddy’s Chicken has not publicly stated when it plans to close its doors, nor whether it has secured a new location to which it could relocate.
