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The Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants in Toronto

Abbie North

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Abbie North

Posted Apr 12, 2025

The Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants in Toronto

Abbie North

Written By

Abbie North

Posted Apr 12, 2025

Toronto is home to an impressive selection of restaurants and brewpubs that highlight the beauty of farm-to-table dining. From rooftop gardens to regenerative organic farms, these spots embrace local, seasonal ingredients, ensuring that every dish celebrates the freshest flavours Ontario has to offer.

Whether you're savouring Ontario-grown produce at Aburi Hana or indulging in sustainably sourced meats at Joni Restaurant, these culinary destinations make it clear that the farm-to-table movement is alive and thriving in the city.

Check out our list for the best farm-to-table restaurants in Toronto.

Please and Thank You

Please and Thank You embraces farm-to-table dining that has a menu full of seasonal and local ingredients. With delicious food and a comforting atmosphere, you’ll be using all your manners when trying these dishes.

Please and Thank You

Please and Thank You embraces farm-to-table dining that has a menu full of seasonal and local ingredients. With delicious food and a comforting atmosphere, you’ll be using all your manners when trying these dishes.

The Ace

Comfort Food

 Located in Roncesvalles, The Ace offers a menu that highlights seasonal, local and fresh ingredients that come together to make delicious European-inspired dishes such as snow crab Dauphine.

The Ace

 Located in Roncesvalles, The Ace offers a menu that highlights seasonal, local and fresh ingredients that come together to make delicious European-inspired dishes such as snow crab Dauphine.

Comfort Food

Bloordale Village

1184 Bloor St W

Burdock Brewery

Located in High Park, Burdock Brewery serves up seasonally curated and locally sourced dishes to ensure quality and flavour. Enjoy meals created by chef’s who are committed to the farm-to-table process using sustainable and organic ingredients.

Burdock Brewery

Bloordale Village

1184 Bloor St W

Located in High Park, Burdock Brewery serves up seasonally curated and locally sourced dishes to ensure quality and flavour. Enjoy meals created by chef’s who are committed to the farm-to-table process using sustainable and organic ingredients.

Yorkville

4 Avenue Rd

Joni Restaurant

Joni Restaurant is a spot that's dedicated to using locally-sourced, sustainable ingredients highlighting products from the surrounding regions. Enjoy dishes that highlight various produce and meats from farms across Ontario and with careful intent behind each dish, you’ll devour these fresh flavours in no time.

Joni Restaurant

Yorkville

4 Avenue Rd

Joni Restaurant is a spot that's dedicated to using locally-sourced, sustainable ingredients highlighting products from the surrounding regions. Enjoy dishes that highlight various produce and meats from farms across Ontario and with careful intent behind each dish, you’ll devour these fresh flavours in no time.

1 Kitchen Toronto

1 Kitchen is known for its fresh, locally sourced ingredients that produces delicious vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Not only does this spot follow a zero-waste kitchen, they also have an on-site, 100 per cent organic garden which means when you choose to dine, you get delicious, fresh food straight from the garden.

1 Kitchen Toronto

1 Kitchen is known for its fresh, locally sourced ingredients that produces delicious vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Not only does this spot follow a zero-waste kitchen, they also have an on-site, 100 per cent organic garden which means when you choose to dine, you get delicious, fresh food straight from the garden.

Little Italy

419 College St

Quetzal

At Quetzal, you can find traditional Mexican flavours and dishes that have local produce as a star component. Indulge in the mushroom and shishito peppers featuring Shogun maitake mushrooms from London, Ontario and Trinity Farm oyster mushrooms from Ancaster, Ontario.

Quetzal

Little Italy

419 College St

At Quetzal, you can find traditional Mexican flavours and dishes that have local produce as a star component. Indulge in the mushroom and shishito peppers featuring Shogun maitake mushrooms from London, Ontario and Trinity Farm oyster mushrooms from Ancaster, Ontario.

Aburi Hana

Aburi Hana is one restaurant downtown that blends seasonal Ontario ingredients with Japanese Kyōto-style Kaiseki. With some dishes featuring local produce like Ontario-grown apples and strawberries, you’ll know you’re getting the freshest produce.

Aburi Hana

Aburi Hana is one restaurant downtown that blends seasonal Ontario ingredients with Japanese Kyōto-style Kaiseki. With some dishes featuring local produce like Ontario-grown apples and strawberries, you’ll know you’re getting the freshest produce.

Maple Leaf Tavern

If you’re looking for the freshest ingredients downtown, you’ll want to head to the Maple Leaf Tavern. With a menu that changes with the seasons to highlight Ontario’s finest flavours, you can enjoy salads made with lettuces from Clear Water Farms (Willow Beach, Ontario) or a pork chop dish topped with caper and mustard sauce, featuring pasture-raised meat.

Maple Leaf Tavern

If you’re looking for the freshest ingredients downtown, you’ll want to head to the Maple Leaf Tavern. With a menu that changes with the seasons to highlight Ontario’s finest flavours, you can enjoy salads made with lettuces from Clear Water Farms (Willow Beach, Ontario) or a pork chop dish topped with caper and mustard sauce, featuring pasture-raised meat.

Financial District

1 Richmond St W

Richmond Station

The chef-curated tasting menu at Richmond Station, which changes biweekly, features local and seasonal ingredients. Many of the restaurant’s vegetables, herbs and flowers are grown in its regenerative-organic garden in Creemore, Ontario.

Richmond Station

Financial District

1 Richmond St W

The chef-curated tasting menu at Richmond Station, which changes biweekly, features local and seasonal ingredients. Many of the restaurant’s vegetables, herbs and flowers are grown in its regenerative-organic garden in Creemore, Ontario.

Leslieville

1042 Queen St E

Avling Brewery

This brewpub has a menu that is serving up local ingredients, with some items coming from their own rooftop kitchen garden. Updating their menu to feature seasonal items, you’ll find dishes like ribeye pork chops from Stratford, Ontario’s Perth Pork.

Avling Brewery

Leslieville

1042 Queen St E

This brewpub has a menu that is serving up local ingredients, with some items coming from their own rooftop kitchen garden. Updating their menu to feature seasonal items, you’ll find dishes like ribeye pork chops from Stratford, Ontario’s Perth Pork.