Toronto doesn’t always sleep — it just eats later. From neon-lit snack bars to bakeries that never close, the city has plenty of places ready to feed you well past last call. Whether you’re chasing something hot, sweet or fried at 4 a.m., these late-night and 24-hour spots prove that good food doesn’t keep office hours.

Midnight Market

Once you step inside Midnight Market, located on College Street, straddled between Kensington Market and Little Italy, you’ll be hit with elements of various Asian cultures, including an array of fusion snacks and baiju-infused craft cocktails. The night market-inspired bar will transport you to the bustling spots found in Asia. Glimmering neon lights and retro street signs adorn the space, evoking the energy of Tokyo’s old-world alleyways or Yokocho, which hosts many bars, restaurants and shops.

Commisso Brothers & Racco Italian Bakery 

Open around the clock since 1957, Commisso Brothers & Racco Italian Bakery in North York is a go-to spot for delicious Italian sandwiches and late-night cravings. Whether it’s the middle of the night or early morning, you can rely on this bakery to satisfy your hunger with its hot table offerings. In addition, Commisso offers a deli counter and meat market, making it a convenient place to grab some groceries while indulging in the massive and satisfying sandwiches.

The Famous Owl of Minerva

Experience the authentic taste of Korea at the Famous Owl of Minerva, where traditional Korean cuisine is perfected to satisfy even late-night cravings. This renowned restaurant takes pride in delivering rich and bold flavours through carefully crafted dishes, such as sizzling bulgogi and steaming bibimbap. The Famous Owl of Minerva has become a beloved destination in Toronto, offering 24-hour dining at its Yonge Street location.

Kettleman’s Bagels

Toronto’s 24-hour bagel shop, Kettleman’s Bagels, specializes in traditional Montreal-style bagels. Handcrafted, Kettleman’s produces 1,200 to 1,300 dozen bagels daily using a 400-year-old recipe. With a wood-burning oven and an open concept space, Kettleman’s Bagels offers fresh bagels topped with poppy or sesame seeds. Kettleman’s has multiple locations and a menu featuring various sandwich options.

Go Place

Go Place is a luxury leisure club and spa located at First Markham Place, offering a 24-hour wellness experience with over 68,000 square feet of Jacuzzis, speciality baths, saunas, treatment rooms, lounging and dining areas 365 days a year. Soak away tension in the speciality baths and detox in the therapeutic sauna before indulging in fine cuisine.

HanBingo

When the night runs long and you’re craving something warm and sweet, HanBingo has you covered daily until 4 a.m. This Koreatown spot is best known for bingsu — Korea’s shaved ice dessert once reserved for royalty — but the real late-night win is the comfort food. Think soupy tteokbokki, fish cake oden tang, corn cheese hot dogs and skewers you can eat with one hand while debating a second order.

Express Pizza

When the craving hits at 4 a.m., Express Pizza is there. Open daily until 5 a.m., this long-running Church-Wellesley Village staple has been fuelling late nights for decades. The slices are hot, quick and comforting, with good cheese, a solid sauce and no unnecessary fuss. Cash only.

Food & Liquor

A neighbourhood favourite that quietly comes through late. Food & Liquor is first a bar —good craft beer, solid cocktails, a cozy room and a back patio, but the late-night kitchen is the real bonus. Modern Asian-inspired small plates run until 2 a.m., making this a reliable stop when you want more than just fries. Think fried rice cakes, wings, dumplings and veggie-friendly options.

416 Snack Bar

Open daily until 2 a.m., 416 Snack Bar rewards late nights that aren’t in a rush. It’s walk-in only and proudly cutlery-free, with snacks designed to be eaten by hand and shared as they land. The menu moves easily across styles: East Coast oysters packed in ice, General Tso fu with crunchy tofu, Korean fried chicken glazed in gochujang and ginger and a pressed short rib with pommes anna that somehow feels right after midnight. There’s steak tartare on sourdough, a proper Reuben, spicy tuna hand rolls and a whole jerk fish platter meant to be pulled apart at the table.

LoPan

Open until 2 a.m., LoPan is DaiLo’s upstairs dim sum and cocktail bar, perfect for late-night snacking in Little Italy. The space is smaller and more relaxed than the restaurant below, with a menu designed for sharing. Expect yum cha–style bar bites like KFC popcorn tofu, General Tso crispy confit duck wings and truffle fried rice — familiar flavours with a playful twist from chef Nick Liu. The cocktail list leans fun and creative, including the Watermelon Yuzu Smash with vodka, yuzu sake, watermelon and basil, plus a solid lineup of sake, tequila, mezcal and whisky.

Vinoteca Pompette is taking the philosophy “New year, new me” to heart, as the Italian-French eatery will be kicking off 2026 by being transformed into an aperitivo bar with a new space,  a new menu and a new name.

With a planned opening for early 2026, Bar Allegro promises to be a welcoming and easy-going bar to spend the night dining on cocktails, wines and elevated share snacks.

Head sommelier Jonathan Bauer says Bar Allegro will be closer to the original vision for the Little Italy restaurant that he, chef Martine Bauer, and head bartender Maxime Hoerth had when they founded what was then called Pompette in April 2020. Though he says the plan had been to open a “simple” cocktail and wine bar with snacks, the pandemic severely altered the trajectory into a French restaurant.

 

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The team is not new to a rebrand, as just a year and a half ago, Pompette transformed into Vinoteca Pompette, symbolized with a paint job to create the restaurant’s iconic green exterior. That time, the idea was to give the French upscale dining room a more accessible feel with more Italian flavours on the menu.  

“Because we are in a corner unit, we had a lot of walk-ins come in so we wanted to have something more approachable to be able to satisfy all the requests for most spontaneous experiences,” says Bauer.

Bar Allegro will cater to the spontaneous experience even more, Bauer says, and even be more accessible to the crowd at sister cocktail bar, Bar Pompette.  

“I wanted to have a place more alive from the beginning of the night to the end of the night and that’s we came up with the idea of Bar Allegro,” says Bauer.

The new name will still be paying homage to its roots as “allegro” is often used to mean feeling “tipsy” after a drink in Italian — just as “pompette” means the same in French.

“We wanted to change the name because we realized it was sometimes confusing for our customers to have two different Pompettes,” says Bauer, referring to Bar Pompette. “But we wanted to create a link. You don’t have to understand the link, but if you’re curious about it, you’ll get it.”

While Bauer is remaining tight-lipped about what we can expect from the snack menu, he assures it will be “elevated” and not only focus on Italian but various flavour profiles. Think bar favourites — savoury, cheesy and fried snacks all meant to be shared.

Where Bar Pompette is focused on creating a cocktail experience, Bar Allegro will be serving quality classic cocktails alongside beer and cider. As you’d expect from the Pompette team, there will be a selection of wine by the glass as well as about 100 wines by the bottle that are largely European, biodynamic and artisan-made.

“We really want a place that’s casual and you go out with friends,” Bauer says. “You don’t have any plans and you just plan to stay for a drink for half an hour and just stay two hours instead. That’s out dream.”

Vinoteca Pompette’s final day of service will be Sunday, January 4, after which the restaurant will be closed for renovations for three weeks to a month. After the soft opening, Bar Allegro will be ready to welcome diners seven days per week.

“We love to create some new stuff — new drinks, new food — and see the reaction of the neighbourhood,” says Bauer. “What we’re most excited about is creating a place where we feel that we’re going to have a lot of customer who make this their place to be a few times a week.”

A new Italian restaurant has opened just north of Steeles, giving York Region diners a fresh spot for comforting, classic dishes.

Designed as both a neighbourhood trattoria and a full event venue, the Thornhill space
features an elegant, modern look with a spacious bar and private rooms that can host anywhere from 20 to 100 guests.

It’s the latest addition to the La Vecchia family — now three locations in total — but this one brings its own personality to the mix.

La Vecchia earned the prestigious Ospitalità Italiana seal of excellence in 2018, and the new outpost carries forward that commitment to classic Italian cooking. The dinner menu focuses on fresh, high-quality ingredients — from bright salads like the Mista or the pear-and-gorgonzola Pera to indulgent starters like beef carpaccio, with truffle and shaved Parmigiano, or a creamy burrata plate with prosciutto and pistachio crumble.

Groups can dig into a chef ’s board piled with Italian salumi, cheeses, marinated olives and house-made focaccia, and seafood lovers can choose from grilled calamari, P.E.I. mussels or braised Mediterranean octopus over roasted eggplant purée.

The Thornhill spot also introduces a few exclusives, including polpette meatballs made with beef, veal and pork braised in tomato sauce and topped with ricotta salata and focaccia crostini. Pasta, pizza and mains, like lobster risotto and lamb shank, round out the menu, with many dishes available as gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free or vegetarian.

La Vecchia’s Toronto spots — one in midtown and one by the lake — have earned a loyal following over the years, and the new Thornhill restaurant follows in that lineage.

La Vecchia is located at 8700 Bathurst St., Thornhill.