CLOSURES: Restaurants that closed last month in Toronto
Published June 3, 2026 at 3:58 pm
Restaurants that closed last month in Toronto during May of 2026 are now gone, but definitely not forgotten. The most notable closure of the month most likely was the closing of iconic diner the Patrician Grill, which had been in business for many decades.
The city of Toronto also lost restaurants serving several takes on a wide variety of Asian cuisine, as well as a convenient location for some of the best barbecue in town and a well loved seafood restaurants
That means that those in the city are out of luck when it comes to quite a few major good options for hearty food at affordable prices. It remains to be seen what the people behind the places that closed may do next, and what pops up in the old spaces that have been vacated by these restaurants.
Here are restaurants in Toronto that closed last month during May of 2026.
After over a decade in business, this seafood restaurant that doubled as a market closed down in the Junction.
This chain for healthy South Asian eats where you could build your own bowls from a bar of customizable ingredients sadly shut down all its Canadian locations during the month of May in 2026. That included several in Toronto.
May brought the closure of this well-regarded Japanese restaurant, but the team behind it promised there would be more in store.
Unfortunately, it seems May brought the end of this restaurant’s time at Gladstone and Queen West, where Thai dishes were served with a delicious Lao twist. The pad thai and fried chicken on the menu were popular.
Known as one of the most popular barbecue spots in Toronto, this restaurant shut down its Bloor location this past month. Fortunately, there are still other locations of Beach Hill Smokehouse in operation.
This Queen West restaurant serving an Asian fusion menu with classical elements closed down mid-May, but the team behind it still operates a similar restaurant called Fallen Feather located on Ossington Avenue.
Decades of history came to a close this past May when this diner on King East finally closed its doors, bidding farewell to the neighbourhood with an emotional goodbye after 70 long years. First opening up shop in the 1950s, it was purchased by Louie and Helen Papas in 1967. In 2011, it was passed down to their son, Terry Papas and brother-in-law Chris Slifkas.