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EXPLORE TORONTO | | | | | | | Bonjour Brioche Bakery Cafe812 Queen St E
Toronto,
ON
M4M 1H7
416-406-1250 | | | | | Description: EAST TORONTO. This bright and friendly spot is a great choice for breakfast or brunch. Feast on French-style pastries, fluffy omelets, crave-able spinach quiche, and what are widely regarded as some of the best baguettes in the city. Be prepared for a wait on the weekends the place is popular and often packed.
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| 180 Steeles Ave W
Toronto,
ON
L4J 2L1
905-882-4825 | | | | | Description: NORTH TORONTO. Cake! We all need cake at one time or another, and in North Toronto this is the place to get it. Cakes are made with real ingredients butter, eggs, cream, fresh fruits and Belgian chocolate. Try the chocolate Grand Marnier cake, a mousse filled cake, or a luscious fruit tart. Chocolada is also happy to take special orders for a variety of cakes that are gluten-, sugar-, and/or dairy-free.
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| 20 Cumberland St
Toronto,
ON
M4W 1J5
416-924-3223 | | | | | Description: MIDTOWN. The Dessert Lady is Mandy Kan, a pastry chef who's passionate about desserts. She makes fabulous cookies, pies and tarts. Her cupcakes are baked fresh daily and are ready at noon, but they do sell out, so don't dawdle. The shop keeps 14 flavors of house-made ice cream and sorbet, and fresh truffles are made frequently. Flavors change frequently depending on what's available and what Mandy feels like making that day.
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| 154 Harbord St
Toronto,
ON
M5S 1H2
416-916-8155 | | | | | Description: DOWNTOWN. Award-winning chef Don Duong has a reputation for making the most fabulous wedding cakes, cakes that are gorgeous to look at and heavenly to eat. But he's no slouch when it comes to every day cakes and desserts. Just as much effort is invested for each mini dessert as for a full size cake, so everything is beautiful, with swirls, flowers and chocolate ruffles. A lovely place to enjoy a light lunch, followed by a little individual, egg-cup size chocolate shell filled with mousse, or a mini-cheesecake. The dinner menu is affordable and features Continental dishes with a hint of Asian flair.
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| 787 Queen St W
Toronto,
ON
M6J 1G1
416-504-2870 | | | | | Description: WEST TORONTO. Opened by pastry chef Dufflet Rosenberg in 1982, this much-loved bakery has become one of Ontario's most popular purveyors of wedding cakes, party trays and special treats for folks who feel the need for a little pampering. Whole cakes, pies and tarts fill the cases, but you'll want to investigate all the wonderful little individual baby bundt cakes, tiny tarts, and charming cakelets, a selection unmatched anywhere in Toronto. Whether your Achilles heel is fruity or chocolaty, spicy or buttery, Dufflet has created something especially for you. Go ahead. Indulge!
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| 215 Madison Ave
Toronto,
ON
M5R 2S6
416-926-0303 | | | | | Description: MIDTOWN. There are only four seats here, so your best bet is to plan on getting your goodies to go. The individual gruyere tart makes a stellar light lunch, and the dainty pastries, petits fours and cakes are ideal when a treat is called for. Many items are blessed with a layer of homemade frangipane a moist, ground-almond filling that adds richness and depth. The owner also makes her own organic preserves to use as fillings. If you're lucky, she'll have a few jars for sale when you visit!
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| Kensington Natural Bakery460 Bloor St W
Toronto,
ON
M5S 1X8
416-534-1294 | | | | | Description: DOWNTOWN. This bakery-café gets extra points for its healthy, low-fat cooking. Organic flours, spring water, and real butter are used, but not preservatives, artificial flavors or colors, or refined sugars. Most items are dairy- and egg-free; cakes are all vegan. Popular breakfast fare includes muffins, croissants, and pastries, along with fourteen different types of herbal tea or freshly squeezed juices. At lunch or dinner, you can choose from a variety of delicious Asian-inspired vegetarian dishes.
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| 1120 Yonge St
Toronto,
ON
M4W 2L6
416-927-1105 | | | | | Description: MIDTOWN. A classic neighborhood spot, Patachou draws a regular crowd for its stellar croissants and pastries, washed down with a latte. But in truth, all their baked goods are top notch, from the daintiest tart to the richest, tallest chocolate layer cake. Lunch-time appetites can nosh on a croque-monsieur, a slice of quiche or a fresh salad. Just be sure not to leave without sampling a sweet!
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| 1626 Bayview Av
Toronto,
ON
M4G 3B7
416-487-1234 | | | | | Description: MIDTOWN. Chef Thierry Schmitt makes complex cakes, masterpieces of texture, flavor and even color. Among the most artistic in town, these cakes are gorgeous. And the place is popular because the cakes taste just as good. Of course, there are other items to satisfy your sweet tooth, such as divine truffles and indulgent pain au chocolate. Breakfast includes omelettes, crepes, and the like; lunch is mostly comprised of excellent sandwiches on croissants or baguettes. Schmitt also makes an impressive croquembouche (by special order).
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| 420 Eglinton Ave W
Toronto,
ON
M5N 1A2
416-481-9111 | | | | | Description: MIDTOWN. Phipps specializes in the sort of desserts that you might make at home if you had the time and the inclination. Chocolate fudge cake, lemon pound cake, carrot cake, and blueberry coffeecake. Fruit pies, big chocolate chip cookies, mini tarts, muffins, and banana bread. There's an impressive selection of cookie dough, frostings, candies, granola and other sweet stuff, plus homemade soups, sauces and pastas in the freezer. If you need to balance the sugar with something reasonably healthy, there's a great salad bar, too.
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