Sort-of Secret

Sort-of Secret: Frank Ranalli’s, an Italian beef sandwich business inside a hot dog shop

Warning: do not read this article on an empty stomach

Sort-of Secret: The Little Jerry, Toronto’s first listening bar for serious audiophiles

Featuring a state-of-the-art sound system and an extensive record collection full of deep cuts

Sort-of Secret: Frank’s Jerk, a Jamaican chicken pop-up at a Dundas West bar

Just follow your nose

Sort-of Secret: Fuoco Mio, a food truck in the Stockyards serving up panini and wood-fired pizzas

Fun for the whole famiglia

Sort-of Secret: Sailor’s Fish and Chips, a new takeout counter inside Hooked on Danforth

Unsurprisingly, the city's seafood experts make some pretty good snacks

Sort-of Secret: No Pain Gimbap, a new west-end kitchen for Korean snacks

The sushi-like rolls are perfect for park picnics

Sort-of Secret: Snack Edition, a delivery service for hard-to-find treats like apple-flavoured Fanta and Dunkaroos cereal

Owner Reema Aviles turned her junk food obsession into a business during the pandemic

Sort-of Secret: Heavenly Perogy, a Ukrainian restaurant and food shop running out of a church basement

It's the schnitz

Sort-of Secret: Cicchetto, a new line of Toronto-made tipples started by a chef and bartender

This ain't your nonna's limoncello

Sort-of Secret: The Donuterie, artisanal doughnuts from a Leslieville lunch counter

They make cronuts, too. Remember cronuts?

Sort-of Secret: These pillowy loaves of Japanese milk bread from a Roncesvalles ramen shop

Aoi Yoshida found out that you can still make milk bread even if you run out of milk

Sort-of Secret: Mamey, a family run pop-up and delivery service specializing in homemade tamales

Each tamal is like a gift waiting to be unwrapped

Sort-of Secret: Pies by Squires, savoury meat pies and sausage rolls from a former Buca chef

Including one that's dinner and dessert, combined

Sort-of Secret: Geladona’s freezies, artisanal ice treats in fun Brazilian flavours like açai, passion fruit, guava and avocado

Perfect for sweltering summer days

Sort-of Secret: Super Empanada, the new pastry pocket project of a west-end steakhouse

It's Tanto's comfort-food pandemic pivot