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The Best Easter Dinners in Toronto

The Best Easter Dinners in Toronto

The Best Easter Dinners in Toronto

The best Easter feasts in Toronto range from lavish brunches to multi-course dinners with everything you need to properly mark the occasion. Whether you're celebrating the Christian festival or just relish an opportunity to salute spring, these Easter spreads are not to be missed.

Though none of us are thrilled to be spending our second Easter in quarantine, it may be best to focus on the positive and find reasons to rejoice. We're past winter's desolation and spring has officially sprung. Reason enough, if you ask us, to savour a few divine dishes from some of Toronto's top restaurants.

Whether you prefer a traditional feast -- the type centred around heart-achingly tender, slow-roasted meats, cooked until they're flawlessly browned, glazed and primed for the centre of your table -- or crave spring's cornucopia on a plate, reimagined into all manner of veg-forward bites, Toronto has the Easter dish for you.

A long weekend with three days to fill, Easter is the time to relax, recharge and to order the best takeout your pandemic days have seen. Take our advice and dig into one of Toronto's best Easter feasts for a long weekend you won't soon forget.

1375 Dundas St W

Milou

Milou

Offering both Good Friday and Easter Sunday meals, pre-order your Easter meal by April 1 and receive a little gem lettuce salad, shrimp cocktail, prime rib roast and hot cross buns.

66 Wellington St W 54th floor

Canoe

Canoe

This refined Easter tasting menu is comprised of onion soup, bacon-wrapped aged Albertan beef filet and bourbon-poached pear. You can also add on a light breakfast to your meal that includes porridge, freshly squeezed juice and tea.

72 Ossington Ave

Union

Union

Order an Easter Homecook Box for $45 per person that includes a wild nettle soup, organic spring salad and lamb navarin. For an additional $45, add a wine pairing. Box comes with cooking instructions and a playlist. Pickups are for April 3, 4 and 5.

181 Wellington St W

TOCA

TOCA

Dine in style this Easter with a deluxe feast from TOCA. Each complete meal, available on Tock for two to eight people, includes soup, salad, roast turkey with apple and sage stuffing, whipped potatoes, cauliflower and broccoli gratin, gravy and cranberry sauce, and apple pie with caramel sauce and vanilla bourbon whipped cream for dessert.

Toben Food by Design

Toben Food by Design

At Toben Food by Design, each Easter feast, available for pre-order until April 1, features a choice of salads, mains, sides and desserts. From winter panzanella with beets to truffled mac and cheese or pan-seared branzino with citrus, every vibrant dish is guaranteed to make you feel like you made the right choice.

1150 Queen St W

The Drake

The Drake

The Drake's Feaster menu is back this year, featuring apple- and Dijon-glazed, house-smoked ham or celeriac and leek gratin, alongside a bevy of seasonal sides and whiskey-scented pineapple frangipane for dessert. Even better? The Drake is donating all proceeds from the dinner to the Stop Community Food Centre's emergency food access program.

74 Ossington Ave

Tanto

Tanto

Each Easter dinner for two from Tanto, available through Tock, comes with house-baked bread, smoked whitefish rillettes, burrata, a choice of smoked ham or poached salmon, and rhubarb pistachio cake with whipped yogurt.

225 Ossington Ave

Salt Wine Bar

Salt Wine Bar

Available for pre-order pickup and delivery on Tock, Salt Wine Bar's 5-course Easter dinner includes house-smoked wild salmon, heirloom beet salad with goat cheese, truffle gnocchi, crispy duck confit and dark chocolate terrine.

597 College St

Pompette

Pompette

With a dessert like Pompette's sphère au chocolat -- made with orange marmalade, chocolate biscuits, fresh orange and toasted hay -- the other courses on the restaurant's Easter menu might seem irrelevant. Still, when you try the mini garden salad with spring vegetables, oeuf parfait with roasted leeks, and lamb with gratin dauphinois, you'll be convinced otherwise.

Phancy's Bodega

Phancy's Bodega

For the ultimate retro-chic Easter meal, Phancy's Bodega has everything you need. Available for parties of one or more, each meal includes a choice of orange and cranberry ham or stuffed portobello mushroom Wellington, along with French onion potato pavé, garlic and herb butter peas, devilled egg lettuce cups, and carrot cake roulade.

633 King St W

Oretta

Oretta

Indulge in Oretta's four-course Easter menu for two, available for patio dining, takeout and delivery, and you'll receive crostino with fava, stracciatella cheese and fennel pesto, house-made egg pappardelle with stewed lentils, braised lamb shoulder with chestnut polenta and traditional Neapolitan Easter ricotta pie.

488 Wellington St W

Marben

Marben

Celebrate the season with a heat-and-eat box brimming with spring ingredients from Marben. Available for pre-order pickup Easter weekend, each box includes lamb fat brioche with rhubarb butter, spring salad with radishes, endive, preserved peaches and lamb bacon, rolled leg of Beverly Creek lamb with white bean and dandelion stew, roasted squash with parsnip and onion, and purple carrot cake with Chartreuse cream cheese frosting, for those who saved room for dessert.

592 Sherbourne St

Maison Selby

Maison Selby

Available for pre-order pickup on April 4, Maison Selby's Easter roast dinner starts with rabbit rillettes and roasted carrot salad with cumin crème fraiche. After that, dig into roasted Tamarack Farms leg of lamb with rutabaga aligot and haricots verts. With luscious baba au rhum for dessert, the menu promises to be one to remember.

325 Bay St

Louix Louis

Louix Louis

The four-course Easter dinner from Louix Louis, available for pre-order pickup April 2-4, includes a choice of roast lamb shoulder, roast sea bass, or spring vegetable pot pie, each paired with scalloped potatoes, braised carrots and French beans. Artisan bread, starters, an amuse bouche, dessert and a signature lavender Marguerite cocktail round out the menu.

849 Dundas St W

La Palma

La Palma

Now available for pre-order pickup or delivery on Saturday, April 3, La Palma's Easter hamper for four includes tender leaf salad, lasagna verde, King Capon chicken, asparagus with roasted mushrooms and lemon chiffon cake.

111C Queen St E

George Restaurant

George Restaurant

If you traditionally eat fish the Friday before Easter, indulge this year with George's Good Friday Seafood Dinner. Available on the restaurant's patio and for takeout or delivery, the elegant, four-course menu includes tuna tartare with smoked pear and lemongrass mayo, salmon with yuzu soya glaze and urchin, and other delights.

1190 Dundas St E

Gare De L'Est Brasserie

Gare De L'Est Brasserie

Available for two, four or six diners, Gare de L'Est Brasserie's Easter menu features traditional dishes such as Yukon Gold potato gratin, Mutsu apple sauce, green beans with almonds, brown sugar roasted turnips, and Calvados-glazed ham. With delivery and hot cross bun bread pudding included, you'll have everything you need for an effortless and memorable feast.

Manulife Centre

Eataly Toronto

Eataly Toronto

Leave the cooking to the pros with an extravagant, six-course Easter feast from Eataly. Each meal for two includes a selection of salumi and formaggi, roasted broccoli rabe, patate gratinate, spring pea risotto, red-wine-marinated lamb shank and, for a sweet finish, traditional pastiera Napoletana.

60 Yorkville Ave

Cafe Boulud

Cafe Boulud

This year, celebrate Easter in style with a refined spread from Café Boulud. Perfect for a party of six, each meal includes a choice of leg of lamb or roast beef, along with Caesar salad, potatoes, brown butter heirloom carrots and grilled rapini. Complete with a striking raspberry and pistachio cake for dessert, Boulud's Easter dinner is elegance on a plate.

4150 Yonge St

Auberge du Pommier

Auberge du Pommier

This Easter, delight in a modern French brunch from Auberge. With smoked steelhead trout to start, followed by roast lamb shoulder and pain perdu with vanilla custard, roasted strawberries and rhubarb jam, the multi-course meal is the perfect way to toast spring.

163 Spadina Ave

Alo

Alo

Available from March 31 until April 5, you have an entire week to enjoy the Alo At Home Easter dinner. Begin with tuna tartare with avocado and clementine, then move on to rack of lamb, asparagus with maitake mushrooms and roasted new potatoes with Gruyère and Périgord truffles, before finishing on a sweet note with strawberry shortcake.

162 Cumberland St

Alobar

Alobar

Trust one of the swankiest spots in town to offer a luxe Easter menu sure to make you feel spoiled. With chilled lobster, beef carpaccio, truffle risotto, Ontario lamb loin and more, this dinner, available through Tock, has all the elements you need for an elegant Easter feast.

The Best Easter Dinners in Toronto

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The Best Easter Dinners in Toronto

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The best Easter feasts in Toronto range from lavish brunches to multi-course dinners with everything you need to properly mark the occasion. Whether you're celebrating the Christian festival or just relish an opportunity to salute spring, these Easter spreads are not to be missed.

Though none of us are thrilled to be spending our second Easter in quarantine, it may be best to focus on the positive and find reasons to rejoice. We're past winter's desolation and spring has officially sprung. Reason enough, if you ask us, to savour a few divine dishes from some of Toronto's top restaurants.

Whether you prefer a traditional feast -- the type centred around heart-achingly tender, slow-roasted meats, cooked until they're flawlessly browned, glazed and primed for the centre of your table -- or crave spring's cornucopia on a plate, reimagined into all manner of veg-forward bites, Toronto has the Easter dish for you.

A long weekend with three days to fill, Easter is the time to relax, recharge and to order the best takeout your pandemic days have seen. Take our advice and dig into one of Toronto's best Easter feasts for a long weekend you won't soon forget.

181 Wellington St W

TOCA

TOCA

Dine in style this Easter with a deluxe feast from TOCA. Each complete meal, available on Tock for two to eight people, includes soup, salad, roast turkey with apple and sage stuffing, whipped potatoes, cauliflower and broccoli gratin, gravy and cranberry sauce, and apple pie with caramel sauce and vanilla bourbon whipped cream for dessert.

Toben Food by Design

Toben Food by Design

At Toben Food by Design, each Easter feast, available for pre-order until April 1, features a choice of salads, mains, sides and desserts. From winter panzanella with beets to truffled mac and cheese or pan-seared branzino with citrus, every vibrant dish is guaranteed to make you feel like you made the right choice.

1150 Queen St W

The Drake

The Drake

The Drake's Feaster menu is back this year, featuring apple- and Dijon-glazed, house-smoked ham or celeriac and leek gratin, alongside a bevy of seasonal sides and whiskey-scented pineapple frangipane for dessert. Even better? The Drake is donating all proceeds from the dinner to the Stop Community Food Centre's emergency food access program.

597 College St

Pompette

Pompette

With a dessert like Pompette's sphère au chocolat -- made with orange marmalade, chocolate biscuits, fresh orange and toasted hay -- the other courses on the restaurant's Easter menu might seem irrelevant. Still, when you try the mini garden salad with spring vegetables, oeuf parfait with roasted leeks, and lamb with gratin dauphinois, you'll be convinced otherwise.

Phancy's Bodega

Phancy's Bodega

For the ultimate retro-chic Easter meal, Phancy's Bodega has everything you need. Available for parties of one or more, each meal includes a choice of orange and cranberry ham or stuffed portobello mushroom Wellington, along with French onion potato pavé, garlic and herb butter peas, devilled egg lettuce cups, and carrot cake roulade.

633 King St W

Oretta

Oretta

Indulge in Oretta's four-course Easter menu for two, available for patio dining, takeout and delivery, and you'll receive crostino with fava, stracciatella cheese and fennel pesto, house-made egg pappardelle with stewed lentils, braised lamb shoulder with chestnut polenta and traditional Neapolitan Easter ricotta pie.

488 Wellington St W

Marben

Marben

Celebrate the season with a heat-and-eat box brimming with spring ingredients from Marben. Available for pre-order pickup Easter weekend, each box includes lamb fat brioche with rhubarb butter, spring salad with radishes, endive, preserved peaches and lamb bacon, rolled leg of Beverly Creek lamb with white bean and dandelion stew, roasted squash with parsnip and onion, and purple carrot cake with Chartreuse cream cheese frosting, for those who saved room for dessert.

592 Sherbourne St

Maison Selby

Maison Selby

Available for pre-order pickup on April 4, Maison Selby's Easter roast dinner starts with rabbit rillettes and roasted carrot salad with cumin crème fraiche. After that, dig into roasted Tamarack Farms leg of lamb with rutabaga aligot and haricots verts. With luscious baba au rhum for dessert, the menu promises to be one to remember.

325 Bay St

Louix Louis

Louix Louis

The four-course Easter dinner from Louix Louis, available for pre-order pickup April 2-4, includes a choice of roast lamb shoulder, roast sea bass, or spring vegetable pot pie, each paired with scalloped potatoes, braised carrots and French beans. Artisan bread, starters, an amuse bouche, dessert and a signature lavender Marguerite cocktail round out the menu.

111C Queen St E

George Restaurant

George Restaurant

If you traditionally eat fish the Friday before Easter, indulge this year with George's Good Friday Seafood Dinner. Available on the restaurant's patio and for takeout or delivery, the elegant, four-course menu includes tuna tartare with smoked pear and lemongrass mayo, salmon with yuzu soya glaze and urchin, and other delights.

1190 Dundas St E

Gare De L'Est Brasserie

Gare De L'Est Brasserie

Available for two, four or six diners, Gare de L'Est Brasserie's Easter menu features traditional dishes such as Yukon Gold potato gratin, Mutsu apple sauce, green beans with almonds, brown sugar roasted turnips, and Calvados-glazed ham. With delivery and hot cross bun bread pudding included, you'll have everything you need for an effortless and memorable feast.

60 Yorkville Ave

Cafe Boulud

Cafe Boulud

This year, celebrate Easter in style with a refined spread from Café Boulud. Perfect for a party of six, each meal includes a choice of leg of lamb or roast beef, along with Caesar salad, potatoes, brown butter heirloom carrots and grilled rapini. Complete with a striking raspberry and pistachio cake for dessert, Boulud's Easter dinner is elegance on a plate.

163 Spadina Ave

Alo

Alo

Available from March 31 until April 5, you have an entire week to enjoy the Alo At Home Easter dinner. Begin with tuna tartare with avocado and clementine, then move on to rack of lamb, asparagus with maitake mushrooms and roasted new potatoes with Gruyère and Périgord truffles, before finishing on a sweet note with strawberry shortcake.