Explore Little Italy in Toronto: Old-world Italian cafés, trattorias, and the College Street scene that never sleeps
College Street's Little Italy is Toronto's most genuinely social outdoor dining strip — a long stretch of connected patios that turn College Street into a Mediterranean promenade on any warm evening from May through October. The Italian heritage is genuine (the community has been here since the 1950s) even as the restaurants have diversified. It's the neighbourhood Torontonians take visitors to when they want to show off how good the city can feel on a summer evening.
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