Fork It is a downtown Peterborough all-day breakfast and lunch room from owner Stephanie Patterson, built around hearty plates, house-cut home fries, and named house dishes like the Fork It Signature Benny, Steak & Eggs, and Crispy Supreme Chicken Waffle Sandwich. It is casual, daytime, and community-minded.

Chef Basel Cuisine is a Peterborough fusion diner built around Chef Basel Selva's broad hand: breakfast plates, pub fare, pizza, pasta, Indian Delight mains, and signatures like Smoked Salmon Tower and Butter Chicken Poutine all share one personal kitchen identity.

The Boardwalk Lounge is a downtown Peterborough board-game cafe with a real comfort-food menu, local drinks, reservations, and a 650-plus game library. Mac and Cheese, Exploding Chicken, cookies, D&D, trivia, and family programming make it a full stay-and-play visit rather than a cafe stop.

Hanoi House is a Lansdowne Vietnamese kitchen built around long-simmered noodle soups, pork-belly signatures, vermicelli bowls, broken rice, banh mi, gluten-free paths, and owner Susan Tung's local restaurant story.

OMG is a downtown Peterborough shawarma counter with a Syrian-Peterborough founding story, current strengths in Chicken Shawarma Wrap, Aleppo Platter, Mezza Platter, shawarma poutine, family feasts, and vegetarian-friendly falafel and dips.

Downtown Peterborough's Agave by Imperial is a family-run Mexican restaurant and bar built around queso-birria tacos, molcajetes, fresh ceviche, margaritas, happy hour, and a late-night social dining rhythm.

Family-owned Taso's brings Greek plates, Italian comfort food, and stone-baked pizza together in Peterborough. The current menu is strongest when it leans into chicken souvlaki, eight-layer lasagna, Greek fries, and hearty lunch plates built for casual groups.

Rare Restaurant is a chef-led downtown Peterborough dining room from Andrew Lewin and Mai Dong, built around French-leaning steakhouse cooking, adventurous small plates, Saturday prime rib, chef tastings, and private-event hospitality.

Levantine Grill is a Peterborough fast-casual stop for shawarma, falafel, manakesh-style pies, platters, bowls, salads, and sweets. The strongest order starts with the Chicken Shawarma Wrap or Falafel Wrap, then branches into Shawarma Poutine or shareable grill plates.

Gerti's is a downtown Peterborough gastropub established in 2005, with a current official menu built around chef-driven pub comfort, handhelds, features, desserts, pickup, reservations, and heated patio dining.

Tora Sushi is a downtown Peterborough ramen-and-sushi room with a Japanese/Korean menu that runs from Tonkotsu Ramen and Bi Bim Bap to Black Dragon Roll, vegan rolls, gluten-free options, and party trays. It works best as a ramen-first all-day spot with enough breadth for groups, takeout, and mixed dietary needs.

Capra Toro is a downtown Peterborough Italian room built for pizza, pasta, warm focaccia and planned nights out, with weekly date-night and family bundles plus Black 13 for private dining.

Kit Croissanterie & Cafe is a Hunter Street bakery-cafe built around handmade croissants, espresso-based drinks, and a community-first room. The draw is the pastry case: Butter Croissant, Pain Au Chocolat, Ham & Cheddar Croissant, seasonal bakes, and a queer, woman-led sober-space identity.

Downtown Peterborough breakfast-and-lunch cafe with a 1930s gangster room, Famous Eggs Benedict, dollar chips, generous plates, and fast daytime service.

Sam's Place is a downtown Peterborough deli built around house-smoked meats, locally sourced bread and meat, named Samwiches, and a lunch-counter sense of humour that has held its place on Hunter Street since 2010.

The Imperial Tandoor is a family-run Peterborough Indian dining room built around North Indian curries, tandoor plates, naan, biryani, and a substantial Imperial Hakka side menu. Daily happy hour, a full bar, patio seating, parking, and a documented founder/operator story make it stronger for groups and planned dinners than a simple takeout stop.

A compact East City diner for loaded breakfast plates, peameal-heavy classics, low-price lunch sandwiches, counter seats, and daily 8AM-2PM routines.

St Veronus is Peterborough's Belgian brown-cafe fixture: mussels, frites, beer-cooked mains, and a deep Belgian bottle list shaped by Roland Hosier and Shannon Mak.

Peterborough's long-running Vietnamese fixture for pho, bun bo hue, vermicelli bowls, friendly value, and practical takeout or family orders.

A downtown Peterborough Greek restaurant with Vassiliadis family roots, souvlaki plates, Greek fries, house dips, saganaki and a practical takeout-friendly menu.

La Mesita brings chef Martin Carbajal's Mexico City comfort cooking to downtown Peterborough, with Cochinita Pibil tacos, Mango Salad, Mayan Cupcake, weekday $12 specials, and shareable platters anchoring a cozy open-kitchen visit.

Berc's Steakhouse is a long-running Peterborough steakhouse built around Certified Angus Beef, classic steak-and-seafood dinners, private-room occasions, and a Tuesday dinner-for-two offer. The strongest fit is a polished celebration meal with ribeye, Steak Neptune, seafood, and attentive service in a familiar dining room.

Jasmine Thai Cuisine is a downtown Peterborough Thai restaurant with a broad menu: Khao Soi, tamarind-driven Authentic Pad Thai, seafood curries, vegan and vegetarian choices, halal-friendly notes, gluten-free accommodation, dine-in, takeout, delivery, and an all-week discount section.

Apollo Grill is a Peterborough burger-shop fixture built around fresh-ground steak burgers, home-cut fries, poutine, and Central Smith ice cream shakes.

The Dirty Burger Company is a Peterborough smash-burger room where Om Patel's Indian-influenced food story meets Canadian beef burgers, fresh-cut sides, weekly walk-in deals, happy hour, and a casual Hunter Street rhythm.