Bang Bang Ice Cream & Bakery is an Ossington ice-cream bakery with Bakerbots roots, custom cookie sandwiches, warm waffle and puff formats, and a current menu that moves from Burnt Toffee and Totaro to Matcha-Genmaicha Tiramisu and vegan scoops.

Tartistry is a gluten-free Toronto butter-tart bakery with classic, vegan, zero-sugar, savoury, and family-recipe bakes across its Queensway and Distillery District counters. Start with plain, pecan, and lemon curd, then build the box outward.

French bakery-bistro in Riverside/Leslieville with first-come brunch, a Queen Street takeout window, and a deep pastry, quiche, cake, and sandwich menu.