Toronto · Cuisine
Korean
Bloor Street Koreatown barbecue and soft-tofu stews, with deeper specialty density along Yonge and Finch in North York.
Koreatown on Bloor is still the easiest walkable Korean dinner strip in Toronto: barbecue, stews, bakeries, and late-night bowls between Bathurst and Christie. Many specialized kitchens and regulars, though, point north to Yonge and Finch. The stops below pair a 1978 Koreatown pioneer and a staff-grilled barbecue favorite on Bloor with Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu’s stone-pot soondubu and Owl of Minerva’s 24-hour North York main branch for gamjatang.
Focus areas: Koreatown, North York / Koreatown North
Restaurants
Korean Village Restaurant
$$Koreatown
Koreatown pioneer opened in 1978 by Ok Re Lee; family-run barbecue, banchan, and a long menu that helped define Bloor Street Korean dining.
Mapo Korean BBQ
$$Koreatown
Staff-grilled Koreatown barbecue on Bloor; BlogTO reader favorite known for honeycomb pork belly, LA galbi, and table-side service.
Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu
$Koreatown
Koreatown soft-tofu specialist since 2001: stone-pot soondubu jjigae, banchan, and hot-stone rice at Bloor and Christie, with more GTA branches later.
Owl of Minerva
$$North York / Koreatown North
24-hour North York main branch at Yonge and Finch for gamjatang, soondubu, and late Korean comfort food; the stew counterweight to Bloor Street barbecue.