Aperitivo

Contemporary Italian dining and Il Bar aperitivo inside The Windsor Hotel on Albert Street.

An art-deco King West address for handmade pasta and modern Italian — long lunches, late dinners and a soaring dining room.

A bakery-café by day and Italian bar by night on Hawkview Boulevard — sourdough focaccia, pizza and cocktails.

David Rocco's Yorkville aperitivo bar — spritzes, homemade gelato and a 3–6pm happy hour every day but Monday.

An Italian gastropub in a former bank — Ontario's best craft beer list with Italian sensibility.

Port Credit italbar with 55 years of family tradition behind it — pizza, pasta and aperitivo.

A taste of Italy in Clarkson — comforting pasta and Mediterranean classics on Lakeshore West.

The Preston Street icon since 1994 — an Italian abbey of beer, birra and pub comfort.

Ontario's mozzarella-stretching Italian kitchen, newly open in Aurora — wood-fired pizza, hand-pulled pasta and a lively bar.

Dundas West Italian with a sunny room — hand-made pasta, wood-oven plates and a long marble bar.

An Italian-leaning aperitivo bar from the Pompette team on College Street — wine, cocktails and small plates until late.

The ARDO team's Sicilian cocktail bar on King East — small plates, bitter cocktails and a marble-and-velvet room.