Five Etobicoke bakeries worth knowing: SanRemo Bakery on Royal York Road, Hadrien Patisserie and Le Gourmand Bakery on The Queensway and Lake Shore, Hot Oven Bakery Café in The Kingsway, and The Portuguese Bake Shop & Chicken House on Bloor Street West. Italian, French, Portuguese and a 1957 neighbourhood bakery.
Bakeries are the most reliable single indicator I know of for whether a neighbourhood has a real main street. They need daily foot traffic, they cannot survive on delivery apps alone, and they close fast when a strip stops working. Where a bakery has lasted decades, something structural is going right.
Etobicoke has several that have lasted decades, and a couple of newer ones doing serious work. They are spread across four different strips, which is itself informative — this is a borough of separate villages rather than one continuous main street.
SanRemo Bakery
374 Royal York Road, Mimico / Stonegate. The best-known bakery in Etobicoke, and the one people drive across the city for. Natale Bozzo came from Italy at fifteen and opened it with his brothers in 1969; it has since passed to his three sons, and the business still runs from a single location.
It is known for donuts — regular and jumbo — along with traditional and custom cakes, gelato, and Italian sandwiches. The bakery’s own advice is to pre-order: they usually sell out in store before 2:00 pm.
Hours from the bakery: Tuesday to Sunday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Mondays are a coffee window only, with the store itself closed.
Hadrien Patisserie
709 The Queensway. The serious French pastry option, opened by chef Hadrien Verrier. Everything is baked in house, with flour imported from Quebec, and the pastry case changes with the season — strawberry tarts made with Ontario berries in summer, small-batch jams in flavours like red wine plum and champagne peach.
The Paris-Brest is the signature; the sourdough and baguette are the reason people come back weekly. It has been included in blogTO’s best new bakeries in Toronto list.
Le Gourmand Bakery
2897 Lake Shore Boulevard West, New Toronto / Lakeshore Village. The South Etobicoke outpost of a Toronto bakery best known for its chocolate chip cookies, which is the reason most people first walk in. Beyond the cookies it does fresh bread, pastries and a weekend brunch.
It sits on the Lakeshore Village stretch of Lake Shore Boulevard West, on the 501 streetcar line, in the middle of the densest run of independent food businesses in the borough.
Hot Oven Bakery Café
2974 Bloor Street West, The Kingsway. Established in 1957, which makes it the oldest business on this list, and it has grown to a handful of Toronto-area locations from that base. Freshly baked breads, rolls and baguettes, plus pastries, cookies, cakes and the savoury pies and quiches it is best known for.
It opens early — 7:00 am most days, 8:00 am Mondays — and closes between 6:00 and 7:00 pm depending on the day. It is a short walk from Royal York station, on the Bloor Street strip that carries most of The Kingsway’s retail.
The Portuguese Bake Shop & Chicken House
3816 Bloor Street West — moving to 835 Kipling Avenue. A Portuguese bakery and chicken house on the same site, which is a combination that makes complete sense once you have been. Portuguese baking on one side, charcoal chicken on the other.
The business has announced it is relocating to 835 Kipling Avenue, so this is the one entry on this list where you should confirm the current address before you drive. It is closed Mondays; Tuesday to Saturday it runs 7:00 am to 7:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
The five at a glance
| Name | Neighbourhood | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| SanRemo Bakery | Mimico / Stonegate | Italian family bakery since 1969; donuts, cakes, gelato |
| Hadrien Patisserie | The Queensway | French pastry and in-house bread; seasonal tarts, Paris-Brest |
| Le Gourmand Bakery | New Toronto / Lakeshore Village | Chocolate chip cookies, bread and pastries |
| Hot Oven Bakery Café | The Kingsway | Established 1957; breads, savoury pies and quiches |
| The Portuguese Bake Shop & Chicken House | Islington / Bloor West | Portuguese baking and charcoal chicken; relocating |
Why this matters if you’re moving here
The four strips these bakeries sit on — Royal York Road south of the Queensway, The Queensway itself, Lake Shore Boulevard West, and Bloor Street West through The Kingsway — are the four commercial spines of Etobicoke. Where you find a bakery that has survived thirty or fifty years, you are looking at a strip with enough daily foot traffic to keep small independent retail alive.
That is useful when you are comparing addresses. A house four streets off Lake Shore Boulevard West and a house four streets off a purely residential arterial can look identical in a listing and feel completely different to live in. The bakery test is a quick, cheap proxy: walk the nearest commercial strip on a weekday morning and see what is open and busy.
It also cuts the other way. These strips carry traffic, buses and streetcars, and the housing immediately on them trades at a discount to the quieter streets behind for exactly that reason. Knowing which side of that trade you want is most of the work.
The takeaway
Etobicoke’s bakeries mark its four real main streets: Royal York Road, The Queensway, Lake Shore Boulevard West and Bloor Street West through The Kingsway. Use them as a walkability test when you compare addresses — and go in the morning, because the good stuff sells out.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best bakery in Etobicoke?
SanRemo Bakery at 374 Royal York Road is the name that comes up most. It has been run by the Bozzo family since 1969, operates from a single location, and its donuts routinely sell out in store before 2:00 pm — the bakery itself recommends pre-ordering. For French pastry and bread baked in house, Hadrien Patisserie at 709 The Queensway is the other name that comes up, and it has been featured in blogTO’s best new bakeries list.
Which Etobicoke bakeries are open on Mondays?
Fewer than you would like. SanRemo runs a coffee window only on Mondays with the store closed, Tuesday to Sunday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Portuguese Bake Shop and Chicken House is closed Mondays. Hot Oven Bakery Cafe in The Kingsway opens Monday from 8:00 am. Monday is the standard bakery closing day across Toronto, so check before you make the trip.
Are there Portuguese or Italian bakeries in Etobicoke?
Yes to both. SanRemo Bakery on Royal York Road is Italian, family-run since 1969, and known for donuts, cakes, gelato and muffuletta sandwiches. The Portuguese Bake Shop and Chicken House is at 3816 Bloor Street West and the business has announced it is moving to 835 Kipling Avenue, so confirm the current address before you go.
Sources
- SanRemo Bakery. Official site: 1969 founding, family ownership, address, hours and pre-order guidance. Accessed 23 August 2026.
- blogTO — Hadrien Patisserie. Review confirming the address on The Queensway, in-house baking and signature pastries. Accessed 23 August 2026.
- blogTO — Le Gourmand. Report on the bakery’s cookie reputation and its Lake Shore Boulevard West location. Accessed 23 August 2026.
- The Kingsway BIA — Hot Oven Bakery Café. Business improvement area listing: address, 1957 establishment, product range and current hours. Accessed 23 August 2026.
- The Portuguese Bake Shop & Chicken House — Location. Official site: current address, announced relocation to Kipling Avenue and opening hours. Accessed 23 August 2026.
- Toronto Life — Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch. Independent confirmation of SanRemo and Le Gourmand addresses and what each is known for. Accessed 23 August 2026.
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About the author — Jatin Dua, Etobicoke real estate agent
Jatin Dua is a licensed Realtor with RE/MAX Quantum Realty, working out of 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke. He advises buyers and sellers across Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, Alderwood, Humber Bay Shores, The Queensway, Islington Village, The Kingsway and Stonegate-Queensway, and writes this local guide series because the questions that decide where people actually want to live are rarely the ones on a listing sheet.