North York Eats Food Tour

About the Tour

Sample the flavours of the diverse food heritage of North York, now a culinary hub for East Asian communities and businesses. Through several delicious tastings and stops where we’ll go inside local restaurants, learn how the food scene shapes identities and connects cultures in North York and at large. We will also explore how the pandemic has impacted businesses in cultural communities like North York, and how restaurants have been forced to adapt to increasing gentrification in cultural economic hubs. On this tour, taste why North York is known for its food and restaurants!

Food tastings will include:

• Mooncakes
• Baos
• Milk tea
• and more!

Your ticket cost includes the food being provided through the tastings!

All tastings will have vegetarian options but please be aware that we cannot guarantee accommodations for other dietary restrictions.

This tour will be led by Emerging Historian Jingshu Yao, a writer and a museum professional based in Toronto. Jingshu’s writing focuses on the intersectionality of identities. Her stories often centre around the themes of food, immigration, language, and queerness. Currently, she is working on a novel project about Asian queer immigrants in Toronto.

Further Information

This tour runs rain or shine and lasts approximately two and a half hours. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and consider bringing sunscreen and water to make your tour as enjoyable as possible.

This tour is approximately 1.2 kilometers in distance and takes place predominantly on paved city sidewalks and streets. There are some unpaved portions of the route that take place in city parks.

If you have any questions prior to the tour, please contact us at [email protected]. If you have any issues finding the group on the day of the tour, you can reach staff on-site at (647) 542-3450.

This tour uses individual audio headsets. All registered participants will be provided with an individual headset that will allow you to hear the live tour guide throughout the tour.

If you share our passion for accessible and inclusive heritage programming, we invite you to make a donation while on the tour to help fund one of our next walks. Staff can accept donations via credit or debit card onsite, and gifts of $20+ will receive a charitable tax receipt. Cash donations will not be accepted.

While we make every attempt to ensure that your dietary considerations can be met, as we do pre-order with the restaurants ahead of the tours, we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests if your registration is within 36 hours of the tour start time.