Easter Toronto 2021: Things to Do, Restaurants, Desserts

Easter Holiday 2021 is happening Sunday, April 4. Here’s an Easter Toronto 2021 guide covering things to do during Easter weekend; restaurant offerings and special menus; desserts and treats and more.

This list is updated as information becomes available. Please reach out to me [email protected] or @foodgressing on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok) for any suggestions.

Any support to local businesses is appreciated in these times. Holiday celebrations can take on different forms from traditional, fusion to modern.

Please use this list as an inspiration for ideas on how to put together your own Easter celebration.

Easter Toronto 2021 Brunch, Lunch, Dinner and Features

TOCA by The Ritz-Carlton

TOCA is offering a Family Easter Dinner for 2 – 4 people ($275) or 6 – 8 people ($425).

Order by March 14th and receive $25* off the regular price. *Use Discount Code: Easter2021.

Orders must be placed by 12pm on March 29th. Pick-up between 2 – 6pm on Sunday April 4th.

SOUP

• Asparagus Soup with Lemongrass 
• Tarragon & Olive Oil Croutons | Toasted Pine Nuts

SNACK

• Chef’s Signature Deviled Eggs (3 per guest)
• Toppings Include: Pickled Onions | Pesto | Smoked Salmon

SALAD

• Romaine & Kale Mixed Salad with Frisée | Parmesan | Toasted Almonds | Cured Tomatoes | Herb & Chili Pangrattato
• Lemon Garlic & Parmesan Dressing

ENTRÉE

• Oven Roasted Ontario Natural Free Range Turkey
  • Average 7 – 8 lbs Turkey  (2 – 4 guests)
  • Average 13 – 15 lbs Turkey (6 – 8 guests)
• Add On: Sliced Rosemary & Garlic Roasted Leg of Lamb ($15.00 per guest)
• Mustard Sauce | Mint Jelly

SIDES

• Butter Whipped Potatoes with Cheese Curds
• Cauliflower & Broccoli Gratin | Classic Béchamel | Herb Crumble
• Apple & Sage Stuffing | Brown Butter & Savory Gravy | Cranberry Sauce

DESSERTS

• Apple Pie with Caramel Sauce & Vanilla Bourbon Whipped Cream

Phancy’s Bodega

Phancy’s Bodega has an Easter Dinner for pickup or delivery from April 2 – 5 12 PM – 5 PM. Priced at $49.99 per person.

The menu includes:

Choice of Main:

• Orange & cranberry decorated mini ham roast, house-made by Helenda’s Meats. Served with orange cranberry glaze & triple crunch mustard OR
• -Stuffed portobello mushroom wellington, stuffed with cashew creamed spinach. *vegetarian, can be made vegan upon request.

Sides:

• French onion potato pave: a finely layered potato terrine with swiss cheese & caramelized french onions
• Green peas served with garlic & herb compound butter
• Devilled egg lettuce cups. Classic deviled eggs served in Boston lettuce cups with buttermilk ranch, pickles, & shaved radish.
• Carrot cake

Enigma Fine Dining

Enigma Fine Dining is offering the following for pickup or delivery on April 2, 3 or 4 from 11 AM – 6 PM.

Easter Weekend Hamper ($120)

• 40% Valrhona Golden Eggs filled with White Chocolate Crémeux & Passionfruit
• Freshly baked Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Brioche
• 34% Mini White Chocolates
• Toasted White Chocolate Bar
• Spiked Chocolate Milk Cocktail

Easter Gift Box ($45)

• 40% Valrhona Golden Eggs filled with White Chocolate Crémeux & Passionfruit
• 34% Mini White Chocolates
• Toasted Hazelnut Parfaits

JOEY Restaurants

JOEY Restaurants is offering an Easter Dinner to go ($195) which serves 4 to 6 people. Preorder by April 1 for pickup on April 2 or 3.

The menu includes:

• Oven roasted turkey with gravy
• Double smoked bacon stuffing
• Roasted garlic mashed potatoes
• Spring carrots and asparagus with dill butter
• Pan roasted brussels sprouts with parmesan and lemon
• Fall kale salad
• Dinner buns
• Cranberry sauce with orange zest
• Fresh baked apple cranberry pie with maple ice cream

Richmond Station

Richmond Station is offering Easter Dinner for pickup or delivery. Priced at $55 per person, it includes a 3 course meal featuring incredible pastured lamb from Buschbeck Farms, and the first shoots, sprouts and wild harvest from 2021. Fully prepared and packed cold with simple handling and plating isntructions.

• Spring Harvest Salad
• Ontario Lamb Ballotine
• Organic Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
• Rhubarb Galette

Available on April 3 & 4 for pickup (12 PM – 8 PM ) or delivery (12:30 PM – 8 PM).

Aria

Aria is offering an Easter Prix Fixe Menu ($90) for pickup on April 2, 3 and 4 from 5 PM – 9 PM.

Caviar & Truffle To Go (Groupe Axyon)

Caviar & Truffle To Go (Groupe Axyon) is offering an Easter Caviar Tasting Kit ($335, serves 4 people). Available for delivery on April 3 from 10 AM – 7 PM.

• 30g Transmontanus Sturgeon Caviar
• 30g Osetra Prestige Sturgeon Caviar
• 10g Kristal Sturgeon Caviar
• 50g Wild Salmon Caviar
• 50g Organic Trout Caviar
• 4 tasting spoons
• 1 caviar tin opener
• Complimentary: Cocktail blinis

TANTO

Tanto is offering an Easter meal package priced at $55 per person (minimum order of 2). Available for pickup or delivery April 1 – 4 from 5 PM – 9 PM.

• House Baked Bread
• Smoked White Fish Rillettes with Rye Crackers, Bread and Butter Pickles
• Burrata with Spring Peas and Grilled Lemon Jam
• House Made Smoked Ham with Sage-Roasted Grapes and Scalloped Potatoes OR Poached Salmon with Horseradish Cream and Scalloped Potatoes
• Rhubarb-Pistachio Cake with Whipped Yoghurt

Some courses will require re-heating at home.

Alobar Yorkville

Alobar Yorkville is offering Easter Dinner for pickup on April 4 and 5 from 5 PM – 6:30 PM. Priced at $120 per person.

The menu includes:

• Chilled Lobster with lime aioli & jalapeño
• Beef Carpaccio with mustard aioli & pickled mushroom
• Bibb Lettuce with honeycrisp apple, gouda & candied pepitas
• Truffle Risotto with peas & pecorino romano
• Grilled Asparagus with gribiche & tarragon
• Ontario Lamb Loin & Grilled Tenderloin with mushroom jus
• Bread & Butter
• Mille-Feuille with vanilla chantilly & raspberry parfait

ten

ten is offering an Easter Feast for 2 for pickup or delivery on April 1 – 4 from 5 PM – 7 PM.

The menu features lamb shoulder (or maitake mushroom if you are vegetarian) barbacoa served with wild onions, tortillas and a cabbage cilantro slaw, an asparagus salad, a sunchoke and potato gratin and a rhubarb crumble for dessert.

Salt Wine Bar

Salt Wine Bar is offering a 5-course Easter dinner for pickup or delivery on April 2 – 4 from 4 PM – 8 PM.

• House Smoked Wild Salmon, lemon-dill creme fresh, pickled red onion, blackbird sourdough baguette
• Heirloom Beets, soft goat cheese, cara cara orange, watercress, candied pecans, citrus dressing
• Truffle Gnocchi , asparagus, sweet pea, honey mushroom, porcini cream sauce, white truffle oil
• Crispy Duck Confit, Yukon gold mashed potato, pickled grapes, watercress , port wine jus
• Dark Chocolate Terrine, almond, sea salt, sponge toffee, olive oil

Denny’s

Participating Denny’s is offering an Easter Turkey Dinner ($62.99, serves 4 people) available for pickup or delivery April 2 – 5.

The package includes tender carved turkey breast, savoury stuffing, garlic red-skinned mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce and your choice of broccoli or sweet petite corn. Pick up cold and reheat at home. 

Please check on whether the package is offered at your local Denny’s.

Moxie’s

Moxie’s is offering a special three-course Turkey Dinner on April 4 and 5.

Their Easter feature menu will be available through pre-ordered phoned-in pick-up, or dine-in service at a participating Moxie’s restaurant location.

The Moxie’s Easter Menu is $30 per person and is highlighted by Roasted Turkey Dinner, with tender carved turkey, savoury bread stuffing, buttered mashed potatoes, fresh seasonal vegetables, cranberry sauce & gravy.

Each dinner also includes a starter Caesar Salad and a White Chocolate Brownie bite for dessert.

All Easter Dinner pick-up orders must be placed by Thursday, April 1st at 12pm local time for pick-up on April 4th & 5th. To pre-order, please call the Moxie’s location nearest you.

Participating Moxie’s restaurant locations are open for seated dining service and are pleased to be offering the Easter feature menu on April 4 and 5.

Pompette

Pompette has an Easter menu to go for pickup on April 2 – 4 from 5 PM – 7 PM. Priced at $65 per person.

The menu includes:

• Sourdough bread, Chagnon butter
• Mini garden, white bean, winter veg
• Oeuf parfait, roasted leeks, goat cheese
• Tamarack Farm lamb, herbs viennoise, gratin dauphinois, Mustard condiment
• Chocolate, orange, hay

Easter Wines Recommendations

Saintly Rosé

With the warmer months on the horizon, the best wine to pair it with is a bottle of Saintly Rosé.

This angelic rosé is a medium-bodied wine and has aromas and flavours of strawberry, citrus, bergamot and rhubarb.

This wine is perfect to pair with a hummus plate or raspberry almond tart. MSRP: $17.95/750mL.

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

Kim Crawford Wines offer different varietals perfect for any holiday party, imported all the way from New Zealand.

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc is vivid and refreshing and is the #1 selling wine in Canada; it pairs well with steamed clams or mussels with asparagus risotto, or grilled chicken. MSRP: $21.95/750mL.

Toronto Easter/Spring Flowers

Here are some places in Toronto where you might get spring flowers.

• Wild North Flowers
• Rosehill
• Sweetpea’s
• Botany Floral Studio
• Toronto Online Flower Delivery
• Ladybug Florist In the Village
• King West Flowers
• Flowers On Bay
• Bloor Village Flowers
• Power Flowers
• Wilbe Bloomin
• Flower Creations
• Periwinkle Flowers
• Tiny Flower
• Percy Waters Florist
• Garden’s Path Floral Design
• Sham’s Florist & Gifts

About Easter Holiday: Dates, Food Traditions, Easter Egg Origins

Have you wondered how Easter actually became a holiday, or where its trademark bunnies and eggs came from?

Check out my Easter Holiday post which looks at the origins of Easter, some of the traditions and a few fun facts on Easter Eggs and the Easter Bunny.

Easter Quotes, Wishes and Captions

Whether your Easter is all about fun, or a bit of fun mixed with the holiday’s religious significance, here is a roundup of some Easter quotes, wishes and captions for that holiday Instagram post or greeting card.

Some of the quotes I have in the post include:

Filling my basket with love and joy… and also chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

Biting the head off my chocolate bunny, but I won’t bite you!

There’s nothing better than a friend… except a friend with chocolate.

Free Easter Greeting Cards

If you’re looking to send an Easter greeting card, check out Canva.com (referral link) for free Easter card templates and start designing.

I have been using Canva for years and if you’re new to Canva, please feel free to use my Canva referral link to sign up for free.

It’s a great graphic design platform used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. 

Even though there is a premium version, you can do A LOT on the free version.

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