Toronto pizzeria closing down after 15 years
Phoebe Knight, Dished
created: April 19, 2025, 4:02 a.m. | updated: April 21, 2025, 2:41 p.m.
<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://display.blogto.com/articles/20250414-pizza-hub-toronto.jpeg?w=1200&cmd=resize_then_crop&height=630&quality=70&format=jpeg" width="100%" /><p>A Toronto pizza shop that's been a staple for 15 years will be closing down permanently this month, but not before serving up some piping hot deals to thank their supporters.</p><p>Ever since 2010, Etobicoke's <a href="https://pizzahub.ca/">Pizza Hub Toronto</a> has been a go-to for freshly-baked pies, offering everything from classic cheese and pepperoni to more unique offerings like butter chicken sauce, tandoori chicken and shahi paneer.</p><p>Offering both delivery and dine-in options, the latter of which includes additional menu items like loaded fries topped with butter chicken (a favourite among Pizza Hub regulars), wings and panzerotti, the pizzeria has amassed a cult following over their storied 15-year run.</p><p>"This restaurant has been a family dream brought to life—a vision inspired by my father’s passion for food and hospitality," owner Harpreet Banwait tells me. "Together, we created a space where people could gather, enjoy unique flavors like our shahi paneer and tandoori chicken pizzas, and feel a sense of connection and belonging."</p><p>Unfortunately for the Pizza Hub faithful, the shop is gearing up to close down for good at the end of this month, closing out what can only be described as a wildly successful run in a city where too many businesses find themselves closing up shops before even the 5-year mark.</p><p>The magnitude of such an accomplishment isn't lost on Harpreet, who tells me that he and his team have been "so grateful" to be a part of the community over the past decade and a half.</p><p>It's exactly that gratitude, he says, that inspired him to go out with one last bang before shuttering the business for good.</p><p>"As a thank you to our loyal customers and the neighbourhood that supported us from day one, we’ll be offering $10 large cheese or pepperoni pizzas on April 25th," he says, calling the deal "a small way to give back and celebrate the memories we’ve made together."</p><p>With a large Pizza Hub pie usually going for around $14, the offer represents, as Harpreet says, a small (yet, with the price of food these days, not insignificant) way to celebrate Pizza Hub's legacy, and the community that helped them get here.</p><p>The closure comes as the result of Harpreet and his family deciding that, ultimately, it's time to go in new directions, allowing the pizza shop's reign to end with grace.</p><p>"As life evolves, so do we. With my father’s encouragement and our family’s support, we’ve decided to embark on a new adventure in a different industry that excites us and aligns with our future goals," Harpreet tells me.</p><p>"While this transition is thrilling, it’s also deeply emotional to say goodbye to the restaurant that has been such a big part of our lives and the lives of so many others."</p><p>Pizza Hub is located at 6640 Finch West, in the Finchwood Plaza.</p>
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