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Team behind familiar Toronto staples are cooking up two new restaurants opening soon

Phoebe Knight, Dished

created: July 29, 2025, 5:07 p.m. | updated: July 30, 2025, 8:31 p.m.

The iconic Toronto team behind The Old Spaghetti Factory and Scotland Yard is opening two brand-new restaurants this summer. Boasting a portfolio that includes The Old Spaghetti Factory, Scotland Yard and, more recently, Bar Cathedral, it’s safe to say that the Hnatiw brothers and their hospitality company, Esplanade Restaurants, do local landmark restaurants well. The two restaurants signify a new frontier of sorts for the Hnatiw brothers and Esplanade Restaurants as the team's first stab at creating original, elevated concepts after operating comfort food-based institutions since the early '70s. Those familiar foundations are then spruced up and made new again through contemporary practices like fat washing, clarification and rapid infusing. Whether or not spaghetti will be making an appearance on the menu, however, remains to be seen.

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