Leña

This venture from Oliver & Bonacini restaurant group famed for its longstanding fine-dining restaurants, Leña Restaurante is conceived as corporate executive chef Anthony Walsh’s homage to his Argentinian mother-in-law, Elena. She has been the source of a wealth of culinary inspiration and warm hospitality for Walsh.

Located in a corner of Saks Fifth Avenue, housed in a listed, art deco property that has always been the city’s most prestigious department store, Leña is an early-morning to late-night restaurant, bar, lounge and event space, aiming to appeal to the business, shopping and theatre crowd alike. DesignAgency respected showstopping interior architectural elements while introducing a palette of rich saturated tones, luxury finishes, and eye-catching eclectic art. Leña is beacon in the continuing renaissance of this important stretch of Toronto’s Yonge Street.