Here are 5 of Toronto’s most buzzworthy restaurants right now

With all of its openings and closures, Toronto’s dynamic restaurant scene has a constant oscillating motion. This could be due to a number of factors such as real estate and lease updates, evolving tastes and trends, or simply just creative minds looking for a new space to show off their talents.

While the food scene can feel too robust to have a complete grasp on, one thing is for sure: Toronto always has a new (or new-to-you) restaurant to explore.

Here are five new (and new-ish) Toronto restaurants and bars that, in my opinion, are worth checking out this spring.

Electric Bill

Electric Bill

Electric Bill is a cocktail and snack bar from the folks behind Civil Liberties that aims pays homage to Aussie culture. The space carries a relaxed and playful vibe, which is meant to resemble the no-pretenses bar concepts you’ll find in Sydney and Melbourne.

One of the most charming design details of the place is the Oxford dictionaries that serve as seasonal cocktail lists (look for the tabbed pages that highlight Aussie slang words and phrases).

For example, Bin Chicken is a cocktail named after the Australian white ibis bird. They’re gross scavengers-akin to a Toronto or New York rat. At Eclectic Bill it’s the name of an…