Experience Chef Leah Steduto’s 100% plant-based menu, featuring a wide variety of locally foraged ingredients from the forests of Canada.

Our menu and experience is centered around the ongoing discovery of what we call Naturalist Cuisine - an introduction to the elements of nature that surround us.

Experience Our A La Carte Dinner Menu

Experience Our 6 Course Tasting Menu

Experience Foraged Flavors: A Canadian Brunch

 *the vast majority of our menu contains no gluten. However, we do do prepare flatbreads daily in house - so unfortunately, we cannot accommodate life-threatening allergies

“Every facet of Hawker embraces the naturalism ideology; it’s more than just another vegan plant-based restaurant, but a warm space where everything from reading the menu to seeing the gorgeously plated meals is part of the experience of eating.”
— Taste Toronto
“Chef Merkel’s artfully composed small plates aren’t just a creative take on vegan food—they’re a mediation on his naturalist philosophy of life.”
— Toronto Life

Our Team

  • Jeffrey Merkel

    FOUNDER & EXEC. CHEF

  • Darshan Dorka

    OWNER / MANAGING DIRECTOR

  • Leah Steduto

    HEAD CHEF

  • Stephanie Aroca

    FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER