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Now, guests will have yet another Imola-owned restaurant to frequent: She and her co-owner husband, chef Zachary Kolomeir, are opening a third restaurant late this spring on College, N.L. Ginzburg, which will feature “a dining room and menu strongly inspired by the simplicity of the unassuming slow food Italian trattoria, viewed through a diasporic Jewish lens.”

Imola believes dining rooms to be powerful spaces for communion. “The more we familiarize ourselves with a culture, ritual, cuisine that’s not our own or made specifically to our tastes, maybe the better equipped we are to connect with people outside of our community,” she says.

Below, check out the international array of cuisine that makes Imola fall a little more in love with pc28����with every bite.

Hidden gem

, 357 Roncesvalles Ave.

Repeat reservation

, 1588 Dupont St.

The last best thing you ate

, 51B Winchester St.

Fancy meal

, 169 Niagara St.

Comfort food

, 122 Geary Ave.

Best dessert

, 60 Kensington Ave.

Lunch spot

, 1596 The Queensway

Best late-night craving spot

, 454 Parliament St.

Best takeout

, 7353 Yonge St.

Favourite coffee shop

, 80 Barton Ave.

Best cocktail bar

, 923 Dundas St. W.

Place I’m dying to try

, 1086 Queen St. W.

Best date-night spot

, 2200 Dundas St. E.

“You can sauna circuit yourself into a trance and replenish with house-made kombucha, hot tea or cold beer followed by beef bourguignon, kasha and pelmeni. A date with no phones, imagine.”

Best bakery

Ani Bakery, 25 Howden Rd.

“Don’t make the devastating mistake of ordering less than 12 lahmajoun.”