Toronto Life - Food & Drink
- littlejohnfarm
- Jul 4
- 2 min read
Nine unique culinary experiences in Ontario worth the road trip
| June 30, 2025
You can whisper almost any culinary craving into the wind in Toronto, and it will echo back in edible form. Beef momos with butter tea? Parkdale. Soy-marinated raw crab? Willowdale. Soul-satisfying jerk chicken? Oakwood Village. Whatever your stomach desires, this city delivers. But some meals make sense only when they’re eaten beside the garden that grew them, under trees where they were foraged or after locking eyes with a nearby ostrich (just trust us).
Here are nine restaurants worth the drive this summer—places serving food (and vibes) you just can’t find in Toronto.
Littlejohn Farm
908 County Rd. 10, Picton, 647-716-7737, littlejohnfarm.com
Drive time: 2.5 hours | Cost: $225
At Littlejohn Farm, dinner begins with a stroll through the fields and ends under the stars. This three-and-a-half-acre agritourism escape is run by Zach and Luhana Littlejohn—he’s a chef, sommelier and farmer raised on an Ontario homestead; she’s a Brazilian-born economist turned experience curator. Saturdays here are a hands-on experience: guests wander the garden, help to roll out pasta, fire flatbreads and pluck garnishes straight from the earth. The farm grows 95 per cent of the produce served, including red fife, polenta corn, beets, berries, eggplants, tomatoes and a rainbow of lettuces. The menu is rooted in Prince Edward County terroir but isn’t dogmatic about it. Alongside the home-grown bounty, guests can expect a few globetrotting ingredients: briny olives, freshly flown-in seafood and wheels of well-travelled cheese. The payoff: a 10-to-12-course feast that reflects the land, with just enough luxury to keep things interesting. Bring your own wine or cider (glassware provided) and prepare to linger.
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