Leslieville, Toronto
About Tulia
An Italian osteria on Queen Street East — wood fire, fresh pasta and a proper bar.
An Italian osteria on Queen Street East — wood fire, fresh pasta and a proper bar.
The wood-fired oven sits at the heart of the kitchen. Neapolitan dough is proofed slowly, stretched by hand and fired in front of you — leopard spotted, soft in the middle, out in ninety seconds.
Alongside it, egg pasta is made fresh in house: carbonara, tagliatelle bolognese, smoked mozzarella ravioli, butternut squash agnolotti. Gluten free and vegan options run right through the menu, so a table rarely has to compromise.
The bar runs the length of the room — Italian classics, amari, a rotating list of cocktails and wine by the glass and bottle. Happy hour runs daily from 3 to 6pm, which is when the neighbourhood tends to turn up.
It is a good place to eat on your own, wait for a table, or make an evening of it without ever leaving the stool.
Exposed brick, emerald banquettes, warm light and enough space to put a group together without closing the place down. It is a neighbourhood restaurant first — and it happens to be a very good room for a celebration.
In the heart of Leslieville, on the streetcar line at Queen and Woodfield.