Is Lakeview Restaurant Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Current status
As of October 2026, Lakeview Restaurant is listed open on thelakeviewdiner.com, reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: The diner's own website loaded on 2026-10-19 with menu pages and an ordering widget flagged by the site check, and a Google Places listing checked the same day shows it as operational, though the site carries no dated content.
- Season / episode Season 16, Episode 11
- Original air date
- Address 1132 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X2
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Lakeview Restaurant, a diner at 1132 Dundas Street West in Toronto, appeared in the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode “Unlikely Partners,” which aired 2013-03-11. Food Network's restaurant listing describes it as a diner that puts a twist on the basics and names three special dishes: Freedom Toast, a cornflake chicken sandwich and an apple pie milkshake made with half a slice of pie, the last of which the listing says the host especially liked. Wikipedia's article says the building dates to 1932, that Fadi Hakim and his wife, Frances Bell, bought the business in 2008, and that the diner has been used as a filming location for many film and television productions. The diner's website, viewed 2026-10-19, redirects to thelakeviewrestaurant.ca, describes the place as a historic diner, and links to brunch and supper, late-night, dessert and kids' menus and to an Instagram account. A Google Maps listing checked the same day shows the Dundas Street West address as operational.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Season / episode
- Season 16, Episode 11
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Unlikely Partners
- What was featured
- Freedom Toast, cornflake chicken sandwich and apple pie milkshake
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Lakeview Restaurant
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Visit info
- Address
- 1132 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X2
- Venue type
- diner
- Official website
- thelakeviewdiner.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Ontario
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Sources
- foodnetwork.com — https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/no-state/toronto/lakeview-restaurant
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeview_Restaurant
- thelakeviewdiner.com — http://www.thelakeviewdiner.com/
- thelakeviewrestaurant.ca — https://www.thelakeviewrestaurant.ca/menu-1
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The+Lakeview+Diner+1132+Dundas+St+W+Toronto+ON
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