What Happened to Massimo's After Restaurant Makeover? (Toronto, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, Massimo's has closed — confirmed via blogto.com, October 19, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: A Google Places listing for Vinny Massimo's Pizza & Pasta at 1130 Queen St W, retrieved 2026-10-19, is marked permanently closed, and BlogTO's page for the renamed shop carries a now-closed label.
- Season / episode Season 4, Episode 17
- Original air date
- Address 1130 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1J3
- Current name Vinny Massimo's Pizza & Pasta
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What happened after Restaurant Makeover?
Restaurant Makeover (HGTV Canada / Food Network Canada) featured Massimo's, a late-night Toronto pizzeria, in an episode that aired on 2008-04-14. According to the Rotten Tomatoes episode description, co-owner Tony was working to keep his father's dream and legacy alive. Wikipedia's Restaurant Makeover table credits chef Massimo Capra and designer Brenda Bent with the episode. A BlogTO restaurant page describes the shop as a popular late-night pizzeria known for hot slices. No source that was found describes what the chef and designer changed in the menu, decor or staffing during the rescue, or how the relaunch went.
The shop's later history is better documented than the episode. NOW Toronto reported on 2009-08-11 that the building at College and Robert streets had been badly damaged in a fire about two weekends earlier and was boarded up, and that Massimo's would reopen at 1130 Queen West in a former tanning salon. A BlogTO article filed under 2009-09 in its web address dated the kitchen fire to July 2009. It said the new Queen Street West shop, a few doors from the Drake Hotel, would be larger, with the slice selection growing from three or four varieties to eight, and that co-owner Tony DeBartolo planned to go back to the sauce recipe his father used when he opened the original shop in the late 1970s.
A BlogTO restaurant page for Vinny Massimo's Pizza & Pasta, undated, says DeBartolo moved the business south to Queen and Dovercourt and renamed it, and that the new location opened after a few weeks of renovations; the page carries a now-closed label. Wikipedia's table notes that new locations on Queen West and on College were renamed Vinny Massimo's and closed around winter 2014. A Google Places listing for Vinny Massimo's Pizza & Pasta at 1130 Queen St W, retrieved on 2026-10-19, was marked permanently closed.
The address shown with this entry is the Queen Street West successor location. The episode-era shop was at College and Robert streets; no street number for it was confirmed.
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- Show
- Restaurant Makeover
- Season / episode
- Season 4, Episode 17
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Massimo's
- What was featured
- Late-night pizzeria run by a co-owner carrying on his father's legacy
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Massimo's
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Visit info
- Address
- 1130 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1J3
- Venue type
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- Official website
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Sources
- blogto.com — https://www.blogto.com/restaurants/vinny-massimos-pizza
- nowtoronto.com — https://nowtoronto.com/food-and-drink/pizza-pyre/
- blogto.com — https://blogto.com/eat_drink/2009/09/after_fire_massimos_to_reopen_on_queen
- rottentomatoes.com — https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/restaurant_makeover/s04
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Makeover
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