Is Pizzeria Defina Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Toronto, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, Pizzeria Defina is open — confirmed via blogto.com, June 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: BlogTO's June 2026 article on the closing of Defina Wood Fired says the original Pizzeria Defina is still serving pies at 321 Roncesvalles Ave, and a DoorDash ordering page (copyright 2026) shows a live menu with delivery and pickup for that address.
- Season / episode Season 5, Episode 22
- Original air date
- Address 321 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M6
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
You Gotta Eat Here! season 5, episode 22 aired on Food Network Canada on 2016-10-21 with host John Catucci, under the episode title "Cartems Donuterie, Pizzeria Defina, Mother Hubbard." TVmaze's episode listing places Pizzeria Defina in Toronto, Ontario, and describes the featured food as pizza. Google Maps lists Pizzeria Defina at 321 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto (M6R 2M6), with the website pizzeriadefina.com, and Toronto Life carries an article headlined as an introduction to Pizzeria Defina; the search results showed no date for that article. The restaurant's own website, checked on 2026-10-20, describes hand crafted, wood fired pizza and lists hours of Thursday 5pm to 9pm, Friday and Saturday 12pm to 9:30pm, and Sunday 12pm to 9pm, with an online ordering tool.
BlogTO reported in June 2026, in an article about the closing of the Defina Wood Fired location at 1485 Dupont St., that the original Pizzeria Defina location is still serving pies at 321 Roncesvalles Ave. A DoorDash ordering page for Pizzeria Defina (Roncesvalles Ave), retrieved 2026-10-19, lists delivery and pickup, the address 321 Roncesvalles Avenue and a menu that includes the Margherita, Diavola, Wild Mushroom pizza and Slow Braised Short Rib Rigatoni.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 5, Episode 22
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Cartems Donuterie, Pizzeria Defina, Mother Hubbard
- What was featured
- Wood-fired pizza at Pizzeria Defina in Toronto
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Pizzeria Defina
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Visit info
- Address
- 321 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M6
- Venue type
- pizzeria
- Official website
- pizzeriadefina.com
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Sources
- pizzeriadefina.com — https://pizzeriadefina.com/
- blogto.com — https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/06/defina-wood-fired-toronto-closing/
- order.online — https://order.online/store/-26617/
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