Taste of the Danforth

Taste of the Danforth is a yearly festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Greektown area along Danforth Avenue for a period of three days in August, spawned from the Taste of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The owner of Papas Grill – a Greek cuisine on the Danforth stated that the Taste of the Danforth has "grown exponentially and we are still experiencing growth 20 years to the day"[1] This event generally occurs the second weekend of August.

Past attendance numbers have been reported as high as 1.6 million people over the three-day event.

It was announced on May 15, 2020, that the 2020 festival scheduled for August 7–9, 2020 was cancelled due to gathering restrictions of 25,000 people or more as mandated by the City of Toronto amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Greek food includes pork, chicken, and beef souvlaki, spanakopita, loukoumades, gyros, and roast quail.