2024 Summerlicious Application Now Open

Summerlicious returns from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, July 21 as a City of Toronto program to promote Toronto’s unique hospitality industry, showcase Toronto’s diverse cuisine, profile dining experiences at a range of price points and generate economic activity for the restaurant industry during slower times of business.

Restaurants interested in participating in the Summerlicious 2024 program should review the program overview, eligibility criteria, and application process before completing and submitting an online application.

Objective: Summerlicious 2023 aims to:

• Support in the recovery and revival of Toronto’s restaurants,

• Generate economic activity for the restaurant industry,

• Encourage residents to engage with restaurants on-premises and once again enjoy the in-restaurant dining experience, and

• Celebrate Toronto’s diverse culinary offerings.

Program Details

• Participating restaurants must offer three-course prix fixe menu(s) for lunch and/or dinner, during their regular business hours and for in-restaurant dining (both indoor and patio, if available).

• Prix fixe menu(s) must consist of appetizer or starter, main and dessert, and offer a minimum of three options per course.

• Prix fixe menu(s) must be priced at one of the program’s expanded range of price point categories.

Eligibility

• Be an existing table-service restaurant

• Be located in the City of Toronto

• Possess a current Toronto Public Health Green DineSafe pass

• Possess a valid City of Toronto Municipal Licensing & Standards Eating Establishment Licence, starting with B71

• Demonstrate that the average price of a three-course meal from the restaurant’s regular dinner menu meet the minimum requirement as listed in the Price Point Categories table below

• Agree to meet the terms and conditions of participation, including but not limited to program and prix fixe menu details and determination of price point category

Registration Process:

1. Restaurants will first complete an online application to determine their eligibility and price point category. The online application will determine a restaurant’s eligibility and price point category for Winterlicious and Summerlicious participation. Once determined, this eligibility will remain valid for a two-year period or four sessions of the program.

2. Eligible restaurants will then register to confirm their interest in participating prior to each session of the program

Deadline to Apply: February 20, 2024

Questions can be directed to wintersummerlicious@toronto.ca or  Eirine.Papaioannou@toronto.ca  or 416-392-7902.