Oxley, Toronto

The Oxley Public House is the sister restaurant to the Queen and Beaver.  Both restaurants serve upscale English pub food and have great outdoor patios.

The Oxley Public House
121 Yonge St., Toronto

Tabule, Toronto

Tabule serves Middle Eastern cuisine including falafals, pitas, dips, skewers, soups and salads.

Tabule
2009 Yonge St., Toronto

Southern Accents, Toronto

Southern Accents offers the sights, sounds and tastes of New Orleans with its blend of Cajun, Creole and Soul cuisine.

Southern Accents
595 Markham St, Toronto

Chinese Cuisine - Deluxe, Swatow, Ginger&Onion, Grand Lake, Dynasty, Toronto & Markham

The following Chinese restaurants use different images to depict male vs. female on their bathroom signs, often augmenting the signs with Chinese symbols of 男 for male and 女 for female.

Deluxe Chinese Cuisine
8601 Warden Ave, Markham

Swatow is a restaurant often frequented by celebrity chef Susur Lee.

Swatow Restaurant
309 Spadina Ave., Toronto

Ginger & Onion Cusine is one of the few Chinese restaurants serving dim sum that still use push carts to display their offerings.  Most other restaurants have connverted to ordering items from a menu.

Ginger & Onion Cuisine
7131 Kennedy Rd, Markham

No Chinese symbols or English text, but the wardrobe images should make it obvious which sign signifies male vs female.

Grand Lake Chinese Cuisine & Banquet
8362 Kennedy Rd #8, Markham

Dynasty Chinese Cuisine is quite pricey for Chinese food, but what else would you expect from a restaurant located in the heart of Yorkville.  It is also the only Chinese restaurant I know that has an outdoor patio.

Dynasty Chinese Cuisine
69 Yorkville Ave, Toronto

Lee Valley, Toronto

Lee Valley tools, hardware and knickknack store works a bit like the old Consumer Distributing stores.  While some items are on display, for the most part, you look up what you want on a paper or online catalogue, fill out an order form and your items are retrieved from the back.

Lee Valley Tools
590 King St. W. Toronto and other locations

Lunita, Capoccia, Seven Numbers, La Fenice, Toronto

The bathroom signs for the following Italian restaurants really reflect Italian culture.

Lunita is a "traditional osteria and wine bar" which features some very tasty cannoli.

Lunita Restaurant
134 Avenue Rd, Toronto

Capoccacia changes its bathroom signs periodically but have shown photos of Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful) and Sophia Loren.

Capocaccia
1366 Yonge St.

The restaurant name 7Numbers refer to the 7-digit Ontario corporation numbers assigned to the two restaurant locations–much easier to remember than 2047409 Ontario Inc. on Danforth Avenue, or 2113407 on Eglinton Avenue West.  According to their website, they serve "Authentic Southern Italian Soul Food".

Seven Numbers
516 Eglinton Ave W
307 Danforth Ave

La Fenice Ristorante has a delicious chocolate orange hazelnut cake on its menu.

La Fenice
319 King St. W., Toronto

Il Fornello, Grazie, Scaccia, Toronto

The bathroom signs of several Italian restaurants share the common theme of classical nudes.

Il Fornello
214 King St W, Toronto
Many other locations

Grazie is home to my favourite pasta dish – their "Tasca" is a lasagna made with fresh pasta filled with ricotta, spinach, mushrooms & brie baked in a creamy tomato porcini sauce.

Grazie
2373 Yonge St, Toronto

Scaccia
55 Bloor St W, Toronto