The Best Places to Eat Near The Pine, by the Record

A converted gas station in a small Ontario town holds 24 seats and one Michelin star, which tells you something about what Jeremy Austin is up to. The Pine is a contemporary Chinese tasting menu restaurant where the chef's years cooking across China and Italy show up in dishes built almost entirely on Canadian ingredients. It ranks on North America's 50 Best Restaurants list. The menu cards arrive with personal stories instead of ingredient lists, which is either charming or a warning.

1. Michelin Guide 1 Star
2. 50 Best #48 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
3. World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Chinese Cuisine Restaurant

1. Canada's 100 Best Recommends

Four days a week, the couple farm the land around their red-brick country home. The other three, they seat 16 guests across three rooms for a 10-course tasting menu shaped entirely by what's ready. It's an intimate farm dinner, two hours north of Toronto, with all-Canadian wines and a chef's counter close enough to overhear the cooking. The Michelin Guide has selected it, and Canada's 100 Best placed it 39th in 2026.

1. Canada's 100 Best #39 · Best Restaurants
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

1. Canada's 100 Best Recommends

1. AAA Four Diamonds

1. Canada's 100 Best #97 · Best Restaurants