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Athens Pastries
Categories: Food Bakeries Restaurants Mediterranean Bakeries, Mediterranean [Edit]
509 Danforth AveToronto, ON M4K 1P5
Neighbourhoods: Greektown, Riverdale
(416) 463-5144
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 9 am - 11 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Dessert, Lunch, Breakfast
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
22 reviews for Athens Pastries
Review Highlights
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"...good things about the honey balls here (I believe they are..." In 6 reviews -
"Try the Loukoumades, to die for." In 8 reviews -
"I love their spinach pie." In 5 reviews
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22 reviews in English
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Review from Bebe B.
Richmond Hill, ON
5/2/2012
I always have a sudden craving for a cheese pie and custard pie from ATHENS once in awhile and I always get both, for a bit of sweet and salty. it is delicious! the filo pastries is nice and flaky with lots of filling! yum! This was what I used to eat growing up and living in the Greek Town, now that I moved, I STILL come here once in awhile for my Greek food fix.
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Review from Thomas H.
5/3/2012
I can't pass this place without buying a Spanakopita (spinach Pie) and stuffing it into my mouth as quickly as possible. As good as the best I had in Athens.
Not much more to say here. -
Review from Natalie T.
East York, ON
4/7/2012
One of my favourite snack places in the city, hands down. Great little pit stop if taking a long walk on the Danforth.
VIBE
A little bit Greek, a little bit not. You've got a sit down in the back. Nothing special on the paint sponged walls but I like that there is that option. I love the little patio in the front. It's perfect for people watching. The trays make me feel like I'm in a cafeteria and I forgo them because they're usually bigger than the patio tables!
Service is hit and miss. It's very "next" because there's a lot of take out service here. Cash only.
THE GOODS
Oh man. it's all about the spanokopita (spinach pie for me). The phyllo is pretty flaky. I feel like it's deteriorated over the years but overall, it's still a great snack for $3.65 after tax. Loukomades are great too but the galaktabourikas (custard pie) with cinnamon on top is to die for if you're in need of an insulin attack.
OBLIGATORY CATCHY REMARK
There ain't no Acropolis here but the street food is as close as you're going to get to Greece in Toronto. Unless you have a Greek grandmother (any rentals out there?). -
Review from colette d.
Toronto, ON
2/15/2012
Best loukoumades in the city...hands down! And the price is right!
Perfect ending to a meal at Messini down the road. -
Review from Eric L.
11/1/2011 1 Check-in Here
Awesome little Greek bakery. This place is a small café/bakery. They have all of the typical sweets and pies. I've been here a few times and they always seem to have something fresh coming out of the oven and it's always full of people speaking Greek so you know it's gotta be the real thing.
Try the Loukoumades, to die for!! $3 for a dozen!Listed in: Yelp 30 Day Challenge - Nov…
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Review from Lee M.
Oakville, ON
3/8/2012
The best galaktabourikas I have ever had!!! Ask for the cinnamon on top it is surprisingly a nice touch.
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Review from Eric W.
Toronto, ON
10/20/2011 1 Check-in Here
I Need a tyropita ( cheese pie) once a week or I quit. thats the deal i have with myself, and Athens is my place of choice. I used to do the Spinach pie, but then decided to get rid of all that pesky nutrition.
Its clean, fast, tasty, open late enough, and the Girls are pretty cute. All of these things build to a popular hang for Woody.
when i am feeling a bit more like a sweet, the honeyballs here are insanely good, but will destroy you. I like to pair it with a greek coffee, which, is sort of like eating directly out of the coffee filter. SUPER bitter, and strong, but a perfect counter to the honey balls. I've heard other say you should share the dozen, but.. well, i have never had an issue. -
Review from saul m.
11/11/2011 1 photo
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Before walking in you smell an inviting aroma...
then you see enticing pastries...
your mouth begins to salivate slightly as you anticipate...
then you taste...oohhh sweet, smooth, creamy custard in flaky philo...
While you sip coffee at a sidewalk table on a nice day...
watching entertaining people strolling by. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
6/27/2011 3 photos
I love flaky pastry.. and that Spinach Pie at Athen's Pastries (Spanokopita) tasted awesomely good...
I always glad that sign language is universal, point, smile and pay and you will receive... Athens Pastries works with that same system...
Imagine the day that if one cannot pronounce the name of the food correctly, one cannot eat... I will be starving in Germany and Greek for sure!!
I think a certain yelper told me about another location of Athens Pastries in Scarborough.. that would be my next destination to practise my Greek food vocabulary!Listed in: A Day at Greek Town!, These are All Greek to Me!!!
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Review from Lauren M.
6/22/2011 2 Check-ins Here
SWEET DELICIOUS STICKY BALLS!
A DOZEN Loukoumades for THREE dollars = cheap way to get fat very quickly!
Loukoumades are deep fried balls of pastry dough soaked in honey. Usually topped with cinnamon and sometimes sesame.
Three of these will wreck havoc on your blood sugar level, so if you really plan to get one dozen, please share (with me...why not?)
Athens Pastries has a limited menu of delicious Greek street food. The phyllo pies (they have spinach, meat and cheese varieties) were all priced at $3.40 plus tax for a pretty large square.
I sampled the spinach (spanokopita) and it was just right. Not too greasy.
Interior is clean but sort of diner-ish, nothing fancy. (Food is served on plastic trays). The one lady working there was slightly grumpy and ignored/didn't hear me asking if I could buy a few loukoumades without purchasing the entire dozen. Oh well.Listed in: Lauren M's BIG FAT GREEK LIST
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Review from s p.
Scarborough, ON
4/6/2012
We went here for some late night pastry and coffee but the menu was fairly small and the food was just average at best. Been to better pastry places, but this is the first that's open this late, this is more of a cafe on the danforth. Nothing special here though.
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Review from Giuliana B.
SCARBOROUGH, ON
3/4/2011 ROTD 11/29/2011
This place is all about the delicious pies! Its a no frills, family owned business that has some of the best tiropita, loukoumades,spanakopita, and the custard pie (of which I forget the name).
The Loukoumades are seriously delicious and bursting with honey goodness! Their pies are made fresh and baked and cut right in front of you. Its really hard for me to resist getting one of each of their offerings, as they are all just SO good.
They have coffee, espresso's, lattes, ect.... but for me its all about the food. And its ridiculously cheap! $3 will get you a dozen loukoumades, and the pies are about $2 - 3 as well. I like to come here, get a cup of tea and have some pie. I also like to take some for home.
Definitely check this place out if you are in the area, they are worth repeat visits! -
Review from jocelyn l.
7/10/2011
2 words: Honey Balls.
OK, technically, loukoumades...but really, i just say Honey Balls. With cinnamon sprinkled on it.
$3 for a dozen? AMAZING
Crusty on the outside with a sweet honey glaze...soft on the inside when it absorbs the honey...AWESOME -
Review from Monica B.
Toronto, ON
10/8/2010 1 photo
I've been dropping by at Athens Pastries for a few years now; I really like this place!
The place is small, narrow, and clean. The menu is not that big but everything is great! They have a small place to sit down inside, but I notice that most people get things to go. I enjoy the coffee's here a lot, especially their frappe (Greek iced-foamed coffee) and their Greek coffee; they make them perfectly. They also have yummy Greek pies: spanakopita (spinach pie made out of phyllo pastry) and tiropita (cheese pie made out of phyllo pastry). Their loukoumades are a hit here (fried- dough honey balls) - basically the Greek version of a doughnut, but way better.
The staff is here so warm and kind which is a great bonus to this place. The prices are very reasonable. Some items like the loukoumades are really cheap. I did a double take at the menu up on the wall when I read: dozen loukoumades for $3.00, what?!!
I look forward to my next visit!Listed in: Coffee, Tea & Juice, Greektown
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Review from Jen P.
East York, ON
10/13/2011
We had ventured to this location many times because the food is delicious, unfortunately I will not be going back again due to the customer service I received on my most recent visit. Because there was a simple misunderstanding about whether my order was for "here" or "to go", I was yelled at and scolded by one of the employees. As an independent business owner myself, I can't believe they would treat one of their customers this way (especially over something so trivial).
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Review from Faye C.
10/3/2011
I love their spinach pie! it's super yummy - I came across this place walking my dogs on the Danforth...it's open late, and super yummy, and they'll even cut it into bit size pieces (which I think make it even more delicious than it would be otherwise). I was so dazzled by the delicious looking pastries in the window, I almost didn't catch the name of this place... This is a little piece of heaven on the Danforth!
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Review from Matthew S.
Toronto, ON
12/21/2009
Easily one of my favourite spots in Toronto. A simple menu of consistently amazing food at reasonable prices - you can't ask for more than that. I've eaten at Athens hundreds of times over that last 20 years and it's always phenomenal.
Athens serves a variety of "pies" (filling wrapped in several layers of phyllo pastry): spinach (spanakopita), cheese (tiropita), and custard. All are absolutely perfect, just the right amount of filling, amazing phyllo with great texture, not greasy at all, and less than $4. Have the cheese and spinach to start and the custard (with sugar and cinnamon) for dessert.
And, you can't walk out of Athens without trying their honey balls (loukoumades): tender, sweet balls of dough soaked in honey and dusted with cinnamon. An Athen's honey ball was the first solid food I ate as a child and it's still one of my favourite foods ever. At $3 per dozen you can't go wrong. But, be warned, if you got late in the day they often run out of honey balls.Listed in: Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, Top Spots Under $10, Matt's Top Five
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Review from Dardana M.
ON
1/5/2009
As I previously mentioned, the greek word for comfort heaven food is "spanikopita" (with spinach) or "tiropita" (with cheese). Layers of thin pastry, layers of butter filled with any number of things (but quite often cheese or spinach).
In Albanian, we call it "byrek", and it is made properly, from scratch, by one single person in my family. Holidays and get-togethers often centre around the acquisition of this pastry gold before your cousins take seconds (I am usually the cousin in this scenario).
Anyway, my sister and I wandered into this place, and it was like entering Willy Wonka's byrek factory. Large ovens and pans with large slabs of the stuff being removed, flipped, cut, repeat. The sheer volume stopped us in our tracks. It was just so...plentiful. It seems these guys specialize in our drug of choice (along with a few other Greek specialities, like "loukoumades", the small fried dough balls in syrup), and they make it deliciously and from scratch (meaning they roll out their own phyllo dough to the approximate thinness of paper, as opposed to buying it in boxes), and did I mention in gigantic batches? If you are a fan, you shall not be disappointed, if not, then you've probably never had it before, and this would be a good place to start. -
Review from Phillip Jessie j.
Toronto, ON
6/23/2009
Great food here, all the baked goods they make taste fresh as well as delicious, they have several Greek pastries such as cheese pie, spinach pie, custard pie, meat pie, baklava and honey balls. I think every single one of them is made the way it should be, I myself prefer the balls and the spinach pie. They also have several coffee's available for sale and I have tried all of them and they are excellent.
Another bonus is that they are open until 11 pm everyday (or almost everyday), making it a great place to stop by for a bite late in the night. By far one of the best places to go for cheap, amazing Greek food on the danforth. -
Review from Ana R.
Toronto, ON
7/24/2009
Mmmmmm. The tiropita is heaven. This place is simple and to the point. It screams "we have 5 or 6 pastries for you, we know they're good and you're going to like them" and doesn't try to get into thousands of other things it will suck at. The price is a bit steep for the simplicity of the food but you'll get over it once you taste the stuff.
Again, close to TTC and kid friendly which is handy. They have plenty of seating both inside and out and easy take-away options too. -
Review from Gillian A.
Toronto, ON
5/4/2011 4 Check-ins Here
I can't say enough good things about the honey balls here (I believe they are called Loukoumades). Everything from the spanikopita, the lovely Greek gentlemen chatting in the back, to the window display that immediately made me salivate upon viewing it, makes me happy about this place. It isn't expensive, it's authentic Greek and it's laid back. It's a great place for a coffee, quick bite or to pick up amazing loukoumades to bring home to your loved ones!
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Review from Peter K.
9/15/2009 2 photos
My only experiences with Greek food has usually been over cooked grilled meats and mediocre pastries. My wife is part Greek and this place was her favorite food stop in Toronto. We both had the spanakopita, and the honey dipped pastries. The spanakopita melted in your mouth...perfectly prepared without overcooking the phyllo dough. This place is a definite neighborhood joint, the food is excellent, and the prices are even better. Looking forward to our next...
