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Turkish Flames
Halal • Markham
A Turkish BBQ grill known for its meat platters and fresh-baked bread.
Ambiyan
Desi • Unionville, Markham
Contemporary Indian cuisine blending classics like butter chicken with modern dishes.
Watercolour
Halal • Unionville, Markham
A cozy Mediterranean cafe on Main Street Unionville, popular for its patio.
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Nisa’s Cakes & Cafe
Bagels & Cafe • Unionville, Markham
Soft, pillowy bagels rather than dense ones, built with light whipped cream cheese and savoury fillings. Popular flavours: Jalapeño, Garlic Dream, OG Chicken Melt (halal), Philly Cheesesteak and Crab & Corn. Around $8.50–$9.75 a bagel.
209 Main St. Unionville, Unit 4, Markham
⭐ MICHELIN in Markham
Recognition awarded by the MICHELIN Guide Toronto & Region — not by Toronto Foodiee.
⭐ RECOMMENDED
Zen
Woodbine Avenue, in a plaza whose most visible tenant is an auto repair shop. Chef-owner Seiichi Kashiwabara moved the restaurant up from Scarborough and has been running it for 25 years — edomae sushi and omakase at a wood-slatted counter, fish flown in from Japan several times a week, rice served warm and finely vinegared. The inspectors singled out Hokkaido scallops and murasaki uni, and called the nori some of the best in town. Recommended in the guide in both 2024 and 2025.
Michelin frames it as omakase you can do without the usual damage — but the guide still prices it at $$$$, so budget like it’s a real omakase night. Counter seats are limited; book ahead.
Markham has no starred restaurant right now. It did — Frilu on Yonge held a star from 2022 and added a Green Star in 2023 — but it closed in the summer of 2024, and nothing in the city has picked the star back up since.
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