Everything to eat and drink at Queen’s Cross, the Eaton Centre’s fancy new 19,000-square-foot food hall

While the food court (with its long-standing reputation for gloopy beef and broccoli, mediocre pizza slices and rubbery shawarma) does hold a certain nostalgic appeal, the food hall (the glowed-up version of the court) is slowly taking over, one mall at a time. The latest addition to the elevated shopping mall eatery landscape is Queen’s Cross, a selection of vendors—each conceived and developed by Oliver and Bonacini—in what was once the sad subterranean Eaton Centre food court.

This is no conglomeration of characterless lunch counters. Within the 19,000-square-foot space that houses more than 15 fast-casual restaurants (and one full-service cocktail bar), fun neon signage, a bold colour palette, lush greenery and mosaic tiling help to revitalize the food court’s old-school charm.