Falafel World

Falafel World is the Bloor West Village Lebanese room that has been packing them in since 1984: 2396 Bloor Street West near Jane, (416) 769-9336, falafelworld.shop. Chicken shawarma sits beside the namesake falafel as a top seller — generous plates with tabbouleh, cabbage, fried eggplant, cauliflower, house hummus, baklava. Directory hours through 2026: daily 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. (some older write-ups had longer weekday evenings — trust a call). First-timers: chicken shawarma plate or wrap, plus a falafel if you are sharing; ask about the fridge cake. Small, clean, mostly takeout with a few seats. Forty years on Bloor West is the notability bar — shawarma is not a side note here.