Pizza Wine Disco Is Permanently Closed
King West · 788 King St W · closed Sunday, March 15, 2026
- Status
- Permanently closed
- Closed
- Sunday, March 15, 2026
- Announced
- Instagram, March 11, 2026
- Address was
- 788 King Street West
- Area
- King West / Wellington West
- Operating years
- 4+ years (2022 - 2026)
- Format
- Italian restaurant + lower-level disco
- Parent company
- Liberty Entertainment Group (LEG)
- Sister venues (still open)
- Paris Texas, DaNico, Don Alfonso 1890, Cibo
- Reopening plans
- None announced as of May 2026
What happened
Pizza Wine Disco closed permanently on Sunday, March 15, 2026 — the final night of its last weekend in business. The venue posted the closure on Instagram on March 11, 2026 with a brief message: "After over four incredible years, this weekend will be our final one. Thank you to everyone who supported us, worked with us, and made this place what it was. For one last time, make your move."
The 788 King Street West location, which had become a King West nightlife staple over four years of operation, is no longer accepting reservations or hosting events. The Instagram account remains active as of May 2026 but the venue is not operating in any form.
Closure context. The closure was foreshadowed in late summer 2025 when a sales listing for the King West space appeared on real estate platforms (August 21, 2025). At that time, parent company Liberty Entertainment Group (LEG) told BlogTO and Dished Toronto that the move was strategic: "We are looking to relocate the concept to a larger space. A new location is coming soon." A representative confirmed the team was "actively on the hunt for the new, larger location… nothing has been formally locked down as of yet."
The decisive "closing forever" language of the March 11 Instagram announcement, however, marks a departure from that August relocation framing. As of this update (May 2026), no replacement location has been announced and no public timeline has been shared by LEG. The "coming soon" framing from August 2025 may still hold, or the concept may have been wound down. The editorial isn't speculating — what we know is the King West venue is closed.
Broader Italian-disco context. Pizza Wine Disco is the second Italian-themed disco concept to close in Toronto in early 2026. Sprezzatura Spaghetti Disco, the spaghetti-and-DJ format that opened in the post-COVID nightlife rebound, also closed earlier in 2026. The two closures together suggest the Italian-restaurant-meets-disco concept tier — popular as a 2022-2024 King West formula — is facing genuine business pressure, not just venue-specific issues.
Where to go instead
Sorted by what you loved about Pizza Wine Disco. All venues confirmed operating as of May 2026.
For the Italian dinner + party crossover (same parent company)
Paris Texas · King West. The closest substitute under LEG ownership — same hospitality group as Pizza Wine Disco, same King West nightlife strip, same "restaurant up front + party room in back" format. Different theme (Western, not Italian), different food (Tex-Mex, not pizza), but the social vibe and crowd are the closest direct match in Toronto. If you loved Pizza Wine Disco for the LEG-put together party energy, Paris Texas is the answer.
For the King West late-night Italian dinner-into-DJ format
Cassius · King West. The closest editorial match for "Italian-American restaurant that transforms into a dance floor at night." Cassius is the King West supperclub that runs dinner service early evening, then transitions to DJ-led late-night programming, with stronger food and a tier-up cocktail bar compared to Pizza Wine Disco. The crowd is slightly more mature (28-45 vs PWD's 22-32) but the dinner-into-DJ format is identical.
For the dressier late-night dance floor
Silent H · King West — dressiest of the King West supperclubs, closer to a Manhattan supperclub feel. Sunrise Forgives · King West — supperclub-to-late-night that pivots earlier and pivots harder than Silent H. Both run the dinner-then-dance format that PWD pioneered but at a more slightly older-crowd tier.
For the lower-level basement-club energy
DPRTMNT · King West. The lower-level / basement-club feel that made PWD's disco hallway so photographed translates to DPRTMNT's electronic-music room. Different genre (house and techno rather than disco/Italo), but the underground-feel architecture is the closest parallel.
If you came for the Italian food specifically (not the party)
LEG operates several other Italian restaurants that are still open: DaNico (at the St. Regis Toronto, modern Italian fine dining), Don Alfonso 1890 (high-end Italian tasting menu), and the Cibo Wine Bar locations (more casual Italian wine bar format). None of these have a disco hallway in the back, but if the food was the draw, they're under the same ownership group.
Pizza Wine Disco's four-year run
Pizza Wine Disco opened in early 2022 at 788 King Street West, positioned as an Italian restaurant with an integrated lower-level nightclub experience. The format read as part of the post-COVID nightlife rebound — full-service dining up front, the colourful disco hallway and dance floor down the back. It was loud, photogenic, and unmistakably Instagram-era. By 2023 it had become one of King West's most reliably-busy weekend rooms, packed Thursday through Saturday across its four-year run.
The venue belonged to Liberty Entertainment Group (LEG) — Charles Khabouth's portfolio sits with INK Entertainment; LEG is a different operator. LEG is the same hospitality group behind Paris Texas (the Western-themed King West party), DaNico (modern Italian at the St. Regis Toronto), Don Alfonso 1890 (high-end Italian), and the Cibo Wine Bar chain. Parent corporate entity is Municipal Goods.
The clientele skewed young King West — the 22-32 crowd who came of legal drinking age in the late 2010s and the post-COVID era. The colourful disco hallway became among the-photographed nightlife backdrops on Toronto Instagram in 2023-2024. The line outside the King & Tecumseth corner on a Saturday night was a King West landmark.
What changed over the venue's four-year run: King West's nightlife composition shifted. The supperclub tier (Cassius, Silent H, Sunrise Forgives) captured the dressier dinner-into-DJ crowd. The bottle-service rooms (44 Toronto, Cabana) absorbed the older partying crowd. The themed concepts (Paris Texas, DPRTMNT) competed for the same Italian-disco's younger party demographic. The simultaneous closure of Sprezzatura Spaghetti Disco — a competing Italian-disco concept — earlier in 2026 reads as part of the same trend.
Pizza Wine Disco FAQs
Is Pizza Wine Disco still open?
No. Pizza Wine Disco permanently closed on Sunday, March 15, 2026 — the final night of its last weekend in business. The venue announced the closure on Instagram on March 11, 2026 with the message: "After over four incredible years, this weekend will be our final one. Thank you to everyone who supported us, worked with us, and made this place what it was. For one last time, make your move." The 788 King St W location is no longer operating.
When did Pizza Wine Disco close?
Pizza Wine Disco closed permanently on Sunday, March 15, 2026 — the final night of the second weekend in March. The closure was announced via Instagram on March 11, 2026. The venue had operated for just over four years at 788 King Street West, opening in early 2022. Several Toronto media outlets covered the closure including TorontoToday, BlogTO, and INsauga.
Why did Pizza Wine Disco close?
The venue did not publicly state a specific reason for closing. The closure was foreshadowed in August 2025 when a sales listing appeared for the King West location; at that time, parent company Liberty Entertainment Group (LEG) told media that they were "looking to relocate the concept to a larger space." The decisive "closing forever" language in the March 11 Instagram announcement, however, suggests the relocation plan was either abandoned or remains uncertain.
Context: Sprezzatura Spaghetti Disco, another Italian-themed disco concept in Toronto, also closed in early 2026 — suggesting the Italian-disco format faced broader business pressure beyond any single venue's circumstances.
Is Pizza Wine Disco coming back at a new location?
As of May 2026, no new location has been announced. In August 2025, when the King West sale listing appeared, Liberty Entertainment Group representatives told BlogTO and Dished Toronto that "a new location is coming soon" — but the team was "actively on the hunt for the new, larger location… nothing has been formally locked down as of yet."
The March 2026 closure announcement used decisive "forever" language without mentioning a relocation. Watch the @pizzawinedisco Instagram account and LEG's official channels for any future announcement. We'll update this page if LEG announces a relocation or replacement concept.
What was Pizza Wine Disco's address?
Pizza Wine Disco was located at 788 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 1N6 — the King West / Wellington West nightlife strip, just west of Bathurst Street. The space was a lower-level venue with the restaurant up front and the colourful disco hallway / dance floor in the back. It operated Thursday through Saturday evenings (5pm to 1-2am) plus occasional Sunday brunch events.
Who owned Pizza Wine Disco?
Pizza Wine Disco was operated by Liberty Entertainment Group (LEG), the Toronto hospitality company behind several major venues including Paris Texas (King West Western-themed nightclub), DaNico (modern Italian at the St. Regis Toronto), Don Alfonso 1890 (high-end Italian fine dining), and Cibo Wine Bar. Parent corporate entity is Municipal Goods. LEG continues to operate all of its other venues — only Pizza Wine Disco closed in March 2026.
Where should I go instead of Pizza Wine Disco?
It depends on what you loved about Pizza Wine Disco:
- For the LEG-owned party-restaurant format — Paris Texas (King West, same parent company, Western theme rather than Italian).
- For King West Italian dinner-into-DJ — Cassius (King West supperclub, Italian-American restaurant + late-night DJ).
- For dressier late-night dance floor — Silent H or Sunrise Forgives (King West supperclubs).
- For the lower-level basement-club vibe — DPRTMNT (King West electronic music).
See our Best Clubs in Toronto guide for the full editorial ranking.
What was Pizza Wine Disco famous for?
Pizza Wine Disco was known for three things: (1) the format — a full-service Italian restaurant by day that transformed into a high-energy nightclub by night, with the lower-level disco hallway as the social media-famous backdrop; (2) the crowd — over its four-year run, it became a King West nightlife staple, packed weekend after weekend and known for its aspirational party scene; (3) the colourful disco hallway in the back of the space, which became among the photographed nightlife backdrops in Toronto's Instagram-era 2022-2025 nightlife scene.
Still-operating Toronto venues to know
The King West nightlife strip continues — these are the rooms we'd point Pizza Wine Disco fans toward.
How we verify this closure
We mark a Toronto venue as permanently closed only when multiple independent sources confirm. For Pizza Wine Disco:
- Primary source: Pizza Wine Disco official Instagram closure announcement (March 11, 2026 post).
- TorontoToday (March 12, 2026) — coverage of the announcement.
- BlogTO (March 14, 2026) — closure coverage with context on the August 2025 sales listing.
- INsauga (March 12, 2026) — closure coverage.
- August 2025 background: BlogTO (Aug 29, 2025) and Dished Toronto (Aug 2025) on the sale listing and LEG's "relocate to a larger space" framing.
- Ownership context: Liberty Entertainment Group corporate listings (DaNico, Don Alfonso 1890, Paris Texas, Cibo Wine Bar), parent entity Municipal Goods.
- Broader trend (Sprezzatura Spaghetti Disco): referenced in TorontoToday's PWD closure coverage.
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