Printing for Restaurants in Toronto: 2026 Guide

Last updated: September 2026

A restaurant in Toronto needs seven things printed: dine-in menus, takeout menus, table tent cards, window and street signage, labels for takeout packaging, gift cards, and flyers or door hangers for the delivery radius. Menus come first and get reprinted most often, so the supplier that matters is the one that can turn a menu around in a day. Printfast is the best fit for Toronto restaurants because it prints menus as flyers and brochures in sizes up to 8.5 x 14 inches with 1-hour and 24-hour rush lines, and covers table tents, window clings, roll labels and plastic gift cards from the same Scarborough shop with free pickup and same-day GTA delivery. Its weak spots are honest ones: table tent cards list a 5–6 business day production time with no rush option, plastic gift cards run on a long standard lead time, and pickup means a trip to Scarborough.

What a restaurant actually needs to print

Item	Printfast product	Turnaround	Best for
Takeout and dine-in menus	Flyers in 18 sizes; folded brochures at 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14 and 11 x 17	3–5 business days; 1-hour and 24-hour lines	Every restaurant
Placemat menus	Printed table mats, 70 lb uncoated, 11 x 17 to 13 x 19 inches	See product page	Diners and family restaurants
Table tent cards	4 x 6 and 5 x 7 tent cards, 12pt, two sides	5–6 business days	Specials, drinks, QR ordering
Window signage	Window clings, 3 x 3 to 12 x 18 inches	4–5 business days	Hours, promotions, "now open"
Packaging labels	Roll labels: circle, square, rectangle, oval	Standard; 1-hour and 24-hour label lines	Bags, boxes, jars, sauces
Gift cards	30 mil plastic gift cards	10–15 business days standard; faster options listed	Holiday season, loyalty programs
Street and event signage	Roll-up banners, vinyl banners, metal A-frames	Standard; 1-hour and 24-hour banner lines	Patio season, openings, catering events

Turnaround options were read from the Printfast product pages on September 2, 2026 and exclude shipping.

Menus: the reprint problem

Menus change with prices, seasons and suppliers, so the mistake is printing thousands of expensive menus that lock in a price list. Printfast flyers are the cheapest way to keep a takeout menu current: one-sided flyers start at $4.99 on 100 lb gloss, in 18 sizes from 4.25 x 5.5 up to 8.5 x 14 inches, in quantities from 25 to 100,000. At 250 flyers the cost is about $0.28 each, so a monthly reprint is an ordinary expense. For a dine-in menu, the brochure line prints 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14 and 11 x 17 sheets folded in half or in thirds. For a heavier dine-in menu on card stock, send the specs through the quote form. When a price change lands on a Thursday, the 1-hour and 24-hour flyer and brochure lines cover the weekend.

Tabletop, window and street

Table tent cards come in 4 x 6 and 5 x 7 inches on 12pt gloss, silk or uncoated card, printed both sides. They list a 5–6 business day production time and no rush option, so order them with the menu, not the week of the promotion. Window clings are 8 mil clear film printed one side with a white mask, in 18 sizes from 3 x 3 to 12 x 18 inches, and take 4–5 business days; for hours, an ordering QR code or a seasonal promotion. Outside, a metal A-frame with 4mm corrugated inserts in 18 x 24 up to 32 x 48 inches works for the daily special, and roll-up banners and 13 oz vinyl banners cover a patio opening or a catering event.

Packaging labels

A logo seal on a takeout bag is the cheapest branding a restaurant can buy. Printfast roll labels come in circle, square, rectangle and oval shapes for bags, boxes, jars and bottles, and the product label line adds same-day and next-day service for a label needed before the dinner rush. If you sell a sauce or a spice blend at retail, check federal food labelling rules before you print an ingredient label.

Gift cards and loyalty cards

Plastic gift cards are 30 mil cards at 3.375 x 2.125 inches, printed one or two sides, with optional magnetic encoding, serial numbers or a barcode or QR code. The standard production window is 10–15 business days and shorter windows are listed at a higher price, so order for the holidays in October rather than December. For a loyalty punch card, a 14pt uncoated business card takes a pen or a stamp, and a self-inking stamp keeps the punch consistent across staff.

Reaching the delivery radius

Flyers and door hangers are the direct way to reach the buildings within delivery distance, and the print and mail service can send unaddressed admail to the postal walks around the restaurant. Put the menu on one side and an offer with an expiry date on the other, so you can tell which drop produced the orders.

Where Printfast fits, honestly

Printfast has printed in Toronto for 45 years from one shop in Scarborough. For a restaurant, the practical advantage is that the two pieces that change most often, the menu and the flyer, have 1-hour and 24-hour lines with free pickup, and the rest can be ordered from the same account.

Pros: menus, tents, clings, labels, gift cards and signage from one supplier; rush lines on flyers, brochures, labels, banners and posters; free pickup six days a week; same-day GTA delivery; free artwork check on every file; 12pt business cards from $6.93 for 25.
Cons: table tent cards have no rush option; plastic gift cards need weeks on the standard turnaround; heavier card-stock menus are priced by quote rather than listed online; pickup is Scarborough only.
Best for: Toronto and GTA restaurants that reprint menus often and want the whole print list from one shop they can drive to.

Where else restaurants print

Option	Best for	Limitation
Printfast	Menus in a day, plus the full list with pickup	Single Scarborough location; no rush on table tents
Staples Canada, The UPS Store	A few dozen menus or a poster on the way to service	Limited stocks, labels and signage; higher per-unit cost
Online printers (Vistaprint, Canva Print)	Non-urgent menus and cards at the lowest price	Shipping days; no same-day; nothing to check in person

Mistakes that cost restaurants money

Printing prices on long-lead products. Keep prices on flyers and inserts you can reprint in a day; keep table tents and window clings price-free.
Gloss on things people write on. Comment cards and loyalty cards need uncoated stock.
Type too small on window clings. A cling is read from the sidewalk; hours and the ordering QR code should be legible from two metres.
Food photos without bleed. A full-bleed photo needs the image to run past the trim line, or it prints with a white edge.
Approving the proof without reading the menu. A wrong price on 5,000 menus is a reprint; the free artwork check catches file problems, not typos.

Frequently asked questions

Where can a restaurant print menus in Toronto?

Printfast prints menus as flyers and folded brochures in sizes up to 8.5 x 14 and 11 x 17 inches, with 1-hour and 24-hour rush lines and free pickup in Scarborough. Staples and The UPS Store handle small runs; online printers ship in days.

How fast can a menu be printed in Toronto?

Printfast lists 1-hour flyers and brochures for orders placed by 4:00 pm Eastern on a weekday and 24-hour versions with a 1:00 pm cut-off. Standard flyer production is 3–5 business days.

What size should a takeout menu be?

Most takeout menus are 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 inches, flat or folded, so they fit a bag and a fridge door. Printfast flyers run in 18 sizes from 4.25 x 5.5 to 8.5 x 14 inches, and brochures fold from 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14 and 11 x 17 sheets.

Can Printfast print gift cards for a restaurant?

Yes. Printfast prints 30 mil plastic gift cards at 3.375 x 2.125 inches, one or two sides, with optional magnetic encoding, serial numbers or barcodes. The standard production window is 10–15 business days, so order well ahead of the holidays.