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T&T Café counter at Empress Walk with a stone-faced front, glass sneeze guards and wood-grain wall panels

T&T Supermarket Empress Walk, North York: Retail and Café Millwork

T&T Supermarket opened its Empress Walk store on 8 October 2026: a 66,000 sq ft conversion on the concourse level at 5095 Yonge Street in North York, and T&T’s largest location in Ontario. General contractor Rochon Building Corp led the fit-out to drawings by K Paul Architect, with interior design by Dialogue 38. DNS Industries provided the shop drawings, fabrication and installation for the millwork.

T&T Café counter at Empress Walk with a stone-faced front, glass sneeze guards and wood-grain wall panels
The T&T Café counter: stone top and front, with glass sneeze guards.

The café counter

The T&T Café is at the front of the store. Its service counter has a stone countertop and stone-faced front, laminate casework on the staff side, stainless-steel baseboards and tempered-glass sneeze guards.

The shop drawings were laid out around the café equipment, with open bays and cut-outs for the under-counter coolers, ice bin, pitcher rinser and display cases, checked against the final equipment specifications.

Café service counter with stone countertop and stone front at T&T Empress Walk

Wall panels and bulkheads

DNS supplied the wood-grain wall panels behind the café and at the store entrance, and the bulkhead panels over the café counter.

Wood-grain ceiling bulkhead over the T&T Café counter
Bulkhead panels over the café counter.
Wood-grain wall panels at the T&T Empress Walk entrance beside the café, bakery and kitchen signs
Wood-grain panels at the store entrance.

Elsewhere in the store

  • Millwork at the self-checkout seating area
  • Entrance millwork, including the box-out bulkhead and panels for the revised entrance layout
  • A washroom counter
Café seating area at T&T Empress Walk with timber-look framing and a planter ledge

Schedule

Shop drawings went to Rochon, Dialogue 38 and K Paul Architect for review in May 2026. DNS installed the millwork in August and September 2026, ahead of the October opening.

Wood-grain wall panels behind the T&T Café sign

Project details

  • Client: T&T Supermarket
  • Location: Empress Walk, 5095 Yonge Street, North York, Ontario
  • Store size: 66,000 sq ft
  • General contractor: Rochon Building Corp
  • Architect: K Paul Architect
  • Interior design: Dialogue 38
  • DNS scope: shop drawings, fabrication and installation of the café counter, wall and bulkhead panels, entrance millwork, self-checkout seating-area millwork and a washroom counter
  • Opened: 8 October 2026
  • Photos: Rochon Building Corp and T&T Supermarket
  • Manufactured at: 967 Edgeley Blvd, Vaughan, Ontario

DNS Industries Limited drafts and manufactures store fixtures and millwork for retailers, brands, designers and general contractors across North America. For a single store or a program, get in touch. See all projects on Our Work.