Toronto — Places to eat
Red streetcars rattling under the CN Tower, right on the lake
- Carousel Bakery (St. Lawrence Market) — Toronto's signature sandwich: thick-cut peameal bacon on a bun
- Buster's Sea Cove (St. Lawrence Market) — Butter-toasted buns crammed with lobster; the market's longest line
- Nom Nom Nom Poutine — Quebec-style poutine from a shipping-container stall
- Seven Lives Tacos y Mariscos — Crunchy fish tacos eaten standing up in Kensington
- Rol San (Chinatown) — Chinatown's go-to dim sum, ordered by ticking a paper sheet
- The Owl on Bloor — Koreatown kitchen ladling gamjatang until 6am
- PAI Northern Thai Kitchen (Duncan St) — A basement Thai kitchen with a line for its khao soi
- Canoe (54th floor, TD Bank Tower) — Canadian tasting menus with the CN Tower outside the 54th-floor glass
- Bar Raval — Pintxos at a bar carved like rolling waves of wood
- Uncle Tetsu's Japanese Cheesecake (Bay & Dundas) — Wobbly soufflé cheesecake and warm cheese tarts
- Bà Nội (butter tarts) — A box of butter tarts still hot from the oven
- Tim Hortons (Union Station) — Canada's everyday coffee: a double-double and Timbits
- Balzac's Coffee (Distillery District) — A two-floor café in a 19th-century distillery pump house
- Steam Whistle Brewing (The Roundhouse) — Pilsner in an old locomotive roundhouse under the CN Tower
- Mill St. Brew Pub (Distillery District) — A beer flight in a brick distillery building
- Mother's Dumplings (Chinatown) — Hand-folded dumplings by the ten, with a Chinatown queue
- Randy's Take Out (Eglinton West) — Jamaican patties and roti, a Toronto institution
- Swatow Restaurant (Chinatown) — Cantonese noodles and congee since 1979
- Banh Mi Boys (Queen West) — Toronto-born fusion banh mi and kimchi fries
- Sansotei Ramen (Dundas) — Rich tonkotsu ramen worth a queue
- The Cottage Cheese — Bib Gourmand Indian in Kensington's back streets
- Richmond Station — Seasonal tasting menu and a burger at Yonge & Richmond
- Alo — Toronto's top-end French-style tasting menu, up on the 3rd floor
- Fahrenheit Coffee (Lombard) — Neighbourhood roaster on the way to the market
- Nadège Patisserie (Queen West) — Macarons and French cakes on Queen West
- Early Bird Espresso & Brew Bar — Compact espresso bar on Queen West
- Bellwoods Brewery — Craft beer and a good-weather patio
- Dineen Coffee Co. — A downtown cafe in a heritage building