Smoked Meat Sandwich appears as a signature dish in 1 Canada cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Smoked meat sandwich · Toronto
The smoked meat sandwich is Ashkenazi cured brisket steamed and sliced thick, piled on rye bread with mustard. Toronto's Jewish-deli canon at Centre Street Deli and United Bakers anchors the city standard.
Smoked meat reached Toronto from Montreal's Eastern European Jewish community in the early 1900s. Toronto's Jewish-deli scene developed through the 1910s on Spadina and shifted to Bathurst as the community moved north. United Bakers Dairy Restaurant on Lawrence (1912) is the city's longest-running deli; Centre Street Deli from Thornhill carries the Montreal-style canon since 1988. The Toronto-style sandwich runs thinner than Montreal's, on lighter rye with a stronger mustard hit.
Where to eat in Toronto:
- Centre Street Deli
- United Bakers Dairy Restaurant