Communist's Daughter is a bar in Ossington, Toronto.
The Communist's Daughter on Dundas at Ossington is the strip's reference dive bar since 2003, a former Portuguese diner with low ceilings and cheap beer.
Must order: A pint of local lager with a shot of rye.
Food program: Bar snacks
Tip: Cash preferred under $10. Late kitchen has frozen pizzas after 22:00.
Address: 1149 Dundas Street W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X3
Miss Thing's on Queen West in Parkdale runs Polynesian tiki cocktails and Pacific Rim plates since 2013, the painted bamboo interior the strip's reference.
Signature drink: Mai Tai, Tiki classics
Food: Pacific Rim small plates
Order: A classic Mai Tai with the salt-and-pepper squid.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Weekend nights take walk-ins after 22:00 only.
Bar Mordecai on Dundas West is a retro Wes-Anderson cocktail room since 2020, World's 50 Best Discovery list with vintage and modern drinks.
Order: The Mordecai Martini, served with house olives.
Tip: No reservations; small room fills early on weekends. Closed Sunday-Tuesday.
Miss Thing's on Queen West in Parkdale runs Polynesian tiki cocktails and Pacific Rim plates since 2013, the painted bamboo interior the strip's reference.
Signature drink: Mai Tai, Tiki classics
Food: Pacific Rim small plates
Order: A classic Mai Tai with the salt-and-pepper squid.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Weekend nights take walk-ins after 22:00 only.
Sneaky Dee's at College and Bathurst runs the city's reference late-night Tex-Mex kitchen until 04:30 on Friday and Saturday nights since 1987.
Signature drink: Pitcher of cheap lager
Food: Tex-Mex, King's Crown Nachos
Order: The King's Crown Nachos with a pitcher of Stella.
Tip: Cash only at the till; debit card at the bar. Late-night kitchen the city's most reliable after-bar option for nachos.
Bar Pompette on College Street is the aperitif bar above Pompette since 2018, North America's 50 Best Bars ranked #8 in 2026 with a low-ABV cocktail program.
Order: The signature Pompette Spritz or whatever the bar is pouring on draft.
Tip: Reservations through Tock. The downstairs Pompette is the restaurant; bar is upstairs.
Bar Mordecai on Dundas West is a retro Wes-Anderson cocktail room since 2020, World's 50 Best Discovery list with vintage and modern drinks.
Order: The Mordecai Martini, served with house olives.
Tip: No reservations; small room fills early on weekends. Closed Sunday-Tuesday.
Track & Field on College Street is the lawn-games cocktail bar that returned in October 2021, two floors with bocce, shuffleboard and a photo booth.
Order: A round on the bocce court with a tapped cocktail.
Tip: Walk-ins or Tock reservations for the bocce lanes; 30ft bar runs through the main floor.
Bar Raval on College runs vermouth on tap and Spanish bar snacks from a mahogany Art Nouveau counter since 2015, Grant van Gameren's room the Michelin Bib.
Signature drink: Vermouth on tap, manzanilla sherry
Food: Pintxos and Spanish snacks
Order: A vermouth on the rocks with a slice of jamon iberico.
Tip: Walk-ins only. Arrive before 17:30 for an easy stool. Open from 09:00 for the coffee crowd.
