Mahjong Bar is a bar in Kensington Market, Toronto.
Mahjong Bar on Dundas West pours Asian-inspired cocktails behind a Vietnamese sandwich-shop facade since 2016, a speakeasy through the back door.
Must order: A Pandan Highball with the bahn mi sliders.
Food program: Vietnamese small plates
Tip: Enter through the sandwich shop; the back door opens after 19:00. Reservations on Resy.
Address: 1276 Dundas Street W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X7
Dreyfus on Harbord is the Annex's reference cocktail and natural-wine bar since 2018, chef Zach Kolomeir's small-plate kitchen under 50 seats.
Signature drink: Mediterranean spritzes, Beaujolais by the glass
Food: Mediterranean snacks and pasta
Order: A spritz and the cured fish board.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Sister to Bar Mordecai on Dundas West. The chairs at the bar take walk-ins.
Pinkerton's Snack Bar on Gerrard East is the city's reference snack-and-cocktail dive since 2017, owner Marc Baglio's pan-Asian plates and drinks.
Signature drink: House cocktail rotation
Food: Pan-Asian snack bar
Order: A house cocktail with the bao buns and crispy rice.
Tip: Walk-ins only. Closed Monday. Late nights to 02:00 Friday and Saturday.
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.
Signature drink: Beer and a shot, well drinks
Food: Bar snacks
Order: A pint of local lager with a shot of rye.
Tip: Cash preferred under $10. Late kitchen has frozen pizzas after 22:00.
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.
