3 editor picks in Toronto.
Food tour in Distillery District
Distillery District Breakfast Tour
El Catrin Destileria is in Distillery District
A newer generation of Toronto kitchens treats Mexican cooking as a fine-dining canvas, with masa ground in-house and mezcal lists to match. Quetzal on College Street in Little Italy centres its menu on a wood fire and house tortillas, while El Catrin Destileria brings a large, mural-lined room and deep agave list to the Distillery District.
3 mexican modern places in Toronto we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Toronto · Mexican Modern across every city.
Quetzal on College at Bathurst earned Toronto's first Mexican Michelin star in 2024, a wood-fire kitchen under chef Steven Molnar with an agave-driven bar.
Order The cochinita pibil tacos and a flight of mezcal espadin.
El Catrin on Tank House Lane in the Distillery District runs Mexican tapas with Canada's largest mezcal and tequila collection, plus a Sergio Sanchez mural.
Quetzal on College at Bathurst earned Toronto's first Mexican Michelin star in 2024, a wood-fire kitchen under chef Steven Molnar with an agave bar.
