The places in Toronto the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
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Order A $4.50 domestic bottle on the back patio, BYO food from down the street.
The Done Right Inn on Queen West is the strip's reference dive bar, $4.50 domestic bottles, $6 pints and a century-old tree shading the back patio.
Order A dozen walnut pastries hot from the mold to share at the counter.
Hodo Kwaja on Bloor West Koreatown bakes walnut-shaped pastries since 2005, fresh chestnut-mold red-bean and walnut pastries at 12 for $5, the counter view.
Order BBQ pork over rice or a plate of late-night siu mai.
House of Gourmet on Dundas in Chinatown runs Cantonese roast meat and dim sum until 04:00 since 2000, a 30-page menu with BBQ pork rice the staple.
Order A Hong Kong egg waffle filled with The Bee's Knees and a salted caramel cookie sandwich.
Bang Bang on Ossington has been the strip's reference ice cream and Hong Kong egg-waffle counter since 2014, burnt toffee and matcha among the staples.
Order An order of griot fried pork with pikliz and a punch maison.
Rhum Corner on Dundas West is Jen Agg and Roland Jean's Haitian dive since 2014, pikliz cabbage, griot fried pork and a 50-bottle rum back bar.
Order A jerk chicken combo with rice and peas and a side of fried plantain.
The Real Jerk on Gerrard East is the Jamaican institution that has run since 1984, Lily and Edward Pottinger's jerk chicken and curry goat the canon.
Order Salted-fish chicken fried rice and a clay-pot eggplant.
Swatow on Spadina has run Chiu Chow Cantonese since 1979, the salted-fish fried rice and a 200-item menu including clay pots and seafood, late-night kitchen.
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