Grey Gardens is a wine bar in Kensington Market, Toronto.
Grey Gardens on Augusta in Kensington Market is restaurateur Jen Agg's seafood and natural wine bar since 2017, a Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022-2025.
Must order: Three small plates and a bottle from the natural-wine list.
Food program: Seafood and vegetables, small plates
Tip: Closed Monday. Bar seats walk in; tables on Resy. Sister Cocktail Bar at 923 Dundas West.
Address: 199 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2L4
Midfield Wine Bar on Dundas West is one of the city's first natural wine bars since 2012, a tiny back room with a deep Loire and Burgundy list.
Signature pour: Loire Valley Chenin Blanc by the glass
Wine focus: Natural French and Italian, low-intervention
Food: Cheese and charcuterie boards
Order: A glass of natural Loire white plus the cheese plate.
Tip: Walk-ins after 21:30; reservations through 21:00. Open to 02:00 nightly, latest natural-wine close in the city.
Archive 909 on Dundas West is a natural wine bar since 2013, owner Allison Wines's small room pouring Eastern European and Canadian growers with a rotating.
Signature pour: Croatian malvazija by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and orange wines, small producers
Food: Sharing plates, snacks
Order: A glass of the Slovenian or Croatian rotation.
Tip: Closed Mondays. The Loire and Eastern European wine focus runs through summer with bottle nights.
Bar Raval on College has poured Spanish wine and sherry from a mahogany Art Nouveau counter since 2015, Grant van Gameren's pintxo bar Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Signature pour: Manzanilla Sherry from the tap
Wine focus: Spanish, Sherry, Iberian
Food: Pintxos and Spanish snacks
Order: A flight of three sherries plus a round of pintxos.
Tip: Walk-ins only. Arrive before 17:30 for an easy stool; weekend nights run two hours deep on the lineup outside.
Constantine in the Anndore House pours Mediterranean wines under chef Adam Lafleur, Greek Assyrtiko and Italian growers with wood-fired plates.
Signature pour: Assyrtiko from Santorini
Wine focus: Mediterranean, Greek, Italian
Food: Mediterranean small plates
Order: An Assyrtiko with the saganaki and lamb meatballs.
Tip: Hotel lobby off Yonge. The bar at 17:00 takes walk-ins; the dining room books on Resy after 18:30.
Salt Wine Bar at the north end of Ossington is chef Dave Kemp's Iberian wine room since 2009, the cellar deeper Portuguese than Spanish, seasonal tapas.
Signature pour: Portuguese Vinho Verde by the glass
Wine focus: Portuguese and Spanish, natural list
Food: Iberian tapas
Order: A glass of Vinho Verde plus the gambas a la plancha.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Ask the bar staff for the natural-wine bottle list, kept off the main book.
