Salt Wine Bar is a wine bar in Ossington, Toronto.
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.
Must order: A glass of Vinho Verde plus the gambas a la plancha.
Food program: Iberian tapas
Tip: Closed Mondays. Ask the bar staff for the natural-wine bottle list, kept off the main book.
Address: 225 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON M6J 2Z8
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.
Signature pour: Boutique low-intervention producer of the week
Wine focus: Low-intervention international, natural wine
Food: Seafood and vegetables, small plates
Order: Three small plates and a bottle from the natural-wine list.
Tip: Closed Monday. Bar seats walk in; tables on Resy. Sister Cocktail Bar at 923 Dundas West.
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.
