Eat in Kensington Market, Toronto

Patois

• ★ 4.5
• Caribbean
• $$

Order The Double Down sandwich, jerk chicken between two Jamaican patties.

Patois on Dundas West is chef Craig Wong's Jamaican-Chinese fusion kitchen since 2014, fine-dining French training applied to Caribbean home cooking.

Soluna

• ★ 4.1
• Café
• $$

Order A focaccia sandwich at the counter with a cortado.

Soluna in Kensington Market is chef Suzanne Barr's all-day bakery cafe on Augusta since 2022, sourdough focaccia, Caribbean-influenced pastries and Pilot.

Blackbird Baking Co

• ★ 4.6
• Bakery
• $$

Order The Kensington white sourdough loaf and a morning bun.

Blackbird Baking on Baldwin in Kensington is baker Simon Blackwell's sourdough bakery since 2014, 23 varieties of bread including 10 sourdough loaves.

Wanda's Pie in the Sky

• ★ 4.5
• Bakery
• $$

Order A classic Canadian butter tart, runny in the middle.

Wanda's Pie in the Sky on Augusta in Kensington Market has run the city's reference butter tart counter since 1989, baker Wanda Beaver's pies.

Grey Gardens

• ★ 4.5
• Modern European
• $$$

Order Three small plates and a bottle from the natural-wine list.

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.

Cocktail Bar

• ★ 4.5
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Order Whatever the bar manager David Greig is excited about that night.

Cocktail Bar on Dundas West is Jen Agg's drink room since 2013, the menu split seasonal, bold, citrusy, liquor forward and wild cards, sister to Grey Gardens.

Mahjong Bar

• ★ 4.4
• Speakeasy
• $$$

Order A Pandan Highball with the bahn mi sliders.

Mahjong Bar on Dundas West pours Asian-inspired cocktails behind a Vietnamese sandwich-shop facade since 2016, a speakeasy through the back door.

Patty King Bakery

• ★ 4.5
• Caribbean
• $

Order A spicy beef patty in coco bread, plus a Ting from the cooler.

Patty King on Baldwin Street is a family-owned Caribbean patty bakery since 1981, supplying Toronto convenience stores and cafeterias citywide.

Kensington Market

• ★ 4.6
• Markets
• $

Order Cheese from Global Cheese, fish from Coral Reef, plus a patty at Patty King on Baldwin.

Kensington Market between Spadina and Bathurst is Toronto's reference open-air food district, vendor storefronts along Augusta, Baldwin and Kensington Avenue.

Kensington Market Taste the World Food Tour

• ★ 4.8

Tasty Tours' flagship Kensington tour visits family-run shops past the tourist traps, 7 to 8 tastings across the market's Caribbean, Mexican and Portuguese.

Kensington Market and Chinatown Walking Tour

• ★ 4.0

Intrepid Urban Adventures' Kensington and Chinatown tour runs through the neighbourhood's Jewish-to-bohemian evolution, plus Cantonese roast meat and Hong.

Rhum Corner

• ★ 4.3
• Caribbean
• $$

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.