The Best Mexican Food in Toronto
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The best Mexican food in Toronto, according to the experts: The 50, AAA, and the Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Quetzal comes out on top.
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Restaurant 20 Victoria and Campechano Adelaide hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.
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Rank 1. Quetzal
Mexican
A ten-metre open fire pit runs the length of this sleek College Street Mexican restaurant, and nearly every dish on the menu answers to it. The undulating ceiling, designed to echo the tarp-covered stalls of Mexican markets, sets the mood before the food does. Tortillas are pressed to order from heirloom corn nixtamalized in-house, and the mezcal and tequila cocktail program keeps pace with the kitchen. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on North America's 50 Best Restaurants.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #8 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 2. Restaurant 20 Victoria
Contemporary Mexican
The open kitchen anchors this 24-seat contemporary Mexican tasting menu restaurant in the financial district, where cooks often carry their own plates to the table. The chef, Rafa Covarrubias, brought his team over from a Michelin-starred Oakville room to focus entirely on one menu, and the flavors here are vivid and precise in a way that a 70-seat operation rarely allows. The room is calm and dimly lit, the service warm without fuss.
The awards
- Air Canada Air Canada: 2022 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Canada's 100 Best Canada's 100 Best: #10 · Best Restaurants
- Air Canada 2022 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Canada's 100 Best #10 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 3. Campechano Adelaide
Mexican
Heirloom corn from Mexico, pressed and griddled into tortillas daily, is the entire argument for this taco shop on Adelaide. The room is white kitchen tile and worn wood, the menu is short, and everything arrives fast and hot before the meal is suddenly, almost rudely, over. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place you're already planning to revisit before you've finished chewing.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 4. Puerto Bravo
Mexican
A small taco and tostada spot on Gerrard that earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand from a kitchen the size of a closet. The menu leans hard into seafood, with tostadas piled high and tacos built for flavor rather than tidiness. Expect bold, punchy combinations where the Pacific meets Mexico City. Easy to walk past, harder to forget once you've been. Cash-and-carry crowd, fast tables, no fuss.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 5. El Catrin
Mexican
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Rank 6. Itacate
Mexican
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