100 essential restaurants in Toronto to add to your bucket list

The best restaurants in Toronto can be places on your bucket list or places you've been to a million times, where some of your fondest memories were made. These places are all about good food, good times and the essential flavours of the city.

Check out all 100 essential Toronto restaurants in this photo gallery.

Lead photo by

Hector Vasquez at Lucia

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