Toronto Small-Group Canadian Food Tour With Tastings
Taste your way through one of Toronto’s most popular neighborhoods on a Canadian food tour of St. Lawrence Market and the Distillery District. Gain insight into the eclectic area, see a Banksy, and try a variety of dishes that were born and made in Canada. Bring an appetite: food tastings on the itinerary equate to a hearty meal.
Highlights
- ✓Explore a trendy neighborhood loved by foodies and locals
- ✓Let a guide choose for you: Taste the best on every menu
- ✓Canadian food tasting tour: All tastings are included
- ✓A small group means more attention form your guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓A national historic site and one of Toronto's proudest transformations: once the Victorian-era Gooderham & Worts distillery, today a pedestrian-only village of cobblestone lanes, galleries, and artisan kitchens — often called the largest collection of Victorian industrial architecture in North America. This is where our walk begins, at Sweetie Pie Bakery on Tank House Lane. Over our hour here, recent tastings have included two savoury bites, a signature alcohol-free cocktail, and a sweet treat worth saving room for. Between tastings, your Culinary Storyteller tells the story the buildings can't: how whisky built this corner of the city, why it fell silent, and how food brought it back to life. Cameras welcome — the lanes photograph beautifully in every season.
- ✓Two hundred years of feeding Toronto, 120+ vendors under one roof — and first on National Geographic's list of the world's top 10 food markets, ahead of London's Borough Market. St. Lawrence Market is not a tourist attraction that sells food; it is a working market that became an attraction by being excellent for two centuries. Our hour here moves stall to stall the way regulars shop: recent tastings have included a peameal bacon sandwich — the market's signature — fresh seafood, and a second sweet treat to finish. Your Culinary Storyteller knows the families behind the counters, which is the difference between eating at the market and being introduced to it. The tour ends here, in the middle of the market — on purpose. Guests regularly stay to shop, armed with our shortlist of what to carry home. One walk barely scratches the surface of how Toronto eats.
What's included
- ✓Wood-oven Hawaiian pizza — the Canadian original, Ontario 1962 (Old Flame Brewery)
- ✓Nanaimo bar finale, B.C.'s no-bake legend (Eve's Temptations)
- ✓Poutine crowned with Montreal smoked meat, plus a classic Canadian drink (Sweetie Pie)
- ✓Scotch butter tart, the Canadian dessert debate settled by hand (Tartistry)
- ✓Lunch
- ✓A sea-to-sea seafood tasting — smoked salmon, gravlax, lumpfish caviar, and oyster (Mike's Seafood)
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Alcoholic Beverages
- ✓Bottled water
Good to know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Our friends cook their family recipes as they always have, so we can't accommodate gluten, dairy, or nut allergies, and we don't offer a vegan option. Vegetarian and pescatarian versions are available — just tell us when you book.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Toronto Small-Group Canadian Food Tour With Tastings
Taste your way through one of Toronto’s most popular neighborhoods on a Canadian food tour of St. Lawrence Market and the Distillery District. Gain insight into the eclectic area, see a Banksy, and try a variety of dishes that were born and made in Canada. Bring an appetite: food tastings on the itinerary equate to a hearty meal.
Highlights
- ✓Explore a trendy neighborhood loved by foodies and locals
- ✓Let a guide choose for you: Taste the best on every menu
- ✓Canadian food tasting tour: All tastings are included
- ✓A small group means more attention form your guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓A national historic site and one of Toronto's proudest transformations: once the Victorian-era Gooderham & Worts distillery, today a pedestrian-only village of cobblestone lanes, galleries, and artisan kitchens — often called the largest collection of Victorian industrial architecture in North America. This is where our walk begins, at Sweetie Pie Bakery on Tank House Lane. Over our hour here, recent tastings have included two savoury bites, a signature alcohol-free cocktail, and a sweet treat worth saving room for. Between tastings, your Culinary Storyteller tells the story the buildings can't: how whisky built this corner of the city, why it fell silent, and how food brought it back to life. Cameras welcome — the lanes photograph beautifully in every season.
- ✓Two hundred years of feeding Toronto, 120+ vendors under one roof — and first on National Geographic's list of the world's top 10 food markets, ahead of London's Borough Market. St. Lawrence Market is not a tourist attraction that sells food; it is a working market that became an attraction by being excellent for two centuries. Our hour here moves stall to stall the way regulars shop: recent tastings have included a peameal bacon sandwich — the market's signature — fresh seafood, and a second sweet treat to finish. Your Culinary Storyteller knows the families behind the counters, which is the difference between eating at the market and being introduced to it. The tour ends here, in the middle of the market — on purpose. Guests regularly stay to shop, armed with our shortlist of what to carry home. One walk barely scratches the surface of how Toronto eats.
What's included
- ✓Wood-oven Hawaiian pizza — the Canadian original, Ontario 1962 (Old Flame Brewery)
- ✓Nanaimo bar finale, B.C.'s no-bake legend (Eve's Temptations)
- ✓Poutine crowned with Montreal smoked meat, plus a classic Canadian drink (Sweetie Pie)
- ✓Scotch butter tart, the Canadian dessert debate settled by hand (Tartistry)
- ✓Lunch
- ✓A sea-to-sea seafood tasting — smoked salmon, gravlax, lumpfish caviar, and oyster (Mike's Seafood)
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Alcoholic Beverages
- ✓Bottled water
Good to know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Our friends cook their family recipes as they always have, so we can't accommodate gluten, dairy, or nut allergies, and we don't offer a vegan option. Vegetarian and pescatarian versions are available — just tell us when you book.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.