The Great Canadian Food Tour - Distillery + St. Lawrence Market
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Toronto, Canada
- 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
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.
- 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
Sample Menu
Starter
Poutine
A Quebec born dish that has taken Canada by storm and the unofficial National Dish of the country.
Starter
Peameal Bacon Sandwich
Born in Toronto and our tasting is from the birthplace of this iconic sandwich.
Starter
Montreal-Style Bagels
Born in Montreal and a National treasure - Honey water boiled bagels!
Starter
Newfoundland Oysters
A must try - and from our most distant Eastern province of Canada, harvested in cold Atlantic waters. Delicious!
Dessert
Butter Tarts
To have raisins or not, that is the question??? Ours will be without raisins, so let the debates begin!
Dessert
Nanaimo Bar
Born in British Columbia, this non-baked 3 layer chocolate square will delight any sweet tooth.
What's Included
- LunchThe tastings are more than enough to equal a very generous meal.
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Bottled water
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Mill Street Brewpub Distillery District Toronto21 Tank House Lane, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4, Canada
Meeting Spot: Across from SOMA Chocolatemaker and by the entrance of the Retail store of Mill Street Brewery. If you get lost, go into any open store and any staff member will be able to assist you in finding your meeting location.
End point
- 93 Front St E, Toronto, ON M5E 1C3, Canada
The tour ends at the St. Lawrence Market.
Itinerary
1
Distillery District
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
2
St. Lawrence Market
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- We DO NOT offer Vegan, or Gluten-Free options.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Featured review
Julie_T
My family of three, including my 12-year-old had so much fun and really loved all of the food throughout the tour. William was an engaging and thoughtful tour guide, who gave a heartfelt overview and cultural context throughout the Kensington Market. Particularly noteworthy is that the vendors were aware that the tour group was coming through and had items ready when we arrived. William’s advance communication with them set up really streamlined and efficient tour flow. The portions from all of the vendors on the tour were also very, very generous and everything was delicious. This definitely enhanced my appreciation for the cultural mix of Toronto and will be a highlight of our trip. Highly recommend!
Reviews
4.9
based on 107 reviews
Shaun_R, Oct 2025
Great experience! Jusep was a great host and he informed me about all the origins of each food fusion we had. The walk was fairly easily too, about 2-3 mins from each stop. Thanks again!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Shaun_R, Thank you so much for your review! We’re delighted to hear you had a great experience with Jusep and enjoyed learning the stories behind each food stop. Glad the walk and pace were just right too — hope to welcome you back for another tasty tour soon! 🍴✨
Sherrita_P, Oct 2025
Well worth it, nice food portions, excellent presentation on the history of the neighborhood and the food.
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you so much Sherrita, for sharing your experience! We’re glad you enjoyed the food and learning about the history of the neighbourhood. It’s wonderful to hear the portions and presentation hit the mark — hope to see you again for another tasty tour!
Stephanie_M, Sep 2025
So delicious, electic, fun, and informative .
Jusep is so friendly and knowledgeable. All the food is amazing and mind blowing as they develop the fusion energy!!
Loved it
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you so much Stepha for your fantastic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! We’re thrilled to hear you enjoyed the delicious and eclectic foods, and that Josep made the experience so fun and informative. Your excitement about the fusion flavors and energy means a lot to us!
We hope to welcome you back soon for another amazing foodie adventure.
Erik_E, Sep 2025
This was an excellent tour of the Kensington Market neighborhood. William was a fantastic guide and taught us so much beyond the delicious foods we tasted. He even turned us on to a new (very old show) about the area called “King of Kensington”. Highly recommend!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you so much Erik_E for your wonderful review! We’re thrilled to hear you enjoyed exploring Kensington Market with William — he really does have a gift for sharing both the flavours and the stories that make the neighborhood so special. We’re glad you discovered King of Kensington too — such a fun piece of local history!
We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back for another delicious adventure soon.
Michael_P, Sep 2025
Fusion food with different countries. The owner was such an amazing tour guide! Really personal and knowledgeable. I would recommend for sure! Hope to be able to have the food passport soon ;)
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you Michael for your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review. We are so glad you enjoyed our Fusion Food Tour. Jusep is our founder and had taken a lot of pride in selecting each and every family owned restaurant. We hope that will join us on our International Food Tour the next time around.
Julie_T, Aug 2025
My family of three, including my 12-year-old had so much fun and really loved all of the food throughout the tour. William was an engaging and thoughtful tour guide, who gave a heartfelt overview and cultural context throughout the Kensington Market. Particularly noteworthy is that the vendors were aware that the tour group was coming through and had items ready when we arrived. William’s advance communication with them set up really streamlined and efficient tour flow. The portions from all of the vendors on the tour were also very, very generous and everything was delicious. This definitely enhanced my appreciation for the cultural mix of Toronto and will be a highlight of our trip. Highly recommend!
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Wow, thank you Julie_T for the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! We’re so glad your family had such a fun and delicious time with William. He truly cares about creating a smooth, engaging experience, and we’ll be sure to share your kind words with him. Delighted to hear this was a highlight of your trip — we’d love to welcome you back next time you’re in Toronto!
Mary_W, Aug 2025
The tour guide was passionate and knowledgeable about the Fusion experience. He answered ALL of the group questions and introduced us to each establishment assigned waiter to us. The food portions were more than enough and we received the history of the area.
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much Mary_W for the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! We’re thrilled you enjoyed the tour and truly appreciate your support. Hope to see you again for another delicious adventure!
Wisma_S, Jul 2025
Jessica was an excellent, helpful, charismatic guide! She was very friendly, perky, fun and shared some interesting facts about Toronto's Kensington Market area! Jessica started the tour with an icebreaker so we could get to know the other family before the tour began, which was fun! :D She allowed me to pop into a store to purchase a tote bag, so she was flexible. The food choices were mostly good, only one of the items wasn't to our liking. I especially enjoyed the Bao sandwich, the fusion taco, the mochi donuts and the gelato! All in all, I would highly recommend the tour! As it was such a hot day, I would have preferred iced coffee, but I'm sure the butter coffee was good.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you so much for your detailed and thoughtful review! We're so glad to hear you had a fun and engaging experience with Jessica—she really loves making each tour memorable, and your kind words mean a lot. It’s great to know you enjoyed the icebreaker, the flexibility during the tour, We appreciate your feedback about the coffee on a hot day—that’s definitely something we’ll keep in mind for future tours. Thanks again for joining us and for the recommendation. We hope to see you again in cooler weather (or with an iced coffee in hand)!
Christine_J, Jun 2025
William our tour guide was so enthusiastic! Each food portions were actually more than a tasting. Somehow having 11 people in our group he was able to chat with each group and connect. He wanted to help us make our experience in the tour as well as throughout the city the best it could be. I was beyond impressed with his knowledge of the city and better to use his experience vs google. Definitely worth every dollar!
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thank you Christin for your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review. Love to hear that you enjoyed your International Food Tour with William. He is an amazing tour guide who loves to share his passion for the food and cultures represented in Kensington Market. Each menu item and restaurant was hand selected by our founder to represent the diverse culture we enjoy in Toronto and in Kensington Market. We hope we can host you again soon.
Aaron_A, May 2025
This tour was awesome! Giuseppe made the tour. His knowledge and energy of the different foods was outstanding! And of course the foods were delicious 🤤Highly recommend
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thank you Aarom_A for your our kind ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review is greatly appreciated. Jusep is our Owner/Founder, He is so proud to share his love and passion for the diverse culture that makes our our amazing City of Toronto through food. We look forward to hosting you again soon!
Michael_B, May 2025
The tour was adventurous, fun, the tour guide was knowledgeable, and learned something new from this experience.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thank you so much Michael, So glad you enjoyed your experience with us. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review is greatly appreciated. We hope to see you again soon.
Brittany_T, Nov 2024
Knowledgeable and friendly guide with excellent food stops throughout the market, highly recommended!
Response from Host, Nov 2024
Thank you Brittany for your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review. We are glad you enjoyed your experience. We hope to host you again soon.
Katarina_S, Oct 2024
Toronto is an incredible multicultural city which you can enjoy via each nation’s love of food. The tour ran on time, was very tasty and informative! I learned a lot from how immigrants support one another, to how city demographics shift.
Jusep is an excellent story teller, and combined with his wealth of knowledge and experience not only travelling/tasting the world but also leading the tour, it’s a well oiled and executed event.
Our friend group of 11 all thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to doing more chopsticks & forks events!
Response from Host, Nov 2024
Thank you Katarina for your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review. It is our desire that on our tours that you not only taste the food but learn about the diverse culture of the different people we have the privilege of sharing our amazing city with. On behalf of Jusep and all of us at Chopsticksandforks, we are so happy that we had the opportunity to host you and look forward to maybe hosting you and your friends in the future on one of our other tours.
Benjamin_C, Sep 2024
Had a great time with the guide and with an older couple, so a small group! Overall this was a great experience, just wish we had gone out of kensington market, but that's not a dig at this experience at all :)
Imanullah_A, Sep 2024
Great tour guide, food, and portion size. Definitely a must if you do any food tour. The tour guide was knowledgeable and the food was excellently selected and curated.
Matthew_B, Aug 2024
Hard to find enough nice things to say about William. He was knowledgeable, well organised and a pleasure to talk to. The food locations selected were a great mix with something for everyone. I am very glad I booked this tour, it was one of the highlights of my trip.
MonaLisa_N, Aug 2024
This was our, my husband I, first visit to Totonto and also our first food tour. Jessup was our guide and he was AWESOME. He was welcoming and knowledgeable about different types of food and shared many interesting facts about Toronto. We got to taste a variety of dishes, which were all DELICIOUS and stimulated our taste buds. Thank you Jessup, this was a great introduction to Toronto. We will be back.
Lorna_K, Jul 2024
Every food sampling place we went to had extraordinary offering! Good choices. William did wonderfully as food tasting tour guide!
Cathy_M, Jun 2024
A really interesting tour. William was a wonderful guide. The fusion of cultures in this area of Toronto was intriguing, making the food even more intriguing. It was one of the more ‘different’ food tours we’ve ever been on.
andrea_t, May 2024
The guide was very knowledgeable and personable! Chicken bao was amazing!!! Highly recommend this tour!!
Ronnie_G, Dec 2023
Fusion is a great word. Amazing combinations of food pairings. I had a such a great time. Each of the 6 stops was like opening a Christmas present, a "surprise". The first stop at "Film Cafe", was my favorite, and it gets better afterwards. The guide was very energetic, knowledgeable, professional and courteous. Go on an empty stomach.
There are two parking lots to choose from if you drive, and shop around after the tour. It's a lively area.
Cynthia_R, Nov 2023
William was very knowledgeable about the history and food culture of Kensington Market. We tasted so many wonderful dishes. We especially enjoyed the small group experience as well as walking through the area. We highly recommend walking through the neighborhood earlier, before the crowds arrive.
Margaret_G, Sep 2023
This is a great tour and a chance to see a different side of Toronto. All the tastings were excellent and the fusions very interesting William was extremely informative and he gave us a short tour between tastings. Ask for William and you will enjoy every minute of the tour.
Lee_D, Aug 2023
Great food stops, and our guide gave very interesting history/information along the way. You will not be hungry at the end of this tour!
Charlie_M, Jul 2023
The unlikely pairings were the surprise of the day with all of them really defining the word Fusion in relation to foods.
William was excellent as he walked us through the process of the preparation and selection of the foods consumed, with related history. He also was very, very knowledgeable about all food topics as no one on the tour could stump him with any food questions.
Donna_M, Jul 2023
William was an amazing tour guide.
We enjoyed learning the history of the neighborhood as well as eating such a variety of unique cuisine we would have never found on our own. Thanks for a unique experience!
Cara_L, Jun 2023
Great guide! Michael shared history and fusion facts. We loved it! And walking around Kensington Market was so much fun.
Frederic_I, Oct 2022
Everything was great. Hard to pick a favorite. The guide was especially knowledgeable. KOS and the bagel stop were probably my favorites.
Fred_J, Jul 2022
Very nice views from the lake. Relaxed setting. The tour was a very refreshing experience and a nice way to view Toronto. My only complaint is that there was only 1 bartender and the line for drinks was long and the drinks tasted watered down.
Response from Host, Aug 2022
This appears to be for the wrong business as we are not by the lake as we are a walking food tour business. Sorry to hear about the long waits and watered-down drinks.
Kim_B, Jul 2022
Had a great tour with William. Highlight of our trip! Professional, enjoyable tidbits of knowledge and tied it in well with the selections. Just what we were looking for- and our kids enjoyed it too!
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