Toronto: Canadian Food Discovery at the St Lawrence Market Private Tour
ID: GYG353036-746540
Category:
Country: Canada
Duration:
03:00 hours
Description
Join a food-loving local guide in Toronto. Head to one of Canada’s most beloved food markets and learn all about some of Canada’s best culinary creations.
Discover the local cuisine of Toronto with a visit to a famous food market and enjoy the most delectable local eats with an expert knowledge guide.
After a brief introduction to Old Town Toronto (the neighborhood where your tour takes place), your guide will walk you past Berczy Park which features a stunning new fountain.
From there, make your way to one of your guide's favorite coffee shops for a brew of your choice, before you visit a small sandwich shop nearby which is reputed to have the best apple cake in the world.
From there, head to St. Lawrence Market, which National Geographic once declared the “best food market in the world”.
At the market, you’ll learn about the origin of Toronto’s official signature food: the peameal bacon sandwich. Celebrity chefs from Emeril to Anthony Bourdain have bitten into one of these, and now it’s your turn.
Time will be spent inside St. Lawrence Market visiting vendors and sampling foods that have played an important role in the cultures of immigrants who settled there over the past two centuries.
Learn about foods that have become common in this region, including how some of the favorites are virtually unknown outside of Ontario.
Each food stop offers the opportunity to interact with vendors, ask questions, and learn even more from the experts. Foods throughout your tour can include butter tarts, artisanal mustard and pretzel sticks, ginger ale, Montreal-style bagels, cheese curds, pierogis, maple candy, and more.
The final stop on the tour will be a local pub that has been around for decades. This spot serves creative versions of the popular French-Canadian dish known as poutine.
By the end of the tour, you will not only have a better understanding of what Canadian food is, but also a little bit about what it means to be Canadian.
Highlights
- Try Toronto’s signature food: the peameal bacon sandwich
- Bite into a "Montreal style” bagel, the only type of bagel to go into space
- Learn about Canada’s multiculturalism through a variety of food tastings
- Private tour with local guide
- Operated by a B Corp certified company, using travel as a force for good
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• This tour is carbon neutral, operated by a B Corp certified company committed to using travel as a force for good. This Certification measures a company’s social and environmental impacts and responsible tourism practices.
• Vegetarians can be accommodated, but much of the food featured has one or more gluten, butter, refined sugar, eggs, and/or cheese products
• Please notify in advance if you have any dietary requests
• The St. Lawrence Market is closed on Sundays and Mondays, so the tour does not run on those days
• This is a child-friendly tour, children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge.
Meet your guide on the sidewalk outside the Hockey Hall of Fame Building on the NW corner of Front St. and Yonge St.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
