{"id":141020,"date":"2025-08-13T00:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141020\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T00:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:34:08","slug":"this-toronto-taco-restaurant-was-just-voted-best-in-the-city-heres-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141020\/","title":{"rendered":"This Toronto taco restaurant was just voted best in the city \u2014 here’s everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tacos from a Mexican restaurant in Toronto were just voted the best in the entire city, so here\u2019s everything you need to know about them.<\/p>\n

Another annual Toronto TacoFest<\/a> has come and gone, leaving a tortilla crumb trail of carnage in its wake. While taco lovers across the city are nursing their birria-induced food comas, one taco joint in the city is busy celebrating its newly minted title as the creators of the best taco in Toronto.<\/p>\n

According to the scores of attendees at the food festival, at least.<\/p>\n

From Friday, Aug. 8 to Sunday, Aug. 11, dozens of local Mexican restaurants joined forces with food fanatics in the thousands to spend a weekend consuming as many tacos (among other things) as their bodies would allow. On the last day of the festival, the\u00a0pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance came in the form of a golden taco trophy awarded to the local taqueria that won the majority of votes from attendees.<\/p>\n

This year, it went to Kensington Market force Birria Catrina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Billed as Toronto\u2019s \u201cfirst and only birria-specialized eatery,\u201d it\u2019s not hard to understand why the restaurant was able to snatch the title.<\/p>\n

The restaurant was founded as a hole-in-the-wall, takeout-only stall nestled in the heart of Kensington Market in 2020 by a then-25-year-old Abraham Luna, who grew up in Guadalajara, learning the craft from his father, who ran a stall of his own.<\/p>\n

Focused solely on serving the slow-cooked beef dish in various forms like tacos, quesadillas, tortas and even ramen, always with an ample side of the consomm\u00e9 that we genuinely believe we could drink by the litre, Luna is an avid subscriber to the \u201cdo one thing really well\u201d school of thought, and it works for him.<\/p>\n

In the years since, Birria Catrina has gone on to open additional locations at Yonge and Dundas and on Roncesvalles, but has lost none of its appeal.<\/p>\n

Luna told Dished Toronto that \u201cit is both a joy and an honour to bring our food to the community that has always supported us,\u201d and says that, more than winning the title, the greatest honour is \u201cthe opportunity to share our passion and flavour with [Toronto].\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Luna believes that Birria Catrina\u2019s commitment to serving a birria recipe straight from the birthplace of the dish is the secret to success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe neither invent recipes nor imitate others; we are the number one in birria because it is our true specialty,\u201d he told Dished Toronto.<\/p>\n

That, he says, and the fact that Birria Catrina has \u201cthe finest team, made up of hardworking Mexican staff who give their all for [the restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n

If we may inject our own opinion on top of that, if we hadn\u2019t made it clear already, the consomm\u00e9 here certainly helps.<\/p>\n

To make matters even more exciting, Birria Catrina is also gearing up to open a brand-new location in Kensington Market at 267 Augusta Ave. While the opening date has yet to be announced, Luna promises that it\u2019s coming soon.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, you can try Birria Catrina for yourself at 131 Roncesvalles Ave., 335 Yonge St., or its original stall.<\/p>\n

Address:\u00a0<\/strong>214 Augusta Ave.<\/p>\n

Phone:\u00a0<\/strong>647-237-0359<\/p>\n

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