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Despite claims to the contrary, most of the patties passed off as homemade at local jerk joints and roti restos are baked by the Michidean factory in Markham. After combing the city’s island bakeries for the real curried t’ing, here’s where NOW suggests you get your patty started.
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Queen Of Patties
1279 Bloor West, at Lansdowne,416-538-1732 |
Beef and veggie ( both 99 cents) | Nutty minced beef with sly heat, phyllo-flaky crust. Owner Georgina Hamilton apologized that she hadn’t had time to make the veggie version the day we visited because the beef patties were “going like crazy.” |
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Randy’s
1569 Eglinton West, at Oakwood, 416-781-5313 |
Beef, chicken and veggie (all $1.17) | Minced beef flecked with chili, ground chicken and onion in mild curry unidentified aromatic green veggie purée good layered crust. Fast-food-style lunch counter, quick service. |
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Taste
758 Dovercourt, at Bloor West, 416-531-1474 |
Chicken and veggie (both $1.25 tax inclusive). | Ground chicken in sweet curry spicy mashed peas and carrots buttery pastry. Back in the day, this low-key take-away was the original Michidean, and it still bakes its made-in-Markham patties on the premises. |
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Irie I
(see mini review) |
Vegan ($1.50) | Minimally spiced mashed lentil and legume pâté flat crust. Toronto’s only Rasta almost-vegetarian resto. |
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Tinnell’s
2517 Eglinton West, at Keele, 416-657-0108 |
Beef, chicken and veggie ($1.10) | Chili-kicked beef minced curried chicken and potato frozen peas, carrots corn and lima beans firm crust. One of the major suppliers of outsourced patties. | NNN |
Patty King
187 Baldwin, at Kensington, 416-977-3191 |
Spicy or regular beef (95 cents), chicken, callaloo and chickpea (all $1.15), mixed veggies ($1) | Nutty ground beef or chicken mild minced callaloo mashed channa frozen veg OK crust. A Kensington Market institution since before it was cool. |
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