La Toxica
Montreal, Canada
The read// why locals go
La Toxica cooks Mexico without translation: birria, carnitas and al pastor, run by owners who describe themselves simply as proud Mexicans. The Boulevard Saint-Laurent room sits at the edge of Chinatown, with a second address in Villeray-Saint-Hubert that followed once the first one worked. What arrives is the everyday register of Mexican eating rather than the tourist one — tacos built on stewed and spit-roasted meat, burritos, quesadillas — and the kitchen leaves the seasoning where it belongs. Vegetarian plates are on the card. It is a sit-down restaurant that takes reservations rather than a counter, and mains land around twenty-five dollars.
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Boulevard Saint-Laurent 1059, H2Z1J6 — Montreal
The read// why locals go
La Toxica cooks Mexico without translation: birria, carnitas and al pastor, run by owners who describe themselves simply as proud Mexicans. The Boulevard Saint-Laurent room sits at the edge of Chinatown, with a second address in Villeray-Saint-Hubert that followed once the first one worked. What arrives is the everyday register of Mexican eating rather than the tourist one — tacos built on stewed and spit-roasted meat, burritos, quesadillas — and the kitchen leaves the seasoning where it belongs. Vegetarian plates are on the card. It is a sit-down restaurant that takes reservations rather than a counter, and mains land around twenty-five dollars.
