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Island Foods is the old stalwart of the Toronto roti scene. It's been around for almost 35 years, has maintained a booth at the CNE since 1976 and still operates two bustling downtown locations - one at the Grange foodcourt across from OCAD and the other at King and Dufferin.With an apartment near Queen and Ossington I've been frequenting the latter location for some time now. It's one of the... more
The nice thing about Toronto is that you can get authentic ethnic food like this at a reasonable price, unlike the hipster watered-down versions you'll see in a city like in San Francisco or LA. Let me start by saying this is the best Caribbean roti place I've ever been to and one of my favourite lunch places in Toronto. Seriously, try it, it's amazing. Everything on the menu is good but I... more
I have just moved out of the country and I am going to miss Island Foods immensely. I also saw that there is a condo developer what is planning on changing the entire block. If that happens I hope Island Foods finds a new home in Parkdale. It will be one of my first food stops when I come back to Toronto. So EVERYONE eat as much jerk chicken and eggplant roti as humanly possible!
I had lunch today at Island Foods. I've been going there since 1998 and it's my favourite place to get a chicken roti.
I got there about 11:45am, before the lunchtime rush.
I got what I always get ... a boneless chicken roti. As usual, it was delicious!
When I left, there was a line-up out the door!