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El Rincon Mexicano

Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 653 St. Clair Ave. W. (at Christie) • View on map »
  • 416-907-7973
$30 Gourmet
Allows one person to dine well for $30 or less, including tax and tip; they are not star rated More like this »
Editorial Review

Although the decor is similar to most of the city’s other wannabe Mexican restaurants—orange walls, green, red, white and gold flags, earthenware sunbursts—the food at this cozy spot on St. Clair’s Latino strip is deliciously authentic. The menu lists favourites, like guacamole, sizzling fajitas and menudo (not the boy band but a tripe soup topped with onions and oregano). An appetizer of frijoles charros brings a piping hot plate of smoky brown beans and bits ...

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    653 St. Clair Ave. W. (at Christie)
  • 416-907-7973

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