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The Best Doubles in Toronto

The best doubles in Toronto are saucy, messy snacks best eaten with a stack of napkins, and few onlookers. Filled with chana or meaty curry, this popular Caribbean street food is sweet and savoury, thanks to heaps of seasonings and the tang of chutney. Just beware house hot sauces — unless you welcome the burn.

Here's where to find the best doubles in Toronto.


Island Foods
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Island Foods

Whatever your go-to order, if you're a Toronto-based fan of roti or doubles, jerk chicken or oxtail stew, you've probably been to this OG Caribbean chain, with locations in West Queen West and Don Mills. Fluffy and saucy, filling and satisfying, doused with house hot sauce or eaten as is, doubles are the snack or meal you won't want to leave without.

Mona's Roti
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Mona's Roti

Nobody's suggesting that you visit this sacred Scarborough spot and leave without sampling the roti that put it on the map. The pro move? Preface that roti with equally-impressive doubles, that are sloppy and savoury, stuffed, saucy and always satisfy.


Kish's Roti and Doubles
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Kish's Roti and Doubles

At this casual Moss Park spot, the team stuffs fried bara bread with jerk chicken, shrimp, goat and more for a flurry of doubles capable of sating every type of craving. Over-filled, one is all you need for a meal or truly solid snack.

Randy's Roti
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Randy's Roti

Standard doubles, mounded with fragrant curried chickpeas, are as much a draw to this Yonge & Davenport spot as its famed roti. Try jerk chicken doubles, a special order, or salt fish topped with coleslaw on days when you're feeling frisky.


Debe's Roti and Doubles
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Debe's Roti and Doubles

With oodles of flavour and a satisfying amount of squish, it's no surprise that the doubles at this Trinidadian spot near Jane and Finch are a signature item few customers leave without. Available throughout the day, each is topped with house-made chutney and hot sauce, if you dare.


Smoke n' Roti
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Smoke n' Roti

The wood fire and diligent workers are good hints that the team at this restaurant near Keele and Sheppard takes Caribbean food very, very seriously. Order hand-made doubles topped with mango and tamarind chutneys, plus a dash of hot pepper sauce, if you want the full experience.

ACR Hot Roti
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ACR Hot Roti

With a menu that pairs quality with affordability, this Scarborough takeout spot is rarely quiet. Doubles here demand that you eat them while they're piping hot, before they sog up their brown paper cradles. Still, each is so filling, so comforting and so deeply satisfying, it's likely that you'll be happy to oblige.


Wicked Carib
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Wicked Carib

With chana, curried goat or chicken, the supple doubles at this Scarborough spot are an affordable add-on to any meal. Fresh and hearty, they're also easy to customize to suit your level of courage in the face of heat.

Ali's West Indian Roti Shop
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Ali's West Indian Roti Shop

A messy jumble of delicious things — supple bara bread, aromatic, soupy chana — the doubles at this veteran Parkdale spot are as popular as the roti. Jazz up these home-style eats with pumpkin, spinach, plantain or tender meat on days when you're hungrier than usual.

Lead photo by

Fareen Karim at Debe's. Additional photos, Island Foods, @monasroti@wickedcarib


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