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The Best BBQ Chicken in Toronto

The best BBQ chicken in Toronto is the type of homemade meal that dinnertime dreams are made of. Seemingly simple, it's a dish that's easy to get wrong. When is it right? When it boasts crisp, savoury skin, tender, succulent meat, and the type of irresistible allure that compels you to eschew decorum, and pick up each morsel with your bare hands.

Here is the best BBQ chicken in Toronto.


St. Matthew's BBQ Chicken
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St. Matthew's BBQ Chicken

Generations of the Pinto family have perfected the recipe now used to make each and every chicken at this casual Rogers Road spot. Whether you need a quarter chicken for one, or a couple of whole birds for the family, the team's flame-grilled and rotisserie chicken never disappoints.

Best Portuguese Chicken
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Best Portuguese Chicken

Plump halal birds become delicious rotisserie or churrasqueira chicken at BPC (as Etobicoke peeps call it). Served with house-made piri-piri sauce, rice or potatoes and salad, each one makes one heck of a meal.


Churrasco of St. Clair
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Churrasco of St. Clair

Fast, fairly priced and favoured by famous people (Drake's a fan!), this take-out spot on St. Clair West has been charming customers with its grilled and slow-cooked rotisserie chicken since 1986.

Churrasqueira Martins
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Churrasqueira Martins

Basted with Martin's BBQ sauce and cooked over charcoal, the chicken at this Rogers Road restaurant is a smoky, sweet take on the classic. Eating in the swanky space gives every bite an added air of elegance.


Cantanhede O Bairradino
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Cantanhede O Bairradino

Though there's plenty on the menu at this Junction Triangle locale, passing on the chicken is a rookie mistake you'll want to avoid. Eat it alone, daubed with piri-piri, or with Parisienne potatoes, fries, rice, or salad. There is no wrong way.


Vira's BBQ
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Vira's BBQ

Despite the Ukrainian chef in the kitchen, this take-out spot at Davenport Road and Laughton Avenue is as Portuguese as can be. Using recipes she learned living in Porto, Portugal, Vira Bandura cooks chicken the traditional way, until it's crisp, juicy, and as addictive as poultry dares to be.

Churrasqueira Sao Miguel
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Churrasqueira Sao Miguel

Now with two locations (in North York and St. Clair West), this popular restaurant excels at classic Portuguese dishes, including burnished churrasco chicken. If you've never had it piled onto a sandwich, sided with golden fries, now's your chance.


Costa Verde BBQ Chicken
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Costa Verde BBQ Chicken

Flame-licked chicken dappled with house seasoning hits every table at this family-friendly North York restaurant. Flavourful and delicious as is, a whisper of hot sauce puts it over the edge.

Bairrada Churrasqueira
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Bairrada Churrasqueira

With 30 plus years of practice, it's not hard to believe that this mini-chain (with three Toronto locations) has perfected its recipe for top-notch BBQ chicken. Marinated and grilled, each crowd-pleasing portion is served with rice, potatoes, and a hefty side of satisfaction.

Lead photo by

Jesse Milns at Bairrada Churrasqueira. Additional photos by Jesse Milns, @stmatthewsbbq@churrasqueiramartins, @sik6san4, @foodhub.to


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