Fish and Chip Shop in Toronto
 

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good fish and chip shop in Toronto please?

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Duckworth's. Danforth just east of Main, north side.

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That was quick...thank you.

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np. Sadly, the Nova Fish Bar, proximity to which was my original reason for moving to the Beach, is no more. Duckworth's isn't faultless but is the best I know of.

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What a shame...that would have been convenient. Quite often go to the movie theatre there...no traffic and a fairly quiet theatre.

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The Fox?

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I only know it as The Beaches Movie Theatre.

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Oh, the big new one. The Fox is an independent, father east, opposite the Goof.

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Just Googled it...it's the oldest continually running movie theatre in Toronto...maybe the oldest in Canada.

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It certainly has a hint of mustiness about it. Quigley's is a nice pub with music and nasty bouncers just west of there, that can be combined with a film and it's almost like you're in Highgate.

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My vote would be for the chip shop opposite Trinity Bellwoods park on Queen, which is pretty good as far as Canadian fish and chip shops go. Avoid the place on Harbord at all costs it is worthy of the vomit smiley...

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The One That Got Away on King and Portland is actually pretty good. Better chips than anywhere else I've tried in Toronto.

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Thank you. We'll have to go on a chip shop crawl. :D

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I don't know if they're still around but there was a little cubby hole place near U of T called Harbord Fish and Chips.

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Not a chippie but Allen's on Danforth does the BEST battered fish and chips for dinner that I've had in Canada...

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This chippy was once owned by a Brit, and apparently very good. Now owned by an Asian it's disgusting.1 month ago I returned 3 lots and got my $36 back.

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Stands to reason, don't it? You don't get fish in Asia.

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Eh? Asia is probably the biggest market for seafood, including fish, in the world. Granted, Fish and Chip shops are in short supply in say Hong Kong, but wanting to clog your arteries with fried fish and chips is a Western thing....;)

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Oh dear. In truth I'm aware that:

- Asia's big, there are different flavours of Asians and they eat different things

- Asia has oceans and rivers. One ocean is helpfully named for the continent

- Wherever there's water local people eat the creatures from it

Furthermore,

- Most Fish and Chip shops in Toronto are run by Asians (American usage) though the Ohrid F&C shop, recently renamed to British Style F&C at Coxwell and Danforth is run by Asians (British usage) and Duckworth's seems to be operated by Newfies (or a reasonable facsimile thereof)

- The fabulous Nova Fish Bar was run by people, seemingly fresh from China, who spoke no English, only one woman could work the money.

I was taking a poke at the implication in the post above that the decline in quality of food somehow related to the ethnicity of the shop owner. I dunno if F&C shops in the UK were ever operated by British people, by the time I was a kid they'd mostly gone, replaced by kebab shops and curry houses.

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Ahh Irony. Forgive me, I was being all Canadian for a minute. <gives oneself a slap>

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This is exactly the place that you need to avoid at all costs.

For places that are a bit further afield, the chippy on Lakeshore in Bronte is awesome, and the one in Oakville at Rebecca and Dorval is acceptable.

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There is a British Chippy run by ex-pat Brits just down the road from me. The food they serve in there is nothing like the food one would be used to in England (even from a bad chippy in England) yet they advertise it as authentic fish and chips. The people that run it even advertise that they used to run a chippy in England:D

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The fish at Duckworths is good. I tried it on recommendation from DBD several times last year. They are still north american style chips which is the only downer........sadly I am yet to find the true British chip in this city but will be investigating Bill Bell's suggestion this weekend.

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My condolences to those who live in the centre of the Canadian universe and are unable to find decent fish and chips. Around here one can't move for them.

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I'll admit it's 17 years since I lived in Toronto but apparently my old chippy Penrose Fish & Chips (W. side of Mount Pleasant Rd. just north of Davisville) is still alive and kicking. Not all the reviews sing their praises but I was never disappointed and considering they've been in business since 1950 they must be doing something right. I've seen line-ups out the door & half way down the block in one of the coldest dampest Januarys I ever spent there so that ought to tell you something. Must confess I'm a cod girl myself but their halibut was fine and if I ever go back to Toronto for a visit I'd go back.

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The best fish and chip shop I have ever been to is in Pickering. Not too far from Toronto. The restaurant is called Kathryn's Bar & Grill, located at Rougemount Drive and Hwy 2, just off the 401 and West of Whites Road. You get large portions and the fish is fresh with a lovely crispy batter and real chips. Gosh I am starving now.

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Ive never been in Quigleys, can you please give me the exact location for this pub? What kind of music does this pub plays with?Any way thanks for the information huh !!! ;)

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Three or four buildings west of the cinema, across one road, the junction with the old bank, now organic food shop, on the NE corner and the GOOF on the SE.

In the bar they have bar bands.

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I'm eagerly seeking some seaside soggy chips... Does anyone know of any fish and chip places in Toronto that do their chips like this? Most seem to do the chips a little too well done.

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The Reliable, on Queen West, offers ill formed lumps of sploge, I suppose they're potatoes left to loose their firmness and then ripped into chunks by hand, that are soaked in cool well used oil. You'll need an impermeable container to carry them in but, if it's soggy you want, that's the place.

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I tried Penrose a few months back and can't say I was that impressed. The fish was ok (I had a lovely piece of halibut, in fact it was good enough for Jehovah...etc :D) but the chips tasted like they had been cooked in burnt fat. Am still on the look out for another decent one around here. What is it with these places closing early too? Penrose closes at 7.30pm?

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Lol. The way you described it makes it sounds so appetizing! :p

I suppose I could give it a try and see if it tastes similar. The best English fish and chip 'chips' are... well I'm sure most people know what I mean by 'soggy' —they're deep fried and greasy but not crispy. Kinda like fat McDonald's fries. Mmm... :nod:

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The fish and especially the chips are bit crap over here. :thumbdown:

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I have no idea.

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Couldn't you have just said the business changed ownership? Why is it acceptable to say "an Asian" but offensive to say "a white"?

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If markan's posts generally go around criticizing asians your point would be fair, but from a neutral position, it's possible he could've just been pointing out that the fish and chip shop changed from British ownership to non-British ownership.

There's nothing racist in calling a person from asia, "asian".

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Who said it was offensive to say white?

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If you want an Asian owned Fish and Chip shop the, once bravely named, Ohrid, at Coxwell and Dundas, is now called British Style and is very good though not, I suppose, as soggy as desired.

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Agreed.....I especially hate when they say real British fish and chips on the windows, you go in all excited.......and then the chips have skins on!!! ick

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Or the fish are fried in a tempura batter. — wtf?