Blueberry, pineapple, lavender, jalapeño, habanero and ghost pepper. Some infusions take two days; the stubborn ones rest for two weeks.
Mexican Street Food · Dundas West
NEW MENU · NOW SERVINGSERIOUS TACOS.
QUESTIONABLE
BEHAVIOUR.
Fresh tortillas every morning, obsessive margaritas every night, and absolutely no interest in doing things the easy way.
GOOD FOOD.
NO FUSS.
Made here. Every morning.
REAL FOOD.
REAL WORK.
Fresh masa, whole ingredients and no invisible shortcuts. Open a dish for ingredients, dietary information and the story behind it.
HOUSE BAR PROGRAM11 SIGNATURE MARGARITAS
The bar is not an afterthought
THE BEST MARGSIN TORONTO.
House-infused tequila, our own triple sec, real fruit and rims built from scratch. Bold drinks with proper prep behind every glass.
11signature margaritas
$10during Happy Hour
100%house-built flavour
HAPPY HOUR$10MARGARITAS
Citrus peel becomes a brighter, fresher liqueur built specifically to lift the roasted sweetness of agave.
Lime salt, chili salts and lavender sugar are slowly dried and ground in-house for flavour, aroma and texture.
Vanilla, strawberry, ginger and more are infused or carefully cooked, then measured, rested and repeatedly tasted.
Fruit is sliced, sometimes candied overnight, and dehydrated to finish each drink with the right aroma, flavour and texture.
Strawberry, hibiscus, citrus, horchata, pineapple and mango. Fresh, bright and made without mystery filler.
SAME POUR.
SAME GLASS.
SAME TACO.
SAME GLASS.
SAME TACO.
Happy Hour and AYCE are not where we cut corners. The margarita gets the same alcohol in the same glass, and the taco stays the same size—just at a better time to share the table and try more.
SERIOUS BAR.NOT-SO-SERIOUS PEOPLE.
There’s always something going on
WEEKLY
SPECIALS
Dine-in only. Ask the team for today’s details.
For adult guests · 19+
THE AGAVE
LIBRARY
A field guide to the bottles behind the bar: where they come from, who makes them, which agave they use, and the stories worth knowing.
FIELD NOTES · 001150+ BOTTLES.
♆
150+ BOTTLES.
A LOT OF STORIES.
Search by region, producer, agave, and flavour profile. Informational catalogue for adults.
The work before the welcome
BEFORE
WE OPEN.
YOU SEE A TACO.What you don’t see is everything it took to make it.
Before the first guest arrives, the kitchen is already cooking, grinding, pressing, blending, infusing and preparing. We make the things most restaurants simply buy.
One tortilla. The whole story.
FROM MEXICAN CORN
TO YOUR TABLE.
Six steps. One daily process. The tortilla beneath your taco begins long before service.
01
SOURCE
FROM MEXICO, BY THE TONNE
Every six months, we import one tonne of corn from Mexico to Canada. It starts at the source.
02
COOK
COOKED EVERY DAY
Each morning, the corn is cooked in-house, then cooled properly before the next step.
03
GRIND
GROUND INTO MASA
The cooked corn is ground fresh into masa in our kitchen every day.
04
PRESS
MACHINE-PRESSED
Each tortilla is pressed every morning to La Chingada’s own size and shape.
05
GRILL
GRILLED FOR SERVICE
The tortillas are cooked, cooled and prepared for that day’s service.
06
SERVE
ON YOUR TACO
The tortilla under your taco started as corn from Mexico and was made here that morning.
THE WHOLE POINTTHE TORTILLA UNDER YOUR TACO WAS MADE HERE THAT MORNING.
The things you never see
WE MAKE THE STUFF
OTHER PLACES ORDER.
Fresh tortillas
Cooked, ground, pressed and made fresh for service.
House hot sauces
Built here from whole ingredients—not tipped from a commercial bottle.
Bar infusions
Fruit, flowers, herbs and chilis—from lavender to ghost pepper—rest until the flavour is exactly where we want it.
Dehydrated garnishes
Sliced precisely, sometimes candied overnight, separated and slowly dried. Some get a triple-sec mist and a sugar-citric finish.
Salts, rims and purées
Lime salts, chili salts, infused sugars and fresh purées—made for flavour, occasionally for the ’gram, never from a mystery tub.
Fresh aguas frescas
Strawberry, hibiscus, citrus, horchata, pineapple and mango—fresh, bright and sparkling to lift them even more. No store-bought filler hiding in the jug.
Come find us
VISIT LA CHINGADA.
Find us
1242 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario · M6J 1X5
Call, follow or order
416-535-2242
reservations@lachingada.ca
Book a spot
Reservations are available for groups of up to six. Walk-ins are always welcome when service allows.
Patio & getting here
The hidden back patio is first come, first served and weather dependent. The 505 Dundas streetcar serves the neighbourhood; street parking is limited.
Call with questions →05
Hours
CHECK TODAY’S HOURS · TORONTO TIME
- Sunday12:00 PM–9:00 PM
- Monday4:00 PM–10:00 PM
- Tuesday4:00 PM–10:00 PM
- Wednesday4:00 PM–10:00 PM
- Thursday12:00 PM–11:00 PM
- Friday12:00 PM–11:00 PM
- Saturday12:00 PM–11:00 PM
Planning ahead?
MAKE A
RESERVATION.
We’ll always do what we can to get you in. Happy Hour, AYCE Tacos and peak dinner service can fill quickly, so your first choice may not always be available.
Try another time or day—or come by and ask about a walk-in table. Reservations are available for groups of up to six.
HAPPY HOUR GETS BUSYAYCE THURSDAYS FILL FASTGROUPS UP TO 6