The best danish in Toronto combines puffy, crispy pastry with a creative filling, typically made with ingredients that highlight the best of the season and the local landscape. The yummiest berries and savoury fillings can be found at these spots.
LessThis Parkdale bakery that shares space with a coffee shop makes some of the best danishes using seasonal ingredients like lemon curd, pear, plum jam, wild blueberry, apricot and rhubarb.
Place orders in advance for danishes and other baked goods at this takeout-only bakery in East York. You should be able to find seasonal flavour varieties like pumpkin here.
Rectangular danishes are filled with glistening, juicy strawberries at this bakery with locations in Little Tokyo and Markham. They also make tarts embedded with halved pears.
Danishes at this patisserie in Baby Point include seasonal fruit varieties like mango blueberry, mixed berry and rhubarb, and savoury kinds like ham broccoli, mushroom olive, and leek (all accompanied by a healthy dose of cheddar and bechamel, of course). Order ahead to avoid lineups.
Apple caramel and shallot gruyere danishes are available at this bakery with locations in Kensington Market and Riverside. Watch out for limited time varieties of danishes often made using seasonal local produce.
Chocolate chip cookies may be the star of the show at this cafe with locations near Spadina and Queen and South Etobicoke, but danishes as well as tarts and pastries made with fresh fruit are just as highly coveted.
This St. Clair West French patisserie and viennoiserie creates all sorts of pastries of their own relying on old school techniques, including options like pain au raisan and artisanal palais with glossy, puffed edges and fruit filling.
Fruity, creamy and crispy danishes filled with a wide variety of ingredients like fruits and nuts pair perfectly with a hot coffee at this French-inspired bakery, cafe, bar and restaurant in Cabbagetown.
Seasonally changing quiche danishes with fillings like egg and bacon, salmon and potato, or mushroom, tomato and spinach are available from this creative Stockyards District bakery.