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Toronto’s fanciest late-night junk food classics

By Emily Landau
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The Thompson Diner’s reuben

550 Wellington St. W., 416-601-3533, thompsondiner.com

Toronto's fanciest late-night junk food classics

The 24-hour diner offers the platonic late night reuben: tender house-spiced pastrami, gooey Swiss cheese, tangy Russian dressing and a crunchy pile of sauerkraut stacked high between two slices of toasted caraway rye. The onion rings are the size of inner tubes. $14.95.  

El Caballito’s tacos

220 King St. W., 416-628-9838, elcaballito.ca

Toronto's fanciest late-night junk food classics

Each night at midnight, everyone at this King West tequila bar gets a free taco. The highlight of the late-night menu is a grilled flour tortilla loaded with fiery chili-peppered shrimp on a black bean purée, studded with sweet charred corn and crunchy jicama. $5.50.  

Nightowl’s floats

647 College St., 647-927-4321, @nightowltoronto

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Toronto's fanciest late-night junk food classics

This new arcade in Little Italy, offers retro consoles, fancified bar snacks and boozy ice cream floats, including the Sunset version, made with vodka, cream soda and a scoop of sprinkle-spangled vanilla ice cream. $12.  

Old School’s pancakes

800 Dundas St. W., 416-815-8790, oldschoolyyz.com

Toronto's fanciest late-night junk food classics

On weekends, the diner stays open 24 hours, serving jacked-up breakfast food like a towering stack of five griddle cakes layered with sugar-cured smoked bacon, blueberries and whipped brown sugar butter. $13.  

Junked Food Co.‘s mac and cheese

1256 Dundas St. W., 647-343-5326, junkedfoodco.com

Toronto's fanciest late-night junk food classics

There’s regular drunk food, and then there’s Junked, takeout counter known for Dorito nachos and s’mores waffles. The Crack Mac is a clever riff on mac and cheese made with al dente noodles, an aged cheddar sauce, a punch of pico de gallo and bourbon-spiked ketchup, with Doritos for dipping. $8.95.

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