McPretenders: seven Toronto takes on the mighty Big Mac
Toronto’s obsession with fancy fast food isn’t new, but it’s growing. As the city’s snack bars multiply, so too do the options for sloppy, greasy, delightfully trashy food—including multiple homages to the McDonald’s Big Mac. (Maybe they all got inspired back in 2011?) Once we started looking, they were everywhere: fancy faux Macs in burger, bao and even pizza form. Here, seven Toronto takes on the king of fast-food burgers.
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Caroline Aksich, a National Magazine Award recipient, is an ex-Montrealer who writes about Toronto’s ever-evolving food scene, real estate and culture for Toronto Life, Fodor’s, Designlines, Canadian Business, Glory Media and Post City. Her work ranges from features on octopus-hunting in the Adriatic to celebrity profiles.
