With Oktoberfest around the corner you’ll want to try all the sausages that Toronto restaurants are serving up. From sausages that are set ablaze to traditional Polish sausages, there is a variety available in the city. Here are your best bets for sausages in Toronto.
WVRST is a little taste of Germany on King West. It specializes in beer and sausages, offering more than 20 variations. It all begins with picking out a sausage meat, from duck, to Calabrese and kangaroo, from there you choose to have it served in a toasted fresh bun with a choice of two toppings, or currywurst style, with spiced sausage served with country bread and a tomato curry sauce.
Bairrada is a Portuguese restaurant that sells Chourico a Bombeiro, a smoked sausage that has been soaked in a Portuguese spirit and then set on fire! The traditional Portuguese sausage is a fan favourite due to its robust and smoky flavour. Bairrada has three locations in Toronto.
The currywurst at Otto’s Berlin Doner has people packing into the Kensington Market restaurant. The currywurst comes in two options, pork or seasonal, and is served with your choice of fries, house salad or cous cous. Every currywurst is topped with homemade curry ketchup.
Found on the Markt Sharing Boards menu, Bier Markt offers three types of sausage – jalapeno and cheddar cheese, kimchi and smoked kielbasa. All the sausages come from Sharbot Lake, Ontario.
Located in The Junction, Sorella makes Italian sausages with recipes that date back to 1913. The recipes come from two villages in Calabria, Italy, and use 100 per cent pork butt, with zero additives. The grilled sausages are sold from 11 am until 4 pm daily.
This popular sandwich franchise offers everything from steak and onions to meatball sandwiches, and lucky for us, it also sells a sausage and onion sandwich. The sandwich already comes with caramelized onions built in, but there are other toppings you can choose from like cheese, mushrooms, sweet peppers, rapini and eggplant. The Vienna sausages are made in-house, with all natural ingredients.
Found on the dinner menu, the Bratwurst Board includes one half pound coil of house bratwurst alongside salted pretzel bread. The sausages are brought in from a local butcher from the Niagara area, while the turnip choucroute, or sauerkraut, is made in-house.
Barque Smokehouse is one of Toronto’s best smokehouses, so it should come as no surprise that the sausage made the list. The Smoked Banger is always changing, due to the creative drive of the chef, but past offerings have included a smoked basil and sundried tomato variety. It is offered on the dinner menu.
If you’re looking for Polish sausage then Café Polonez is the place for you. The traditional sausage is served with fries on the side and topped with sweet caramelized onions.