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Best Bars 2026 No. 6

Cry Baby Gallery

Slip into the whitewashed-brick gallery and through the dark curtain at the back. Bypass the bouncer and push past the cool kids painting the town red on any night of the week to find a glowing enclave with a seductive curved bar. Choose your next adventure after fully appreciating Cry Baby’s new narrative-driven, Yellow Pages-themed menu that’s an homage to Toronto icons and deep cuts. Even cocktails that don’t read appetizingly — say, the Pure Danforth (gin, cucumber, dill, vermouth, aquavit, lemon and Greek yogurt) — are excellent. Thank co-owner Rob Granicolo for the serious drinks and gallery director Mony Zakhour for the curated art shows.

All about the fun, which is what a bar should be.” Sarah Parniak
Drink
Daytona Vice, a rich and punchy mash-up of a Piña Colada and a Banana Daiquiri, made with rum, lemon, pimento, falernum and sorrel.

Don’t miss
The artwork-covered basement washrooms.

Go
For Cost of Living, a daily happy hour with $12 Martinis.

Photography by Rick O’Brien


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