We’re scouring the city—neighbourhood by neighbourhood—to find the best budget-friendly, belly-filling meals at independently run kitchens. In this edition, we bring you our top picks from Kensington Market, a neighbourhood popular with tourists and locals alike for its small shops and restaurants.
Here, 10 of our favourite places in the neighbourhood where you can find affordable, filling meals.The prices at Julio Campos’s taqueria are low enough to mix and match menu items to make a full meal. Pair a chicken tamale and a perfectly pineapple-y al pastor taco for a DIY $10 combo.A birria taco, two corn tortillas—one on top of the other, for stability—stuffed with slowed-cooked beef stew and garnished with onion and cilantro, plus a cup of consommé on the side for dipping .