The Best Fish and Chips in Etobicoke: Five Shops That Have Earned the Line

Sandwiches, ice cream, patios, and now the big one. Fish and chips might be the dish Etobicoke does best, and the west end takes it seriously in a way most of the city does not. We have shops here that have been frying since the 1950s, run by families who fillet in the morning and close when the fish runs out. These five have earned their lines. And yes, we probably left off your favourite. Tell us.

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Kingsway Fish & Chips, 3060 Bloor St W

The Kingsway institution, frying since 1958 about three quarters of a block west of Royal York station. Kingsway Fish & Chips is owned and run by Gord and Rachel Bartel, and the pitch has not changed in decades: fresh halibut, nothing precooked, everything battered when you order it. The fish comes out of beef dripping the old way, which is the detail regulars will defend with their lives, and the memorabilia on the walls could keep you busy through two refills of coffee.

Inside the room that seats over 110. Photo courtesy of Kingsway Fish & Chips

The menu runs past 100 items once you count the grilled seafood and the Land Lubbers section, and the awards keep piling up: Etobicoke Chamber of Commerce Retailer of the Year back in 2002, Toronto Star Readers' Choice gold more recently, and a CTV crew that showed up one Good Friday to film the annual madness. By their own count they have served 3,000 meals in a single day. Closed Sundays and Mondays, which tells you they can afford to be.

Photo courtesy of Kingsway Fish & Chips

New Toronto Fish & Chips, 146 Fifth St

Tucked on a side street off Lake Shore since 1973, this is the one locals send you to when you ask where the real one is. The Young family has run it from the start, and by their own tally they have served hundreds of thousands of pieces of fish and millions of chips to customers from across the GTA. Halibut and haddock with a light batter, homemade tartar, and takeout still wrapped in newsprint the way it should be.

The room is a small retro diner that has not changed much since your parents ate there, and that is a feature, not a bug. It sits in the middle of the numbered streets we covered in our New Toronto spotlight, and it fits the neighbourhood perfectly: no fuss, all substance. Closed Sundays, and they close early when the fish runs out, so go before you are desperate.

Martingrove Fish & Chips, 5 Lavington Dr

Martingrove Fish & Chips is the north Etobicoke pick, an old school room on Lavington Drive near Martin Grove and Westway that has been at it for roughly half a century. The menu does not waste your time: haddock, halibut, shrimp, scallops, and breaded clam strips, plus chips. That is the list, and that is the point.

It is the kind of shop every neighbourhood used to have and few still do, and the Richview and Westway crowd treats it accordingly. Open seven days, which makes it the reliable one on this list when a Sunday craving hits.

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McNie's Fish & Chips, 315 Burnhamthorpe Rd

McNie's calls itself the king of halibut and does not appear to be joking. The fish is line caught, filleted in house daily, and dipped in a batter recipe they guard like a family heirloom. The chips are hand sliced, the clam chowder is made fresh, and the McNie's Platter, which pairs halibut with scallops and shrimp, is the order for people who cannot commit. Family packs feed four and explain the Friday takeout line.

The dining room at McNie's. Photo courtesy of McNie's Fish & Chips

The room near Burnhamthorpe and Kipling is small, cozy, and genuinely pleasant to eat in, which is not something every chipper can say. This is the central Etobicoke pick, minutes from the condo towers of Islington City Centre, and it does a steady takeout trade for exactly that reason. Open seven days a week.

Photo courtesy of McNie's Fish & Chips

John's Fish 'n Chips, Dundas St W in Islington Village

Family run for more than 45 years in the heart of Islington Village, John's is the nautically themed one, an award winner with a wall of readers' choice plaques to prove it. The kitchen makes everything to order and will prepare your fish battered, grilled, or breaded, which is rarer than it should be. Their phone number ends in FISH, and honestly that alone earns a spot on this list.

The Greek accent is what you will not find at the others: calamari and tzatziki share the menu with the haddock and halibut, and the seasonal specials, like a summer lobster roll, keep regulars checking the board. If your table cannot agree on fried fish versus Greek, John's ends the argument. Find them at johnsfishnchips.com. Islington Village keeps a lower profile than the Kingsway strip to the south, and this place is a big part of its case.

A note on the ones we missed

Etobicoke has more chippers than any list can hold, and a few neighbourhood spots along Lake Shore and Renforth deserve their own pilgrimage. We also pour one out for the Viking on The Queensway, which closed in 2022 after seventy years and is still missed. Hours shift and kitchens close early when the fish runs out, so call ahead on holidays. If we skipped the shop your family has sworn by for thirty years, our inbox is open, and our Fridays are flexible.

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Dave Dubbin & Associates
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