The Global Drinker — World Bar Guide
Bar Raval
Toronto, Canada
On any given day of the week, Torontonians can be found clinking glasses of vermouth inside this wooden cocoon of a cocktail bar or spilling out onto its streetside patio. Open from 1pm to 1am, Bar Raval takes a page out of Barcelona's pintxo bar culture. There are no reservations so be willing to wait, and be greatly rewarded by expertly crafted cocktails and salty snacks shared over an oak barrel. Don't miss 'the kitchen bread' if you're an anchovy fan, along with fortified wine and tapas that riff on the traditions of a classic Spanish taverna. A low-lit curving interior could have been created by Gaudí himself, dramatically hewn from mahogany.
505 College Street, Toronto · $$
Awards & Rankings
- Roadbook 2026 — #3
- Tales of the Cocktail Foundation 2025
- North America's 50 Best Bars 2022 — #41
- World's 50 Best Bars 2020 — #99
- World's 50 Best Bars 2018 — #70
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