Top Empanada dishes in Toronto

Fried corn dough pockets with savory fillings — crisp shell, juicy interior, the undisputed reason to visit

Generously stuffed hand-crimped pastries in beef, chicken, and potato-cheese varieties — reliably satisfying and cheap

Colombian-style masa empanadas with a crispy fried corn exterior and a savory meat-and-potato filling, served with ají on the side

Golden, flaky-shelled pastries with well-seasoned fillings — the core reason people keep coming back, available in multiple varieties

Golden, crispy fried corn dough pockets filled with seasoned beef and potato, served with ají dipping sauce

Crispy corn-dough pockets with savoury meat and potato filling — the benchmark Colombian street snack done right

Baked and golden-crimped with well-seasoned fillings; the beef variety with hard-boiled egg is the Argentine classic done right

Generously filled hand-crimped pastries with a flaky, well-seasoned dough — the meat filling is properly seasoned with cumin and olive

House-made pastry pockets with rotating fillings — the standard bearer for any Argentine-influenced kitchen and a reliable litmus test here

Fried Colombian-style empanadas with a thin, crispy cornmeal shell and savory meat filling — best ordered by the pair with ají on the side

Crimped corn-dough pockets filled with seasoned meat and potato, fried to a pale golden crisp — best ordered by the pair and eaten immediately out of the fryer

Fried corn dough pockets with seasoned meat or potato filling — a crispy, satisfying counter snack

Crispy masa shells filled with seasoned meat and potato — denser and more substantial than the Argentine version, served with aji dipping sauce

Crispy fried corn pastries stuffed with seasoned beef and potato, served with ají dipping sauce — textbook rendition, excellent as a starter

Fried corn-dough pockets with a savory meat and potato filling, served with ají dipping sauce — crisp exterior, dense and satisfying inside

Crisp-fried parcels with well-seasoned filling — the kind of shareable opener that disappears immediately