Ontario Travel

"Carousel Bakery is known as the home of the award-winning "World Famous Peameal Bacon Sand­wich." The fabulous sandwich has been often imitated but never duplicated by many competitors. There are line ups at the counter every weekend as well as weekday lunch hours for this Toronto tradition."

Todd Plummer

"The real star of the show is the iconic peameal bacon sandwich. Made with just a fresh roll and four slices of thick, moist, grilled peameal bacon, the sandwich is so flavorful it can stand on its own. That said, true Torontonians step over to the condiment bar and add a couple dollops of mustard."

Tony Johor Kaki

"I like the spongy bouncy tender texture of the moist, thin slice of bacon. It's flavour is mildly briny, salty - quite flat tasting, actually. The bun has a stiff chewy shell with a slight crisp outside. The inside has a slight moistness soaking up some grease and juice from the peameal bacon."

Diana Chan

"Carousel Bakery is known as the home of the award-winning “World Famous" Peameal Bacon Sand­wich. Slices of grilled peameal bacon slices are put inside a soft country bun. It was so good! The fatty pieces of bacon just melted in our mouth."

Niamh Shields

"What of the peameal bacon sandwich though? An essential pitstop while in Toronto is Carousel Bakery at St Lawrence Market. It is deservedly famous. Moist thick slices of peameal bacon with maple mustard in a hot bread roll is a perfect lunch. It reminded me so much of Irish bacon it whisked me right back to my childhood for a very pleasant ten minutes. Go."

Tourism Toronto

"Make sure you grab the honey mustard sauce, which is the most popular sandwich topping. Carousel Bakery is family-owned and has been a fixture of St. Lawrence Market for more than 30 years. Don’t fall for any imitations; the peameal bacon is supplied by a secret source."

Indie88

"You can ask anyone in Toronto where the best peameal bacon sandwich is and they will say Carousel Bakery at St Lawrence Market."

Sahar Aman

"Ask anyone in Toronto where to get the best peameal bacon sandwich, and they will tell you to go to Carousel Bakery at St. Lawrence Market. This simple ensemble of meat and mustard on a kaiser bun has even been enjoyed by celebrity chefs Bobby Flay and Anthony Bourdain."

Jeremy Freed

"The Carousel Bakery has been slinging Hogtown’s most famous sandwich at the St. Lawrence Market since 1977, and people still line up to get them six days a week. The star of this iconic sammie is peameal bacon, sliced, fried and served on a plain white roll. While purists eat them au naturel, a squirt of yellow mustard and a few slices of pickled banana peppers take them to the next level."

Tim Johnson

"And so it makes sense that St. Lawrence is often cited as the best place in town for peameal—and Carousel Bakery the preferred option. The place for purists, the Carousel, whose garish stand in the centre of the market is papered with positive newspaper clippings, serves up their version on a plain, doughy, floury bun with no accompaniments whatsoever—simple and delicious. Less than five bucks, and it tastes like perfection."