Toronto has 4 speakeasies in the BarMagazine directory, and Civil Liberties leads the pack. This guide covers the speakeasies specifically; the full Toronto picture, all 14 bars of it, lives on the city page. Each listing is verified, with the address, opening hours and what to order.
A menu-free Bloorcourt cocktail bar serving bespoke drinks since 2014, with bartenders building cocktails to each guest's taste from a back bar of over 210 spirits. The room pairs a back-to-basics industrial feel with an unpretentious neighborhood crowd, and the team also runs a cocktail school. Ranked No. 21 on North America's 50 Best Bars in 2024 and 2025. It sits at No. 54 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
A bar concealed behind a working art gallery in Little Portugal, with peeling walls, exposed piping and a butcher's-block bar top that lean into a deliberately unfinished, DIY-speakeasy feel. The list runs to cocktails built on housemade syrups, infusions and bitters, alongside oysters, low-intervention wines and regional craft beer. No reservations. It sits at No. 69 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Suite 115 bills itself as Little Italy's hidden cocktail bar, tucked behind an unmarked entrance at 532 College Street. Opened in May 2024, it operates walk-in only, with cocktail classes offered alongside its drinks menu. It sits at No. 74 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Hidden behind the faux facade of a printing shop at College and Bathurst, Slice of Life is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar that describes itself as Toronto's artistic cocktail haven. A basement laboratory outfitted with centrifuges, rotary evaporators, ultrasonic infusers and dehydrators supplies the cocktail program, served in a darkened room of red velvet banquettes reached through a mirrored hallway. It currently stands at No. 90 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
These are the speakeasies specifically. The full Toronto guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 14 with a map and filters.
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