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The best challah in Toronto is typically made from a dough of eggs, water, flour, yeast and salt, it often has a slightly yellow hue and is delectable on its own, alongside dinner, as a sandwich or used for French toast. Challah is a traditional celebration bread from the Jewish culture, usually enjoyed on special occasions and holidays like Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah.
Check out our list below to find the best challah loaves in Toronto!
North York
506 Lawrence Ave W
United Bakers Dairy Restaurant
Open since 1912, this restaurant offers an expansive menu of catered options and baked goods, as well as delicious and fluffy challah rolls.
United Bakers Dairy Restaurant
North York
506 Lawrence Ave W
Open since 1912, this restaurant offers an expansive menu of catered options and baked goods, as well as delicious and fluffy challah rolls.
North York
2885 Bathurst St
Hermes Bakery
Recognized as Toronto's oldest kosher bakery, you know this spot has had the time to perfect its challah recipe.
Hermes Bakery
North York
2885 Bathurst St
Recognized as Toronto's oldest kosher bakery, you know this spot has had the time to perfect its challah recipe.
East Danforth
2036 Danforth Ave
Celena's Bakery
Bakery
This Danforth bakery sells a wide range of cakes, cookies, pastries and of course, freshly baked challah.
Celena's Bakery
East Danforth
2036 Danforth Ave
This Danforth bakery sells a wide range of cakes, cookies, pastries and of course, freshly baked challah.
Bakery
Kiva's Bagel Bar - St. Clair
Find a traditional loaf of challah at this bagel spot and restaurant on St. Clair.
Kiva's Bagel Bar - St. Clair
Find a traditional loaf of challah at this bagel spot and restaurant on St. Clair.
Lev Bakery
This home-grown business is baking fresh challah, babka and bread in very limited quantities.
Lev Bakery
This home-grown business is baking fresh challah, babka and bread in very limited quantities.
Reena Baked It
This west-end micro-bakery started as a quarantine project and now bakes up some of the most creative challahs in town, like salted Nutella-tahini and cheddar, garlic and za’atar. Bonus: a portion of her proceeds go to a different charity each month.
Reena Baked It
This west-end micro-bakery started as a quarantine project and now bakes up some of the most creative challahs in town, like salted Nutella-tahini and cheddar, garlic and za’atar. Bonus: a portion of her proceeds go to a different charity each month.
Lenchner's Bakery
If you prefer to bake your challah fresh at home, this Kosher spot in Concord sells them frozen in plain, raisin, whole wheat, 9-grain and vegan.
Lenchner's Bakery
If you prefer to bake your challah fresh at home, this Kosher spot in Concord sells them frozen in plain, raisin, whole wheat, 9-grain and vegan.
Bagel Plus
You can now order the famous challah bread from this longstanding bakery on Uber Eats, along with bagels, sandwiches, salads and more.
Bagel Plus
You can now order the famous challah bread from this longstanding bakery on Uber Eats, along with bagels, sandwiches, salads and more.
Thornhill
7241 Bathurst St
My Zaidy's Bakery
Pick up a loaf of challah from this Thornhill bakery, which also specializes in sufganyot, the traditional jelly-filled Jewish donuts.
My Zaidy's Bakery
Thornhill
7241 Bathurst St
Pick up a loaf of challah from this Thornhill bakery, which also specializes in sufganyot, the traditional jelly-filled Jewish donuts.
Danforth Village
156 Danforth Ave
COBS Bread Bakery - Danforth
Available at select locations, the challah from this Toronto bakery is made with white dough, egg and sugar for a bit of sweetness and is baked in a loaf, bread and roll form.
COBS Bread Bakery - Danforth
Danforth Village
156 Danforth Ave
Available at select locations, the challah from this Toronto bakery is made with white dough, egg and sugar for a bit of sweetness and is baked in a loaf, bread and roll form.
Haymishe Bakery
Delicious challah is available in sesame, sugar, plain and raisin from this Kosher bakery in North York.
Haymishe Bakery
Delicious challah is available in sesame, sugar, plain and raisin from this Kosher bakery in North York.
Liberty Village
8 Pardee Ave
Brodflour
Bakery
This Liberty Village staple is one of the city's only bakeries that mills their own fresh flour, and it's used to bake up soft, sweet challah bread every Friday.
Brodflour
Liberty Village
8 Pardee Ave
This Liberty Village staple is one of the city's only bakeries that mills their own fresh flour, and it's used to bake up soft, sweet challah bread every Friday.
Bakery
Kensington Market
172 Baldwin St
Blackbird Baking Co.
Bakery
Challah is available every Friday from this popular Toronto bakery, which currently has two retail locations and delivery across the city.
Blackbird Baking Co.
Kensington Market
172 Baldwin St
Challah is available every Friday from this popular Toronto bakery, which currently has two retail locations and delivery across the city.
Bakery
Entertainment District
130 Spadina Ave
What A Bagel - Spadina
Breakfast & Brunch
With 11 locations across Toronto and the GTA, this bakery and cafe makes the fluffiest challah, bagels and other treats.
What A Bagel - Spadina
Entertainment District
130 Spadina Ave
With 11 locations across Toronto and the GTA, this bakery and cafe makes the fluffiest challah, bagels and other treats.
Breakfast & Brunch
North York
3437 Bathurst St
Grodzinski Bakery
Challah from this family-owned North York bakery comes in a wide variety of doughs, sizes, toppings and shapes.
Grodzinski Bakery
North York
3437 Bathurst St
Challah from this family-owned North York bakery comes in a wide variety of doughs, sizes, toppings and shapes.
Harbord Village
115 Harbord St
Harbord Bakery
One of Toronto's oldest Jewish bakeries makes some of the best challah in the city, as well as breads, pastries, cookies and other retail items.
Harbord Bakery
Harbord Village
115 Harbord St
One of Toronto's oldest Jewish bakeries makes some of the best challah in the city, as well as breads, pastries, cookies and other retail items.
