Stuffed with lettuce (so healthy?), bursting with garlicky deliciousness, loaded with parmesan, packed with protein and often given an extra crunch with croutons, the chicken caesar wrap is the ultimate Toronto sandwich right now. And it's practically like eating a salad, only so, so, so much better. Start your day with a matcha latte, then have a chicken caesar salad for lunch and: wellness.
Seriously though — Toronto has been having a chicken caesar salad wrap drought, while we watched U.S. cities' CSW wells overflow. But now, some of our favourite content creators have teamed up with some of our favourite Toronto sandwich shops to create the chicken caesar salad wraps that this city deserves.
We can't always afford to dine out at the best restaurants in Toronto, and while we do have the Michelin Guide restaurants list that includes the Bib Gourmand's best budget bites in the city, sometimes we just need a little, low effort, savoury treat that doesn't fill us with regret and existential dread afterwards. When we're feeling greasy, Toronto's top breakfast sandwiches and crispy fried chicken sandwiches will always be here for us, but sometimes we still want to be wellness girlies (we can all be girlies: it's a gender neutral term) and enjoy ourselves. And we can eat a chicken caesar salad wrap and at least pretend it's a healthy option (it has salad right in the name!).
If you've got a craving from seeing it all over your feed, try this list of the best, most viral chicken caesar salad sandwiches in Toronto.
4 chicken caesar salad wraps and sandwiches to try
1. Elm Street Italian Deli
15 Elm St.
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Every Wednesday, Elm Street Italian Deli drops their viral chicken caesar wrap, created in collaboration with our friend, The Chew Review. It sold out on day one, and has been creating lineups ever since. Prepare to wait to be blown away by the garlicky goodness.
2. Gold Standard
235 Queens Quay W.
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Beloved breakfast sandwich spot, Gold Standard just opened up its brand-new third location at Harbourfront Centre, where they'll be slinging their chicken caesar wrap, all summer long. Filled with homemade caesar dressing, Taiwanese seasoned fried chicken tenders and hickory sticks, it's not your traditional chicken caesar wrap, and that's why it's so worth a try.
3. Grandma loves you
Multiple locations
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We're desperately hoping that this limited-edition chicken caesar wrap, created in partnership with Belicia Chung, gets extended beyond its June run-time. *Prays to the sandwich gods.*
4. Alfies Sandwiches & Market
36 Baldwin St.
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OK, this one is not a wrap, but that doesn't matter because Alfies is known for making some of the best sandwiches in the city, and their chicken caesar is no different. It comes with smoked chicken, house-cured bacon, romaine lettuce, tomato and caesar dressing, of course. Yum.
