Pancho’s Bakery

Pancho’s is honestly some of the best churros ever. I’ve been a couple times but after they were listed as one of the best churros in the city (among other places) by BlogTo, my partner wanted to go on a churro spree. So this was our first destination. The churros are fresh and the service is so friendly. There’s usually always a little bit of a line, but the service is fast and efficient and the wait time is not long at all. I believe it’s $ 1.50 for a single churro, $ 4 for 5 churros, and $ 13 for 12 churros. In my opinion the dulce de leche and chocolate are the best churro fillings but you can get it plain or with strawberry filling (and maybe a couple others).
It can be a bit messy to eat but it’s perfect for a cool weather snack/​dessert.
My one issue is that this place is cash only and I never carry cash (so it’s quite inconvenient for someone like me). However, if I know I’m going to be in the area before hand, I try to keep some change on me: P

Horrible place. We came in to get empanadas, and expected a lot because of the authenticity of the location and signage. The empanadas were in one of those small confectionary ovens, and were quite large, so we expected them to be good. None of the food in this place looked fresh at all, I happened to see some rotting ceviche in the fridge cabinet. I ordered a vegetable habanero empanada… It was frozen, and then heated up. The beans were a paste, the vegetables were canned, and there wasn’t any spicy taste at all. Should’ve gone across the street to the better looking spot instead, and paid an extra .75 for quality.

Sí por favor! That’s what I say to these bad boys at only $ 1.50 a pop. If you buy more they’re going to be cheaper — so grab a friend or stranger and enjoy!
The man behind the counter is fast and efficient. He asks you how many you’d like and plops them into the small vat of oil simmering behind him. In about as fast as you can say ‘rápido’ you’ll have warm churros in your hands.
The difference between these churros and the basics on the market is that this man takes a squirt bottle and fills your churro with sauce. Be sure to get the dulce de leche sauce as it’s phenomenal! I also quite enjoyed the chocolate. Pro-​tip: They’re tastier when they’re warm so gobble them up while they’re hot!

4.5÷5
*Other than their brick and mortar store, Pancho’s bakery also have food trucks and I remember seeing them at most of the festivals in the GTA. Hence if you are unable to make it to the stores, look out for their food trucks!
–Churros (filled with chocolate) — $ 1.50:
The deep fried churros was crispy outside yet soft and warm on the inside. I have tried both the chocolate and the dulce de leche fillings previously and I preferred the chocolate than the other. The dulce de leche was essentially sweetened milk and had a similar texture to caramel, however it was a bit too sweet for my liking. With that said, you can taste a slight bitterness in the chocolate, which made the churros not overly sweetened.
My only complain (hence the –0.5 in rating: p) was that they aren’t very generous with the fillings, as it didn’t go all the way in and was just enough on the surface.

You know what?! I’ve never actually had churros before. But I always see these guys at festivals, and I knew they have a permanent location in Kensington Market and I’ve read some rave reviews. Ergo, I had to try them churros and see what the big deal is.
A friend and I got 4 pieces (BIG and LONG pieces I should add ;D) for only $ 5! And that’s tax included already. They only had chocolate and dulce de leche (caramel) fillings left, so we had one of each.
After we made our order they were deep fried right in front of us. Since this friend and I have never eaten churros before we decided to count up to 3 to take that first beloved bite. Let me tell you, it was a magical moment! A flavour explosion in my mouth. It was crispy yet soft, and flavourful. The dulce de leche filling I am not really a fan of, the chocolate filling was way better in my opinion. I’ll be coming back again to try the other flavours.
For the price, and considering their, um… LONG and THICK sizes, $ 5 for 4 of these babies is a great deal.

Mmmmm nice Churros! It was one of the best I tasted. I liked how they were freshly prepared and not sitting under a heat lamp or so. It wasn’t too crowded when I went here, but maybe because I went at around 7:40 or so. Only reason why one star is docked is because my mother ordered flan from this place and thought it was too hard and sweet.

4 stars for the churro. Fresh and well done.
I also got each of every other bakery items from the shop. They are very disappointing. 1 star for the other bakeries. The sweet bread is so dry that I’m like eating sawdust. The shortbread cookie is not shortbread. It’s again dry like sawdust. I’m beginning to think that sawdust is the main ingredient. I couldn’t taste any butter. The small sweet bread is $ 2. Way over priced when you can get a Mexican sweet bread roll from a Chinese bakery down the street for less than $ 1, which is moist and fresh.
I think they should just stick with making churro.

My favorite churros place in Toronto! Baked fresh and always crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. The cinnamon sugar is not so sweet as well which is a plus for me.

On our way to another stop for food in Kensington Market, we noticed a line-​up and a big sign that said «churros». My boyfriend decided to join the line because he loves deep-​fried goodness.
While in line, we watched the churros being made, from start to finish. The two gentlemen behind the counter were really friendly, and the service was pretty quick.
We ordered four churros for $ 5 — plain, chocolate, caramel, and strawberry filling. (We asked about the filling in what looked like a ketchup bottle, but we couldn’t make out what the server said… We later realized it was condensed milk! Yum…) The churros were fresh out of the fryer, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. We love plain churros, but the caramel-​filled churro really stood out.
If we are ever in the area again and craving for a sweet crispy snack, we will be back for Pancho’s churros.

I was in the Kensington market for pedestrian Sunday when I came across this stall. Reminded me of Beavertails so I decided to go check it out. They had churros and you can have them plain as it or with filling. The options for fillings are strawberry jam, caramel or chocolate. I recommend the strawberry or caramel (the chocolate is not very tasty). My only complaint was that when the guy was filling the churros, it didn’t always go into the churros and was just on the surface.
Great street food though!

I love my sweets and this place hit the spot with its Churros. At $ 1.50 each its not bad for a quick dessert on the go. You have an option of getting it with caramel, chocolate or a strawberry filling. Eat it slowly as the filling is really hot and will burn your tongue if you rush into it like I did.

THE LINES. OH GAWD THE LINES.
This place was a bit of a regular stop for us in The Market. But as the BF pointed out on our last excursion, they are hella stingy on the filling. We had to go home and dip it in condensed milk to get any. Also a bit annoyed that they don’t accept card.
But for the price and freshness, this joint really can’t be beat.

Freshly churned out churros for $ 1.50÷1 pc, $ ⁵⁄₄ pc. The filling is «made to order», where you choose between strawberry, caramel or chocolate (or plain, if you want), and they squeezee some of that filling into your hollow churro, and hand it to you while it’s still piping hot. The entire experience in there only lasted about 1 minute, and the churros lasted another 2 minutes/​20 steps. So, in the span of 3 minutes, Pancho’s has gained a fan.
So delicious and such a cheap little treat, in the middle of Kensington!

BEST Churro I’ve had so far!!!
Came here on a lovely sunny Sunday late afternoon so there were no lines :). I tried the chocolate, dulce de leche, condensed milk, and strawberry-​flavored churros! Yummm! To be honest, the churros would taste just wonderful on its own. It was nice and crunchy on the outside and soft and moist in the inside!!! Yummm!!! I can’t stop saying yum. I can’t walk to go back.
Service was ⁵⁄₅. Staff were friendly.
Décor: no problems
I gave it a ⁴⁄₅ because they didn’t have any drinks available. It would have been nice to enjoy my churros with coffee or something. Oh well. I’m coming back.

I just wandered around the kensington market and found this amazing place by accidents. I was a little full after having the a tacos and rasta’s chicken! So I decided to have only two even four churros in $ 5 but one for $ 1.5.
The dulce de leche and chocolate were very recommended! The sweet syrup combining with the hot and chunky churro was a good experience! And a friendly girl stuff also help me to choose the flavor, it was so nice.
The place is deserved to check!

Extremely friendly dude behind the counter. Fried fresh churros on the spot. DEEEEEE-​LISSSSSHHHH! Would go back for more if in the area again!

I just dropped by here for a churros because I’ve been craving it for a whole month. Once we walked in we got such friendly, upbeat and hilarious service. The gentleman making the churros fresh and filling it with caramel and chocolate was making fun conversation the whole time we were waiting for our order. I was in such a good mood when I left I almost went back to grab another one an hour later lol $ 1.50 is a steal for that deliciousness!
Located in a storefront with 3 other restaurants, I’ll be back to try the empanadas.

We walked back to Augusta for churros at Pancho’s Bakery, and decided to buy churros as a group to get the discount (cheaper when you buy more than 1 at a time), otherwise it is $ 1.50 for one. The filling options were:
Dulce de Leche
Chocolate
Strawberry
Assorted Flavours (i.e. Nutella)
I decided to go with dulce de leche. The churro was good, but not hot. I am not sure why they have so many churros pre-​made, and sitting there losing their freshness. I think it would make more sense to make them to-​order rather than have them sitting there getting stale-​the batter is already made, so what would be the big deal? The dulce de leche filling was nice and thick, though the chocolate we found was not thick enough, and thus was harder to contain in the churro.

Second stop of yesterday’s Unilocal Elite Tasty Tour!
I’d never tried a churro before (shocking, I know) and now I wonder how I’ve lived all these years considering my affinity for all things sweet (and fried).
First off, space is TINY and comprised of a few vendors.
We got to meet Pancho who is seriously one of the friendliest, most cheerful people I’ve ever met (which makes sense considering he serves up delicious goodness all day long!) He helped our tour guide give us a bit of backstory on his bakery and served each of us up a churro with one of three fillings (caramel, chocolate or condensed milk). I got caramel.
First bite, no words. So much yum. Rinse and repeat and repeat and repeat, leaving me wanting about a hundred of these crispy sweet sticks of fatty goodness.
Everything was clean, well lit, etc etc — irrelevant. Even if the place was a hole, I’d come back just to talk to Pancho while clogging up my arteries.

Yummy fresh churros!
I believe these are the best Churros in the city — consistently fresh and the staff are super friendly. A very smiley Pepe will brighten your day!
My fave filling is definitely dulce de leche! For $ 1.50 a piece, you really can’t go wrong!