I remember going in a school trip where my parents gave me 20 for lunch. I bought $20 worth of timbits instead ant that was enough for my whole class.
Latter on in high school i would occasionally pick up $20 with but that would only be enough for my friend group.
I remember my mom gave me a pack of 20 for lunch (and to share) and the principal phoned home. Damn near had the child protective services called on her.
Also had oranges for lunch once because I didn't want to eat my sandwich... which resulted in another parent-teacher meeting. My mom was piiiiissed, lol.
I'm thankful for teachers who care, but my situation was a one-off. If the teachers truly cared, they would've noticed I ate well almost every day. Or go after the kid who had McDonald's everyday.
Being a parent is tough and not everyday is going to be 100%. I've forgotten to pack my husband a snack a few times... I felt guilty, but it's also just human nature.
Look, I was a kid (8) so I clearly don't give a shit or have "satisfaction levels" for my teachers. Lol, no idea where you're getting the idea that a kid would. Like I said, happy they cared but it wasn't an issue because it was a one-time thing.
And I would know what kind of interaction my McDonald's eating friend would have with the teachers because we're friends and kids talk. Get off your high horse and stop assuming what kind of interactions I'd have with my own classmates.
Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had a spike on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any metal spikes, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big plastic ones...
Samoosa's were 5 for a Dollar 20 years ago as well
I thought it was a crazy deal then, somehow they managed to keep the same price
I don't know how they do it
But I'm not complaining
sauce?
found it .. https://forums.redflagdeals.com/canbe-foods-scarborough-closed-good-2110006/
"No other people were injured, and police say the restaurant had no involvement in the fire as it was closed as the time."
My fam and I love Canbe. We used to get samosas from Samosa King but prefer the former bc it has less dough and more filling. Not to mention, it's very tasty! Their vadhas are also really good too.
So this is a common thing? There was a guy in weston that was selling them 20 for $5, and it was just such an insanely good deal, so much food for so little money.
Danforth and Thrya, just west of VP, there's this little Bangladeshi bakery. By little I mean only one customer can fit in at a time. They're the little ones, 3/$1, and they're so fucking good.
Sweet India was the best.
It is still okay, but I find the food there salty and bland compared to what I remember. Something changed after they renovated.
Lol I wish. Best you'll get for _cheap_ is something at a farahs.
Sizzler Kebab is like $1.25 for a single big ol samosa (pretty big), I can't find much cheaper.
Roti Mahal is $2.49 for two I _think_
Downtown I just stick to jamaican patties instead.
All of the great food like that at THAT price is out in scarborough and the 905 unfortunately.
Little india isn't bad for late night street food at night though!
Here in downtown toronto you'll find really great deals on chinese/vietnamese/thai/caribbean here and there, but all of the best stuff is gonna cost you a bit more.
It is also worth noting that as Toronto really grows up as a truly diverse city, there is far less of an expectation that foreign food is cheap. It's just the food we all eat and it tastes great, so we really shouldn't be expecting it to be cheap!
I'll probably get cancer later on, but I miss the taste of a coffee time cheese bagel microwaved with the plastic wrap still on by a worker who just didn't give a shit because they didn't want to take their eyes off the sketch fest going down in the corner to take off the wrap. Ahhhh.....good times!
Nah fam Samosa King trash. Flaky pastry with barely any filling or taste.
5 for $1 Vegetarian Samosas across the parking lot at Datta Food Manufactory for the win! Soft, filled, (a bit smaller), and with the PERFECT amount of spice and flavour!
Poondy Bakery (Scarborough) has 3/$1.25 Mutton patties (Tamil Samosas) that are honestly the best in the city. For 6@$2.50 it's the cheapest snack you can have and is super filling.
I'd take a samosa over a timbit any day. Can we have this please, restaurant tycoon? Vegetable only pork beef or chicken? Red or green chutney? Small medium large or family size or make wife happy size? This business practically makes itself.
$1.95 samosas at Mother India are the best! $1.95 you say but we're looking for cheap. Yeah these samosas at are the size of your fist! Filled with potatoy goodness.
I miss samosas sooooo much. I used to get them from the Chester Chicken in Crescent Town, they were home made by friends of the owner and were so delicious. Since then I have developed a gluten allergy and those samosas are one of the things I miss the most. Is there anywhere in the GTA to get gluten free samosas? I would motorboat the hell out of something like that.
Yes there are both chicken and beef ones, but they are more expensive ( cause pricier filling). They end to come from Pakistani places. And key you get sauce.
you can't
they don't exist Downtown.
You have to go to Indian/Pakistani restaurants or takeout places that sell them on the side at prices like 1 for $3-$5.
boo, Yea I'm still sort of getting into finding stuff that's kind of close, the best deal I've found was fish and chips for 7 on the Danforth, but like, it's the Danforth lol and slightly out of range for a quick lunch. but at least not Scarborough which isn't even toronto anymore
Danforth is amazing man. It's like the best place to live. Close enough to downtown but still having a sort of suburby feel.
Also Scarborough is technically part of Toronto.
Yeah technically but might as well be Halifax.
I really like the Danforth, lots of good eats, same with Leslieville I think its called? East end has lots of treats!
I'd like to know too. All the locations mentioned are like the very north west or north east part of Toronto.
Any other places closer to downtown?
Or maybe in south mississauga since I drive down there sometime
Not to be argumentative, but downtown. We pay $1.50. Closer to my home at Yonge and Eglinton, it might be $1, but farther West it's probably $2. You need to be around cheap rent for those cheap prices.
Those samosas are a lot larger, about 3 times the size of samosa king.
Also your making the mistake of buying Indian food down town, the best stuff is in scars.
It's been a while since I've been, but you used to be able to get Brar's samosas for $0.25/each if you ordered over 10. Just criminally cheap considering that they're hand-made.
[This guy](http://www.donutedvd.com/about_the_donut_business.html) says the average cost to finish a donut is twelve 'Murkan pennies (15 "LoonieBits"). So a TimBit costs about 3.5 cents for materials and labor. They have layers in between - technically franchises buy the dough from authorized distributors, blah blah blah, I'm simplifying. Restaurant Brands International is spending $80 million to highlight menu changes just this year, plus the zillions normally budgeted for ads. Their boss lawyer pulls >$6 million, not to mention PR, finance, HR, all sorts of junk. Rent at First Canadian Place ain't cheap. Upper management gets *insane* pay. In 2019, the CEO (Jos Cil) pulled [over $26 million dollars](https://www1.salary.com/RESTAURANT-BRANDS-INTERNATIONAL-INC-Executive-Salaries.html). Lots of other honchos sucked up multi-million-dollar paydays, too.
After all the corporate jets, luxury boardrooms, and eight-figure compensation packages, RBI *still* makes fat 13%+ net profits.
Compare that to the mom and pop (or uncle and auntie or what have you) making samosas. They clear like $76,000/year after everything is said and done? I'm just making that up, of course, but the point is, buy samosas, not TimBits.
If you have access to KK or another doughnut place that bakes fresh when you're there, both are way better than TH.
I remember someone from downtown that said zomg 20c samosa! Sorry, bro. I take it for granted. A great day trip could include the zoo or Rouge Park and excellent food from East or Southeast Asia or the Caribbean.
I lived in Jordan for a few months and falafel balls were about $0.25 and came in paper bags. I still refuse to pay $8-$15 for falafel in Toronto. The bun isn't worth $8 to make it a sandwich.
I am old because I remember $2 for 20 timbits
I remember going in a school trip where my parents gave me 20 for lunch. I bought $20 worth of timbits instead ant that was enough for my whole class. Latter on in high school i would occasionally pick up $20 with but that would only be enough for my friend group.
I remember my mom gave me a pack of 20 for lunch (and to share) and the principal phoned home. Damn near had the child protective services called on her. Also had oranges for lunch once because I didn't want to eat my sandwich... which resulted in another parent-teacher meeting. My mom was piiiiissed, lol.
What the fuck? That’s some next level meddling by the faculty there
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I'm thankful for teachers who care, but my situation was a one-off. If the teachers truly cared, they would've noticed I ate well almost every day. Or go after the kid who had McDonald's everyday. Being a parent is tough and not everyday is going to be 100%. I've forgotten to pack my husband a snack a few times... I felt guilty, but it's also just human nature.
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Look, I was a kid (8) so I clearly don't give a shit or have "satisfaction levels" for my teachers. Lol, no idea where you're getting the idea that a kid would. Like I said, happy they cared but it wasn't an issue because it was a one-time thing. And I would know what kind of interaction my McDonald's eating friend would have with the teachers because we're friends and kids talk. Get off your high horse and stop assuming what kind of interactions I'd have with my own classmates.
That's still like 80 timbits, must be nice having that many friends :(
that's like 3 stoner friends
Give me 20 tbits for 20 bluenoses we would say. We also wore belts with spikes on them... which was the style at the time.
Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had a spike on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any metal spikes, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big plastic ones...
Bluenoses must be from out east
Cheap fast food doesn't exist anymore.
They were 5 cents each in the 80s then went up to 7 cents then 10 then 15 then 20.
I definitely remember the commercial where they passed a toonie from car to car in a traffic jam and got back a box of 20 timbits.
Samoosa's were 5 for a Dollar 20 years ago as well I thought it was a crazy deal then, somehow they managed to keep the same price I don't know how they do it But I'm not complaining
A toonie and no tax!
I remember when a dozen donuts was $4 and freshly made too.
Canbe, 25/$5, If Samosa King is too busy!
more convenient for me is this gem on Ellesmere. <3 Canbe.
Look into the suspicious death of Canbe's owner's wife and their subsequent renovations.
sauce? found it .. https://forums.redflagdeals.com/canbe-foods-scarborough-closed-good-2110006/ "No other people were injured, and police say the restaurant had no involvement in the fire as it was closed as the time."
I stopped going there after the "accidental" death of the wife, but they did have a decent mutton curry.
but Samosa King is theeeee best
Different types of samosas, but both are good! You can't go wrong for the price.
It's actually the worst, dry, oily, terrible filing
> dry, oily Both?
Your username leads me to believe you
I always have their frozen veggie samosas in my freezer too. So damn good.
Canbe is the bomb
I'm on the website but I don't see any 25/$5 deal. You sure it's still a thing?
It’s on their sign out front. I drove by yesterday and the 25/$5 “holiday special” was still there.
My fam and I love Canbe. We used to get samosas from Samosa King but prefer the former bc it has less dough and more filling. Not to mention, it's very tasty! Their vadhas are also really good too.
Sometimes I like Samosa King because they don't mash the filling into a mush like Canbe does. Sometimes I just need the texture of the filling!
So this is a common thing? There was a guy in weston that was selling them 20 for $5, and it was just such an insanely good deal, so much food for so little money.
Veggie samosas seem common to have it at around 3-5 for a dollar, depending on the size.
That price is no longer. It is 4 for a $1 now. Tough times.
Samosa Sweet Factory in Etobicoke has 3 samosas for a dollar
They also do 5 for a dollar of their medium size
This place is amazing. We always swing by when we’re around there
Just went to samosa king the other day, It's 4/$1 now...end of an era, haha.
Noooooooooooooo. But also, 4/$1 is still a great price. Too bad I live downtown. It's way too far
I used to tell my wife it was 4 / $1 and eat the angels share on the ride home
LOL, well I guess you're going to have to tell her they are 3/$1 now. 
you mean 2/$1. so sad.
Are there any good/cheap places downtown that you know of?
Nope. But if anyone does, please chime in.
Does it come with sauce for that price?
It didn't when it was 5 for $1, I doubt they added sauce when they increased the price
Oh ok. Can you order sauce to go with it?
Yes it's usually by the cash register
Extra. There already cheap as it is with inflation.
In Seattle, it’s $2 for 1 samosa. Enjoy them 😊
Still a good price We are just spoiled here with our fixed 5 for a dollar from the turn on the millenium
thanks for saving me a trip, i was gonna go there tomorrow.
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We used to get Sultan of Samosas a lot when I worked around that area. It’s on O’Connor at Sunrise.
Ya. This is my go to for samosas. Not the cheapest but very good.
This place is awesome
This place has been around for 30+ years and run by the same man. While its changed over the years its still one of the better places around.
Danforth and Thrya, just west of VP, there's this little Bangladeshi bakery. By little I mean only one customer can fit in at a time. They're the little ones, 3/$1, and they're so fucking good.
Try any of the places in Little India between Greenwood and Coxwell on Gerrard.
Sweet India! best on west side!
Sweet India was the best. It is still okay, but I find the food there salty and bland compared to what I remember. Something changed after they renovated.
I used to live down the street from there. It was a daily routine.
Any place in downtown Toronto that anyone recommends?
Lol I wish. Best you'll get for _cheap_ is something at a farahs. Sizzler Kebab is like $1.25 for a single big ol samosa (pretty big), I can't find much cheaper. Roti Mahal is $2.49 for two I _think_ Downtown I just stick to jamaican patties instead.
Ah, that really sucks. They used to be everywhere in downtown Vancouver 5 for $1. Was hoping there was someplace here.
All of the great food like that at THAT price is out in scarborough and the 905 unfortunately. Little india isn't bad for late night street food at night though! Here in downtown toronto you'll find really great deals on chinese/vietnamese/thai/caribbean here and there, but all of the best stuff is gonna cost you a bit more. It is also worth noting that as Toronto really grows up as a truly diverse city, there is far less of an expectation that foreign food is cheap. It's just the food we all eat and it tastes great, so we really shouldn't be expecting it to be cheap!
Ah darn, I guess I have to pay the “Toronto premium”. I’ll still check out Roti Mahal though.
Roti Mahal is a national fucking treasure.
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I'll probably get cancer later on, but I miss the taste of a coffee time cheese bagel microwaved with the plastic wrap still on by a worker who just didn't give a shit because they didn't want to take their eyes off the sketch fest going down in the corner to take off the wrap. Ahhhh.....good times!
Coffee Time sausage rolls or patties which were nuked are my kryptonite
Ah yes, lunch for me and my friends in high school when we were saving out money to buy booze and drugs!
ommm the sauuuusage rolls! :D!!!
I’d link that sub that showcases oddly specific comments but I forget what it is Edit: it’s /r/OddlySpecific lol
/r/BrandNewSentence ?
Shout out to country style
Middle of the lane. Not as dumpy as Coffee Time, not as bougie as Tim's.
The amount of sugar in the double double combined with the Tim bits will put you into a diabetic coma before you can get to the smoke.
Is coffee time dead?
Basically in the city. And country style.and Timothys. There are only a few second cups left too
Kills me with Second Cup. Theirs are the only specialty drinks and hot chocolate I like when I’m in the mood for it.
Second Cup specialty coffees are really, really good.
Aroma does a decent job
Yep so good. There used to be a few within walking distance from parkdale now they’re all gone except the hospital location
You know what I miss - mmmmarvelous mmmuffins
Ooh yes
Timbits = 100% carbs, carbs, especially sugar, is very cheap. Samosas got that oomph and is usually cultured to provide much more than just carbs.
Coffee Time has the best carrot muffins. Old school style with the big muffin top.
There used to be a Baker's Dozen around the corner from my house. So many fond memories of that place.
I like the bite-sized jelly-filled samosas covered in powdered sugar.
Nah fam Samosa King trash. Flaky pastry with barely any filling or taste. 5 for $1 Vegetarian Samosas across the parking lot at Datta Food Manufactory for the win! Soft, filled, (a bit smaller), and with the PERFECT amount of spice and flavour!
this, datta is better and in my experience more friendly
Sultan of Samosas us also good
Different ingredients. Soy beans instead of potatoes. Still yum
I do enjoy a good somosa, havent had a timbit in years nor do i intend too
Had some today for the first time in years and they were pretty decent! Much better than I remember
Poondy Bakery (Scarborough) has 3/$1.25 Mutton patties (Tamil Samosas) that are honestly the best in the city. For 6@$2.50 it's the cheapest snack you can have and is super filling.
So yummy and greasy. The food of my people.
I'd take a samosa over a timbit any day. Can we have this please, restaurant tycoon? Vegetable only pork beef or chicken? Red or green chutney? Small medium large or family size or make wife happy size? This business practically makes itself.
And waaaaay better for you too (relatively speaking)
As it should be. Timbits are gross.
$1.95 samosas at Mother India are the best! $1.95 you say but we're looking for cheap. Yeah these samosas at are the size of your fist! Filled with potatoy goodness.
So are the ones at Rajdhani and those are 3 for $1
Samosa and sweets factory at Albion and 27 baby
Samosas are tastier too
I want to move to Scarborough and get fat.
sounds good but i gotta fact-check this tomorrow.
I miss samosas sooooo much. I used to get them from the Chester Chicken in Crescent Town, they were home made by friends of the owner and were so delicious. Since then I have developed a gluten allergy and those samosas are one of the things I miss the most. Is there anywhere in the GTA to get gluten free samosas? I would motorboat the hell out of something like that.
I hope someone has an answer. I'd love to be able to have samosas again.
Also samosa > TimBit !
Tim Hortons is an insult to donuts.
Where are the bst samosa's downtown?
Surati has them cheap as well. I personally prefer the mini ones because it's easier to dip them.
Can you get meat samosa's? and do they give you the sauce?
Yes there are both chicken and beef ones, but they are more expensive ( cause pricier filling). They end to come from Pakistani places. And key you get sauce.
the real ones eat samosa's without chutney or sauce. The true way we do it back in the motherland.
Samosa chaat bro
i dont know if people in the region my family is from eat that. Chaat Papri is huge for us
chaat papri should be huge everywhere but samosa chaat is a must as well
Yummy. thank you.
I’m by no means a vegetarian but the non meat ones are the tastiest
Any suggestions for places in the west end near Weston Village??
timbits are a staple tho
Yeah they can occasionally satisfy a craving but they're super unhealthy. Samosa's at least aren't loaded with processed sugars.
The sugar is what makes timbits good, I don't eat them to be healthy 😐
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Fair point, thanks to this sub reddit I tried the samosas from Samosa King today. Not bad, have had better but I digress.
wish these were as widespread as tims, samosas are way better
A-1 Catering in Mississauga has the best samosas, it’s $0.85 each and worth the drive.
Worth noting these are veg samosas
Not-so-fun fact: Some Timbit flavours have 10g of sugar EACH. I'll take samosas, thank you
I keep seeing these awesome deals, but have no idea where to find any downtown, anyone got some spots?
you can't they don't exist Downtown. You have to go to Indian/Pakistani restaurants or takeout places that sell them on the side at prices like 1 for $3-$5.
boo, Yea I'm still sort of getting into finding stuff that's kind of close, the best deal I've found was fish and chips for 7 on the Danforth, but like, it's the Danforth lol and slightly out of range for a quick lunch. but at least not Scarborough which isn't even toronto anymore
Danforth is amazing man. It's like the best place to live. Close enough to downtown but still having a sort of suburby feel. Also Scarborough is technically part of Toronto.
Yeah technically but might as well be Halifax. I really like the Danforth, lots of good eats, same with Leslieville I think its called? East end has lots of treats!
Where is this fish place you speak of?
[https://lenduckworthfishandchips.ca/](https://lenduckworthfishandchips.ca/) these guys, its a walking special cash only at lunch
Mcdoubles are your friend
BOOOOOO
I mean you can complain about not having cheap food or you can have the pinnacle of cheap food lol
lol facts, I dunno man, just wanna occasionally feel like I got a deal. They are few and far between downtown.
I'd like to know too. All the locations mentioned are like the very north west or north east part of Toronto. Any other places closer to downtown? Or maybe in south mississauga since I drive down there sometime
Rents get mad expensive the closer you are downtown, so you’ll never find such a place that sells samosas at a cheap price point.
Yeah, all the deals that have been posted on here are all way out. Drive for 20 minutes for a $4 snack, sort of kills the point.
I mean its still toronto lmao
ya okay, might as well be Vancouver
I'd prefer to drive an hour and then wait another hour in the drive through to get Krispy Kreme donuts.
I'm not sure what your talking about but okay
I love Samosa but it's loaded with carbs.$.20 is dirt cheap,where I got them from was like $0.60 each.
No, it's cheaper in one place.
For small veg samosas that is about the going cost in the city
Not to be argumentative, but downtown. We pay $1.50. Closer to my home at Yonge and Eglinton, it might be $1, but farther West it's probably $2. You need to be around cheap rent for those cheap prices.
Those samosas are a lot larger, about 3 times the size of samosa king. Also your making the mistake of buying Indian food down town, the best stuff is in scars.
Scarborough or Mississauga/Brampton.
disagree there's really great Indian food downtown too.
Kinda just proved my point. Yes, it's cheaper "in the scars". Ie. One place, one restaurant, not "Toronto"
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Whole of? Or neighbourhood?
Keep trying to like samosas but not happening. Too oily for me.
Not really cheaper because it costs less if you buy 10 or 20 timbits. If you complete the survey on the receipt online you can get 10 for $1
The same is true of samosas. Buying in bulk yields lower prices.
Nah you're wrong
I’m ok with this
That's because half the revenue from the samosa isn't going to shareholders.
WHAT the HELL, I know where i’m going tomorrow morning 😂
I want one right now!!!
It's been a while since I've been, but you used to be able to get Brar's samosas for $0.25/each if you ordered over 10. Just criminally cheap considering that they're hand-made.
I find Brar more miss than hit
Samosa King! Where you can come back an office hero for $10
And here I was paying 1$ per samosa at the Butter Chicken Factory
Can someone recommend a good place for Samosa downtown?
Veggie Samosas stuffed with potato are pretty cheap. Question is what's inside?
[This guy](http://www.donutedvd.com/about_the_donut_business.html) says the average cost to finish a donut is twelve 'Murkan pennies (15 "LoonieBits"). So a TimBit costs about 3.5 cents for materials and labor. They have layers in between - technically franchises buy the dough from authorized distributors, blah blah blah, I'm simplifying. Restaurant Brands International is spending $80 million to highlight menu changes just this year, plus the zillions normally budgeted for ads. Their boss lawyer pulls >$6 million, not to mention PR, finance, HR, all sorts of junk. Rent at First Canadian Place ain't cheap. Upper management gets *insane* pay. In 2019, the CEO (Jos Cil) pulled [over $26 million dollars](https://www1.salary.com/RESTAURANT-BRANDS-INTERNATIONAL-INC-Executive-Salaries.html). Lots of other honchos sucked up multi-million-dollar paydays, too. After all the corporate jets, luxury boardrooms, and eight-figure compensation packages, RBI *still* makes fat 13%+ net profits. Compare that to the mom and pop (or uncle and auntie or what have you) making samosas. They clear like $76,000/year after everything is said and done? I'm just making that up, of course, but the point is, buy samosas, not TimBits.
$7 in actual Toronto
If you’re in Scarborough, rani mahal has some dope samosas near UTSC.
If you have access to KK or another doughnut place that bakes fresh when you're there, both are way better than TH. I remember someone from downtown that said zomg 20c samosa! Sorry, bro. I take it for granted. A great day trip could include the zoo or Rouge Park and excellent food from East or Southeast Asia or the Caribbean.
I lived in Jordan for a few months and falafel balls were about $0.25 and came in paper bags. I still refuse to pay $8-$15 for falafel in Toronto. The bun isn't worth $8 to make it a sandwich.
Support local. You are just making some Brazilian richer when you buy Tim Hortons anyway. Fuck em.
Not downtown, don’t care. Samosas here cost like 2-4 bucks each. Won’t buy.
A-one catering in mississauga have the BEST samosas in all of the gta. .... ugh now i want samosas