Six years of pop-up sellouts, three-hour lineups, and an evangelical fan base built without advertising. Ruben Silva's Central Texas craft barbecue is settling in at 51 Comstock Road.
Every cut offset-smoked over hardwood. Salt, pepper, smoke, time. No gas shortcuts, ever.
Dry-rubbed with salt and black pepper, smoked low-and-slow until the bark is set and the flat renders into something transcendent. The reason 3-hour lineups form.
MARKET PRICE — ASK ON THE DAYFull racks wrapped and rested at the right moment. Pull-clean from the bone, smoke ring that earns bragging rights.
MARKET PRICEHouse-made links loaded with Ontario white cheddar and pickled jalapeños. Snappy casing, juicy interior, a little heat on the finish.
MARKET PRICESlow-smoked pork belly cubed, sauced with Crosstown's house BBQ blend and put back on the smoker until caramelized and dangerously good.
LIMITED DAILY SUPPLYThe sleeper hit of every pop-up. Rich, gelatinous, deeply smoky — Ruben's personal favourite and everyone else's after one bite.
ROTATING SPECIALCreamy coleslaw, BBQ baked beans, white bread, pickles, onions. House-made BBQ sauces that complement — never mask — the smoke.
INCLUDED WITH TRAYSIt started in 2020 — a pandemic, a backyard pellet cooker, and Ruben and Tatyana Silva posting videos of what they were making. Toronto noticed. One DM became a pickup. One pickup became a pop-up. By 2025, Crosstown Craft BBQ was selling out events in under an hour, drawing three-hour lineups, and earning 13,000 social followers without a dollar of advertising.
The mission has never changed: true offset-smoked, central Texas–style barbecue — rare in Toronto — done with integrity. Real smokers, real wood, real time. No gas. No shortcuts. Just craft. The city noticed. Crosstown's fan base earned every single follower one smoked brisket at a time.
Now, after a 750-gallon Bog Line smoker upgrade and a permanent space at 51 Comstock Rd in Scarborough's Golden Mile, Crosstown is finally home. The community that built this brand gets to keep it.
"Drove from Mississauga for a pop-up and waited two hours. Zero regrets. The brisket has this bark you can only get from a real offset — there's nothing else like it in Toronto."
"The beef cheeks are the sleeper hit. Got there an hour before they sold out. Ruben's sausages deserve their own fan club. This permanent location can't open soon enough."
"This is what Toronto BBQ should always have been. Pop-up after pop-up, the consistency is remarkable. Opening in Scarborough makes perfect sense — that's the community that showed up first."
Opening Summer 2026 at Scarborough's Golden Mile. Follow Instagram for the exact date, hours, and first-week specials.
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📍 51 Comstock Rd, Scarborough, ON (Golden Mile)
📩 DM on Instagram for catering inquiries
| Status | Opening Summer 2026 |
| Catering | Available now via DM |
| Pop-ups | Follow IG for dates |
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