Torteria San Cosme in Kensington Market , Toronto Shop Interior, Canada, Ontario Architecture, Images
Torteria San Cosme in Kensington Market
Mexican Sandwich Shop Interior in Canada ? design by +tongtong, Architects
1 May 2017
Mexican Sandwich Shop
Architects: +tongtong
Location: Kensington Market, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Torteria San Cosme in Kensington Market

Multi-disciplinary studio +tongtong recently designed Torteria San Cosme, a Mexican sandwich shop in Toronto?s eclectic Kensington Market. 

Principal designer John Tong worked closely with his client Arturo Anhalt to bring his childhood memories of Mexico into the 700-square-foot space. With this objective in mind, Torteria San Cosme evokes the vibrant colour, playfulness and authenticity of Mexican street food stands.
Walking into Torteria San Cosme, you?re immediately struck by a cacophony of colour. Patterned tiles and hand-painted signs perfectly clash with a vivid large mural covering an entire wall, while an awning of multi-hued webbing cantilevers over the take-out counter.

?We wanted to play with this idea of a stall within a space,? explains Tong. ?In Mexico and Central America, a lot of street food stalls are in larger buildings. There will be 10 or so inside a market, all individually contained.?
Riffing on this idea of a space within a space, Tong designed the awning to mimic the structure of a traditional puesto (street food stand.) The awning is made industrial nylon strips weaved by hand thro...