Guidebook for Toronto
Food Scene
These are restaurants in the neighbourhood. Many are within 15 minutes walking distance, and unique to the area!
The only Scottish pub in Toronto. Friendly staff, great scotch, and wonderful pub fare. Lovely patio in the back too.
39 recommandé par les habitants
The Caledonian
856 College StThe only Scottish pub in Toronto. Friendly staff, great scotch, and wonderful pub fare. Lovely patio in the back too.
One of my FAVOURITE places! Great funky restaurant with excellent music and food. Also serves a wonderful brunch daily.
130 recommandé par les habitants
The Federal
1438 Dundas Street WestOne of my FAVOURITE places! Great funky restaurant with excellent music and food. Also serves a wonderful brunch daily.
A Toronto landmark! A favourite along Queen street! Great downtown restaurant with a varied menu and desserts from Dufflet. Fabulous patio downstairs is a must if the weather is good.
27 recommandé par les habitants
Queen Mother Cafe
208 Queen St WA Toronto landmark! A favourite along Queen street! Great downtown restaurant with a varied menu and desserts from Dufflet. Fabulous patio downstairs is a must if the weather is good.
Hotel, bar, and restaurant. The Drake also has a wonderful rooftop patio. Food and drinks are reasonable too.
538 recommandé par les habitants
The Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St WHotel, bar, and restaurant. The Drake also has a wonderful rooftop patio. Food and drinks are reasonable too.
Terroni has several locations, and this one is the original. You must go to the patio if coming here. The quaint set-up adds to the fabulous food. Pizzas and pastas are the best in town.
445 recommandé par les habitants
Terroni
720 Queen St WTerroni has several locations, and this one is the original. You must go to the patio if coming here. The quaint set-up adds to the fabulous food. Pizzas and pastas are the best in town.
Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St WA funky hotel with a restaurant and art space.
Excellent Indian food. Always busy. Unique set-up where you hit a buzzer to call the waitress to your table.
158 recommandé par les habitants
Banjara Bloor
796 Bloor St WExcellent Indian food. Always busy. Unique set-up where you hit a buzzer to call the waitress to your table.
A glitzy Spanish restaurant on King West. Perfect if you're in a party mood and feel like dressing up. Cool vibe and decor.
120 recommandé par les habitants
Patria
478 King St WA glitzy Spanish restaurant on King West. Perfect if you're in a party mood and feel like dressing up. Cool vibe and decor.
Love this bakery and everything they make. Must try their white sourdough, chewy and sweet. I never liked bread until I tried the breads here!
50 recommandé par les habitants
Blackbird Baking Co.
172 Baldwin StLove this bakery and everything they make. Must try their white sourdough, chewy and sweet. I never liked bread until I tried the breads here!
Miss your favourite childhood candies? Well, look no more! For all those with a sweet tooth -- plenty of English and Dutch candies, and much more!
The Candy Bar Toronto
849 College StMiss your favourite childhood candies? Well, look no more! For all those with a sweet tooth -- plenty of English and Dutch candies, and much more!
Great for DIM SUM right in the heart of Chinatown. Also serves sushi. Service is good and you have pictures of all the dishes on the menu so it's no problem if you don't know the dish names.
9 recommandé par les habitants
Rosewood Asian Cuisine
463 Dundas St WGreat for DIM SUM right in the heart of Chinatown. Also serves sushi. Service is good and you have pictures of all the dishes on the menu so it's no problem if you don't know the dish names.
Nice little place for beer, food, and watching old music videos! Fun and friendly place!
The John on Bloor - Craft Beer and Bistro
1174 Bloor St WNice little place for beer, food, and watching old music videos! Fun and friendly place!
Korean food, small plates, delicious options and a cute little patio in the back. Set on trendy Ossington Street between Dundas and Queen, so plenty of options for late night fun after dinner.
6 recommandé par les habitants
Té
70 Ossington AveKorean food, small plates, delicious options and a cute little patio in the back. Set on trendy Ossington Street between Dundas and Queen, so plenty of options for late night fun after dinner.
Cozy French restaurant with good food and a nice atmosphere.
51 recommandé par les habitants
Le Baratin
1600 Dundas St WCozy French restaurant with good food and a nice atmosphere.
Small and cozy Italian restaurant with excellent food and wines
13 recommandé par les habitants
Sotto Voce Wine & Pasta Bar
595 College StSmall and cozy Italian restaurant with excellent food and wines
Bà Nội
Great little neighbourhood bakery for sweet and savoury.
Union
72 Ossington AveFresh food, popular spot in the middle of the Ossington strip.
Maker Pizza Bloor
Excellent pizza place up the street
Entrance to the restaurant on Westmoreland. It's part of the PARADISE group. Excellent food, patio, service!
Osteria Rialto
4 Bloor St WEntrance to the restaurant on Westmoreland. It's part of the PARADISE group. Excellent food, patio, service!
Part of the Terroni group, this one is Terroni Sterling, about 10 minutes by car from our house. Lively eatery with free parking and excellent food like all the other Terroni locations.
Terroni Sterling (Spaccio West)
Part of the Terroni group, this one is Terroni Sterling, about 10 minutes by car from our house. Lively eatery with free parking and excellent food like all the other Terroni locations.
Drinks & Nightlife
Friendly local sports bar if you just want to grab a pint and hang out.
13 recommandé par les habitants
Brass Taps Pizza Pub
934 College StFriendly local sports bar if you just want to grab a pint and hang out.
Funky place, see and be seen. Gaudi-esque architecture. Great place for a drink and snack. Side patio.
235 recommandé par les habitants
Bar Raval
505 College StFunky place, see and be seen. Gaudi-esque architecture. Great place for a drink and snack. Side patio.
Bar with a busy schedule of events. Dancing is available Fridays via their weekly disco jam. Fun for a ladies' night out!
41 recommandé par les habitants
The Piston
937 Bloor St WBar with a busy schedule of events. Dancing is available Fridays via their weekly disco jam. Fun for a ladies' night out!
Live music and bar with a wonderful brunch menu too.
351 recommandé par les habitants
The Lakeview Restaurant
1132 Dundas Street WestLive music and bar with a wonderful brunch menu too.
Come here to drink wine and chill, excellent patio in the back.
18 recommandé par les habitants
Paradise Grapevine
841 Bloor St WCome here to drink wine and chill, excellent patio in the back.
Sit down and relax with a glass of wine. Do a flight or have tastings. Part of the PARADISE group.
Blue Door Wine Shop
Sit down and relax with a glass of wine. Do a flight or have tastings. Part of the PARADISE group.
Praise
Great wine bar, very chill, jazz played some weeknights
Great wine bar, friendly servers, excellent patio in the back.
The front is not well marked so just look for the yellow MENALON RESTAURANT sign.
18 recommandé par les habitants
Paradise Grapevine
841 Bloor St WGreat wine bar, friendly servers, excellent patio in the back.
The front is not well marked so just look for the yellow MENALON RESTAURANT sign.
Sightseeing
Spadina and Dundas is at the corner of downtown Chinatown. Great place for foodies and street shoppers who want trinkets, T-shirts, and souvenirs.
57 recommandé par les habitants
Chinatown Centre
222 Spadina Ave.Spadina and Dundas is at the corner of downtown Chinatown. Great place for foodies and street shoppers who want trinkets, T-shirts, and souvenirs.
Both a museum and landmark, Casa Loma was built as a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Take a tour and eat lunch here. It's a wonderful way to spend the day and see a different part of the city.
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Casa Loma
1 Austin TerraceBoth a museum and landmark, Casa Loma was built as a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Take a tour and eat lunch here. It's a wonderful way to spend the day and see a different part of the city.
Located east of downtown, the Distillery contains numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed in the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. Open markets in the summer and cobblestone streets. Wear comfortable shoes!
1704 recommandé par les habitants
Quartier historique de la Distillerie
55 Mill StLocated east of downtown, the Distillery contains numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed in the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. Open markets in the summer and cobblestone streets. Wear comfortable shoes!
Part of the Toronto waterfront, Harbourfront extends from Bathurst Street in the west, along Queen's Quay. Interesting for walks, grabbing a bite, and people watching.
217 recommandé par les habitants
Harbourfront
Part of the Toronto waterfront, Harbourfront extends from Bathurst Street in the west, along Queen's Quay. Interesting for walks, grabbing a bite, and people watching.
Home to the train station and a hub of traveler activity. Also shopping and a summer market outside.
713 recommandé par les habitants
Union Station
55 Front St WHome to the train station and a hub of traveler activity. Also shopping and a summer market outside.
Home to the colourful TORONTO sign -- good photo op here! The square is the site of concerts, art displays, and a weekly farmers' market. During the winter months, the reflecting pool is converted into an ice rink for ice skating.
350 recommandé par les habitants
Nathan Phillips Square
100 Queen St WHome to the colourful TORONTO sign -- good photo op here! The square is the site of concerts, art displays, and a weekly farmers' market. During the winter months, the reflecting pool is converted into an ice rink for ice skating.
CN Tower
Most major cities have a big tower, this is Toronto's.
Shopping
A great, small mall if you need staples, includes a grocery store, Winners, Bath and Body Works, Gap, Walmart.
289 recommandé par les habitants
Dufferin Mall
900 Dufferin StA great, small mall if you need staples, includes a grocery store, Winners, Bath and Body Works, Gap, Walmart.
The place where all the young kids hang out to shop. 3+ floors of stores right in the downtown area.
2460 recommandé par les habitants
CF Toronto Eaton Centre
220 Yonge StThe place where all the young kids hang out to shop. 3+ floors of stores right in the downtown area.
High end shopping mall - take the TTC subway to Yorkdale instead of driving. It's always a zoo in the parking lots. The mall is expansive and you can find all the major stores and anything you really need.
711 recommandé par les habitants
Yorkdale Shopping Centre
3401 Dufferin StHigh end shopping mall - take the TTC subway to Yorkdale instead of driving. It's always a zoo in the parking lots. The mall is expansive and you can find all the major stores and anything you really need.
Toronto's version of NYC's Times Square. Lots of people and activity amidst neon signs. Located across from the Eaton Centre.
399 recommandé par les habitants
Yonge-Dundas Square
1 Dundas St EToronto's version of NYC's Times Square. Lots of people and activity amidst neon signs. Located across from the Eaton Centre.
Excellent market for food and other wares. Find local vendors and items you cannot get in the malls.
1398 recommandé par les habitants
St. Lawrence Market
93 Front St EExcellent market for food and other wares. Find local vendors and items you cannot get in the malls.
Essentials
Looking for bandaids, or Tylenol? This is the place to go. Also sells food items.
55 recommandé par les habitants
Shoppers Drug Mart
2223 Bloor St WLooking for bandaids, or Tylenol? This is the place to go. Also sells food items.
Located inside the Dufferin Mall behind our house. It has a grocery section and other essentials
25 recommandé par les habitants
Walmart Supercentre
900 Dufferin StLocated inside the Dufferin Mall behind our house. It has a grocery section and other essentials
Great Korean supermarket with snacks, produce, and fruit at reasonable prices
49 recommandé par les habitants
PAT Central
675 Bloor St WGreat Korean supermarket with snacks, produce, and fruit at reasonable prices
Joe's No Frills
900 Dufferin StBargain grocery store located inside Dufferin Mall.
Taking public transportation
TTC is the Toronto Transit Commission and consists of streetcars, busses, and the subway. Go to TTC.com to find routes and how to get from point A to B.
There are 2 entrances. The west-most one is on Delaware. Make sure you have a metro pass or Presto card if you want to enter. The east-most entrance is on Bloor.
25 recommandé par les habitants
Ossington Station
There are 2 entrances. The west-most one is on Delaware. Make sure you have a metro pass or Presto card if you want to enter. The east-most entrance is on Bloor.
The College Street streetcar runs along College going East/West. Board at College and Dovercourt.
30 recommandé par les habitants
College Street
College StreetThe College Street streetcar runs along College going East/West. Board at College and Dovercourt.
Entertainment & Activities
In the class of Cannes and Sundance, Toronto is home to the Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place in September. Check out all the upcoming films at: http://www.tiff.net/
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TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St WIn the class of Cannes and Sundance, Toronto is home to the Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place in September. Check out all the upcoming films at: http://www.tiff.net/
Miss yoga classes while away? This is a terrific studio that offers both hot and regular temperature classes. Pilates, flow, Hatha classes every day at a reasonable price of $22/class or less.
14 recommandé par les habitants
Union Yoga + Wellness
956 Bloor St WMiss yoga classes while away? This is a terrific studio that offers both hot and regular temperature classes. Pilates, flow, Hatha classes every day at a reasonable price of $22/class or less.
See some amazing sea life. The way the aquariums are set up is something to behold.
2071 recommandé par les habitants
Aquarium Ripley du Canada
288 Bremner BlvdSee some amazing sea life. The way the aquariums are set up is something to behold.
Beautiful movie theatre just up our street at Bloor, includes a restaurant and bar upstairs. Also a café and bottle shop too.
8 recommandé par les habitants
Paradise
1006c Bloor St WBeautiful movie theatre just up our street at Bloor, includes a restaurant and bar upstairs. Also a café and bottle shop too.