Guidebook for Toronto

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Guidebook for Toronto

Drinks & Nightlife

This is a great little bar, just seconds away from our house. The staff are friendly, the food is good and the ambiance is great!
47 localnici recomandă
Old York Bar & Grill
167 Niagara St
47 localnici recomandă
This is a great little bar, just seconds away from our house. The staff are friendly, the food is good and the ambiance is great!
An Irish pub at the corner of King & Niagara Streets, with a very good L-shaped patio that wraps around the building and gets lots of sun pretty much all day long.
25 localnici recomandă
Foggy Dew Irish Pub
803 King St W
25 localnici recomandă
An Irish pub at the corner of King & Niagara Streets, with a very good L-shaped patio that wraps around the building and gets lots of sun pretty much all day long.
A fairly good pub that’s raised up slightly from street level and which has a very small side patio.
31 localnici recomandă
Banknote Bar
663 King Street West
31 localnici recomandă
A fairly good pub that’s raised up slightly from street level and which has a very small side patio.

Food Scene

An independent, small, cozy café that sells pastries, sandwiches, soups, and good strong coffee!
7 localnici recomandă
Wagamama Pastries & Cafe
766 King St W
7 localnici recomandă
An independent, small, cozy café that sells pastries, sandwiches, soups, and good strong coffee!
A Parisian-style bakery and café which sells a wide variety of pastries, tarts, coffee, and also wine and beer.
45 localnici recomandă
Brioche Dorée
222 Bay Street
45 localnici recomandă
A Parisian-style bakery and café which sells a wide variety of pastries, tarts, coffee, and also wine and beer.
A very small and trendy coffee shop just two blocks down the street at the corner of Bathurst and Niagara.
39 localnici recomandă
Thor Espresso Bar
35 Bathurst St
39 localnici recomandă
A very small and trendy coffee shop just two blocks down the street at the corner of Bathurst and Niagara.
This coffee shop sells some nice pastries, muffins and scones, as well as damn good coffee. It has a tiny front yard with benches, as well as a small patio out back.
267 localnici recomandă
Jimmy's Coffee
107 Portland St
267 localnici recomandă
This coffee shop sells some nice pastries, muffins and scones, as well as damn good coffee. It has a tiny front yard with benches, as well as a small patio out back.
Right next to Trinity Bellwoods Park, this French patisserie boasts a popular patio as well as delicious pastries, sandwiches and coffee, with a great side patio perfect for people-watching.
183 localnici recomandă
Nadège Patisserie
780 Queen St W
183 localnici recomandă
Right next to Trinity Bellwoods Park, this French patisserie boasts a popular patio as well as delicious pastries, sandwiches and coffee, with a great side patio perfect for people-watching.
This quaint little converted row house is now a French café-patisserie overlooking a park. They serve very good breakfast and lunch here, as well as great coffee.
35 localnici recomandă
Le Neuf Cafe
9 Clarence Square
35 localnici recomandă
This quaint little converted row house is now a French café-patisserie overlooking a park. They serve very good breakfast and lunch here, as well as great coffee.
A nice diner on King Street, just east of Portland Street. It’s about a 7-minute walk from our home and has a front and side patio. The food is very good here.
14 localnici recomandă
Zoe's Toronto
548 King St W
14 localnici recomandă
A nice diner on King Street, just east of Portland Street. It’s about a 7-minute walk from our home and has a front and side patio. The food is very good here.
This diner specializes in vegetarian and vegan breakfasts and lunches. It’s a cool little place where you can get your eggs breakfast, as well as a tofu scramble, but the coffee isn’t very good here!
17 localnici recomandă
Sadie's Diner And Juice Bar
17 localnici recomandă
This diner specializes in vegetarian and vegan breakfasts and lunches. It’s a cool little place where you can get your eggs breakfast, as well as a tofu scramble, but the coffee isn’t very good here!
This cozy, intimate restaurant serves great food and was listed as one of the best top ten restaurants in one of the editions of Toronto Life 2013.
51 localnici recomandă
Edulis Restaurant
169 Niagara St
51 localnici recomandă
This cozy, intimate restaurant serves great food and was listed as one of the best top ten restaurants in one of the editions of Toronto Life 2013.
Authentic Italian cuisine on King Street West.
153 localnici recomandă
Buca
604 King St W
153 localnici recomandă
Authentic Italian cuisine on King Street West.
A unique restaurant that places Cheese and artisan products at the centre of every offering.
13 localnici recomandă
Cheesewerks
60 Bathurst Street
13 localnici recomandă
A unique restaurant that places Cheese and artisan products at the centre of every offering.
Small-plate dishes with modern Asian & French influences, ideal for sharing with your partner and table-mates (owned by Susur Lee).
230 localnici recomandă
Lee
497 King St W
230 localnici recomandă
Small-plate dishes with modern Asian & French influences, ideal for sharing with your partner and table-mates (owned by Susur Lee).
A stylish cocktail lounge and tapas bar that's vegan, with inventive and beautifully constructed plates along with snappy, informed service that will make even hardcore carnivores true believers.
Grasslands Restaurant
478 Queen St W
A stylish cocktail lounge and tapas bar that's vegan, with inventive and beautifully constructed plates along with snappy, informed service that will make even hardcore carnivores true believers.
With a great vegetarian menu, as well as the regular, meaty stuff, this is a very nice place.
60 localnici recomandă
Woodlot
293 Palmerston Ave
60 localnici recomandă
With a great vegetarian menu, as well as the regular, meaty stuff, this is a very nice place.
Italian dining with a great all-season rooftop dining area.
395 localnici recomandă
Gusto 101
101 Portland St
395 localnici recomandă
Italian dining with a great all-season rooftop dining area.
Specializing in local Ontarian meats and vegetables.
80 localnici recomandă
Marben
488 Wellington St W
80 localnici recomandă
Specializing in local Ontarian meats and vegetables.
A very nice, if a bit expensive, French bistro on Wellington Street.
155 localnici recomandă
Le Sélect Bistro
432 Wellington St W
155 localnici recomandă
A very nice, if a bit expensive, French bistro on Wellington Street.
Sweet Lulu offers you a unique Asian inspired fast gourmet experience. The signature noodle dishes are cooked to order with the freshest of ingredients.
Sweet Lulu
696 Queen Street West
Sweet Lulu offers you a unique Asian inspired fast gourmet experience. The signature noodle dishes are cooked to order with the freshest of ingredients.
Serving great fish and chips since 2003. Yum!
22 localnici recomandă
Hooky's Fish and Chips
486 Queen St W
22 localnici recomandă
Serving great fish and chips since 2003. Yum!
Fresh is Toronto's original source for modern vegetarian food and made-to-order juice. With 4 bustling downtown locations, they remain as innovators in the vegetarian restaurant scene.
143 localnici recomandă
Fresh on Crawford
894 Queen Street West
143 localnici recomandă
Fresh is Toronto's original source for modern vegetarian food and made-to-order juice. With 4 bustling downtown locations, they remain as innovators in the vegetarian restaurant scene.
Good Thai food for takeout and delivery or to sit down and dine.
18 localnici recomandă
Coco Rice Thai Cuisine
669 King St W
18 localnici recomandă
Good Thai food for takeout and delivery or to sit down and dine.
Housed in a former butcher shop that dates from the 1950s, Czehoski is a favourite in contemporary dining. Feast on their delicious, locally sourced menus and check out the unique interiors.
23 localnici recomandă
Czehoski
678 Queen St W
23 localnici recomandă
Housed in a former butcher shop that dates from the 1950s, Czehoski is a favourite in contemporary dining. Feast on their delicious, locally sourced menus and check out the unique interiors.
Named after the albino celebrity across the street in Trinity Bellwoods Park, this café is small and feisty. They do a mean espresso here and they serve many flavours of Greg's Ice Cream.
80 localnici recomandă
White Squirrel Coffee Shop
907 Queen St W
80 localnici recomandă
Named after the albino celebrity across the street in Trinity Bellwoods Park, this café is small and feisty. They do a mean espresso here and they serve many flavours of Greg's Ice Cream.
Great little coffee shop with a nice side terrace and free wi-fi.
188 localnici recomandă
Dark Horse Espresso Bar
215 Spadina Ave.
188 localnici recomandă
Great little coffee shop with a nice side terrace and free wi-fi.
Bustling, popular Italian restaurant on trendy Queen West.
445 localnici recomandă
Terroni
720 Queen St W
445 localnici recomandă
Bustling, popular Italian restaurant on trendy Queen West.
Very nice lunch and dessert place, good quality with a little gem of a terrace hidden away in the back.
Red Tea Box
696 Queen St W
Very nice lunch and dessert place, good quality with a little gem of a terrace hidden away in the back.
Nice. clean, slick cafe with great coffee, light bites and free wi-fi.
13 localnici recomandă
R2 Cafe
668a Queen Street West
13 localnici recomandă
Nice. clean, slick cafe with great coffee, light bites and free wi-fi.
Good Thai food with a great terrace in the back.
8 localnici recomandă
Thai Elephant
813 Queen St W
8 localnici recomandă
Good Thai food with a great terrace in the back.
Tasty Persian food.
16 localnici recomandă
Banu
777 Queen St W
16 localnici recomandă
Tasty Persian food.
A popular Mexican restaurant with a dark and cozy interior.
26 localnici recomandă
Milagro Cantina - Queen West
783 Queen St W
26 localnici recomandă
A popular Mexican restaurant with a dark and cozy interior.
Very nice pizza slices, made fresh. Great place to stop for a quuick bite to eat.
91 localnici recomandă
North of Brooklyn Pizzeria
650 Queen St W
91 localnici recomandă
Very nice pizza slices, made fresh. Great place to stop for a quuick bite to eat.
Very good desserts sold here, and very well-known in Toronto.
20 localnici recomandă
Dufflet Pastries - Downtown
787 Queen St W
20 localnici recomandă
Very good desserts sold here, and very well-known in Toronto.
Good coffee and snacks, small side terrace, free wi-fi.
175 localnici recomandă
Aroma Espresso Bar
430 King St W
175 localnici recomandă
Good coffee and snacks, small side terrace, free wi-fi.

Shopping

Sellers of Ontario wines, there’s a store minutes away from our house, on King at Tecumseth.
139 localnici recomandă
Wine Rack
746 King St W
139 localnici recomandă
Sellers of Ontario wines, there’s a store minutes away from our house, on King at Tecumseth.
LCBO stores are generally the only stores allowed to sell distilled spirits in Ontario, as well as beer and wines from around the world. The closest LCBO store to our home is a 10-minunute walk away.
957 localnici recomandă
LCBO
49 Spadina Ave.
957 localnici recomandă
LCBO stores are generally the only stores allowed to sell distilled spirits in Ontario, as well as beer and wines from around the world. The closest LCBO store to our home is a 10-minunute walk away.
This Beer Store is a bit small, and you have to choose which beer you want from the list on the wall. It’s a bit grungy and you sometimes get down-and-out customers in here, although it is safe.
127 localnici recomandă
Beer Store
1200 Dundas St W
127 localnici recomandă
This Beer Store is a bit small, and you have to choose which beer you want from the list on the wall. It’s a bit grungy and you sometimes get down-and-out customers in here, although it is safe.
A nice, large Beer Store in Liberty Village, about a 20-minute walk from our home.
30 localnici recomandă
Beer Store 2377
120 Lynn Williams St
30 localnici recomandă
A nice, large Beer Store in Liberty Village, about a 20-minute walk from our home.
Canada's premier shopping destination offering international retailers unrivaled by any other shopping centre in downtown Toronto.
2460 localnici recomandă
CF Toronto Eaton Centre
220 Yonge St
2460 localnici recomandă
Canada's premier shopping destination offering international retailers unrivaled by any other shopping centre in downtown Toronto.
Amazing chocolates and coffee, great for gift ideas. Must try the spicy, hot chocolate drink!
104 localnici recomandă
Soma Chocolate Maker
32 Tank House Lane
104 localnici recomandă
Amazing chocolates and coffee, great for gift ideas. Must try the spicy, hot chocolate drink!

Essentials

A great supermarket for all your groceries and personal needs. The building is on the south-west corner of Queen and Portland and you have to go up the escalator to access the store.
1112 localnici recomandă
Loblaws
585 Queen St W
1112 localnici recomandă
A great supermarket for all your groceries and personal needs. The building is on the south-west corner of Queen and Portland and you have to go up the escalator to access the store.
Liberty Village's Metro isn't the cheapest big-box grocery store out there, but it serves its purpose as a resident 24-hour grocery/convenience store. A 15 to 20 minute walk from our home.
357 localnici recomandă
Metro
89 Gould St
357 localnici recomandă
Liberty Village's Metro isn't the cheapest big-box grocery store out there, but it serves its purpose as a resident 24-hour grocery/convenience store. A 15 to 20 minute walk from our home.

Sightseeing

Attracting over 5.3 million visitors a year, the Ex offers convention, exhibition and conference venues, sporting facilities, restaurants, nightclubs, and attractions in a beautiful 192–acre parkland.
146 localnici recomandă
Exhibition Place
100 Princes' Boulevard
146 localnici recomandă
Attracting over 5.3 million visitors a year, the Ex offers convention, exhibition and conference venues, sporting facilities, restaurants, nightclubs, and attractions in a beautiful 192–acre parkland.
Defining the Toronto skyline, the tower is the world's tallest building and free standing structure. Offers panoramic views, shopping and dining.
3509 localnici recomandă
Turnul CN
290 Bremner Blvd
3509 localnici recomandă
Defining the Toronto skyline, the tower is the world's tallest building and free standing structure. Offers panoramic views, shopping and dining.
Famous for vintage clothing, restaurants, coffee shops, and cute mom and pop stores, butchers, pastries, etc.
1698 localnici recomandă
Kensington Market
1698 localnici recomandă
Famous for vintage clothing, restaurants, coffee shops, and cute mom and pop stores, butchers, pastries, etc.
Fort York National Historic Site. Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings and 1813 battle site.
146 localnici recomandă
Fort York National Historic Site
250 Fort York Blvd
146 localnici recomandă
Fort York National Historic Site. Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings and 1813 battle site.
The ROM is among the world’s leading museums of natural history and world cultures. The ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to audiences from around the world.
2332 localnici recomandă
Muzeul Regal Ontario
100 Queens Park
2332 localnici recomandă
The ROM is among the world’s leading museums of natural history and world cultures. The ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to audiences from around the world.
Hundreds of shoes (from a collection numbering over 10,000) are on exhibit in architect Raymond Moriyama's award-winning four-storey structure.
326 localnici recomandă
Muzeul Pantofilor Bata
327 Bloor St W
326 localnici recomandă
Hundreds of shoes (from a collection numbering over 10,000) are on exhibit in architect Raymond Moriyama's award-winning four-storey structure.
Although Little Italy is now demographically more Portuguese, the atmosphere is still very much Italian. A lively neighbourhood packed with trattorias, trendy restaurants, cafés, pool halls and bars.
296 localnici recomandă
Little Italy
296 localnici recomandă
Although Little Italy is now demographically more Portuguese, the atmosphere is still very much Italian. A lively neighbourhood packed with trattorias, trendy restaurants, cafés, pool halls and bars.
A people-watching park with tennis courts, a soccer field, cool vintage entrance way on Queen St, great coffee and fish n' chips nearby on Queen, and plenty of shady trees to cool your heels.
743 localnici recomandă
Trinity Bellwoods Park
790 Queen St W
743 localnici recomandă
A people-watching park with tennis courts, a soccer field, cool vintage entrance way on Queen St, great coffee and fish n' chips nearby on Queen, and plenty of shady trees to cool your heels.
Enjoy a fun-filled day here! Toronto Islands provide a great, refreshing escape from downtown, with paths and parks, a beautiful view of Lake Ontario on one side, and the city skyline on the other.
130 localnici recomandă
Toronto Islands - Ward's Island Park
17 Lakeshore Ave
130 localnici recomandă
Enjoy a fun-filled day here! Toronto Islands provide a great, refreshing escape from downtown, with paths and parks, a beautiful view of Lake Ontario on one side, and the city skyline on the other.
A lakeside cultural hub with dance, modern art, craft & theatre spaces, plus many annual events, a skating rink, bars and restaurants, boat tour, dance theatre and contemporary art gallery.
512 localnici recomandă
Centrul Harbourfront
235 Queens Quay W
512 localnici recomandă
A lakeside cultural hub with dance, modern art, craft & theatre spaces, plus many annual events, a skating rink, bars and restaurants, boat tour, dance theatre and contemporary art gallery.
A great indoor market, voted as one of the best in the world, with a huge selection of meats, cheeses, deli fare, fruit and vegetables, breads, pastries - you name it, it's all here under one roof!
1398 localnici recomandă
Piața St. Lawrence
93 Front St E
1398 localnici recomandă
A great indoor market, voted as one of the best in the world, with a huge selection of meats, cheeses, deli fare, fruit and vegetables, breads, pastries - you name it, it's all here under one roof!

Arts & Culture

TIFF is dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema to film lovers. Our vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image.
582 localnici recomandă
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W
582 localnici recomandă
TIFF is dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema to film lovers. Our vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image.
Movies, movies, movies!
358 localnici recomandă
Teatrul Scotiabank
259 Richmond St W
358 localnici recomandă
Movies, movies, movies!
The Art Gallery of Ontario is an art museum in Toronto's Downtown Grange Park district. Its collection includes more than 80,000 works spanning the 1st century to the present day.
2262 localnici recomandă
Galeria de Artă din Ontario
317 Dundas St W
2262 localnici recomandă
The Art Gallery of Ontario is an art museum in Toronto's Downtown Grange Park district. Its collection includes more than 80,000 works spanning the 1st century to the present day.
A small, local art gallery.
Diaz Contemporary
100 Niagara Street
A small, local art gallery.
A small, local art gallery.
Susan Hobbs
137 Tecumseth St
A small, local art gallery.
An interesting and small local art gallery.
Birch Contemporary
129 Tecumseth St
An interesting and small local art gallery.

Everything Else

For most domestic, and some international, flights.
269 localnici recomandă
Aeroportul Billy Bishop Toronto City
2 Eireann Quay
269 localnici recomandă
For most domestic, and some international, flights.
Shoppers Drug Mart has been meeting Canadians' health care needs for over 40 years. What was once a small pharmacy in Toronto has grown into an organization of over 1,132 stores.
515 localnici recomandă
Shoppers Drug Mart
388 King St W
515 localnici recomandă
Shoppers Drug Mart has been meeting Canadians' health care needs for over 40 years. What was once a small pharmacy in Toronto has grown into an organization of over 1,132 stores.
If you're here to study at the University of Toronto, it's about a 40 minute walk from our house and is also very accessible by streetcar.
445 localnici recomandă
Universitatea din Toronto
27 King's College Cir
445 localnici recomandă
If you're here to study at the University of Toronto, it's about a 40 minute walk from our house and is also very accessible by streetcar.