Guidebook for Toronto
Food Scene
My favorite for brunch and dinner, or just an afternoon snack or a drink with a friend. Locally sourced organic ingredients in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
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Harvest Kitchen
124 Harbord StMy favorite for brunch and dinner, or just an afternoon snack or a drink with a friend. Locally sourced organic ingredients in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
Takht-e Tavoos Restaurant
1120 College StTraditional food inventively served.
Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant
418 College StFabulous, home-cooked Ethiopian food.
One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the heart of China town - about 25 minutes walking distance and about 10 to 15 by transit.
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Rol San Restaurant
388 Spadina Ave.One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the heart of China town - about 25 minutes walking distance and about 10 to 15 by transit.
Really basic, good food, great coffee and totally relaxed. Good brunch, friendly staff, and a quiet place to chat, read a book or get some work done. In the warmer months, the patio is a fun place for people watching.
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Saving Gigi
859 Bloor St WReally basic, good food, great coffee and totally relaxed. Good brunch, friendly staff, and a quiet place to chat, read a book or get some work done. In the warmer months, the patio is a fun place for people watching.
One of the last remaining Jewish bakeries in this area, it offers the lightest cakes, as well as good bread and other baked goods.
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Harbord Bakery
115 Harbord StOne of the last remaining Jewish bakeries in this area, it offers the lightest cakes, as well as good bread and other baked goods.
Excellent cheeses, good coffee and inventive sandwiches, as well as many grocery items from France.
Chabichou
774 College StExcellent cheeses, good coffee and inventive sandwiches, as well as many grocery items from France.
FIKA Cafe
28 Kensington AveMoonbean Coffee Company
30 St Andrew StThe Grapefruit Moon
968 Bathurst StNot 2 minutes from here.
Great local Indian eatery about a slow 10 minute amble away.
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Banjara Bloor
796 Bloor St WGreat local Indian eatery about a slow 10 minute amble away.
Sightseeing
Casa Loma
1 Austin TerracePart of Toronto history, and an object of schadenfreude.
Kensington Market was historically where successive waves of immigrants set up their wares to sell. The roots of the Irish, Chinese, Ashkenazi, Carribean, Eastern European, Latin American and African diasporas have all left their imprint on this fascinating neighbourhood. Small shops, resos, bong shops, cafés (and the best coffee in the city at any of 6 different spots!) are only part of the attraction. This is the best people watching ever! Do not miss the graffiti in the laneways and take some time to follow some of the lane ways to check out the creative use of space: there are hidden streets behind and around the streets on the map.
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Kensington Market
Kensington Market was historically where successive waves of immigrants set up their wares to sell. The roots of the Irish, Chinese, Ashkenazi, Carribean, Eastern European, Latin American and African diasporas have all left their imprint on this fascinating neighbourhood. Small shops, resos, bong shops, cafés (and the best coffee in the city at any of 6 different spots!) are only part of the attraction. This is the best people watching ever! Do not miss the graffiti in the laneways and take some time to follow some of the lane ways to check out the creative use of space: there are hidden streets behind and around the streets on the map.
Arts & Culture
One of Toronto's active theatres, with their regular season from September to May. Tarragon also has touring shows and hosts independent productions and is one site for the Toronto Fringe Festival from July 4 to 15: the Fringe will showcase over 160 productions, many or which are within 15 to 20 minutes walk from here.
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Tarragon Theatre
30 Bridgman AveOne of Toronto's active theatres, with their regular season from September to May. Tarragon also has touring shows and hosts independent productions and is one site for the Toronto Fringe Festival from July 4 to 15: the Fringe will showcase over 160 productions, many or which are within 15 to 20 minutes walk from here.
Getting Around
Use a credit card to rent a bike. Pick it up at one of the locations nearby, and dock it at your destination.
Toronto Bike Share
Use a credit card to rent a bike. Pick it up at one of the locations nearby, and dock it at your destination.
Subways run from 6 am to 1:30 am
Buses run all night on major routes, including nearby Bloor Street.
There is 24 hour public transportation available to and from both Pearson Airport and the Island Airport ($3.25 per person each direction)
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Bathurst Station
Subways run from 6 am to 1:30 am
Buses run all night on major routes, including nearby Bloor Street.
There is 24 hour public transportation available to and from both Pearson Airport and the Island Airport ($3.25 per person each direction)
Everything Else
University of Toronto
27 King's College CirGeorge Brown College - Casa Loma Campus - C Building
160 Kendal AveParks & Nature
the Islands are in lake Ontario, accessible by a regular ferry, and you can get spectacular views of the city. There are several good cafés to be found. A tiny set of jewels just off Toronto. The landscape is flat, and it's great for walking, jogging, or use one of the city's rental bikes t get around.
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Toronto Islands
the Islands are in lake Ontario, accessible by a regular ferry, and you can get spectacular views of the city. There are several good cafés to be found. A tiny set of jewels just off Toronto. The landscape is flat, and it's great for walking, jogging, or use one of the city's rental bikes t get around.
A great break from the citiness of Toronto, you can walk through wooded areas, follow groomed trails, or take a picnic to watch Shakespeare in the Park (July to September). Feed the ducks and have a look at our celebrity capybaras you will find right next to the Scottish Longhorn cows. Unless they have broken out, and are running wild in the city.
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High Park
1873 Bloor St WA great break from the citiness of Toronto, you can walk through wooded areas, follow groomed trails, or take a picnic to watch Shakespeare in the Park (July to September). Feed the ducks and have a look at our celebrity capybaras you will find right next to the Scottish Longhorn cows. Unless they have broken out, and are running wild in the city.
Hidden gems amid the towers and residential neighbourhoods, the ravines that run through the city are linear parks that were carved out of the city by retreating glaciers before Toronto was Toronto.
The Ravine Condominium
10 York Mills RdHidden gems amid the towers and residential neighbourhoods, the ravines that run through the city are linear parks that were carved out of the city by retreating glaciers before Toronto was Toronto.
Much of the history of Toronto is obscured by a desire to cover it up with the new and up-to-date, but the Brickworks is a precious exception. The buildings are reclaimed after multiple decades of disuse, and the old brick factory is now a cultural and environmental centre, set by the historically significant Don River.
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Evergreen Brick Works
550 Bayview AveMuch of the history of Toronto is obscured by a desire to cover it up with the new and up-to-date, but the Brickworks is a precious exception. The buildings are reclaimed after multiple decades of disuse, and the old brick factory is now a cultural and environmental centre, set by the historically significant Don River.
Edwards Gardens is a former private estate that is operated by the Toronto Botanical Society. A fabulous combination of the manicured with the wild. If you tired of the spendour of nature, you can while away hours watching people having their wedding photos taken.
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Edwards Gardens
755 Lawrence Ave EEdwards Gardens is a former private estate that is operated by the Toronto Botanical Society. A fabulous combination of the manicured with the wild. If you tired of the spendour of nature, you can while away hours watching people having their wedding photos taken.