Guidebook for Toronto
Food Scene
Go here for your morning or afternoon joe. Superb neighbourhood coffee shop. Delicious pastries, friendly atmosphere.
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The Shmooz
590 Pape Ave Go here for your morning or afternoon joe. Superb neighbourhood coffee shop. Delicious pastries, friendly atmosphere.
Cash-only Greektown pastry shop favoured by locals. I believe the only thing they serve to eat is the best spanakopita I've ever had (meat, spinach, or cheese) and honey balls (loukoumades). Sit and eat or take out.
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Athens Pastries
509 Danforth AveCash-only Greektown pastry shop favoured by locals. I believe the only thing they serve to eat is the best spanakopita I've ever had (meat, spinach, or cheese) and honey balls (loukoumades). Sit and eat or take out.
Linger here after a walk through Withrow Park. Unpretentious one-woman show. Good food. Great patio.
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Riverdale Perk Cafe
Linger here after a walk through Withrow Park. Unpretentious one-woman show. Good food. Great patio.
This upscale pizza place originated on super-trendy Ossington Ave., now has four locations around the city. Delicious pies.
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Pizzeria Libretto
221 Ossington AveThis upscale pizza place originated on super-trendy Ossington Ave., now has four locations around the city. Delicious pies.
Small, charming, unpretentious, authentic gourmet French restaurant in an unexpected location — "The best French restaurant in Chinatown". This has been one of our favourite restaurants in Toronto for years.
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Batifole
744 Gerrard St ESmall, charming, unpretentious, authentic gourmet French restaurant in an unexpected location — "The best French restaurant in Chinatown". This has been one of our favourite restaurants in Toronto for years.
This is a small breakfast diner with booths and counter and ironic throwback decor. The place is run top to bottom by one man and one woman who seem a little gruff and no-nonsense at first, before you realize they are just busy getting the job done well.
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Ok Ok Diner
1128 Queen St EThis is a small breakfast diner with booths and counter and ironic throwback decor. The place is run top to bottom by one man and one woman who seem a little gruff and no-nonsense at first, before you realize they are just busy getting the job done well.
Allen's
143 Danforth AveTango Palace Coffee Company
1156 Queen St EDescendant Detroit Style Pizza
1168 Queen St EThe Céilí Cottage
1301 Queen Street EastAprile Bambina Cucina
1054 Gerrard Street EastRialto Espresso Bar
266 Adelaide St WEastside Social
1008 Queen St EGrinder Coffee
1021 Gerrard St EEd's Real Scoop - Beaches
2224 Queen St EEssentials
This butcher is an old Greektown stalwart. Love the service here. Excellent meat, fair prices. They carry cheap cheese and Greek specialties too.
Ellas Meat Market Ltd
674 Pape AveThis butcher is an old Greektown stalwart. Love the service here. Excellent meat, fair prices. They carry cheap cheese and Greek specialties too.
Known across the city for its amazing selection of alternative, organic, and high-quality food and produce, this small grocer is expensive but much-loved. Good source for gluten-free, vegan, and other specialty foods.
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The Big Carrot
320 Danforth AveKnown across the city for its amazing selection of alternative, organic, and high-quality food and produce, this small grocer is expensive but much-loved. Good source for gluten-free, vegan, and other specialty foods.
Cheapest and biggest of the local grocery chains.
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Dave & Charlotte's No Frills
449 Carlaw AvenueCheapest and biggest of the local grocery chains.
The largest of several government-sanctioned alcohol purveyors in the hood. Even closer, you'll find another LCBO and a Beer Store on on Gerrard St. E.
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LCBO
3111 Danforth AveThe largest of several government-sanctioned alcohol purveyors in the hood. Even closer, you'll find another LCBO and a Beer Store on on Gerrard St. E.
Shoppers Drug Mart
710 Mt Pleasant RdDrinks & Nightlife
Big Picture Cinema and Stage
1035 Gerrard St EA historic music venue originally opened in 1919. Lots of great shows here nowadays, performers from Justin Bieber to Lee Scratch Perry have graced the stage in the past couple of years.
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The Music Hall
147 Danforth AvenueA historic music venue originally opened in 1919. Lots of great shows here nowadays, performers from Justin Bieber to Lee Scratch Perry have graced the stage in the past couple of years.
The Wren
1382 Danforth AveShopping
Book City
348 Danforth AveCircus Books & Music
866 Danforth AveThe local record shop.
Parks & Nature
One of the city's best parks, only a block away! Two playgrounds, a splash pad, tennis courts, sports fields and more.
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Withrow Park
725 Logan AveOne of the city's best parks, only a block away! Two playgrounds, a splash pad, tennis courts, sports fields and more.
The Beaches
Rouge National Urban Park
25 Zoo RoadScarborough Crescent Park
61 Undercliff DrRiverdale Farm
201 Winchester StEntertainment & Activities
One of two movie theatres nearby in the east end. This one has multiple screens. The other is a revue cinema in the Beach called The Fox.
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Alliance Cinemas - The Beach
1651 Queen St EOne of two movie theatres nearby in the east end. This one has multiple screens. The other is a revue cinema in the Beach called The Fox.
Crow's Theatre
345 Carlaw AveSightseeing
This is a cool destination where you can enjoy leafy hiking trails in the Don Valley, check out arts or food markets, see art or historical exhibits, and just marvel at the successful reclamation of a former industrial wasteland. When I was a kid, this place was an empty junkyard you climbed into with your friends. Now it's a hive of ingenuity and ideas.
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Don Valley Brick Works Park
550 Bayview AveThis is a cool destination where you can enjoy leafy hiking trails in the Don Valley, check out arts or food markets, see art or historical exhibits, and just marvel at the successful reclamation of a former industrial wasteland. When I was a kid, this place was an empty junkyard you climbed into with your friends. Now it's a hive of ingenuity and ideas.
Head to this stretch of Gerrard Street East for Indian restaurants, Indian groceries, imported Indian clothes and trinkets, etc.
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Little India
Head to this stretch of Gerrard Street East for Indian restaurants, Indian groceries, imported Indian clothes and trinkets, etc.