Food scene
Lots of cafes and bakeries just up the hill
Really great coffee bakery with crepes and pastries
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Baka Gallery Cafe
2256 Bloor St WReally great coffee bakery with crepes and pastries
Queen's Pasta
2263 Bloor St WFresh made pastas
Pop-cult eatery
Authentic Japanese ramen soup noodle house
You’re far from Chinatown so it’s great to get access to a bowl of hot noodle soup
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KINTON RAMEN
668 Bloor St WYou’re far from Chinatown so it’s great to get access to a bowl of hot noodle soup
Grocery
Best place to shop healthy food to cook
Lots of organic meat and poultry and bread too
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Rowe Farms - Bloor West
2230 Bloor St WLots of organic meat and poultry and bread too
Max's Market
2277 Bloor St WGreat for ready cooked healthy bites
Bakery - fresh bread
My favorite is the apricot delight and the cape seed
It’s very easy just walk up the hill of Ellis park rd and you’re right there
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COBS Bread Bakery
370 Bloor St WIt’s very easy just walk up the hill of Ellis park rd and you’re right there
Hot Oven Bakery
Neighbourhoods
Beautiful, scenic, great for walking and running. Careful to muddy icy areas though, wear proper waterproof shoes.
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High Park-Swansea
Beautiful, scenic, great for walking and running. Careful to muddy icy areas though, wear proper waterproof shoes.
Bloor West Village
Café
If one is a coffee critic/manic - this is the place. Not far from here if you’re planning to go over to roncesvalles village which another must-visit area. Not the best looking cafe but the coffee speaks the rest.
You can get any kind of coffee here, my fav is bulletproof coffee, yum
Yelped as the best coffee by backpacker! Buy a bag of Eroica for souvenir, best gift for coffee drinkers
60Beans
36 Howard Park AveYou can get any kind of coffee here, my fav is bulletproof coffee, yum
Yelped as the best coffee by backpacker! Buy a bag of Eroica for souvenir, best gift for coffee drinkers
Amacebiso ngesixeko
Ukuhamba-hamba
Getting around during Covid
Some of the stores like no-frills will have masks if you forget yours. TD bank on Runnymede is not open right now, search and call before going to any bank as their atm’s not accessible either. Neighborhood is sensitive to Covid risk. Cautious of the distancing.