Guidebook for Toronto
Food Scene
Bakerbots Baking
1242 Delaware AveThe best ice cream sandwiches in town. Half is enough!
Insomnia
563 Bloor St WDelicious brunch. Get there before 11 to ensure you get a table.
Here's where we go for a lunch or dinner out. Great food, reasonable prices.
7 locals recommend
Harbord Street
Harbord StreetHere's where we go for a lunch or dinner out. Great food, reasonable prices.
Another great place to eat specializing in local fare.
58 locals recommend
Chadwick's Craft Kitchen & Bar
268 Howland AveAnother great place to eat specializing in local fare.
Excellent South Indian food. And Banjara, next door, is great for North Indian food.
12 locals recommend
Madras Masala
796 Bloor St WExcellent South Indian food. And Banjara, next door, is great for North Indian food.
Wonderful board game cafe. Tons of games on offer and very popular.
77 locals recommend
Snakes & Lattes Annex
600 Bloor St WWonderful board game cafe. Tons of games on offer and very popular.
If you're visiting from abroad and want to try one of Canada's national dishes, Smokes has just about every kind of poutine on offer.
71 locals recommend
Smoke's Poutinerie
203 Dundas St EIf you're visiting from abroad and want to try one of Canada's national dishes, Smokes has just about every kind of poutine on offer.
Entertainment & Activities
The closest major local park. There's a swimming pool with free swimming in the summer. Great for beating the heat!
246 locals recommend
Christie Pits Park
750 Bloor St WThe closest major local park. There's a swimming pool with free swimming in the summer. Great for beating the heat!
Arts & Culture
Newly renovated indie cinema, showing mostly docs but also some other fare.
161 locals recommend
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
506 Bloor St WNewly renovated indie cinema, showing mostly docs but also some other fare.
Famous concert venue. Worth walking by to check out the art outside alone.
58 locals recommend
Lee's Palace
529 Bloor St WFamous concert venue. Worth walking by to check out the art outside alone.
Essentials
Family-run grocery store with good prices and a great selection of local, organic, etc. food.
184 locals recommend
Fiesta Farms
200 Christie StFamily-run grocery store with good prices and a great selection of local, organic, etc. food.
The best health food store in the city, in my opinion. Clean, spacious, great prices.
15 locals recommend
Herbs & Nutrition
572 Bloor St WThe best health food store in the city, in my opinion. Clean, spacious, great prices.
COBS Bread Bakery
370 Bloor St WLocal installment of a popular bakery chain.
Some of the cheapest produce in the city. Cash only. About a 10 minute walk from the house, but well worth it.
26 locals recommend
Bloor Fruit Market
662 Manning AveSome of the cheapest produce in the city. Cash only. About a 10 minute walk from the house, but well worth it.
Sightseeing
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens ParkThe ROM! Always worth a visit.
One of my favourite places in the city. Free on Wednesday nights after 6:30.
2262 locals recommend
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St WOne of my favourite places in the city. Free on Wednesday nights after 6:30.
Shopping
A Toronto landmark that's not long for this world. Definitely worth a visit, though you might get lost!
68 locals recommend
Honest Ed's
581 Bloor Street WestA Toronto landmark that's not long for this world. Definitely worth a visit, though you might get lost!
Everything Else
A lovely lively market, with pedestrian Sundays every week in the summer. Lots of fantastic boutique stores and delicious food!
1698 locals recommend
Kensington Market
A lovely lively market, with pedestrian Sundays every week in the summer. Lots of fantastic boutique stores and delicious food!
Rowe Farms - Bloor West
2230 Bloor St WLocal butcher offering ethically raised meats.