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 locals recommend
Old York Bar & Grill
167 Niagara StThis 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 locals recommend
Foggy Dew Irish Pub
803 King St WAn 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 locals recommend
Banknote Bar
663 King Street WestA 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 locals recommend
Wagamama Pastries & Cafe
766 King St WAn 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 locals recommend
Brioche Dorée
222 Bay StreetA 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 locals recommend
Thor Espresso Bar
35 Bathurst StA 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 locals recommend
Jimmy's Coffee
107 Portland StThis 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 locals recommend
Nadège Patisserie
780 Queen St WRight 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 locals recommend
Le Neuf Cafe
9 Clarence SquareThis 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 locals recommend
Zoe's Toronto
548 King St WA 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 locals recommend
Sadie's Diner And Juice Bar
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 locals recommend
Edulis Restaurant
169 Niagara StThis 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.
Buca
604 King St WAuthentic Italian cuisine on King Street West.
A unique restaurant that places Cheese and artisan products at the centre of every offering.
13 locals recommend
Cheesewerks
60 Bathurst StreetA 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 locals recommend
Lee
497 King St WSmall-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 WA 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 locals recommend
Woodlot
293 Palmerston AveWith a great vegetarian menu, as well as the regular, meaty stuff, this is a very nice place.
Gusto 101
101 Portland StItalian dining with a great all-season rooftop dining area.
Marben
488 Wellington St WSpecializing in local Ontarian meats and vegetables.
A very nice, if a bit expensive, French bistro on Wellington Street.
155 locals recommend
Le Sélect Bistro
432 Wellington St WA 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 WestSweet Lulu offers you a unique Asian inspired fast gourmet experience. The signature noodle dishes are cooked to order with the freshest of ingredients.
Hooky's Fish and Chips
486 Queen St WServing 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 locals recommend
Fresh on Crawford
894 Queen Street WestFresh 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 locals recommend
Coco Rice Thai Cuisine
669 King St WGood 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 locals recommend
Czehoski
678 Queen St WHoused 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 locals recommend
White Squirrel Coffee Shop
907 Queen St WNamed 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 locals recommend
Dark Horse Espresso Bar
215 Spadina Ave.Great little coffee shop with a nice side terrace and free wi-fi.
Terroni
720 Queen St WBustling, 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 WVery nice lunch and dessert place, good quality with a little gem of a terrace hidden away in the back.
R2 Cafe
668a Queen Street WestNice. clean, slick cafe with great coffee, light bites and free wi-fi.
Thai Elephant
813 Queen St WGood Thai food with a great terrace in the back.
Banu
777 Queen St WTasty Persian food.
A popular Mexican restaurant with a dark and cozy interior.
26 locals recommend
Milagro Cantina - Queen West
783 Queen St WA 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 locals recommend
North of Brooklyn Pizzeria
650 Queen St WVery 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 locals recommend
Dufflet Pastries - Downtown
787 Queen St WVery good desserts sold here, and very well-known in Toronto.
Aroma Espresso Bar
430 King St WGood 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 locals recommend
Wine Rack
746 King St WSellers 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 locals recommend
LCBO
49 Spadina Ave.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 locals recommend
Beer Store
1200 Dundas St WThis 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 locals recommend
Beer Store 2377
120 Lynn Williams StA 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 locals recommend
CF Toronto Eaton Centre
220 Yonge StCanada'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 locals recommend
Soma Chocolate Maker
32 Tank House LaneAmazing 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 locals recommend
Loblaws
585 Queen St WA 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 locals recommend
Metro
89 Gould StLiberty 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 locals recommend
Exhibition Place
100 Princes' BoulevardAttracting 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 locals recommend
CN Tower
290 Bremner BlvdDefining 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 locals recommend
Kensington Market
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 locals recommend
Fort York National Historic Site
250 Fort York BlvdFort 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 locals recommend
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens ParkThe 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 locals recommend
Bata Shoe Museum
327 Bloor St WHundreds 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 locals recommend
Little Italy
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 locals recommend
Trinity Bellwoods Park
790 Queen St WA 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 locals recommend
Toronto Islands - Ward's Island Park
17 Lakeshore AveEnjoy 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 locals recommend
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay WA 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 locals recommend
St. Lawrence Market
93 Front St EA 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 locals recommend
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St WTIFF 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.
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St WMovies, 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 locals recommend
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St WThe 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.
Diaz Contemporary
100 Niagara StreetA small, local art gallery.
Susan Hobbs
137 Tecumseth StA small, local art gallery.
Birch Contemporary
129 Tecumseth StAn interesting and small local art gallery.
Everything Else
For most domestic, and some international, flights.
269 locals recommend
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
2 Eireann QuayFor 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 locals recommend
Shoppers Drug Mart
388 King St WShoppers 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 locals recommend
University of Toronto
27 King's College CirIf 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.