Guidebook for Toronto

Melanie
Guidebook for Toronto

Entertainment & Activities

It's a cute little ice cream shop so close to our home that it's dangerously tempting to buy a cone every time we pass by!
21 locals recommend
The Lansdowne Cone
555 Dundas Street East
21 locals recommend
It's a cute little ice cream shop so close to our home that it's dangerously tempting to buy a cone every time we pass by!
The farmer's market takes place every Thursday from 3-7. Friday evenings at 6 pm you can attend the family dinners featuring food prepared from the market. For kids: a playground and wading pool.
208 locals recommend
Dufferin Grove Park
875 Dufferin St
208 locals recommend
The farmer's market takes place every Thursday from 3-7. Friday evenings at 6 pm you can attend the family dinners featuring food prepared from the market. For kids: a playground and wading pool.
This is a nice local park featuring a wading pool in the summer as well as children's activities and a small city-run café. Tasty french fries and quinoa salad!
MacGregor Playground
346 Lansdowne Ave
This is a nice local park featuring a wading pool in the summer as well as children's activities and a small city-run café. Tasty french fries and quinoa salad!

Food Scene

Excellent coffee and a gorgeous space to relax, read or work.
51 locals recommend
Propeller Coffee Co.
50 Wade Avenue
51 locals recommend
Excellent coffee and a gorgeous space to relax, read or work.
A lively bar/restaurant with a nice back patio. This place can get really packed, too!
165 locals recommend
The 3 Speed
1163 Bloor St W
165 locals recommend
A lively bar/restaurant with a nice back patio. This place can get really packed, too!
This family-run vegan restaurant is a favourite, especially for takeout. We often buy their samosas for a picnic, a quick snack or to bring to parties. If you are eating in, order the vegetable thali.
40 locals recommend
South Indian Dosa Mahal (Bloor/Lansdowne)
1285 Bloor Street West
40 locals recommend
This family-run vegan restaurant is a favourite, especially for takeout. We often buy their samosas for a picnic, a quick snack or to bring to parties. If you are eating in, order the vegetable thali.
If you're looking for a gritty bar for playing pool, watching sports or listening to loud live music in the evening then Duffy's is it. One of Toronto's oldest pubs, I'm told.
86 locals recommend
Mitzi's Cafe
100 Sorauren Avenue
86 locals recommend
If you're looking for a gritty bar for playing pool, watching sports or listening to loud live music in the evening then Duffy's is it. One of Toronto's oldest pubs, I'm told.

Drinks & Nightlife

This is my favourite restaurant. The food is delicious and share-worthy and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Always a fun night out.
152 locals recommend
The Emerson Restaurant
1279 Bloor St W
152 locals recommend
This is my favourite restaurant. The food is delicious and share-worthy and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Always a fun night out.
This bar is a fun place to go with a friend or few. I like to go early (between 5 and 7 pm) to catch their drinks specials and buck-a-shuck oysters. Great music and fun staff.
106 locals recommend
Bar Neon
1226 Bloor St W
106 locals recommend
This bar is a fun place to go with a friend or few. I like to go early (between 5 and 7 pm) to catch their drinks specials and buck-a-shuck oysters. Great music and fun staff.
This cute diner is not licensed for alcohol but is a great place for brunch if you enjoy the North American 'diner' experience.
86 locals recommend
Mitzi's Cafe
100 Sorauren Avenue
86 locals recommend
This cute diner is not licensed for alcohol but is a great place for brunch if you enjoy the North American 'diner' experience.
This is new to our neighbourhood and quite an exciting addition: a restaurant/bar and a live music venue to boot. Check out their side patio and later head inside for some great music.
149 locals recommend
Burdock Brewery
1184 Bloor St W
149 locals recommend
This is new to our neighbourhood and quite an exciting addition: a restaurant/bar and a live music venue to boot. Check out their side patio and later head inside for some great music.

Shopping

The vegan doughnuts here are oversized, fluffy and delicious!
27 locals recommend
Through Being Cool Bakery
27 locals recommend
The vegan doughnuts here are oversized, fluffy and delicious!
A lovely card shop which also features a variety of interesting gift ideas.
10 locals recommend
TOWN
1187 Bloor St W
10 locals recommend
A lovely card shop which also features a variety of interesting gift ideas.

Essentials

This Portuguese grocery store is hard to notice from its entrance on Lansdowne Ave. but once you're there you will find most of what you need: a butcher, a deli counter and a small produce section.
Tavora
15 Jenet Ave
This Portuguese grocery store is hard to notice from its entrance on Lansdowne Ave. but once you're there you will find most of what you need: a butcher, a deli counter and a small produce section.
This grocery store features a butcher, a fresh fish counter and a variety of international foods. We do most of our grocery shopping here. It's a 12 minute walk from our house or a short bus ride.
28 locals recommend
DRUGStore Pharmacy
222 Lansdowne Ave
28 locals recommend
This grocery store features a butcher, a fresh fish counter and a variety of international foods. We do most of our grocery shopping here. It's a 12 minute walk from our house or a short bus ride.

Everything Else

The new UPExpress train that runs from the airport (YYZ) to Union station stops here. You can get to the airport or Union station in just 12 minutes.
61 locals recommend
Bloor GO station
1456 Bloor St W
61 locals recommend
The new UPExpress train that runs from the airport (YYZ) to Union station stops here. You can get to the airport or Union station in just 12 minutes.
Although it's called Paris Bakery it's actually a Portuguese bakery. You must try the 'natas' (pronounced 'notosh') which are custard tarts. They are not pretty but they are delicious.
27 locals recommend
Paris Bakery
654 Lansdowne Ave
27 locals recommend
Although it's called Paris Bakery it's actually a Portuguese bakery. You must try the 'natas' (pronounced 'notosh') which are custard tarts. They are not pretty but they are delicious.
This subway station on the Bloor line will get you to Yonge-Bloor station in 10-12 minutes.
86 locals recommend
Lansdowne Ave at Wade Ave station
86 locals recommend
This subway station on the Bloor line will get you to Yonge-Bloor station in 10-12 minutes.