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Drinks & Nightlife & Live music
PrettyUgly Bar
1237 Queen St Wspeak easy like bar! great coctails.
Great spot for clubbing or concerts, around the corner! super convenient.
Also a great rooftop and patio for chilled drinks after work both with good deals on drinks
538 locals recommend
The Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St WGreat spot for clubbing or concerts, around the corner! super convenient.
Also a great rooftop and patio for chilled drinks after work both with good deals on drinks
Across the street, nice hangout for drinks after work on their amazing patio) or more vibrant later at night.
Currently they have all food items in their menu around 7-8$ and have drink deals too.
14 locals recommend
Death & Taxes Free House
1154 Queen St WAcross the street, nice hangout for drinks after work on their amazing patio) or more vibrant later at night.
Currently they have all food items in their menu around 7-8$ and have drink deals too.
An alternative-hip bar with great selection of local craft beers, vintage like decor, arcade games and delicious pizza slices for around 5$. Great music. Gets quite busy after 10pm. Great for drinks in an alive late environment that is not a club.
154 locals recommend
Get Well
1181 Dundas Street WestAn alternative-hip bar with great selection of local craft beers, vintage like decor, arcade games and delicious pizza slices for around 5$. Great music. Gets quite busy after 10pm. Great for drinks in an alive late environment that is not a club.
Great spot for free(most nights) live music with various bands starting from 6 until closing time. . Good selection of eastern european food and drinks. Fun stuff, fair prices. and nice people. Late at night there can be some dancing to the live tunes.. Often funky brass music, balkan, and all kinds of ethnic music.
8 locals recommend
DROM Taberna
458 Queen St WGreat spot for free(most nights) live music with various bands starting from 6 until closing time. . Good selection of eastern european food and drinks. Fun stuff, fair prices. and nice people. Late at night there can be some dancing to the live tunes.. Often funky brass music, balkan, and all kinds of ethnic music.
Another favourite of mine for concerts. Two rooms one always free. Nice dark place, classic looking. Probably it used to be theatre.
88 locals recommend
Cameron House
408 Queen St WAnother favourite of mine for concerts. Two rooms one always free. Nice dark place, classic looking. Probably it used to be theatre.
Very popular brewery to hang out. Great beer with quite alternative tastes. Nice food too!! and awesome patio.
373 locals recommend
Bellwoods Brewery
124 Ossington AveVery popular brewery to hang out. Great beer with quite alternative tastes. Nice food too!! and awesome patio.
Very alternative bar with cool(and creepy deco). Often music is on the hard side, hard rock, punk, metal.
But it also has a great tikibar like rooftop.
Classic in the area
29 locals recommend
Bovine Sex Club
542 Queen St WVery alternative bar with cool(and creepy deco). Often music is on the hard side, hard rock, punk, metal.
But it also has a great tikibar like rooftop.
Classic in the area
A music venue with an underground vibe. Often hosting concerts or dancing events in the backroom, Good prices. 10$ after 11 think 5 before.
80 locals recommend
The Garrison
1197 Dundas St WA music venue with an underground vibe. Often hosting concerts or dancing events in the backroom, Good prices. 10$ after 11 think 5 before.
atmosperic coctail-wine bar, great patio for last sun of the day, fair prices
29 locals recommend
Northern Belle
913 Dundas St Watmosperic coctail-wine bar, great patio for last sun of the day, fair prices
Great little bar on ossington with lively atmposhere and funky live jazz after 10pm(5$) most of the nights
100 locals recommend
Reposado
136 Ossington AveGreat little bar on ossington with lively atmposhere and funky live jazz after 10pm(5$) most of the nights
Classic in the city. Live music venue, good for country, folk, american style of music music, reminding an old salon in the old west. 10$ covers most of the times
351 locals recommend
The Lakeview Restaurant
1132 Dundas Street WestClassic in the city. Live music venue, good for country, folk, american style of music music, reminding an old salon in the old west. 10$ covers most of the times
A busy hip bar, with alive vibes, great cocktails and pizza! Very interesting and inviting interior, reminding a garden. It has a good selection of inexpensive drinks/coctails and cheap food! Gets full after 7.
14 locals recommend
Bar Poet
1090 Queen St WA busy hip bar, with alive vibes, great cocktails and pizza! Very interesting and inviting interior, reminding a garden. It has a good selection of inexpensive drinks/coctails and cheap food! Gets full after 7.
Sightseeing
Great street to discover especially at after work night. Not very long and packed with alternative restaurants, bars breweries..
199 locals recommend
Ossington Avenue
Ossington AvenueGreat street to discover especially at after work night. Not very long and packed with alternative restaurants, bars breweries..
Old distillery factories turned into a red brick pedestrianized area to hang out. in the east end but 501 street car takes u close.
1704 locals recommend
Distillery Historic District
55 Mill StOld distillery factories turned into a red brick pedestrianized area to hang out. in the east end but 501 street car takes u close.
Classic of Toronto, good for checking out the food stalls in the streets, going out at day or night and food places.
Last Sunday of the summer months great day party all over the streets.
1698 locals recommend
Kensington Market
Classic of Toronto, good for checking out the food stalls in the streets, going out at day or night and food places.
Last Sunday of the summer months great day party all over the streets.
Essentials
Around the corner grocery store that sells beer and wine until 10pm
52 locals recommend
Metro at West Queen West
1230 Queen St WAround the corner grocery store that sells beer and wine until 10pm
FreshCo
22 Northcote Avecheap grocery store mins away
Parks & Nature
Nice hangout to watch the life going up. People gather up enjoying the weather with few beers
Best park in town. Big enough to get away from car noise.. and nice enough to chill and look around. Has a dog part where you can sit on the hill and look at the doggies playing. There are quiet parts and park where all the other young crowd chills with drinks and play games. Frees tennis /baseball courts where you can catch a game.
590 locals recommend
Trinity - Bellwoods
Best park in town. Big enough to get away from car noise.. and nice enough to chill and look around. Has a dog part where you can sit on the hill and look at the doggies playing. There are quiet parts and park where all the other young crowd chills with drinks and play games. Frees tennis /baseball courts where you can catch a game.
High Park Zoo
Arts & Culture
A neat by place to catch a theatre. Nice venue. Check if there's something on
25 locals recommend
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen St WA neat by place to catch a theatre. Nice venue. Check if there's something on
Shopping
The street if full of boutique stores and more bigger chain stores the more east you walk.
Also packed with cafes, restaurants, bars etc..
723 locals recommend
Queen Street West
Queen Street WestThe street if full of boutique stores and more bigger chain stores the more east you walk.
Also packed with cafes, restaurants, bars etc..
Food scene
bar/bistros from low to medium cost
japanese fushion place. Tiny almost hidden place, flea market like. Amazing..keep it a secret
63 locals recommend
Hanmoto
2 Lakeview Avejapanese fushion place. Tiny almost hidden place, flea market like. Amazing..keep it a secret
ODDSEOUL
90 Ossington Avekorean fushion - cool hangout for tapas and drinks
Nana
785 Queen St Wthai restaurant with a vibe in the heart of queen street
Another great unpretentious spot.. with good vibes and great deals on food.
44 locals recommend
Bar Fancy
1070 Queen St WAnother great unpretentious spot.. with good vibes and great deals on food.
beer garden like bar/resto, with a german touch. Great deals from 5-7 on food for german/central europe food. And german beers!
35 locals recommend
Otto's Bierhalle
1087 Queen St Wbeer garden like bar/resto, with a german touch. Great deals from 5-7 on food for german/central europe food. And german beers!
Grand Electric Parkdale
1330 Queen St WTacos bar!! pretty good
great bread and pastries to take away. coffee too
48 locals recommend
Mabel’s Bakery & Specialty Foods
1156 Queen St Wgreat bread and pastries to take away. coffee too
El Almacen
1720 Queen St Wnice Argentinian cafe, nice atmpospere and good coffee
A chilled japanese tapas place - izakaya in parkdate. Good food decent prices
41 locals recommend
Guu Izakaya
1314 Queen St WA chilled japanese tapas place - izakaya in parkdate. Good food decent prices
Great Greek bistro. Amazing greek food, a bit on the more expensive side. lambchops and fish are yummy.
102 locals recommend
Mamakas Taverna
80 Ossington AveGreat Greek bistro. Amazing greek food, a bit on the more expensive side. lambchops and fish are yummy.
Rhum Corner
926 Dundas St Wsmall Caribbean bistro/bar. cheap eats. lots of rums good vibes