Guidebook for Toronto

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Guidebook for Toronto

Food Scene

Go here for your morning or afternoon joe. Superb neighbourhood coffee shop. Delicious pastries, friendly atmosphere.
13 locals recommend
The Shmooz
590 Pape Ave
13 locals recommend
Go here for your morning or afternoon joe. Superb neighbourhood coffee shop. Delicious pastries, friendly atmosphere.
Cash-only Greektown pastry shop favoured by locals. I believe the only thing they serve to eat is the best spanakopita I've ever had (meat, spinach, or cheese) and honey balls (loukoumades). Sit and eat or take out.
19 locals recommend
Athens Pastries
509 Danforth Ave
19 locals recommend
Cash-only Greektown pastry shop favoured by locals. I believe the only thing they serve to eat is the best spanakopita I've ever had (meat, spinach, or cheese) and honey balls (loukoumades). Sit and eat or take out.
Linger here after a walk through Withrow Park. Unpretentious one-woman show. Good food. Great patio.
35 locals recommend
Riverdale Perk Cafe
35 locals recommend
Linger here after a walk through Withrow Park. Unpretentious one-woman show. Good food. Great patio.
This upscale pizza place originated on super-trendy Ossington Ave., now has four locations around the city. Delicious pies.
384 locals recommend
Pizzeria Libretto
221 Ossington Ave
384 locals recommend
This upscale pizza place originated on super-trendy Ossington Ave., now has four locations around the city. Delicious pies.
Small, charming, unpretentious, authentic gourmet French restaurant in an unexpected location — "The best French restaurant in Chinatown". This has been one of our favourite restaurants in Toronto for years.
31 locals recommend
Batifole
744 Gerrard St E
31 locals recommend
Small, charming, unpretentious, authentic gourmet French restaurant in an unexpected location — "The best French restaurant in Chinatown". This has been one of our favourite restaurants in Toronto for years.
This is a small breakfast diner with booths and counter and ironic throwback decor. The place is run top to bottom by one man and one woman who seem a little gruff and no-nonsense at first, before you realize they are just busy getting the job done well.
22 locals recommend
Ok Ok Diner
1128 Queen St E
22 locals recommend
This is a small breakfast diner with booths and counter and ironic throwback decor. The place is run top to bottom by one man and one woman who seem a little gruff and no-nonsense at first, before you realize they are just busy getting the job done well.
56 locals recommend
Allen's
143 Danforth Ave
56 locals recommend
45 locals recommend
Tango Palace Coffee Company
1156 Queen St E
45 locals recommend
45 locals recommend
Descendant Detroit Style Pizza
1168 Queen St E
45 locals recommend
74 locals recommend
The Céilí Cottage
1301 Queen Street East
74 locals recommend
10 locals recommend
Aprile Bambina Cucina
1054 Gerrard Street East
10 locals recommend
46 locals recommend
Rialto Espresso Bar
266 Adelaide St W
46 locals recommend
36 locals recommend
Eastside Social
1008 Queen St E
36 locals recommend
17 locals recommend
Grinder Coffee
1021 Gerrard St E
17 locals recommend
32 locals recommend
Ed's Real Scoop - Beaches
2224 Queen St E
32 locals recommend

Essentials

This butcher is an old Greektown stalwart. Love the service here. Excellent meat, fair prices. They carry cheap cheese and Greek specialties too.
Ellas Meat Market Ltd
674 Pape Ave
This butcher is an old Greektown stalwart. Love the service here. Excellent meat, fair prices. They carry cheap cheese and Greek specialties too.
Known across the city for its amazing selection of alternative, organic, and high-quality food and produce, this small grocer is expensive but much-loved. Good source for gluten-free, vegan, and other specialty foods.
86 locals recommend
The Big Carrot
320 Danforth Ave
86 locals recommend
Known across the city for its amazing selection of alternative, organic, and high-quality food and produce, this small grocer is expensive but much-loved. Good source for gluten-free, vegan, and other specialty foods.
Cheapest and biggest of the local grocery chains.
68 locals recommend
Dave & Charlotte's No Frills
449 Carlaw Avenue
68 locals recommend
Cheapest and biggest of the local grocery chains.
The largest of several government-sanctioned alcohol purveyors in the hood. Even closer, you'll find another LCBO and a Beer Store on on Gerrard St. E.
74 locals recommend
LCBO
3111 Danforth Ave
74 locals recommend
The largest of several government-sanctioned alcohol purveyors in the hood. Even closer, you'll find another LCBO and a Beer Store on on Gerrard St. E.
180 locals recommend
Shoppers Drug Mart
710 Mt Pleasant Rd
180 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

69 locals recommend
Big Picture Cinema and Stage
1035 Gerrard St E
69 locals recommend
A historic music venue originally opened in 1919. Lots of great shows here nowadays, performers from Justin Bieber to Lee Scratch Perry have graced the stage in the past couple of years.
23 locals recommend
The Music Hall
147 Danforth Avenue
23 locals recommend
A historic music venue originally opened in 1919. Lots of great shows here nowadays, performers from Justin Bieber to Lee Scratch Perry have graced the stage in the past couple of years.
106 locals recommend
The Wren
1382 Danforth Ave
106 locals recommend

Shopping

17 locals recommend
Book City
348 Danforth Ave
17 locals recommend
The local record shop.
Circus Books & Music
866 Danforth Ave
The local record shop.

Parks & Nature

One of the city's best parks, only a block away! Two playgrounds, a splash pad, tennis courts, sports fields and more.
73 locals recommend
Withrow Park
725 Logan Ave
73 locals recommend
One of the city's best parks, only a block away! Two playgrounds, a splash pad, tennis courts, sports fields and more.
424 locals recommend
The Beaches
424 locals recommend
33 locals recommend
Rouge National Urban Park
25 Zoo Road
33 locals recommend
87 locals recommend
Scarborough Crescent Park
61 Undercliff Dr
87 locals recommend
247 locals recommend
Riverdale Farm
201 Winchester St
247 locals recommend

Entertainment & Activities

One of two movie theatres nearby in the east end. This one has multiple screens. The other is a revue cinema in the Beach called The Fox.
93 locals recommend
Alliance Cinemas - The Beach
1651 Queen St E
93 locals recommend
One of two movie theatres nearby in the east end. This one has multiple screens. The other is a revue cinema in the Beach called The Fox.
23 locals recommend
Crow's Theatre
345 Carlaw Ave
23 locals recommend

Sightseeing

This is a cool destination where you can enjoy leafy hiking trails in the Don Valley, check out arts or food markets, see art or historical exhibits, and just marvel at the successful reclamation of a former industrial wasteland. When I was a kid, this place was an empty junkyard you climbed into with your friends. Now it's a hive of ingenuity and ideas.
57 locals recommend
Don Valley Brick Works Park
550 Bayview Ave
57 locals recommend
This is a cool destination where you can enjoy leafy hiking trails in the Don Valley, check out arts or food markets, see art or historical exhibits, and just marvel at the successful reclamation of a former industrial wasteland. When I was a kid, this place was an empty junkyard you climbed into with your friends. Now it's a hive of ingenuity and ideas.
Head to this stretch of Gerrard Street East for Indian restaurants, Indian groceries, imported Indian clothes and trinkets, etc.
52 locals recommend
Little India
52 locals recommend
Head to this stretch of Gerrard Street East for Indian restaurants, Indian groceries, imported Indian clothes and trinkets, etc.