Guidebook for Toronto
Food Scene
Some of the best Indian in the city. It's down a flight of stairs, in a lower level restaurant, so watch for the sign.
10 locals recommend
Bukhara Grill
2241a Bloor St WSome of the best Indian in the city. It's down a flight of stairs, in a lower level restaurant, so watch for the sign.
Great soup and sandwich cafe, and the best chocolate chip cookies in the city (if you like your cookies with huge hunks of chocolate surrounded by barely-baked dough).
21 locals recommend
Bread & Roses Bakery Cafe
2232 Bloor St WGreat soup and sandwich cafe, and the best chocolate chip cookies in the city (if you like your cookies with huge hunks of chocolate surrounded by barely-baked dough).
Be prepared to browse for a long time, there are so many delicious breads, desserts and savoury treats to choose from. Pro tip: don't go when you're hungry!
42 locals recommend
Hot Oven Bakery
2226 Bloor St WBe prepared to browse for a long time, there are so many delicious breads, desserts and savoury treats to choose from. Pro tip: don't go when you're hungry!
Axis Cafe
3048 Dundas St WHas a nice little patio in the summer.
Great Indian food in one of the coolest neighbourhoods in Toronto.
31 locals recommend
Curry Twist Restaurant
3034 Dundas St WGreat Indian food in one of the coolest neighbourhoods in Toronto.
One of our favourite vegan restaurants in the city - and it's only a neighbourhood away! Also has amazing brunch options.
12 locals recommend
Grasshopper Eatery
3080 Dundas St WOne of our favourite vegan restaurants in the city - and it's only a neighbourhood away! Also has amazing brunch options.
Good Fork
1550 Dundas St WLocally-focused ingredients, delicious rotating menu, great atmosphere.
Amazing pizza (and they make them vegan on request!), awesome atmosphere - and wine by the ounce!
121 locals recommend
Queen Margherita Pizza
1402 Queen St EAmazing pizza (and they make them vegan on request!), awesome atmosphere - and wine by the ounce!
The Good Neighbour Espresso Bar
238 Annette StGreat, local, independent coffee shop.
Great Chinese food only a few blocks from the apartment - try the Shanghai Noodles! Nice atmosphere and decor.
14 locals recommend
Westwood Grill Pan-Asian Cuisine
519 Annette StGreat Chinese food only a few blocks from the apartment - try the Shanghai Noodles! Nice atmosphere and decor.
Drinks & Nightlife
Horseshoe Tavern
370 Queen St WThey often have some of the best live music in the city.
Bryden's Pub
2455 Bloor St WOur favourite pub hands down! Tiny, great food, local.
Sightseeing
It's a castle! In Toronto! Not a Cinderella-looking castle, but still pretty fun to explore.
1217 locals recommend
Casa Loma
1 Austin TerraceIt's a castle! In Toronto! Not a Cinderella-looking castle, but still pretty fun to explore.
A fun place to walk around, with lots of great restaurants, bars, shops, and Canadian Stage Theatre Company.
1704 locals recommend
Distillery Historic District
55 Mill StA fun place to walk around, with lots of great restaurants, bars, shops, and Canadian Stage Theatre Company.
Everything Else
There are parks, beaches, restaurants, and more along the waterfront trail that runs along the shore of Lake Ontario. It's an amazing bike ride, walk, and place to explore for the day.
16 locals recommend
Waterfront Trail
Waterfront TrailThere are parks, beaches, restaurants, and more along the waterfront trail that runs along the shore of Lake Ontario. It's an amazing bike ride, walk, and place to explore for the day.
Parks & Nature
High Park is huge with so many things to do. The Grenadier Cafe has great brunch and lunch options (and is really fun for kids). There are multiple playgrounds (make sure you find the one with the castle, near the petting zoo!), a pool in the summer, skating in the winter, fields and streams and a lake and ducks and apple blossom season and cross country skiing and running trails and and and... definitely worth spending some time here! It's a great bike ride east on Annette, then south on High Park Avenue, through High Park, and down to the Lake Ontario bike path to either head west, or east into downtown.
494 locals recommend
High Park Subway Station
High Park is huge with so many things to do. The Grenadier Cafe has great brunch and lunch options (and is really fun for kids). There are multiple playgrounds (make sure you find the one with the castle, near the petting zoo!), a pool in the summer, skating in the winter, fields and streams and a lake and ducks and apple blossom season and cross country skiing and running trails and and and... definitely worth spending some time here! It's a great bike ride east on Annette, then south on High Park Avenue, through High Park, and down to the Lake Ontario bike path to either head west, or east into downtown.
Shopping
Junction Fromagerie
3042 Dundas St WIt's hard to describe - the original intent was a store for girls (pre-teen and teen) that wasn't super pink and girly... but it has developed into an amazingly curated collection of clothes, jewellery, accessories and more for girls and women of all ages. Worth browsing before choosing one of the many excellent restaurants for dinner! Tell Kate that Meredith sent you and says hi :)
8 locals recommend
The Beau & Bauble
3092 Dundas St WIt's hard to describe - the original intent was a store for girls (pre-teen and teen) that wasn't super pink and girly... but it has developed into an amazingly curated collection of clothes, jewellery, accessories and more for girls and women of all ages. Worth browsing before choosing one of the many excellent restaurants for dinner! Tell Kate that Meredith sent you and says hi :)
Nicholson's No Frills
2187 Bloor St WEssentials
FreshCo
22 Northcote AveShoppers Drug Mart
710 Mt Pleasant Rd