Guidebook for Toronto

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Guidebook for Toronto

Food Scene

Great coffee and gelato. Opens early.
42 locals recommend
Manic Coffee
426 College St
42 locals recommend
Great coffee and gelato. Opens early.
Retro diner, great vibe, excellent food and value.
86 locals recommend
Aunties & Uncles
74 Lippincott St
86 locals recommend
Retro diner, great vibe, excellent food and value.
Favourite bakery in the city. Many great restaurants in the city get their bread from BlackBird. Baguette, sour dough, croissant, pastries, etc.
50 locals recommend
Blackbird Baking Co.
172 Baldwin St
50 locals recommend
Favourite bakery in the city. Many great restaurants in the city get their bread from BlackBird. Baguette, sour dough, croissant, pastries, etc.
Our favourite neighbourhood sushi place. Amazing food. Highly recommended. Reasonable price.
8 locals recommend
ND Sushi & Grill
370 College St
8 locals recommend
Our favourite neighbourhood sushi place. Amazing food. Highly recommended. Reasonable price.
Great blow-torched sushi, cocktail, and special flown-in fish.
48 locals recommend
JaBistro
222 Richmond St W
48 locals recommend
Great blow-torched sushi, cocktail, and special flown-in fish.
One of the top omakase restaurant in the city. Need reservation ahead of time.
29 locals recommend
Yasu Toronto
81 Harbord St
29 locals recommend
One of the top omakase restaurant in the city. Need reservation ahead of time.
Great Italian sandwiches around the corner.
Think.It Pensa Italiano
196 Borden St
Great Italian sandwiches around the corner.
Great Iranian stew, need reservations.
32 locals recommend
Pomegranate Restaurant
420 College St
32 locals recommend
Great Iranian stew, need reservations.
Favourite tapas place.
232 locals recommend
Bar Isabel
797 College St
232 locals recommend
Favourite tapas place.
Best soon tofu.
74 locals recommend
Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu
691 Bloor St W
74 locals recommend
Best soon tofu.
Great coffee, gelato, sandwiches, beautiful.
72 locals recommend
Sud Forno
716 Queen St W
72 locals recommend
Great coffee, gelato, sandwiches, beautiful.
Best gelato and chocolate.
104 locals recommend
Soma Chocolate Maker
32 Tank House Lane
104 locals recommend
Best gelato and chocolate.
Cute Scandinavian coffee shop.
27 locals recommend
FIKA Cafe
28 Kensington Ave
27 locals recommend
Cute Scandinavian coffee shop.
Great chicken and salad. Quick for take out too.
32 locals recommend
FLOCK rotisserie + greens
379 Harbord St
32 locals recommend
Great chicken and salad. Quick for take out too.
Fun chimney cake and soft-serve place
7 locals recommend
Eva's Original Chimneys
454 Bloor St W
7 locals recommend
Fun chimney cake and soft-serve place
Great ice-cream!
10 locals recommend
Put A Cone On It
633 Bloor St W
10 locals recommend
Great ice-cream!
Floats, milkshakes, malts, coffee, ice cream & baked goods served in a retro soda fountain setting
8 locals recommend
Bean & Baker Malt Shop
326 Harbord St
8 locals recommend
Floats, milkshakes, malts, coffee, ice cream & baked goods served in a retro soda fountain setting
Great place for brunch, lunch, dinner on Toronto Island.
12 locals recommend
Island Cafe
20 Withrow St
12 locals recommend
Great place for brunch, lunch, dinner on Toronto Island.
Great Shanghainese restaurant. Famous dish: soup-filled dumplings
25 locals recommend
Asian Legend
418 Dundas St W
25 locals recommend
Great Shanghainese restaurant. Famous dish: soup-filled dumplings
Love their dry noodles
59 locals recommend
Momofuku Noodle Bar
190 University Ave
59 locals recommend
Love their dry noodles
Great tapas and drinks, beautiful interior.
120 locals recommend
Patria
478 King St W
120 locals recommend
Great tapas and drinks, beautiful interior.
Beautiful setting for lunch/dinner.
11 locals recommend
The Rectory
102 Lakeshore Ave
11 locals recommend
Beautiful setting for lunch/dinner.
Great croissants and pastries.
183 locals recommend
Nadège Patisserie
780 Queen St W
183 locals recommend
Great croissants and pastries.
Fun Taiwanese streetfood place.
HOJA Luwei
615 Bloor St W
Fun Taiwanese streetfood place.
Fun taqueria
14 locals recommend
El Trompo
277 Augusta Ave
14 locals recommend
Fun taqueria
Great restaurant and amazing bread. Excellent vegetable options.
60 locals recommend
Woodlot
293 Palmerston Ave
60 locals recommend
Great restaurant and amazing bread. Excellent vegetable options.
One of our favourite restaurants. Great vegetable dishes, interior and cocktail
42 locals recommend
Grey Gardens
199 Augusta Ave
42 locals recommend
One of our favourite restaurants. Great vegetable dishes, interior and cocktail

Shopping

Our favourite butcher.
39 locals recommend
Sanagan's Meat Locker
176 Baldwin St
39 locals recommend
Our favourite butcher.
Favourite butcher. A destination.
37 locals recommend
Cumbrae's
714 Queen St W
37 locals recommend
Favourite butcher. A destination.
Farmers market every Wednesday June-Oct. Opens till 7pm.
Bloor-Borden Farmers' Market
300 Borden St
Farmers market every Wednesday June-Oct. Opens till 7pm.
Beautiful kids store
6 locals recommend
Kol Kid
674 Queen St W
6 locals recommend
Beautiful kids store
My favourite women's clothing store
26 locals recommend
Coal Miner's Daughter
744 Queen St W
26 locals recommend
My favourite women's clothing store
Favourite men suit and shirt store
7 locals recommend
Sydney's
682 Queen St W
7 locals recommend
Favourite men suit and shirt store
Favourite shoe store
15 locals recommend
John Fluevog Shoes
686 Queen St W
15 locals recommend
Favourite shoe store

Drinks & Nightlife

Great pintchos, tapas, drinks, beautiful interior. A destination!
235 locals recommend
Bar Raval
505 College St
235 locals recommend
Great pintchos, tapas, drinks, beautiful interior. A destination!

Essentials

Great place to buy fish.
11 locals recommend
Hooked
206 Baldwin St
11 locals recommend
Great place to buy fish.
Great Korean supermarket
49 locals recommend
PAT Central
675 Bloor St W
49 locals recommend
Great Korean supermarket
Great Korean supermarket
Galleria Supermarket Express
351 Bloor St W
Great Korean supermarket
Our favourite supermarket
184 locals recommend
Fiesta Farms
200 Christie St
184 locals recommend
Our favourite supermarket
73 locals recommend
Independent City Market
1022 King St W
73 locals recommend
Opens 24 hours. Our go-to supermarket.
310 locals recommend
Metro
2155 St Clair Ave W
310 locals recommend
Opens 24 hours. Our go-to supermarket.

Parks & Nature

Our favourite beach to swim.
8 locals recommend
Ward's Island
8 locals recommend
Our favourite beach to swim.
Great for people watching
590 locals recommend
Trinity - Bellwoods
590 locals recommend
Great for people watching

Arts & Culture

2262 locals recommend
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St W
2262 locals recommend
Opera and ballet
168 locals recommend
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
145 Queen St W
168 locals recommend
Opera and ballet
Great concerts
23 locals recommend
Koerner Hall
273 Bloor St W
23 locals recommend
Great concerts
Great festivals, shows, etc.
512 locals recommend
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay W
512 locals recommend
Great festivals, shows, etc.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
312 locals recommend
Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe St
312 locals recommend
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Al fresco dining with Symphony in the Gardens every Tuesday in the summer.
1217 locals recommend
Casa Loma
1 Austin Terrace
1217 locals recommend
Al fresco dining with Symphony in the Gardens every Tuesday in the summer.
Dinosaurs
2332 locals recommend
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens Park
2332 locals recommend
Dinosaurs
Love the drop in clay studios
114 locals recommend
Gardiner Museum
111 Queens Park
114 locals recommend
Love the drop in clay studios

Getting Around

65 locals recommend
Spadina station
7 Spadina Rd
65 locals recommend
88 locals recommend
Bathurst Station
88 locals recommend