Guidebook for Toronto

Andrew
Guidebook for Toronto

Drinks & Nightlife

Legendary Live Blues Bar
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Grossman's Tavern
377 Spadina Ave.
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Legendary Live Blues Bar
Dancing. Check their website as the music and party is different each night.
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ROUND venue
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Dancing. Check their website as the music and party is different each night.

Food Scene

Unbelievable nachos. Energetic, gritty atmosphere. Open late. Live music bar upstairs.
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Sneaky Dee's
431 College St
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Unbelievable nachos. Energetic, gritty atmosphere. Open late. Live music bar upstairs.
Cheap food and beer with a warm bohemian atmosphere. Try the pad thai, avocado brie sandwich, and/or sangria.
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Red Room
444 Spadina Ave.
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Cheap food and beer with a warm bohemian atmosphere. Try the pad thai, avocado brie sandwich, and/or sangria.
Fast food burritos. As the name suggests, they're big and fat.
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Big Fat Burrito
238 Augusta Ave
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Fast food burritos. As the name suggests, they're big and fat.
Great great great Chinese food. Authentic.
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King's Noodle Restaurant
296 Spadina Ave.
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Great great great Chinese food. Authentic.
Delicious vegetarian food. Great fake meats. Not the cheapest place in the market.
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King's Café
192 Augusta Ave
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Delicious vegetarian food. Great fake meats. Not the cheapest place in the market.
Vietnamese fast food. Get a Vietnamese sub for only $2.25. Probably the cheapest food in the city. No seating though.
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源香 Banh Mi Nguyen Huong
322 Spadina Ave.
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Vietnamese fast food. Get a Vietnamese sub for only $2.25. Probably the cheapest food in the city. No seating though.
A strip of various decent restaurants on an attractive side street.
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Baldwin Village
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A strip of various decent restaurants on an attractive side street.
Very good Chinese food right outside our front door. Open until 4am (and 5am on Friday and Saturday nights).
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New Ho King
410 Spadina Ave.
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Very good Chinese food right outside our front door. Open until 4am (and 5am on Friday and Saturday nights).
Indian/Pakistani food. Stark atmosphere with fluorescent lighting and basic tables, but decent food at a reasonable price. It's just across the street, so you can get take out and eat it here.
Sizzler Kabab
381 Spadina Ave.
Indian/Pakistani food. Stark atmosphere with fluorescent lighting and basic tables, but decent food at a reasonable price. It's just across the street, so you can get take out and eat it here.
Truly delicious coffee. Atmosphere is both hip and relaxed.
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i deal coffee
162 Ossington Ave
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Truly delicious coffee. Atmosphere is both hip and relaxed.
Quick breakfasts. Wonderful, big, fresh bagels.
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NU Bügel
240 Augusta Ave
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Quick breakfasts. Wonderful, big, fresh bagels.
Good Vietnamese noodles and soups. The spring rolls are the best I have ever had.
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Phở Hưng
350 Spadina Ave.
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Good Vietnamese noodles and soups. The spring rolls are the best I have ever had.
Perhaps the best pizza in Toronto. Small seating area and takeout.
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Fresca Pizza and Pasta
302 College St
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Perhaps the best pizza in Toronto. Small seating area and takeout.
Google says: "Persian art decorates this go-to for Iranian fare that specializes in richly spiced stews." (We've heard some good reviews about this place.)
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Pomegranate Restaurant
420 College St
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Google says: "Persian art decorates this go-to for Iranian fare that specializes in richly spiced stews." (We've heard some good reviews about this place.)
Great food and atmosphere in this cozy breakfast/brunch spot. Saturday/Sunday mornings the place is PACKED! Prepare to wait in line. It's worth it.
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Aunties & Uncles
74 Lippincott St
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Great food and atmosphere in this cozy breakfast/brunch spot. Saturday/Sunday mornings the place is PACKED! Prepare to wait in line. It's worth it.
Google says: "Jewish & Middle East fare with acoustic tunes & a popular reservations-only Yiddish (Sunday) brunch buffet." (We've been meaning to go. It looks pretty good.)
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Free Times Cafe
320 College St
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Google says: "Jewish & Middle East fare with acoustic tunes & a popular reservations-only Yiddish (Sunday) brunch buffet." (We've been meaning to go. It looks pretty good.)
Fresh and healthy vegetarian lunch spot. Grain bowls, salads, sandwiches made to your specifications. Soups and baked goods too.
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Urban Herbivore
64 Oxford St
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Fresh and healthy vegetarian lunch spot. Grain bowls, salads, sandwiches made to your specifications. Soups and baked goods too.
Big burgers with an array of exciting and interesting toppings.
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The Burgernator
269 Augusta Ave
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Big burgers with an array of exciting and interesting toppings.
All-day breakfast. Outdoor patio.
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Kos Restaurant
61 Bellevue Ave
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All-day breakfast. Outdoor patio.
Home of the Whopper
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Burger King
267 College St
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Home of the Whopper
Big fast food chain. Fried chicken.
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Popeyes
267 College St
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Big fast food chain. Fried chicken.
Small, gourmet taco shop. Very popular.
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Seven Lives
72 Kensington Ave
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Small, gourmet taco shop. Very popular.
Caribbean vegetarian fast food shop. Try the jerk seitan. Yum!
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Veggie D’Light
160 Baldwin St
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Caribbean vegetarian fast food shop. Try the jerk seitan. Yum!
Popular shop serving Mexican sandwiches.
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Tortería San Cosme
5 Mercer Street
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Popular shop serving Mexican sandwiches.

Parks & Nature

Nice place to sit on the grass chilling with the hippies. Drinking in a public place is technically illegal in Toronto. Be discreet with your beer.
Bellevue Square
5 Bellevue Ave
Nice place to sit on the grass chilling with the hippies. Drinking in a public place is technically illegal in Toronto. Be discreet with your beer.
Good place to chill, play frisbee, and have a picnic. Drinking in a public place is technically illegal in Toronto. Be discreet with your beer.
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Trinity Bellwoods Park
790 Queen St W
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Good place to chill, play frisbee, and have a picnic. Drinking in a public place is technically illegal in Toronto. Be discreet with your beer.

Essentials

Narrow aisles means they've packed in lots of your favourite health foods.
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Essence of Life Organics
48 Kensington Ave
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Narrow aisles means they've packed in lots of your favourite health foods.
Lots of delicious cheeses. Ask to try it before you buy.
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Global Cheese Shoppe
76 Kensington Ave
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Lots of delicious cheeses. Ask to try it before you buy.
Great place to get all your fruits and veggies.
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Kensington Fruit Market
36 St Andrew St
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Great place to get all your fruits and veggies.
Inexpensive Chinese grocery store.
Hua Sheng Supermarket
299 Spadina Ave.
Inexpensive Chinese grocery store.
Beautiful, urban organic store. It's a pleasure to wander through this space and pick up some healthy foods.
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4 LIFE NATURAL FOODS
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Beautiful, urban organic store. It's a pleasure to wander through this space and pick up some healthy foods.
Standard full-service grocery store.
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Independent City Market
1022 King St W
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Standard full-service grocery store.

Shopping

Big, convenient, 24-hour pharmacy. They have a grocery department.
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Rexall
474 Spadina Ave.
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Big, convenient, 24-hour pharmacy. They have a grocery department.
Big computer stuff store. Everything you need at good prices.
Canada Computers Toronto 284
284 College St
Big computer stuff store. Everything you need at good prices.
Need cigarettes?
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7-Eleven
873 Queen St W
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Need cigarettes?
Large selection of arts and gifts.
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Blue Banana Market
250 Augusta Ave
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Large selection of arts and gifts.

Getting Around

This is where the intercity buses usually arrive and depart. An easy walk from our place.
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Toronto Coach Terminal station
610 Bay St.
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This is where the intercity buses usually arrive and depart. An easy walk from our place.
Cheapest place to rent a car in Toronto. The car might be a bit beat up though.
Wheels 4 Rent
77 Nassau St
Cheapest place to rent a car in Toronto. The car might be a bit beat up though.
Our tram meets the subway system here.
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Spadina station
7 Spadina Rd
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Our tram meets the subway system here.
Closest subway station to walk to.
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Queen's Park
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Closest subway station to walk to.

Sightseeing

Explore these little streets for vintage clothing, cafes and bars, fruit and vegetable stores, bakeries, butchers, fish markets, restaurants, arts and more.
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Kensington Market
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Explore these little streets for vintage clothing, cafes and bars, fruit and vegetable stores, bakeries, butchers, fish markets, restaurants, arts and more.
Chinese food restaurants, bubble tea houses, Chinese grocery stores, Chinese herbal medicine, even a Chinese shopping mall.
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Chinatown
292 Spadina Ave.
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Chinese food restaurants, bubble tea houses, Chinese grocery stores, Chinese herbal medicine, even a Chinese shopping mall.
It was the tallest building in the world for several decades.
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i-CN Tower
290 Bremner Blvd
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It was the tallest building in the world for several decades.