Guidebook for Toronto
Drinks & Nightlife
Live music every night. Secret back patio. Tell the bartender you're Victoria's guest!
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Not My Dog
1510 Queen St WLive music every night. Secret back patio. Tell the bartender you're Victoria's guest!
The Rhino
1249 Queen St WThe most beers on tap. Free pool/billiards.
Multi-room place with a trendy cocktail lounge, fancy restaurant, cafe, multiple patios, fashionable good looking patrons dressed up for a night out, and live music sometimes.
538 abantu bendawo batusa
The Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St WMulti-room place with a trendy cocktail lounge, fancy restaurant, cafe, multiple patios, fashionable good looking patrons dressed up for a night out, and live music sometimes.
Adult colouring on Thursdays, Lego and Lagers on Tuesdays, Karaoke Friday & Saturdays, fun workshops, and live music.
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Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St WAdult colouring on Thursdays, Lego and Lagers on Tuesdays, Karaoke Friday & Saturdays, fun workshops, and live music.
Food Scene
Award-winning doughnuts. So good they will haunt your dreams forever.
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Glory Hole Doughnuts
130 Queen St WAward-winning doughnuts. So good they will haunt your dreams forever.
This is the hipster coffee shop. If you can get a seat this is the place to sit with your laptop and look cool.
103 abantu bendawo batusa
Capital Espresso
1349 Queen St WThis is the hipster coffee shop. If you can get a seat this is the place to sit with your laptop and look cool.
My favourite restaurant around. Small plates, killer cocktails, ask about the lettuce meal (which is actually a really meat-heavy meal but a great value, feeds two for $20!).
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Chantecler Restaurant | Boucherie
1318 Queen St WMy favourite restaurant around. Small plates, killer cocktails, ask about the lettuce meal (which is actually a really meat-heavy meal but a great value, feeds two for $20!).
We call this place "hipster taco". That should explain everything you need to know.
292 abantu bendawo batusa
Grand Electric Parkdale
1330 Queen St WWe call this place "hipster taco". That should explain everything you need to know.
This place opened because hipster taco's lineups were so long they wanted a sister restaurant nearby to make more money. This is a greasy american style BBQ place.
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Electric Mud BBQ
5 Brock AveThis place opened because hipster taco's lineups were so long they wanted a sister restaurant nearby to make more money. This is a greasy american style BBQ place.
Everything Else
Fresh pastries and the most delicious espresso on the block.
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The Tempered Room
1374 Queen St WFresh pastries and the most delicious espresso on the block.
A cheap and somewhat crappy No Frills grocery but it's cheap and close if you're buying crappy stuff like bologna and cream cheese.
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Vi's No Frills
1435 King St WA cheap and somewhat crappy No Frills grocery but it's cheap and close if you're buying crappy stuff like bologna and cream cheese.
Walk down this alley which is totally hidden unless you know where to look. It's all graffiti art murals! Changes all the time. Pretty & gritty.
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Graffiti Alley
Graffiti AlleyWalk down this alley which is totally hidden unless you know where to look. It's all graffiti art murals! Changes all the time. Pretty & gritty.
Arguably Toronto's coolest neighbourhood. Vintage clothing. Small fruit & vegetable, meat and cheese vendors. Marijuana cafes. In the summer lots of hippies hanging around with drums. Etc.
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Kensington Market
Arguably Toronto's coolest neighbourhood. Vintage clothing. Small fruit & vegetable, meat and cheese vendors. Marijuana cafes. In the summer lots of hippies hanging around with drums. Etc.
Essentials
The biggest & least-expensive grocery with a huge selection!
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Peter's No Frills
2150 Burnhamthorpe Rd WThe biggest & least-expensive grocery with a huge selection!
Easy-to-access grocery store with lots of selection, not as big or glorious as Peter's No Frills, and a little more expensive.
339 abantu bendawo batusa
FreshCo
22 Northcote AveEasy-to-access grocery store with lots of selection, not as big or glorious as Peter's No Frills, and a little more expensive.
Shopping
Big variety of cheap crap. Great if you forgot something like a pen or toothbrush.
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Dollarama
700 Lawrence Ave WBig variety of cheap crap. Great if you forgot something like a pen or toothbrush.
Pharmacy directly across the street if you need something like toothpaste or nail polish.
Parkdale Guardian Pharmacy
1514 Queen St WPharmacy directly across the street if you need something like toothpaste or nail polish.