Guidebook for Toronto

David
Guidebook for Toronto

Entertainment & Activities

Great park with a cool "spider web" climbing structure to clamber around on, and a miniature rock-climbing wall. An easy walk from our place.
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Jean Sibelius Square
50 Kendal Ave
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Great park with a cool "spider web" climbing structure to clamber around on, and a miniature rock-climbing wall. An easy walk from our place.
A fun park with a pirate-ship themed climbing structure, swings, and a sandbox/water play area -- plus a wading pool in the summer! Right at the end of the street, maybe a minute's walk.
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Vermont Square Park
819 Palmerston Ave
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A fun park with a pirate-ship themed climbing structure, swings, and a sandbox/water play area -- plus a wading pool in the summer! Right at the end of the street, maybe a minute's walk.
Big public park with soccer and baseball fields, a playground, and an outdoor public pool (summer only, naturally). About 1 km away from our place.
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Taman Christie Pits
750 Bloor St W
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Big public park with soccer and baseball fields, a playground, and an outdoor public pool (summer only, naturally). About 1 km away from our place.
The William Bolton arena ("Bill Bolton") houses a skating rink, with some family skate times available.
Bill Bolton Arena
40 Rossmore Rd
The William Bolton arena ("Bill Bolton") houses a skating rink, with some family skate times available.

Essentials

Grocery with a wide selection of Italian foods, very strong on deli meats and cheeses.
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Fiesta Farms
200 Christie St
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Grocery with a wide selection of Italian foods, very strong on deli meats and cheeses.
Loblaws is one of the biggest chains in Canada, and has a good wide-ranging selection that should cover most of your needs. Includes a pharmacy.
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Loblaws
585 Queen St W
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Loblaws is one of the biggest chains in Canada, and has a good wide-ranging selection that should cover most of your needs. Includes a pharmacy.

Everything Else

Big (three-storey) used bookstore with all kinds of stuff.
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BMV
Spadina Avenue
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Big (three-storey) used bookstore with all kinds of stuff.
Dupont Station is on the north-south line; use it to head down to the CN Tower (Union station), the ROM (Museum station), or anywhere on the loop that runs through downtown Toronto.
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Dupont station
263 Dupont St
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Dupont Station is on the north-south line; use it to head down to the CN Tower (Union station), the ROM (Museum station), or anywhere on the loop that runs through downtown Toronto.
Bathurst Station is on the main east-west line; use it to go out to Greektown (around Pape station), or over to Yonge St. (Bloor/Yonge station), skipping over the top of the north-south loop.
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Bathurst Station
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Bathurst Station is on the main east-west line; use it to go out to Greektown (around Pape station), or over to Yonge St. (Bloor/Yonge station), skipping over the top of the north-south loop.
Bloor St between Bathurst and Christie is full of Korean restaurants. Not the fancy grills, but more Korean home cooking. Korean food is served with several small side dishes of marinated vegetables.
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Koreatown
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Bloor St between Bathurst and Christie is full of Korean restaurants. Not the fancy grills, but more Korean home cooking. Korean food is served with several small side dishes of marinated vegetables.

Food Scene

Really good Thai food. Their green chicken curry is a particular favourite of ours. And this whole stretch of Bloor (Bathurst to Spadina) is packed with great restaurants.
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Thai Basil
467 Bloor St W
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Really good Thai food. Their green chicken curry is a particular favourite of ours. And this whole stretch of Bloor (Bathurst to Spadina) is packed with great restaurants.
The Friendly Greek is one of a bunch of great places to go for tasty Greek food, out on the Danforth (Pape Stn on the E-W Bloor line). Hit a bakery and try some loukomades (dough soaked in honey).
The Friendly Greek Mediterranean Grill
494 Danforth Avenue
The Friendly Greek is one of a bunch of great places to go for tasty Greek food, out on the Danforth (Pape Stn on the E-W Bloor line). Hit a bakery and try some loukomades (dough soaked in honey).
Ka-Chi is famed for pork bone soup (Gamja tang) - pork neck bones simmered to tenderness, with spices and vegetables. The default is very spicy, but feel free to ask for a lower spice level.
Ka-Chi
Ka-Chi is famed for pork bone soup (Gamja tang) - pork neck bones simmered to tenderness, with spices and vegetables. The default is very spicy, but feel free to ask for a lower spice level.
Sunrise House on the north side of Bloor is a small place, and one of our favourites. Try the bulgogi with pork and squid - a sweet and spicy mixture served with rice on the side.
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Sunrise House
661 Bloor St W
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Sunrise House on the north side of Bloor is a small place, and one of our favourites. Try the bulgogi with pork and squid - a sweet and spicy mixture served with rice on the side.
Chinatown runs along and around Spadina, from about College down to Queen. A semi-infinite number of restaurants to choose from.
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Chinatown
292 Spadina Ave.
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Chinatown runs along and around Spadina, from about College down to Queen. A semi-infinite number of restaurants to choose from.
Hard to describe the tasty food on offer, here. "Fusion home cooking", maybe? It's good, whatever you call it.
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Chadwick's Craft Kitchen & Bar
268 Howland Ave
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Hard to describe the tasty food on offer, here. "Fusion home cooking", maybe? It's good, whatever you call it.
Love butter chicken or chickpea curry? Of course you do, you're a person of discernment, I can tell. But do you wish they came wrapped in a burritoesque naan bread shell? Roti Cuisine has you covered.
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Roti Cuisine Of India
308 Dupont St
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Love butter chicken or chickpea curry? Of course you do, you're a person of discernment, I can tell. But do you wish they came wrapped in a burritoesque naan bread shell? Roti Cuisine has you covered.
Tasty Italian sandwiches, just around the corner from our place ... Open only for weekday lunches, 11am to 3pm.
Amore Fine Foods
934 Manning Avenue
Tasty Italian sandwiches, just around the corner from our place ... Open only for weekday lunches, 11am to 3pm.
Good pad thai and other Thai staples, off the menu or as a buffet.
Real Thailand Restaurant
570 Bloor St W
Good pad thai and other Thai staples, off the menu or as a buffet.

Shopping

Local pharmacy. Also sells cosmetics, video games, postage stamps, and baguettes, because why not?
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Shoppers Drug Mart
620 Keele St
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Local pharmacy. Also sells cosmetics, video games, postage stamps, and baguettes, because why not?

Arts & Culture

The Second City theatres in Toronto and Chicago are world-famous, and have produced an incredible number of top comics. Take in a show, or try their Monday evening drop-in improv class!
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The Second City Toronto
110 Mercer St
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The Second City theatres in Toronto and Chicago are world-famous, and have produced an incredible number of top comics. Take in a show, or try their Monday evening drop-in improv class!

Sightseeing

They have dinosaurs. Well, dinosaur skeletons -- actual dinosaurs roaming the halls would be a huge safety hazard, don't be silly. Suits of armour and mummies, too.
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Museum Ontario Kerajaan
100 Queens Park
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They have dinosaurs. Well, dinosaur skeletons -- actual dinosaurs roaming the halls would be a huge safety hazard, don't be silly. Suits of armour and mummies, too.
A nice collection of art.
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Galeri Seni Ontario
317 Dundas St W
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A nice collection of art.
One of the best science museums in the world: a huge space with all kinds of displays and exhibits, and an Omnimax (IMAX) theatre. You can easily spend a day seeing it all.
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Ontario Science Centre
770 Don Mills Rd.
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One of the best science museums in the world: a huge space with all kinds of displays and exhibits, and an Omnimax (IMAX) theatre. You can easily spend a day seeing it all.
A bit expensive, but it's a really nicely set up aquarium. We love the underwater tunnel where the sharks and rays and so forth swim all around you. And the wall of jellyfish is a lot of fun.
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Akuarium Ripley Kanada
288 Bremner Blvd
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A bit expensive, but it's a really nicely set up aquarium. We love the underwater tunnel where the sharks and rays and so forth swim all around you. And the wall of jellyfish is a lot of fun.
It's a Toronto cliché for a reason: our most famous feature. Most natives have either never been to the top, or went there decades ago on a school trip ... but we're fond of the Tower anyway.
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Menara CN
290 Bremner Blvd
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It's a Toronto cliché for a reason: our most famous feature. Most natives have either never been to the top, or went there decades ago on a school trip ... but we're fond of the Tower anyway.
A Toronto landmark: an early 20th century mansion that some rich guy built in the shape of a bleeping castle. Can be fun to look around, though perhaps not if you're used to seeing actual castles.
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Casa Loma
1 Austin Terrace
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A Toronto landmark: an early 20th century mansion that some rich guy built in the shape of a bleeping castle. Can be fun to look around, though perhaps not if you're used to seeing actual castles.