Guidebook for Toronto

Natalie
Guidebook for Toronto

Food Scene

A nice place to sit and work, with great home-roasted coffee and some nice lunch offerings.
Crosscut Coffee
1142 Davenport Rd
A nice place to sit and work, with great home-roasted coffee and some nice lunch offerings.
Nice atmosphere.
6 habitants recommandent
The Davenport
440 Christie St
6 habitants recommandent
Nice atmosphere.
A neighbourhood gem, this place is on a residential street yet usually packed. Yummy and healthy local breakfast, lunch, and snack food, free wifi, and an outdoor patio. Great place to work, read or hang out with friends.
49 habitants recommandent
Contra Café
1028 Shaw St
49 habitants recommandent
A neighbourhood gem, this place is on a residential street yet usually packed. Yummy and healthy local breakfast, lunch, and snack food, free wifi, and an outdoor patio. Great place to work, read or hang out with friends.
Quiet, with yummy French treats and popular for weekend bistro brunch.
43 habitants recommandent
Pain Perdu
736 St Clair Ave W
43 habitants recommandent
Quiet, with yummy French treats and popular for weekend bistro brunch.
This place wins out just for proximity. It’s a popular, hip hang-out with fun décor, a great patio, a juke box, and variable food and service. Open from 5pm to 2 am Mon-Sat, 12pm to 2am Sun.
30 habitants recommandent
The Gem Bar & Grill
1159 Davenport Rd
30 habitants recommandent
This place wins out just for proximity. It’s a popular, hip hang-out with fun décor, a great patio, a juke box, and variable food and service. Open from 5pm to 2 am Mon-Sat, 12pm to 2am Sun.
Best value great food I’ve found in the city! Delicious Mediterranean food, friendly service, lovely ambience. Great for a cosy date or if you’re just in need of some good quality food.
Barista & Chef
1006 St Clair Ave W
Best value great food I’ve found in the city! Delicious Mediterranean food, friendly service, lovely ambience. Great for a cosy date or if you’re just in need of some good quality food.
Charming, family-owned, quiet, pleasant feel, yummy food at reasonable prices.
12 habitants recommandent
Savera Indian Cuisine
815 St Clair Ave W
12 habitants recommandent
Charming, family-owned, quiet, pleasant feel, yummy food at reasonable prices.
Great food, much of it locally sourced, live music, rotating local art exhibits, and a cozy vibe.
29 habitants recommandent
Dave's... On St. Clair
730 St Clair Ave W
29 habitants recommandent
Great food, much of it locally sourced, live music, rotating local art exhibits, and a cozy vibe.
Cozy atmosphere, and a really fun place to eat with friends. They have a selection of 40 appetizer-sized Middle-Eastern dishes, including 25 veg choices, that you can mix, match and share.
14 habitants recommandent
Mezzetta Restaurant & Tapas Br
681 St Clair Ave W
14 habitants recommandent
Cozy atmosphere, and a really fun place to eat with friends. They have a selection of 40 appetizer-sized Middle-Eastern dishes, including 25 veg choices, that you can mix, match and share.
Authentic Mexican food, great back patio and friendly service.
6 habitants recommandent
El Rincon Mexicano
6 habitants recommandent
Authentic Mexican food, great back patio and friendly service.
The pizza is delish, and you can get it by the slice. Good if you don't have time to cook. It's literally 1 minute away!
6 habitants recommandent
Dante's Inferno Paninoteca
1151 Davenport Rd
6 habitants recommandent
The pizza is delish, and you can get it by the slice. Good if you don't have time to cook. It's literally 1 minute away!

Sightseeing

A mock medieval castle, this 98-room mansion has lovely grounds and can be a fun jogging destination and a place for kids to exercise their imaginations.
1217 habitants recommandent
Casa Loma
1 Austin Terrace
1217 habitants recommandent
A mock medieval castle, this 98-room mansion has lovely grounds and can be a fun jogging destination and a place for kids to exercise their imaginations.
Great for families, also some great exhibits and events too.
2332 habitants recommandent
Musée royal de l'Ontario
100 Queens Park
2332 habitants recommandent
Great for families, also some great exhibits and events too.
This is not so much a park as a secluded private municipality with some lovely winding roads, a pond, and a tennis court. A nice place for a stroll. Accessible from Davenport or Tyrrel.
29 habitants recommandent
Wychwood Park
29 habitants recommandent
This is not so much a park as a secluded private municipality with some lovely winding roads, a pond, and a tennis court. A nice place for a stroll. Accessible from Davenport or Tyrrel.

Parks & Nature

The park has a community garden, including a medicine wheel garden, tennis courts, a children’s play park and wading pool, and a relatively wild, treed hill.
12 habitants recommandent
Hillcrest Park
950 Davenport Rd
12 habitants recommandent
The park has a community garden, including a medicine wheel garden, tennis courts, a children’s play park and wading pool, and a relatively wild, treed hill.
An Artscape development, it includes community gardens, volleyball grounds, an off-leash area, a play park and a farmer’s market.
85 habitants recommandent
Parc Wychwood Barns
76 Wychwood Ave
85 habitants recommandent
An Artscape development, it includes community gardens, volleyball grounds, an off-leash area, a play park and a farmer’s market.
Community gardens, running track, pergola, indoor swimming pool.
38 habitants recommandent
Earlscourt Park
Lansdowne Avenue
38 habitants recommandent
Community gardens, running track, pergola, indoor swimming pool.
outdoor swimming pool, rink, baseball and soccer fields, grassy expanses, treed areas and picnic tables, frequent community events, and great slopes for toboganning.
246 habitants recommandent
Parc Christie Pits
750 Bloor St W
246 habitants recommandent
outdoor swimming pool, rink, baseball and soccer fields, grassy expanses, treed areas and picnic tables, frequent community events, and great slopes for toboganning.
This is the heart of a really hip, community-oriented neighbourhood. The park has some nice sitting areas, picnic tables, bonfire pits, a community oven, a reflexology walk, and a farmer’s market.
208 habitants recommandent
Parc Dufferin Grove
875 Dufferin St
208 habitants recommandent
This is the heart of a really hip, community-oriented neighbourhood. The park has some nice sitting areas, picnic tables, bonfire pits, a community oven, a reflexology walk, and a farmer’s market.
Next to Casa Loma, an old Edwardian home that hosts strawberry festivals and summer concerts. Admission to the lovely gardens is free.
50 habitants recommandent
Spadina Museum
285 Spadina Rd
50 habitants recommandent
Next to Casa Loma, an old Edwardian home that hosts strawberry festivals and summer concerts. Admission to the lovely gardens is free.
This is a big city park in a hip neighbourhood, with grassy and treed areas, slacklines for tightrope walking, playground and wading pool, ice rink, playing and softball fields, volleyball court, and an off-leash area. The site of drum-and-dance circles (Hurray for Fun) in the summer.
590 habitants recommandent
Trinity - Bellwoods
590 habitants recommandent
This is a big city park in a hip neighbourhood, with grassy and treed areas, slacklines for tightrope walking, playground and wading pool, ice rink, playing and softball fields, volleyball court, and an off-leash area. The site of drum-and-dance circles (Hurray for Fun) in the summer.
One of the city’s largest parks, with a pond, zoo, café and restaurant, labyrinth, picnic areas, greenhouses, sports fields, gardening plots, hiking trails, playgrounds, off-leash areas and more.
494 habitants recommandent
High Park Subway Station
494 habitants recommandent
One of the city’s largest parks, with a pond, zoo, café and restaurant, labyrinth, picnic areas, greenhouses, sports fields, gardening plots, hiking trails, playgrounds, off-leash areas and more.

Essentials

Best full supermarket in the neighbourhood as far as I’m concerned. It’s on Christie S of Dupont, a 4-min drive or 6-min cycle. It’s family run and one of the few independent supermarkets in town. They partner with local entrepreneurs and community organizations and have lots of local, organic, eco-friendly products. Like Karma Coop, they make it easy to consume in a way that’s good for you, other living beings, and the planet. I enjoy the music, the knowledgeable and friendly staff, and the community feel. They also have a great garden centre.
184 habitants recommandent
Fiesta Farms
200 Christie St
184 habitants recommandent
Best full supermarket in the neighbourhood as far as I’m concerned. It’s on Christie S of Dupont, a 4-min drive or 6-min cycle. It’s family run and one of the few independent supermarkets in town. They partner with local entrepreneurs and community organizations and have lots of local, organic, eco-friendly products. Like Karma Coop, they make it easy to consume in a way that’s good for you, other living beings, and the planet. I enjoy the music, the knowledgeable and friendly staff, and the community feel. They also have a great garden centre.
banking, flowers, fresh bakery, sandwiches, salad bar, you name it…
1112 habitants recommandent
Loblaws
585 Queen St W
1112 habitants recommandent
banking, flowers, fresh bakery, sandwiches, salad bar, you name it…
nearby.
60 habitants recommandent
Sobeys Dupont
840 Dupont St
60 habitants recommandent
nearby.
Close by, cheapest option.
64 habitants recommandent
Luciano's No Frills
243 Alberta Ave
64 habitants recommandent
Close by, cheapest option.

Entertainment & Activities

I love this place and its owner, J-P. They do flow yoga, both active and restorative, as well as worskhops and events.
Ahimsa Yoga Toronto
440 Bloor St W
I love this place and its owner, J-P. They do flow yoga, both active and restorative, as well as worskhops and events.
One of Toronto’s leading Pilates studios, with a full schedule of drop-in classes.
Body Harmonics Dupont
672 Dupont St
One of Toronto’s leading Pilates studios, with a full schedule of drop-in classes.
Deeply reflective yoga, has been here for almost 35 years!
Esther Myers Yoga Studio
390 Dupont St
Deeply reflective yoga, has been here for almost 35 years!
Drop-in classes.
8 habitants recommandent
Modo Yoga St Clair West
934 St Clair Ave W
8 habitants recommandent
Drop-in classes.
Prana flow and restorative yin yoga, private yoga therapy, satsang and chanting.
Yoga Therapy Toronto
692 Bloor St W
Prana flow and restorative yin yoga, private yoga therapy, satsang and chanting.
Check out: -Ecstatic Dance Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-9:30 pm -The Move on Fridays 7:30-9:30 pm -Contact Improv Jam Sundays 11 am -1 pm -Contact Improv Jam with live music Wednesdays 6-8:30 pm They also are the site of 5 Rhythms, swing, salsa, tango, belly, 80's, country, Irish folk, English and waltz dances, capoeira, dance therapy, and expressive arts.
18 habitants recommandent
Dovercourt House
805 Dovercourt Rd
18 habitants recommandent
Check out: -Ecstatic Dance Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-9:30 pm -The Move on Fridays 7:30-9:30 pm -Contact Improv Jam Sundays 11 am -1 pm -Contact Improv Jam with live music Wednesdays 6-8:30 pm They also are the site of 5 Rhythms, swing, salsa, tango, belly, 80's, country, Irish folk, English and waltz dances, capoeira, dance therapy, and expressive arts.
Part of the global Shambhala network in the tradition of Chogyam Trunga, this centre offers meditation instruction and group practice, contemplative arts (including photography, ikebana, Qigong) and wisdom teachings.
Shambhala Meditation Centre of Toronto
670 Bloor St W
Part of the global Shambhala network in the tradition of Chogyam Trunga, this centre offers meditation instruction and group practice, contemplative arts (including photography, ikebana, Qigong) and wisdom teachings.