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Beaches

The Beaches (or The Beach depending on who you ask) is Toronto's top sandy destination for a bit of sunbathing, some beach volleyball or maybe just a stroll on the boardwalk. The area features four beaches - Balmy, Scaroboro, Kew and Woodbine - which means there's plenty of room to find a secluded spot. Just don't go in the water - unless swimming in a polluted lake is your thing. Cafes, yoga studios and clothing stores dot the stretch on Queen and there's plenty of local spots to beat the heat during a summer afternoon including ice cream parlour Ed's Real Scoop or fresh juice at the Wholesome Market.


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Akane-Ya Japan / Restaurants

2214 Queen Street East 416.699.0377
Akane-Ya Japan

Sushi places pepper Toronto's Beaches area. If you happen to be in the area and get peckish after a stroll on the boardwalk, neighborhood stalwart Akane Ya offers great appetizers...


Aki Da / Restaurants

1911 Queen Street East 416.691.2788
Aki Da

Located in The Beach, Aki Da serves fresh sushi, tempura and other Japanese cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner....


Alex's Falafel / Restaurants

1921 Queen Street East 416.699.3377
Alex's Falafel

Alex's Falafel in the Beach is a favourite spot for shawarma and falafel....


Ali's Tandoori Curry House / Restaurants

2306 Queen Street East 416.694.3056
Ali's Tandoori Curry House

Ali's Tandoori Curry House is a quaint Indian restaurant in the Beaches offering both take out and dine-in service....


Amuse / Restaurants

1975A Queen Street East 416.694.0004 Website
Amuse

Amuse is a neighbourhood bistro found in a home just south of Queen East in the Beaches. Mains fall in the lower to mid twenties and might include fresh pasta,...


Babes in the Beach / Fashion Stores

1963 Queen Street East 416.699.3555 Website
Babes in the Beach

Babes in the Beach sells clothing from newborn to size 16 and is particularly known for their children's snowsuits, which start arriving in the store in August. Those in the...


Balsam Bistro / Restaurants

2343 Queen St. E. 416.800.2587
Balsam Bistro

Balsam Bistro in the Beaches might not be the most obvious place for a meal. But set back a bit from the street, the restaurant has two spacious patios and...


Beach Sushi / Restaurants

2222 Queen St. E 416.691.6931
Beach Sushi

Beach Sushi is one of the many sushi joints on Queen Street East in The Beach. The sushi and sashimi here are fresh and tasty, and there are also a...


Beacher Cafe / Restaurants

2162 Queen St East 416.699.3874 Website
Beacher Cafe

Beacher cafe is a popular Queen east destination for brunch and all day breakfast. The kitchen cooks up a wide range of staples like waffles, eggs benny, french toast and...


Belgian Chocolate Shop / Grocery Stores

2455 Queen Street East 416.691.1424 Website
Belgian Chocolate Shop

The Belgian Chocolate Shop is a small chocolate shop in the Beaches that sells the usual mix of truffles, nut clusters and chocolate bars....



Best Coffee House / Cafes

2377 Queen Street East 416.686.3500
Best Coffee House

Best Coffee House, at the corner of Beech and Queen in The Beach, is a cozy cafe serving Illy coffee, tea, sandwiches and snacks. ...


Bibiche / Restaurants

2326 Queen St. East 416.463.9494 Website
Bibiche

Bibiche is a small French bistro in the Beaches with white table cloths and pink hued chairs. The menu changes regularly but generally includes classic French staples like escargot,...


Big Dog Bakery / Services

2014 Queen Street East 416.693.3364 Website
Big Dog Bakery

Big Dog Bakery in the Beaches offers a unique spin on baked goods, offering local, premium, human grade ingredients. But if you're not fond of chick pea flour and salmon...


Bikkuri (The Beaches) / Restaurants

2197 Queen Street East 416.693.5775 Website
Bikkuri (The Beaches)

Bikkuri is the de facto option for all you can eat sushi in the Beaches. Lunch is $11.99 and dinner AYCE is $18.99....


Bow Thai / Restaurants

1970 Queen Street East 416.694.8424
Bow Thai

Bow Thai is one of the Thai food options in the Beaches. The restaurant has gotten mixed reviews and usually isn't that busy....


Brick Street Bakery (Beaches) / Baked Goods

1969 Queen Street East 416.690.9900 Website
Brick Street Bakery (Beaches)

Brick Street Bakery has opened their third Toronto location - this one in the Beaches on Queen East. It's bigger and more impressive than the Leslieville one and easily assumes...


British Style Fish & Chips / Restaurants

73 Coxwell Avenue 416.698.7778
British Style Fish & Chips

British Style Fish & Chips at the corner of Coxwell and Dundas (the entrance is actually on Dundas) serves good ol' fashioned fish and chips. Options for the fryer include...


Bumbleberry Kids / Fashion Stores

1908 Queen Street East 416.691.5556
Bumbleberry Kids

Bumbleberry Kids is a store in the Beaches that makes having a baby that much more affordable for new parents. Everything here is sold on consignment. There are used toys,...


Cafe Florentin / Cafes

2010 Queen St East 647.341.2936‎
Cafe Florentin

Cafe Florentin is a quaint little cafe and lunch spot in the Beaches that offers up a European style ambiance, coffees and pastries. ...


Carload on the Beach / Grocery Stores

2038 Queen Street East 647.345.9282
Carload on the Beach

Carload on the Beach is one of the better fruit and vegetable stores. Their produce is super fresh and their prices are cheaper than many places on Queen East....



Casa di Giorgio (Beaches) / Restaurants

1646 Queen St. East 416.686.7066 Website
Casa di Giorgio (Beaches)

The Beaches location of Casa Di Giorgio is just one of a few in the Toronto area. This is a casual, family-friendly restaurant serving a range of pizza, pasta and...


Castro's Lounge / Restaurants

2116 Queen Street East 416.699.8272 Website
Castro's Lounge

Castro's Lounge is a popular pub in the Beaches best known for having one of the better beer selections in the city. The food is standard with sandwiches, wraps, pasta...


Chatelet (Beaches) / Design Stores

207 Queen St. East 416.698.2207 Website
Chatelet (Beaches)

Chatelet has two locations in Toronto including this one in the Beach. Stuff here will appeal to those who like a more traditional or country-cute look. ...


Chopping Block / Grocery Stores

2256 Queen Street East 416.690.5209
Chopping Block

The Chopping Block on Queen East in The Beach is best known for carrying naturally raised fresh meat and chicken from Rowe Farms. They also sell homemade salsas, salad dressings...


Cook It / Design Stores

1835 Queen Street East 647.349.7267
Cook It

Cook It is a kitchen supply store in the Beaches that sells a range of products (blenders, toasters, utensils) for the home....


Cut N Run / Fashion Stores

1009 Kingston Rd. 416.686.4488 Website
Cut N Run

Started as a home business, Cut 'N' Run now has a sleek location in the Upper Beaches on Kingston Road. ...


Delina / Restaurants

1891 Queen Street East 647.348.2009
Delina

Delina Restaurant just opened near Queen and Coxwell serving the area sit-in or take-out shawarma, falafel and other fast-food Mediterranean eats....


Dufflet (Beaches) / Baked Goods

1917 Queen Street East 416.699.4900 Website
Dufflet (Beaches)

The Dufflet empire is now at three stores strong in Toronto including this popular spot in the Beaches where you can pick up all of the bakeries tastes cakes, pies...


East on Queen / Restaurants

2066 Queen Street East 416.699.3278 Website
East on Queen

East on Queen is a sleek restaurant/lounge in the Beaches. The cuisine is inspired by the Mediterranean and includes mussels, calamari and lamb chops....


Ed's Real Scoop / Restaurants

2224 Queen Street East 416.699.6100
Ed's Real Scoop

Ed's Real Scoop makes all natural ice cream in The Beach. Owner and ice cream aficionado Ed Francis makes over 80 flavours including pumpkin, creme brulee and raspberry with white...



Ella Minnow Children's Bookstore / Bookstore

1915 Queen Street East 416.698.2665 Website
Ella Minnow Children's Bookstore

Ella Minnow is a great little bookstore in the Beaches that specializes in children's books. They also have a small selection of toys and some pets in the back....


Femistique / Fashion Stores

1817 Queen Street East 416.686.6807
Femistique

Femistique is the go to source in the Beaches for lingerie....


Fill Station / Restaurants

2282 Queen St. East 416.693.9333 Website
Fill Station

The Fill Station in the Beaches is all about big screen sports, Guitar Hero contests and pub food ranging from potato skins to chicken wings to philly cheese steak sandwiches....


Fitzgerald's Pub & Grill / Restaurants

2298 Queen St. House 416.698.8588
Fitzgerald's Pub & Grill

Fitzgerald's Pub & Grill isn't your standard watering hole in the Beaches. Sure, there's imported beer on tap, sports on TV and occasional Scrabble tournaments, but the draw here is...


Garden Gate / Restaurants

2379 Queen St East 416-694-3605
Garden Gate

When this west end girl goes east, she takes the advice of the locals to heart... and "The Goof" (nickname explanation here) has been on the recommended list for a...


Green Basil / Restaurants

2120 Queen Street East 416.698.2120 Website
Green Basil

Green Basil is an Asian restaurant in the Beaches with a mainly Thai-focused menu. This place is sleek with white banquets. On the menu are the standard Thai favourites like...


Green by Nature / Design Stores

2054 Queen Street East 416.691.5277
Green by Nature

Green by Nature is a local florist in the Beaches that's a good bet for a last minute gift or some flowers for home....


Green Eggplant / Restaurants

1968 Queen Street East 416.913.3361 Website
Green Eggplant

The Green Eggplant in The Beach serves big portions of fresh fish, aged steaks, salads and grilled sandwiches. They are open for brunch, lunch and dinner....


Harvest Cafe & Fine Foods / Grocery Stores

1856 Queen Street East 416.699.4343
Harvest Cafe & Fine Foods

Harvest Cafe & Fine Foods is part cafe, part specialty food store. Inside they sell coffee, tea, sandwiches, soups and prepared foods to take home....


Hudson Blooms / Design Stores

2230 Queen Street East 416.850.7848
Hudson Blooms

Hudson Blooms is a great little florist in the Beach that stocks fresh cut flowers at reasonable prices....



Ivory Parade / Design Stores

2096 Queen Street East 416.699.2626 Website
Ivory Parade

Ivory Parade has two stores in Toronto including this one in the Beaches. They sells a bunch of gifts, trinkets and other design objects like cards, stationary, jewelery and handbags....


Japango (Beaches) / Restaurants

2209 Queen St East 416.690.5959
Japango (Beaches)

Japango at 2209 Queen St. East is one of two Japango locations in Toronto - the other one being the insanely popular location near City Hall. ...


Kakayo Chocolate / Grocery Stores

1584 Queen Street East 647.346.2936 Website
Kakayo Chocolate

As a chocolate junkie and a former chocolate store employee, I used to assume that I knew everything there was to know about this delicious confection. After paying a visit...


Kids at Home / Fashion Stores

2086 Queen Street East 416.698.9726 Website
Kids at Home

Kids at Home in the Beaches in the east end's equivalent to Ella + Elliot. They have a great, stylish selection of cribs/bedding and other kid-friendly furniture. ...


Lapin Calin / Fashion Stores

1918A Queen Street East 416.690.1918
Lapin Calin

Lapin Calin is a kid-friendly store in the Beaches that specializes in clothes for kids....


Life is Sweet / Baked Goods

2328 Queen Street East 416.698.0555
Life is Sweet

Life is Sweet is a cupcake house in The Beach. In addition to freshly baked cupcakes, Life is Sweet also sells Mountain Estates coffee and Pippins specialty teas....


Lion on the Beach / Restaurants

1958 Queen Street East 416.690.1984
Lion on the Beach

Lion on the Beach has to have one of the best patios in the Beaches. Actually, there are two patios but who's counting. Great for a beer and some pub...


Little Tots Hair Shop / Fashion Stores

1926 Queen Street East 416.691.9190 Website
Little Tots Hair Shop

Little Tots Hair Shop is a cute little hair salon on Queen East that specializes in cutting kids hair. Prices are cheap (less than $20) and they do adult hair...


Living Lighting / Design Stores

1841 Queen St. East 416.690.2544 Website
Living Lighting

Living Lighting is a chain of lighting stores with three locations in Toronto including this one on Queen East in the Beaches....


Mars Beach Diner / Restaurants

1987 Queen Street East 416.690.6906
Mars Beach Diner

The Mars Beach Diner needs an update. Most diners that have been around this long has some sort of charm that make them endearing, but not this one. Time for...



Meat on the Beach / Grocery Stores

1860 Queen Street East 416.690.1228 Website
Meat on the Beach

Meat on the Beach specializes in naturally raised meats and poultry including Black Angus beef, pork, veal, lamb, and air chilled chickens, turkey and geese. They also stock fresh pasta,...


Murphy's Law / Restaurants

1702 Queen Street E 416.690.5516 Website
Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law uses the classic recipe of pub fare + pint + Irish theme. This pub would be like any other if not for its impressive rooftop patio. High-up and...


Nevada Restaurant / Restaurants

1963 Queen Street East 416.691.8462
Nevada Restaurant

Nevada Restaurant in the Beaches offers yet another patio option for lunch or dinner. The rotating prix fixe menu seems to be a popular option....


O'Malleys in the Beach / Restaurants

2375 Queen Street East 416.913.4152 Website
O'Malleys in the Beach

O'Malley's in the Beach is a local Irish Pub on Queen East that draws locals for beer, live music, pool, pub food like spring rolls and chicken strips. ...


Papa Sol's / Restaurants

1966 Queen St. East 647.345.3006
Papa Sol's

Papa Sol's has recently opened in the former home of Cottage on the Beach. While there is limited seating, this is mainly a take-out spot to grab one of their...


Purple Thumb / Fashion Stores

1887 Queen Street East 647.349.1009 Website
Purple Thumb

The Purple Thumb is a small boutique in the Beaches that sells locally made and ethically produced products. Check out the list of designers currently featured in store....


Quigley's / Restaurants

2232 Queen Street East 416.699.9998 Website
Quigley's

Quigley's in the Beaches surprises with better than average pub food like Pad Thai, baby back ribs, mussels and calamari. There's also a good list of wine options (for a...


Real Taste of India / Restaurants

1698 Queen Street East 416.686.8146
Real Taste of India

Real Taste of India is just east of Coxwell on the eastern edge of the Beaches. ...


Remarkable Bean / Cafes

2242 Queen Street East 416.690.2420
Remarkable Bean

The Remarkable Bean turned my Saturday afternoon from a thumb-twiddler to something more special than I had bargained for. If the name is a boast, I'll go ahead and condone...


Sauvignon Bistro / Restaurants

1862 Queen Street East 416.686.1998 Website
Sauvignon Bistro

Sauvignon Bistro is one of the pricier bistros in the Beaches neighbourhood with most mains in the mid to high twenties. Recent options included duck confit, Lake Erie pickerel and...



Siam Thai / Restaurants

1959 Queen Street East 416.691.7426 Website
Siam Thai

Siam Thai is an authentic Thai restaurant on Queen East in the Beaches....


Soup Noodles Pub / Restaurants

2222 Queen Street East 416.691.6260
Soup Noodles Pub

Soup Noodles Pub is a tiny little eatery in the Beaches serving tasty bowls of, uh, noodle soup!...


Spiaggia / Restaurants

2318 Queen Street East 416.699.4656 Website
Spiaggia

Spiaggia restaurant in the east end of the Beaches offer prix fixe and a la carte Italian fare including pasta, chicken, veal and tiramisu....


The Pie Shack / Baked Goods

2305 Queen St E 647.351.1411 Website
The Pie Shack

"Listen, I'm a pie man," says Tim McConvey, owner of the new Pie Shack in the Beaches. "Me with no pie is like an Esso with no gas." He looks...


The Tulip / Restaurants

1606 Queen Street East 416.469.5797
The Tulip

Somewhere between Leslieville and The Beaches lies a modest strip of Queen East where The Tulip's big yellow sign (or at least two-thirds of it) light up the street. ...


Vi Vetha / Restaurants

2485 Queen St. East 416.686.5688 Website
Vi Vetha

Vi Vetha is a family run bistro on the far eastern edge of the Beaches. The menu features veal and mushroom sandwiches, a huge range of pasta (including gluten free...


Whitlock's / Restaurants

1961 Queen Street East 416.691.8784 Website
Whitlock's

A good bet for brunch in The Beach, Whitlock's features a brunch buffet on Sundays. Good for pancakes and waffles....


Wholesome Market / Grocery Stores

2234 Queen St. East 416.690.9500
Wholesome Market

The Wholesome Market is a health food store in the Beach that has a good selection of organic and natural products including baked goods, nuts, eggs, soy products, pasta, soups...


Wild Earth Bakery and Cafe / Baked Goods

2142 Queen St. E 647.348.0202 Website
Wild Earth Bakery and Cafe

Wild Earth Bakery is shiny and brand new. And there's something refreshing about stepping into this Beaches bakery. For one thing, the tables and chairs match, quite the anomaly...


Yoshi's Sweets / Baked Goods

2359 Queen Street East 416.907.9663 Website
Yoshi's Sweets

Yoshi's Sweets on Queen East in the Beaches bakes up a range of tasty sweets and hot out of the oven treats including scones, tarts, croissants and cookies....



Yumei Sushi / Restaurants

2116 Queen St. East 416.698.7705
Yumei Sushi

Yumei Sushi is one of the many sushi options in the Beaches. ...


Zane's Patisserie & Boulangerie / Baked Goods

1852 Queen St E. 416.690.2813
Zane's Patisserie & Boulangerie

We go bursting into Zane's in a flurry of cold air, loud with hats and scarves and camera gear that gets dumped on two of only a few metal stools...



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