Neighbourhoods
Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown, once one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Toronto, is now a much sought-after enclave boasting restored Victorian homes, friendly neighbourhood pubs and one of the best cafes in the city. For the local gossip head to Jet Fuel, where they're so hyped on caffeine they refuse to stock decaf. Nearby Riverdale Park is home to the Riverdale Farmers' Market, one of Toronto's best, each Tuesday from May through October. And if talking to the farmers doesn't feel like you're close enough to the source, there's always the family friendly Riverdale Farm which affords a more intimate encounter.
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Absolute Bakery / Baked Goods
Absolute Bakery in Cabbagetown is packed with fresh baked treats like pies, bread, croissants, cakes and a whole lot more. ...
Ambal Trading / Grocery Stores
Ambal Trading in Cabbagetown might not be the prettiest store but they're the best in the area for hard-to-find east and west Indian products including root vegetables, fresh okra and...
Asahi Japanese Restaurant / Restaurants
Asahi used to have the monopoly on Japanese eats before Omi moved in down the street. No longer able to win over locals desperate for some fresh raw fish, it's...
Ben Wick's / Restaurants
Ben Wick's might be named after a talented cartoonist, but the food and ambiance here border on awful....
Butter Chicken Factory / Restaurants
The Butter Chicken Factory is a relatively new addition to Cabbagetown which cooks up a lot more than just its namesake butter chicken. While that dish definitely impresses, there's also...
Cabbage Town Kitchen / Restaurants
Cabbage Town Kitchen prefers to spell the neighbourhood name a little differently, but no matter. They make up for it with their succulent roast chicken dinners that are Halal certified....
Cabbagetown Barber Shop / Fashion Stores
Jim Cogliano and Frank Rosatti cut hair together at the Sheraton Centre before taking over the D.C Barbershop in 1993 and changing its name to the Cabbagetown Barber Shop. Bringing...
Cabbagetown Boxing Club / Fitness Clubs
Cabbagetown Boxing Club opened with a youth focus back in 1972, but has since grown to train fighters of all ages and skill levels to bout with the best. Its...
Cabbagetown Organic / Grocery Stores
Cabbagetown Organic is a large grocer in Cabbagetown that has a surprisingly good selected of organic and healh foods. Sadly, it's grossly overpriced....
Caroline's / Restaurants
Caroline's in Cabbagetown has that typical Cabbagetown feel - eclectic, homey and casual. The kitchen features a psychic brunch once a month and is also open for lunch and dinner....
Chew Chew's Diner / Restaurants
It might take you a second to see the connection between the mural on the side of the Chew Chew's Diner and the Cabbagetown restaurant's name. But hold your groans......
Cranberries / Restaurants
Cranberries is open for lunch and dinner through the week but it's best know for its weekend brunch where the eggs benedict and pancakes are the star attractions....
Cycle Solutions / Services
Cycle Solutions is an all-around bike store. They have a particularly wide selection of mountain bikes, but their offerings run the full gamut - from comfort to BMX to road....
Daniel et Daniel / Grocery Stores
Daniel et Daniel might make most of their money from their catering business but their small food shop in Cabbagetown is worth a visit for their freshly prepared sandwiches, muffins...
Double Take / Fashion Stores
Double Take is a massive used clothing sore on Gerrard just east of Parliament. They have a large selection of both men's and women's clothing....
Eagle Tae Kwon Do / Fitness Clubs
Eagle Tae Kwon Do offers tae kwon do classes in its Cabbagetown studio....
Eat Bulaga / Restaurants
Eat Bulaga is part convenience store, part Filipino and Chinese take-out restaurant. Go here for some cheap eats, phone cards and faxing....
Epicure Shop / Grocery Stores
The Epicure Shop is a Cabbagetown favourite for deli meats, cheeses, olives, breads, pastries, cookies and more....
F'Amelia / Restaurants
F'Amelia is an Italian restaurant in Cabbagetown that serves up fresh pasta, pizza, meat, fish, and tasty desserts including a dessert pizza comprised of Nutella, carmelized bananas and icing sugar....
Fair Trade Jewellery Co. / Fashion Stores
Fair Trade Jewellery Co. is capitalizing on increasing consumer interest in purchasing diamonds and jewellery that is fair trade and devoid of conflict (ie. blood diamonds). See our previous post...
Flying Beaver / Restaurants
The Flying Beaver is the latest pub to open in Cabbagetown - this one biling itself as a "pubaret". The difference? There's live music, karaoke, comedy nights and dancing. In...
Gourmet Burger Company / Restaurants
Fancy ground beef grillers like the Burger Shoppe and Craft Burger seem to've popped up faster than organized social behaviour in a colony of Bonobos. Earlier this year when I...
House on Parliament / Restaurants
The House On Parliament is one of those neighbourhood haunts that seem to be well represented in movies and tv, but not quite so represented in real life. Although not quite...
Hua Yu Kitchen / Restaurants
Hua Yu Kitchen looks not unlike a cafeteria, but the food here tastes good and is cheap....
J Pizza Plus / Restaurants
J Pizza Plus in Regent Park is true to its name - there's a lot more on the menu here than just pizza. Specifically, this casual corner restaurant cooks up...
JAMcafe / Restaurants
JAMcafe is a cafe-style restaurant located in Cabbagetown on Carlton street, West of Parliament. An evening only affair, 5pm until midnight, unless otherwise arranged. A cozy, private patio offers...
Jet Fuel Coffee / Cafes
Jet Fuel Coffee is pretty rock n' roll, you know. Not folky or indie or garagey, but like, the good old-fashioned kind. The kind that drives a Harley. Like...
Johnny G's / Restaurants
Johnny G's is a classic greasy spoon style diner located in Cabbagetown, on Parliament just North of Carlton. With fast and very friendly service, weekend brunch will be a pleasant...
Kendall & Co. / Design Stores
Kendall & Co. is an interesting urban hybrid. It's probably best described as a work/shop. On one side of the long space is a fine gallery of well-chosen, surprisingly...
Krishna / Restaurants
Krishna is a take-out only restaurant in Cabbagetown specializing in cheap Sri Lankan and South Indian food. ...
Labour of Love / Design Stores
Labour of Love in Cabbagetown is the sister shop to Propaganda on Yonge St. On the shelves are a random assortment of fun design objects (many made by local or...
Lennie's Whole Foods / Grocery Stores
Lennie's Whole Foods is the best of the health food stores in Cabbagetown. They stock the usual mix of natural/organic cereals, bulk products, goat milk, eco-friendly products and more. ...
Me to We / Fashion Stores
Me to We maintains a Toronto storefront nextdoor to their Toronto headquarters in Cabbagetown. On the shelves are plenty of sustainable and socially conscious fashion and design objects including jewelery,...
Menagerie Pet Shop / Services
Menagerie Pet Shop in Cabbagetown is hard to miss. Say what you want about its eclectic exterior, the inside is brimming with live animals, pet supplies and other necessities for...
Merryberry Cafe / Restaurants
Merryberry Cafe is a casual lunch spot in Cabbagetown serving a variety of sandwiches, baked goods as well as coffee and teas....
Mr. Jerk / Restaurants
Mr. Jerk is a popular Caribbean take-out restaurant serving Cabbagetown residents with some of the best jerk in the city. ...
Mylk Uncookies / Cafes
Mylk Uncookies is the epitome of homey; freshly made sweet treats, family photos on the wall, and two women eager to make you feel as comfortable as possible. "Yep, that's...
Omi Restaurant / Restaurants
Omi Japanese Restaurant in Cabbagetown serves some of the freshest and most innovative sushi in Toronto. On the menu are selections like torched Hokkaido scallop pizza, avocado unagi roll, organic...
Pear Tree / Restaurants
Pear Tree is a local restaurant in Cabbagetown that is a popular spot for weekend brunch. They also serve lunch and dinner during the week. The menu is influenced by...
Peter's Cajun Creole Pizza / Restaurants
Peter's Cajun Creole Pizza has resurfaced in Cabbagetown after a flame-out at its long-time spot near Queen and Parliament. It's a good thing for Toronto because they still make some...
Phoenix Concert Theatre / Bars
The Phoenix Concert Theatre is like a big warehouse with good sight-lines to watch live music, including a second floor mezzanine in the back....
Qi Sushi / Restaurants
Qi Sushi is a cozy sushi restaurant that has recently opened on the southern edge of Cabbagetown on Gerrard east of Parliament. On the menu? Reasonably priced nigiri, sashimi and...
Rashnaa / Restaurants
Rashnaa is a South Indian and Sri Lankan restaurant in Cabbagetown that makes a lot of good food, but nothing quite as popular its masala thosai (dosa). For a light...
St. Jamestown Delicatessen / Restaurants
St. Jamestown Delicatessen is something of a Cabbagetown institution, serving up sandwiches, soups and other lunch fare....
Stonegrill on Winchester / Restaurants
Stonegrill on Winchester isn't all about cooking meat on a stonegrill. There's a variety of interesting salads, seafood like mussels and calamari as well as non-grilled meats like root beer...
Stout Irish Pub / Restaurants
Stout Irish Pub is one of the latest additions to Cabbagetown. On tap are plenty of microbrews including Cameron's, Canuck Pale Ale and Wellington, and the kitchen churns out pub...
Sukhothai / Restaurants
Sukhothai just might be the best Thai restaurant in Toronto. The chef's a perfectionist. Please be reasonable when deciding to order something from here. You don't understand how bad I...
Sweet Creamery / Restaurants
When I ask Tom, one of the owners of the Cabbagetown ice-cream parlour Sweet Creamery, what inspired him to develop his obscene, peanut butter sucker-punch sundae 'The Parliament' he pauses...
Thai To Go / Restaurants
Thai To Go and I should get along just fine this winter. As soon as the cold weather starts to hit, the incidences of me ordering take-out goes through the...
Trend Custom Tailors / Fashion Stores
Trend Custom Tailors offer a friendly and laid back experience. Much like their master tailor, there's not a lot of pretension with this group. Located on the east side of...
Underdown Pub / Restaurants
The Underdown Pub is a new Cabbagetown pub that's easy to miss. Found in a subterranean space on Gerrard just west of Parliament, this friendly pub features live music, open...
Winchester Kitchen and bar / Restaurants
The Winchester Kitchen and Bar has taken over the revolving door of a space that was mostly recently Samovar Room. The menu is perhaps Cabbagetown's most daring and eclectic with...
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Other Neighbourhoods
- Annex
- Baldwin Village
- Bayview and Leaside
- Beaches
- Bloor West Village
- Bloorcourt
- Bloordale Village
- Cabbagetown
- Chinatown
- Church Wellesley Village
- Corktown
- Corso Italia
- Danforth
- Distillery District
- Dundas West
- East Chinatown
- Eglinton West
- Etobicoke
- Financial District
- Forest Hill Village
- Harbourfront
- Junction
- Junction Triangle
- Kensington Market
- King East
- King West
- Koreatown
- Leslieville
- Liberty Village
- Little India
- Little Italy
- Markham
- Mount Pleasant
- North York
- Ossington
- Pape Village
- Parkdale
- Port Lands
- Queen West
- Richmond Hill
- Riverside
- Roncesvalles Village
- Rosedale
- Scarborough
- St. Clair West
- St. Lawrence Market
- Upper Beaches
- West Queen West
- Yonge & Bloor
- Yonge & College
- Yonge & Dundas
- Yonge & Eglinton
- Yonge & St. Clair
- Yonge & Wellesley
- Yorkville
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