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Distillery District
Once home to the largest distillery in the British Empire, Toronto's restored Distillery District features the continent's best-preserved collection of Victorian Industrial Architecture. It's a stunning backdrop for the local restaurants, design stores, cafes and art galleries; most of which feature post and beam finishes, amazing natural light and expansive ceilings. Don't miss the Case Goods Warehouse, home to local artist studios, custom jewellery, crafts and workshops.
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A Taste of Quebec / Grocery Stores
It's Sunday afternoon and I'm nibbling cheese in the Distillery District at A Taste of Quebec. But this isn't just any cheese. This cheese is made from cows that are...
Akroyd Furniture / Design Stores
Akroyd Furniture designs and builds all kinds of furniture - dining tables, beds, coffee tables, chairs, desks, even whole kitchens. They have a sharp new showroom in the Case Goods...
Archeo Trattoria / Restaurants
Open for lunch and dinner, Archeo Trattoria's kitchen whips up, what else, Italian! The menu includes option such as caprese salad, pasta, pizza, trout and veal osso bucco. ...
Artemide / Design Stores
Artemide is a high end lighting company with a retail showroom in the Distillery District. You can find it in the triangle part of the condo building at Mill St....
Balzac's Coffee / Cafes
Balzac's Coffee in the Distillery is a good place to curl up with the weekend paper over a coffee and energy cookie on the comfy chairs upstairs. When the weather...
Bergo / Design Stores
Bergo features the creations of internationally recognized designers and architects, such as Phillippe Starck Frank Gehry, Karim Rashid and Michael Graves. The store sells a number of unique items including...
Blackbird Vintage Finds / Design Stores
Blackbird Vintage Finds in the Distillery District is owner Paula DiRenzo's second take on vintage décor. She decided to close up her previous store, Fleur de Terre, which was on...
Blossom Lounge / Fashion Stores
Blossom Lounge opened around two months ago, and is rather hard to spot on a simple meander through the Distillery District's cobblestone streets, with virtually no streetside presence. Located inside...
Blue Dot Gallery / Galleries
The Blue Dot Gallery represents a number of contemporary Canadian artists. It's also a popular venue for parties and other events. ...
Boiler House / Restaurants
The Boiler House in the Distillery quickly overtakes childhood memories of Golden Griddle's breakfast buffet (not knowing better at the time). As soon as I entered the massive warehouse-type space...
Brick Street Bakery / Baked Goods
The Brick Street Bakery, located in the Distillery District, makes amazing breads, sandwiches, tarts and fresh pastries all prepared with traditional, all-natural ingredients. ...
Cabinet Furniture / Design Stores
Cabinet Furniture in the Distillery District feels just like a timeless cottage retreat. As I enter the showroom off the main square, all I can see is wood--everywhere. Cabinet Furniture...
Cafe Uno / Restaurants
Cafe Uno is a popular new lunch spot in the Distillery District that serves sandwiches, pizza, salads and gelato. ...
Caffe Furbo / Cafes
Caffe Furbo has that off-the-streets-of-Rome feel. Not that I'm any sort of expert on authentic Italian cafes. Not in the least. But as I get to talking to owner Kevin...
Case Goods Warehouse / Design Stores
Opened in the Distillery District in March of 2003, The Case Goods Warehouse is one of six Artscape projects around the city, the newest of which is the Wychwood Green...
Corkin Gallery / Galleries
Jane Corkin's eponymous gallery is one of the more impressive in the city. The gallery is divided into five exhibition spaces and showcases well known international contemporary artists. The photo...
Corktown Designs / Design Stores
Corktown Designs in the Distillery District sells a range of jewellery from white gold rings to necklaces to earrings made from talented local designers....
Crescendo Toronto / Grocery Stores
Crescendo opened just two weeks ago in the heart of the Distillery District, and without any signage, is definitely a curious addition. The oak barrels and wooden jugs mounted on...
Distill / Design Stores
Distill is a store specializing in Canadian designed goods. It's a near perfect mix of crafts, jewelry, and clothing, all made in Canada. I feel the need to begin with...
DOM Toronto / Design Stores
The DOM Showroom in the Distillery District is home to high end kitchen furniture from Valcucine....
Elizabeth Munro Designs / Design Stores
At the base of what will be the Distillery District's condo towers, is Elizabeth Munro Designs. Which, through elegant floral arrangements, is injecting beauty into its corner of the...
Fawn Ceramics / Design Stores
Fawn Ceramics sells hand-crafted ceramics and other local designs in their storefront in the Distillery District....
Found Objects / Design Stores
Found Objects in the Distillery District carries unique home accessories and furniture that you won't find elsewhere in the city. ...
Gentil Uomo / Fashion Stores
Gentil Uomo is a recently-opened menswear shop in Distillery District that sources its high-end men's clothing primarily from Italy....
Gotstyle (Distillery) / Fashion Stores
Gotstyle has ventured into the Distillery District and with it, women's clothing. The formerly menswear-only shop has just opened its second and larger location, stocking its new sprawling 6,700 square...
Greg's Ice Cream (Distillery) / Restaurants
Greg's Ice Cream in the Distillery District has finally opened, and I think I just heard a collective exclamation of glee exude from the neighbouring community. As we keep our fingers...
Hastens / Design Stores
Hastens is the place to go if you have some serious cash to blow on a mattress. Want to sleep on a bed made of horse hair; or just try...
Hoi Bo / Fashion Stores
Hoi Bo has been open for just 6 weeks, which explains its lack of signage amidst the steel doors and brick facades of the Distillery District. Rather, it's announced by...
HorseFeathers Home / Design Stores
HorseFeathers Home has recently relocated from its liquidated warehouse-sized store in the Castlefield Design District to the former Artcore space in the Distillery District. The new collection is a much...
Jacob & Sebastian (Distillery District) / Fashion Stores
Jacob and Sebastian has opened up another location, and it's larger and brighter than its original Queen West outpost, with a space that better showcases its large stock of bath...
Jessica Rose / Fashion Stores
Jessica Rose, a new addition to the Distillery District's ever-growing troop of retail stores, is a cozy space with ultra high ceilings and exposed brick walls painted a rustic white....
John Fluevog (Distillery District) / Fashion Stores
John Fluevog Shoes' new spot at the Distillery District is draped in history, and although the shoe retailer can somewhat relate, their design aesthetic is a tad (read: a lot)...
Julie M. Gallery / Galleries
Julie M. Gallery was originally established in Tel Aviv by Julie Mamon in 1975. The Toronto location of the gallery opened in 2009, and has a mandate to represent...
La Creperie (Distillery District) / Restaurants
La Creperie is hidden inside the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in the Distillery District. This is the view of the menu outside the building....
Leif Benner / Fashion Stores
Leif Benner Operates out of the Case Goods Warehouse in the Distillery District. Designer/goldsmith Leif Benner creates custom rings and exquisite accessories. His wedding bands and engagement rings have earned...
Lileo / Fashion Stores
Lileo, a high end fashion store in the Distillery District, sells designer jeans, sneakers, shirts and outerwear for men and women....
Livia / Restaurants
This lunch and snack spot inside Lileo is a great place to grab a healthy salad, sandwich or smoothie. ...
Mill Street Beer Hall / Restaurants
The Mill Street Beer Hall is now open around the corner from the original Brew Pub in the Distillery District. It's welcome news for anyone who's ever tried to get...
Mill Street Brew Pub / Restaurants
My first visit to the Mill Street Brew Pub was two springs ago to meet up with a friend who was even more unfamiliar with Toronto than I was at...
Mint Boutique / Fashion Stores
Mint Boutique opened up almost two months ago in a somewhat dicey part of Distillery District--no, the notoriously swank neighbourhood isn't home to roving gangs, but it will soon be...
Monte Clark Gallery / Galleries
Monte Clark Gallery has a reputation as one of Canada's top commercial galleries. Located in the Distillery District, it represents only contemporary artists and is home to some big West...
Ontario Spring Water Sake Company / Grocery Stores
The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company has opened in the Distillery District giving a shot in the arm to the sad state of sake availabilty in Toronto. A beverage long...
Pikto Gallery / Galleries
Pikto Gallery has a small exhibition space that complements its suite of services geared toward photography professionals including studio space and lab services. ...
Pure Spirits Oyster House / Restaurants
Not just an oyster house, Pure Spirits serves up fish, pork, duck, steak frites and other tasty modern fare. ...
SOMA Chocolate (Distillery) / Grocery Stores
SOMA Chocolate, located in the Distillery District, designs and creates handmade chocolate in their on-site chocolate lab. ...
SPORT Gallery / Galleries
Along with Sports Illustrated, SPORT Magazine was an institution in the sports publishing business for most of the twentieth century. Launched in 1946, its heyday was the 50's and 60's...
Stirling Room / Bars
Stirling Room is an upscale Distillery District party with modern variations on a classical structure. Owners Albert Rishes and Simo Korac, industry graduates of Toronto's Club District, are on a...
Sweet Escape Patisserie / Baked Goods
The Sweet Escape Patisserie is in the old Cafe Crepe location in the Distillery District. But while crepes may no longer be on the menu, there's still plenty of sweet...
Tappo / Restaurants
Tappo offers an Italian and Mediterranean-based menu with items like grilled veal chop, seafood pasta with lobster, mussels, crabs, shrimp and calamari....
UrbanDog / Services
The UrbanDog doggy daycare and spa fits in perfectly with the industrial chiq aesthetic that can be found in the adjacent Distillery District. Professional grooming packages start at...
Vintage Gardener / Design Stores
Vintage Gardener has more than plants and flowers. In fact, the draw at this Distillery District store is what you put the pretty things in. ...
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