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<title>Slee</title>
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I've been going to the event every year for a few years. It's enjoyable, the food is half-decent and it's a good way to try new foods if you're a little wary of sitting down in a restaurant for a meal you might end up hating. 

If you don't like people, fun, adventures, the idea of community or large crowds...don't go. It's that simple. Way to mar a successful and potentially fun community event for newcomers.

...although, using the potty before going to the Taste is a good idea. ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:54:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Donny Hathaway</title>
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It looks like the weather might not be very cooperative this weekend.  I wouldn't want to be there when the storm hits.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:58:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jason</title>
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Thanks for the tip. I might have actually stumbled into the middle of this nightmare on the danforth if you hadn't warned me!

I loved the sign on Allen's last year: Closed due to taste of the danforth.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:43:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Michele Champagne</title>
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The idea and intention is fantastic but I also agree with some of the comments here: the food is not very good (and is not always greek) and can be expensive, nothing for kids to do, and random patios set up everywhere that end up feeling like little caged in chicken pens on cement - no trees or umbrellas for shade.

I would disagree with the comment made about the "venu" - I say keep it on the street: its accessible by subway, it brings us into urban areas where people meet each other face to face, eye to eye, as opposed to the suburbs where people only watch or judge each other through the windows of cars on roads and highways.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:18:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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Use the bathroom before you leave home or good luck to you.  Also, good luck to those parents who still insist on bringing their infants and toddlers and end up needing to change a diaper.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:39:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>AT</title>
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Big crowds result in no where to sit, overflowing garbage cans and a dirty street. Chester Pape's second point and first part of his third are right on.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:37:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>warmflash</title>
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I heard ROGERS is going to be there shelling the IPHONE]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:27:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Stavros</title>
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Breeder buggies as battering rams, corporate tents pushing irrelevant products, gross advertising, mediocre outsourced overpriced food, idiots with dogs, surly staff, and human traffic clogging ever inch of concrete. Elbows out, sheeple.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:42:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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Can they just ban strollers and infants from these sort of events?  There is no reason for them to be there and their presence lessens the enjoyment of everyone else around.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:46:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>stv</title>
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I've always enjoyed it most early on Friday evening before anyone has had a chance to commute in.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:32:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>hillary</title>
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The one thing I'd like to see removed is the corporate product tents in the middle of the road forcing the crowds over to one sidewalk to get by. That's where the overcrowding is the worst. 

To add insult to injury, noone's in those product tents. Can't they move them to the side streets? Who wants to order a cell phone at Taste of the Danforth anyway?

My tip is to go in the first couple of hours of each day. It's not so crowded then.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:06:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>anne</title>
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people please do not take your dogs to this event ... why would you ... and I love dogs ... it is just plain cruel to take pets to these crowded hot events ... at least a baby in a stroller has some protection (not much)
cheers]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:53:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brad</title>
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BEWARE THE CROWDS, it gets nuts, they do need to move it]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:43:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Wes Kibble</title>
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I am not going this year...to many people, dogs, baby carriages, bikes, etc. I agree with Chester Pape and James on all of their points.  You definatly have to go once or twice, though.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:59:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chris Luckhardt</title>
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I'm taking a group from the Toronto Exploration Society into the festival this year.  It's going to be a crazy, fun time!]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:35:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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"...that's when all the wide-assed bourgeoisie are there with their breeder-buggies"

Too funny. That should be #11 on the list.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:46:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>jamesmallon</title>
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I am with 'Chester Pape' on all points.  I don't go anywhere near it anymore.  However, go once.  My advice is not to go from one to sunset, because the sun beats down from the west, and there is no shade.  Also, that's when all the wide-assed bourgeoisie are there with their breeder-buggies.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:36:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chester Pape</title>
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Other tips

1) get a baby sitter and go out and have fun, there is very little for your kids to do at this thing except become cranky, especially if they are stroller age.

2) remember you are there for the street scene, the food, for the most part, sucks and is overpriced, and has very little to do with the food you would get here any other weekend of the year, the volumes are so great that very few of the restaurant kitchens are equipped to cope so many of them outsource the food prep to offsite catering kitchens. 

3) Don't expect necessarily warm welcomes from the local residents and non-restaurant businesses. To locals it is nothing but a huge pain in the ass and lost business for most of the retailers. They should take another page from the Taste of Chicago and hold the event at a dedicated venue like the CNE grounds or Downsview Park instead of trying to wedge a growing crowd into a tiny neighbourhood with no infrastructure to support it.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:32:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arieh Singer</title>
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point ?5 makes me nervous....]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:23:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Carsten Nielsen</title>
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Mmm, I'll be there!]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:01:22 PDT</pubDate>
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