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Financial District
The Financial District is Toronto's ground zero for law firms, investment banks and the movers and shakers than give Bay Street its reputation. From blue suits to big bucks you'll find it all here. Home to the TSX, Canada's most prominent stock exchange, The Financial District has the tall towers, the power lunch spots and the private clubs to give any Bay Street boy a sense of worth.
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Acqua Ristorante / Restaurants
Acqua aims to reel in the tourists wide-eyed from their visit downstairs at the Hockey Hall of Fame or the nearby Hummingbird. $19 Macaroni and Cheese and $38 Australian Rack...
Adelaide Club / Fitness Clubs
The Adelaide Club is found at the north end of First Canadian Place. Catering almost exclusively to ibankers, money managers, lawyers and other Bay St. professionals, the club recently underwent...
Akco Lounge / Restaurants
Akco Lounge is a busy, mid-scale wine and sushi bar catering to the busy business crowd along the Financial District's underground PATH. Nicely decorated with dark wood tones and silver...
Aria Ristorante / Restaurants
Aria is pure eye candy. Taking its name from the Italian meaning for air, the restaurant has a breathtakingly beautiful interior, with 35 foot high ceilings in the prime and...
Bannock / Restaurants
Bannock is the latest offering from Oliver and Bonacini Restaurants. At the corner of Queen and Bay, Bannock serves Canadian comfort food including roast duck poutine, Ontario venison and sour...
Bardi's Steakhouse / Restaurants
Bardi's has served the business district crowd since before Trudeaumania, but got a new shot in the arm with the pre-game crowd on their way to their private boxes at...
Beerbistro / Bars
When I stepped into Beerbistro, my eyes were immediately drawn to the bar. An cyan-illuminated glass backdrop emphasized the silhouettes of bottles of all shapes and sizes, along with an...
Ben McNally Books / Bookstores
I feel a confession is in order at the outset of this profile: these days I buy almost all my books online. It didn't used to be so. ...
Biff's Bistro / Restaurants
Biff's Bistro is part of the Oliver & Bonacini group of companies that also includes nextdoor neighbour Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill plus Jump, Canoe, Auberge du Pommier, Luna and...
Bikkuri / Restaurants
Bikkuri is a popular sushi restaurant on the fringes of Toronto's Financial District. A good friend of mine swears by this place as the only sushi joint she'll get take-out...
Black Moon / Restaurants
Black Moon is popular among the well dressed after work crowd on Bay Street. The menu is heavy on Asian inspired seafood but there are also burgers and less adventurous...
Blowfish on Bay / Restaurants
Blowfish on Bay is the second Toronto location for this high end sushi purveyor that first wooed maki fans at their swank restaurant on King West....
Books for Business / Bookstores
Business books may not make the sexiest titles but the publishers sure try. You gotta know that it's going to be tough for any beer swilling Canadian to resist leafing...
Brava Boutique / Fashion Stores
A (somewhat) hidden gem, Brava Boutique has been properly outfitting women with luxurious bras (from 32A to 52JJ) for 11 years. Certified Prosthetic Fitters. ...
Brick Street Bakery (First Canadian Place) / Baked Goods
Brick Street Bakery has brought some of Toronto's best bread to the Financial District. Find their fourth location on the concourse level of First Canadian Place....
Bymark / Restaurants
Bymark belongs in the Financial District. Where else but Bay Street can you charge these kind of prices for lunch. Fat cats and expense accounts flock here for their infamous...
Cafe on the Square / Restaurants
What do city councillors do when they break from squabbling about pop machines at Toronto parks and rec facilities? Head downstairs and crack open a Coke? Maybe. Canned soda is...
Cambridge Suites Hotel / Hotels
The Cambridge Suites Hotel is found on the fringes of the Financial District and is a good option for those in town for business meetings in the area. It's also...
Canoe / Restaurants
Looking out over Toronto Island from the 54th floor of the 66 Wellington TD Tower, I am happy. Last week my father and I indulged in a dinner at Canoe. I...
deKefir / Restaurants
deKefir is a little shop on the PATH offering fresh, locally made kefir. If you're wondering what that is--don't worry, I was too. In fact, having never tasted kefir and...
DEQ at the Ritz Carlton / Restaurants
DEQ at the Ritz Carlton is a lavish outdoor restaurant and lounge with great views of the downtown skyline. Aside from snacks like flatbreads and charcuterie, the other draw here...
Downtown Camera / Services
Downtown Camera strikes a good balance between mega-stores like Henry's and Vistek and smaller, more service-oriented shops. The well-stocked shop is mostly attitude-free, and equipped to handle the needs of...
Duke of Devon / Restaurants
The Duke of Devon is a sibling pub to the nearby Duke of Westminster. But while the name might be different, the formula stays the same - pub favourites like...
Duke of Westminster / Restaurants
The Duke of Westminster is a popular Bay Street pub at the north end of First Canadian Place. Fresh faced and overworked Analysts and Associates gravitate here for some much...
e11even / Restaurants
e11even restaurant is MLSE's foray into high end dining next to the ACC. The menu includes lots of sports-fan friendly fare like steaks and chops, baby back ribs and a...
Earls Toronto / Restaurants
Earls' Toronto location on King West in the Financial District is the first in the city for the west-cost chain. The restaurant caters to a similar crowd to The Keg...
Eight Wine Bar / Restaurants
At Eight Wine Bar, located inside the Cosmopolitan Hotel, you will find a selection of upscale dishes and a list of a few dozen wines that changes on a weekly...
Fairmont Royal York / Hotels
The Royal York in Toronto has a modern, historic dichotomy which means rooms with really comfy pillows, but furniture that has seen better days, and no fans in the bathroom....
Far Niente / Restaurants
Far Niente isn't a restaurant for pretenders. Their web site takes the understated route, boasting "unsurpassed style" and "stunning presentations". Someone should go over their and boost up their sagging...
Fast Fresh Foods / Restaurants
Fast Fresh Foods is sort of like Lettuce Eatery except there's more emphasis on sandwiches. Like Lettuce, FFF serves premium and custom crafted salads, but they also do brisk business...
Federal Publications / Bookstores
As far as bookstores go, things might not get any more niche in Toronto than a store near Adelaide and University. Just on the outskirts of the Financial District sits...
Fisherman's Wharf / Restaurants
FIsherman's Wharf is a long time resident of Richmond St. that continues to serve up oyster shooters, crab cakes and lobster to hungry Bay St. brokers....
Foodwares Market / Restaurants
Foodwares Market is a casual eatery on the lower level of The Bay near Queen and Bay St. It's a mostly take-out spot to grab prepared foods, salads and sandwiches...
FOUR Restaurant / Restaurants
FOUR Restaurant is a new edition to the Bay Street dining scene. Fancier than the food courts that litter Commerce Court, FOUR serves an eclectic mix of healthy eating options...
Fran's Diner (Front St.) / Restaurants
Fran's Diner is a chain of 24 hour diners in Toronto serving standard diner fair. Their Yonge and Front street location is their newest restaurant in Toronto....
Freshwest Grill / Restaurants
Freshwest Grill has all the makings of a successful burrito chain, but two years since its opening there's still only one location - in the TD Centre food court. Get...
Garrison Bespoke / Fashion Stores
Garrison Bespoke present a sophisticated and savvy aplomb, much as their suits do. They are probably the most mentioned tailors (reviled and revelled), though no one should dismiss the high...
Great Cooks on Eight / Restaurants
Great Cooks On Eight and T Spot are not easy to find; they're well-hidden in the outer reaches of the Hudson Bay tower at Queen and Bay. However, those...
Hilton Hotel Toronto / Hotels
The Hilton Hotel in Toronto is not unlike the Hilton Hotels in other cities across North America. It's a good choice for large groups and conferences as there's more than...
Hotel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square / Hotels
Hotel Le Germain has recently opened its second location in Toronto - this time mere footsteps from the ACC inside Maple Leaf Square. It's an odd choice for a boutique...but...
Hotel Victoria / Hotels
The Hotel Victoria in Toronto is a good option for those looking for a smaller hotel in the Financial District, near Union Station or around the corner from tourist attractions...
House of Salgado / Fashion Stores
House of Salgado have been in the game for over 40 years. Located at the Toronto Dominion Centre, they are very Bay Street orientated and their bread and butter is...
Houston Steaks and Ribs / Restaurants
Houston Steaks and Ribs is located at the South-East corner of Yonge and Wellington Streets. Serving steaks, ribs, chicken, burgers and salads....
Hy's Steakhouse / Restaurants
Hy's Streakhouse is where Bay Street traders and big spenders go to blow big bucks on fat cow. Pair a 22oz Porterhouse for $48.95 with some $17.95 steak tartare. Then...
InterContinental Toronto Centre / Hotels
The Intercontinental Toronto Centre's wall-sized view out over Toronto's lakeside skyline makes you want to ponder your life, in semi-transparent pink underwear (regardless of gender). The art is modern and clean...
Irish Embassy / Restaurants
The Irish Embassy is In a fabulous old bank building on the corner of Yonge and Wellington. This is the rowdier, sportier and even more suit filled older brother to...
John Allan's Toronto (The Bay) / Fashion Stores
John Allan's has arrived in Toronto and is the latest part of The Hudson's Bay Company's makeover under new CEO Bonnie Brooks. Much of the major surgery has been applied...
Jump / Restaurants
Jump is where you go when you're recruiting for Goldman Sachs and you want to woo the bright-eyed Analyst to join the firm and work for slave for two-years before...
Karir Eyewear / Fashion Stores
Karir Eyewear, one branch of Bob Karir's eyewear mini-empire, features innovative eyewear like Linwood Optical's Blac line of carbon fibre frames, and cutting edge design from companies like Hoet. Karir...
Ki / Restaurants
Toronto is a city of sushi for the masses. It's cheap and plentiful; there seems to be at least one shop on every block. Even I need my weekly fix....
King Edward Hotel / Hotels
The King Edward Hotel is one of the grande dames of Toronto hotels. While it's glory days are in its past, the hotel still has a certain charm and is...
La Bettola di Terroni / Restaurants
La Bettola di Terroni, aside from the yet to open Summerhill location, is the most recent addition to the ever-expanding Terroni empire. The restaurant's website explains that in Italy, a...
LA's Italian Bar / Restaurants
LA's Italian Bar is a modernized iteration of Little Anthony's, the Richmond Street restaurant that's been around for almost two decades. Owned by Andreas Antoniou of Estiatorio VOLOS, LA's offers...
Mercatto / Restaurants
Mercatto is an always bustling lunch spot with two locations - the best of which is at 15 Toronto St. The menu is very Terroni-esque with pizza, panini, pasta and...
Mercatto (Bay St.) / Restaurants
Mercatto gets compared to Terroni quite a bit, which is probably fair given that both menus are focused on southern Italian pasta staples and Neapolitan-sytle pizza. Given the Bay Street...
Metropolitan / Restaurants
A bar/restaurant combo, Metropolitan serves up martinis and an eclectic array of dishes, priced surprisingly reasonably for the location....
Miller Tavern (downtown) / Restaurants
Miller Tavern has recently come south from its Hogg's Hollow location and opened up a second location on Bay Street, specializing in high-quality seafood. ...
Mio RistoBar / Restaurants
Mio RistoBar brings shared antipasto and calamari fritto to Bay Street. Their menu is decidedly Italian complete with pizza, pasta, veal piccata, Santal Italian fruit juices and Illy espresso....
Mirto Italian / Restaurants
Mirto Italian is a Toronto Street haunt for diners who like a bit more formality with their bruschetta. The white table clothed restaurant serves up Italian classics Caprese salad, grilled...
Modus Ristorante / Restaurants
Modus Ristorante is a formal Italian restaurant found on the fringe of the Financial District. This is a place for Bay St. bankers, tourists and other craving a menu stacked...
Mr. Ivan Hair Salon / Fashion Stores
Mr. Ivan Hair Salon, on the fringes of the Financial District, is famous for being the barber of choice for the incarcerated Conrad Black and the late Ted Rogers....
Mr. Sushi / Restaurants
Mr. Sushi is a great new addition to cheap sushi eats near the Financial District. Found on Toronto Street, the mostly take-out spot serves up a range of pre-prepared maki...
Mucho Burrito / Restaurants
Mucho Burrito is a global burrito chain quickly taking over the Financial District. Now with three locations in the area - including this one in the Mezzanine level food court...
Nashtah Tandoori Grill / Restaurants
Nashtah Tandoori Grill is welcome find in the food court on the mezzanine of First Canadian Place in the Financial District. In a neighbourhood where ubiquitous fast food chains rule...
Naturally Yours / Grocery Stores
Naturally Yours is a somewhat overpriced health food store that also doubles as one of the healthier lunch take-out options in the Financial District. Try their gluten free lasagna and...
Ninki Sushi / Restaurants
Ninki Sushi means "good bet for a sushi lunch on Bay Street". Go for their yummy bento boxes and stay for the bottomless cups of green tea. ...
Novotel Hotel / Hotels
The Novotel Hotel in Toronto is found just down the street from the St. Lawrence Market and very close to Union Station. The appeal is its central location as well...
Obika Mozzarella Bar / Restaurants
Obika Mozzarella Bar bills itself as Canada's first mozzarella bar. Not for the lactose intolerant, this restaurant is a sushi-styled bar emphasizing fresh and organic products. Food is displayed in...
Old Bleu / Cafes
The Old Bleu Cafe & Eatery is a new edition to Queen East. Found on the relatively uninteresting stretch of pavement between Yonge and Church St., the Old Bleu is...
Old Spaghetti Factory / Restaurants
An institution on the Esplanade, the Old Spaghetti Factory still packs 'em in, doing brisk business from the tourist trade and families looking for a meal before or after a...
Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill / Restaurants
Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill has a new location near Yonge and Front. Replacing the old Shopsy's deli, this corporate chain restaurant serves up lunch, brunch and dinner in the...
One King West / Hotels
One King West is a long, tall sliver of a hotel tower sprouting out of the former headquarters of the Toronto Dominion bank. There's a forest of business district office...
Osteria Ciceri e Tria / Restaurants
Osteria Ciceria e Tria feels like a remote Southern Italian escape, far removed from the bustling financial district just blocks away. Heralding our entrance are two sculptural relief...
P.J. O'Brien / Restaurants
P.J. O'Brien has whiskies, a long brass topped bar and no kilts on the waitresses. Older crisply dressed Irish gentlemen can almost always be found sharing a story or a...
Parlour Deep Dish Pizza / Restaurants
Parlour Deep Dish is not your everyday online pizza delivery service. The project generated some buzz (and raised a few eyebrows) before its launch in October as a covert enterprise...
Petit Four Bakery / Restaurants
Petit Four is the smaller (and cheaper) sibling to FOUR Restaurant. Tucked near the Commerce Court entrance at Wellington and Bay, the strictly take-out operation serves fresh sandwiches, salads, soups...
Petite Thuet / Baked Goods
Petite Thuet is Marc Thuet's best move yet. Finally, a place dedicated to showcasing what the local celebrity chef does best: fresh breads and hearty comfort food to take home....
Pizza2Go / Restaurants
Living in Montreal is a dream come true for the student on a budget. Cheap downtown eats are a dime a dozen, and because there's so much choice, it's not...
Portico / Restaurants
Portico is an Italian restaurant located inside the Cambridge Suites Hotel. It's a good option for guests who don't want to make the effort to go outside of the hotel...
Prairie Girl Bakery / Baked Goods
Prairie Girl Bakery only does cupcakes. No coffee, no tea, no other light bites. Just cupcakes--two sizes, and a variety of flavours. And it's just as well, since its vanilla/vanilla...
Prairie Girl Bakery (First Canadian Place) / Baked Goods
Prairie Girl Bakery has opened its second location in Toronto, this one in the PATH inside First Canadian Place. Already, it's more popular with office workers lining up for a...
Quinn's Steakhouse & Irish Bar / Restaurants
Quinn's Steakhouse & Irish Bar is found on the southern end of the Sheraton Hotel on Richmond Street West. The menu is a mix of steakhouse and pub favourites with...
Real Sports Bar / Restaurants
The Real Sports Bar at Maple Leaf Square is a mammoth man cave - an adult's arcade and according to ESPN the best sports bar in North America. Call it...
Reds Bistro & Wine Bar / Restaurants
Reds Bistro & Wine Bar fronts Adelaide and lures in blue suits for some fine dining - lunch or dinner....
Ritz-Carlton Toronto / Hotels
The Ritz-Carlton Toronto is hard to miss. Being (a part of) Toronto's eighth tallest skyscraper, its got both street presence and some spectacular views. About to celebrate its first...
Rodney's by Bay / Restaurants
Rodney's By Bay is, in essence, a more intimate version of the original and better-known Rodney's Oyster House on King West. Opened in the spring of 2009, this restaurant carries...
Rosewater / Restaurants
The Rosewater has undergone a bit of a makeover and rebranding and is no longer called the Supper Club. Inside, the space is split over two levels and is often...
Ruth's Chris / Restaurants
Ruth's Chris is a global steakhouse chain with one location in Toronto inside the Hilton Hotel....
Shizen Spa / Fashion Stores
Shizen Spa, the original location, sits within the Cosmopolitan Hotel, but there are also Shizen locations within the Pantages Hotel, as well as at Horseshoe Resort. Private suites for...
Soup Market / Restaurants
The Soup Market lives in the bowels of the E&Y Tower on Bay Street. Throngs of soup-seekers gather here at lunch for some tasty take-out soup. Offerings change everyday, but...
Soup Nutsy / Restaurants
At the Soup Nutsy it's hard to believe that anything that started as a running gag on a sitcom could be this good, but it is - service is (suitably)...
South of Temperance / Restaurants
South of Temperance, newly opened at Yonge and Adelaide, seems to have quickly become the Financial District's new hot spot. At 6pm on a Tuesday evening there is already a...
Steak Restaurant / Restaurants
I'm an unabashed carnivore. As much as I like the idea of vegetarianism, it's just too darn impractical for someone who loves red meat as much as I do....
Stock Restaurant / Restaurants
Stock Restaurant is where to eat when hunger pains strike at the Trump Hotel. Found on the 31st floor, the II by IV designed restaurant includes an outdoor patio as...
Suits Lobby Lounge / Bars
Suits Lobby Lounge is nothing if not convenient. Nestled in the corner of the Trump Tower lobby, it makes for an ideal place for a post-work cocktail for the Bay...
Sweet Temptations / Grocery Stores
Sweet Temptations is a great place to explore candies of your youth, which, unfortunately, comes with the realization that your youth is now over. A can of Garbage Can-dy can...
Szechuan Szechuan / Restaurants
Szechuan Szechuan gets packed at lunchtime. On the second floor of First Canadian Place, it's the place in the Financial District to go for some Peking Duck or General Tao's...
Taco Del Mar / Restaurants
Taco Del Mar on Bremner Blvd. represents the first Toronto location of this North American taco and burrito conglomerate. Don't go here expecting Chino Locos though. The menu (and quality)...
Thai Express / Restaurants
If you are a frequent visitor of the Scotia Plaza food court, chances are you are familiar with Thai Express - one of the latest MTY Group franchises to hit...
Thai Island / Restaurants
Thai Island is a quick service restaurant in the TD Centre Food Hall. It's a popular lunch options for meat, veggie and tofu combos with noodle and rice. They all...
The Fox / Restaurants
The Fox is a stone's throw away from the ACC, and is one of the newest options where to have a bite to eat before the game. The restaurant combines...
The Gabardine / Restaurants
The Gabardine is located in the heart of the Financial District at Bay and Richmond. I came here for the first time on my own around three on a Thursday...
The Men's Salon / Fashion Stores
Located in the basement of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, this full service establishment offers everything from shaves and haircuts, to pedicures, manicures, facials and scalp massages. A two-chair room...
The Shore Club / Restaurants
The Shore Club is a Canadian steakhouse chain with locations in Ottawa, Vancouver and, now, downtown Toronto. On the menu are a long list of meat and seafood options like...
TOCA Restaurant / Restaurants
TOCA by Tom Brodi is the destination restaurant inside Toronto's new Ritz Carlton. Open for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, TOCA features a creative menu with plenty of beef and...
Tom Jones / Restaurants
Tom Jones is one of Toronto's surviving old guard of original steakhouses. It has been in its charming little home in the shadow of the King Eddy since 1966, and...
Tony's Men's Hair Styling / Fashion Stores
In business since 1959, and operated by Amri Khatib since 2003, Tony's Men's Hair Styling offers a minimalist take on the traditional barber shop. New chairs and a sparse yet...
Toronto Athletic Club / Fitness Clubs
The Toronto Athletic Club has lake views and a 38th floor penthouse pool that deservedly draw the suit-wearing Bay street crowd. There's a large spinning studio with flat screens for...
Toronto Ladies Gym / Fitness Clubs
The Toronto Ladies Gym caters only to men. That's right, the name is a misnomer and if you haven't clued in that this is sarcasm then you really need to...
Truefitt & Hill / Fashion Stores
Truefitt & Hill is a haircutting shop for the executive class, and preferably by appointment. Toronto's two Truefitts are in the business district, where the barbers wear ties and work...
Turf Lounge / Restaurants
Turf Lounge is where to go in the Financial District when looking to pair some horse racing (on satellite) with some fine dining. ...
Umi Sushi Express / Restaurants
Umi Sushi Express innocently calls it a bonito hot dog. As I stand amid a teeming mass of hungry Financial District suits however, my disbelief at what I'm seeing gives...
Vertical Restaurant / Restaurants
Vertical Restaurant occupies prime space on the second floor of First Canadian Place. With a patio, swish dining room and a couple private rooms it's a prime spot for Bay...
Volos / Restaurants
Volos is the best thing to happen to Greek food in Toronto since forever. Housed in the space formerly home to Mediterra, this sleek restaurant serves up lunch and dinner...
Walter Beauchamp Tailors / Fashion Stores
Walter Beauchamp's history reaches back to 1908 and have suited men and soldiers in its time. Buying a suit there is like buying part of Toronto's heritage, but truthfully there's...
Wellington Club / Fitness Clubs
The Wellington Club is a massive fitness club in the Financial District that has recently been taken over by Extreme Fitness. The best thing about this club is the squash...
Yulla Sushi / Restaurants
Yulla Sushi is a new sushi option in the Financial District, found on the south side of Richmond, just west of Yonge....
Z-Teca / Restaurants
Z-Teca just opened and already it has the look and attitude of a burgeoning burrito chain. It probably doesn't help (or hurt, depending on your preference) that their first location...
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