Neighbourhoods
Junction
Billed by many as the next West Queen West, The Junction is already attracting artists and entrepreneurs for its cheaper rents and converted industrial and warehouse spaces. A raw food restaurant and organic grocer are two recent additions to the Dundas West strip, joining established residents like Vesuvio who some say have the best pizza in the city. The neighbourhood is also turning into something of a furniture and design destination sporting three great shops in Post + Beam Reclamation, Forever Interiors and Smash.
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Agora Mediterranean Market Cafe / Cafes
Free-trade coffee, fresh sandwiches and baked goods, artwork on the walls and WIFI in the air... Agora Mediterranean Market Cafe on Dundas West has just about everything you could want...
Axis Gallery and Grill / Restaurants
Axis Gallery and Grill is a local pub in the Junction which is more about beer and food than it is about the art. The menu features no frills options...
Baan Thai / Restaurants
Visiting Thailand for a couple months has ruined me for the Canadianized Thai food. Instead of blindly ordering a pad thai or green curry, I try to ask a few...
Black Daffodil / Fashion Stores
Black Daffodil brings a much-needed sartorial spark to the Junction. The pink-and-black boutique was opened by Cythia Rea in September to house her eponymous Black Daffodil collection along with an impressive...
Book Exchange / Bookstore
The Book Exchange is a well organized new and used bookstore located in the West end of the Junction. Monday CLOSED Tuesday-Friday 11am-9pm Saturday ...
Buddha Pie / Restaurants
Buddha Pie, formerly Lou's Coffee bar, opened about a month ago on the southwest fringe of The Junction. A brief once-over of the menu upon arrival made it clear Buddha...
Cool Hand of a Girl / Cafes
Alyssa and I arrive at Cool Hand of a Girl via those luxurious new bike lanes on Dupont. After a hot (but refreshingly smooth) bike ride, we're hungry and have...
Crema Coffee / Cafes
Crema Coffee raises the bar on cafe culture in The Junction. Check out our First Look at the cafe over here. ...
Curry Twist / Restaurants
Located in the Junction, Curry Twist is contemporary restaurants serving Northern Indian and Moghlai cuisine. ...
Delight / Grocery Stores
Delight sells handmade chocolates and other delectables that contain only fair trade, organic ingredients. Despite its small size, owners Jennifer Rashleigh and Jeff Brown have managed to cram a gamut...
Dencan Books & Magazines / Bookstore
The Decan Books & Magazines store is located in the West end of the Junction right beside Book Exchange. Between these two stores and Pandemonium down the road, the Junction is...
Fatimas Cafe / Restaurants
Fatimas Cafe serves up pasta, crepes, quiches, panini, soup and salads in the Junction....
Forever Interiors / Design Stores
Trash is a subjective kind of thing. There are some people who think a broken, overused table is garbage. ("Some people" being me, a girl that nearly flunked shop class...
Hairy Tarantula / Bookstore
The Hairy Tarantula West in the Junction sells toys, graphic novels, manga, comics, board games, rpgs and more. Owner Tanis Underhill has expanded the store to carry new and used...
High Park Spicy House / Restaurants
High Park Spicy House in the Junction cooks up a range of Northern Indian dishes including lots of vegetarian options. Eat in or take-out. ...
Indian Kiss / Restaurants
Indian Kiss must believe there's some gap to be filled in the Indian restaurant landscape in the Junction to have the courage to open in a mini strip mall off...
Jocelyn's Place / Restaurants
Jocelyn's Place has opened in the Junction in the former home of Bronto Burger. The menu and look of the place is very similar. Burgers, fries and milkshakes are still...
Jumbo Burgers / Restaurants
Jumbo Burgers is an old-school burger joint on Runnymede. You won't find any gourmet toppings or organic ingredients here....
Littlefish / Restaurants
Littlefish in the Junction is a brunch spot I've been meaning to make the great swim across town to. Armed with two friends to split a cab and swap...
Martin's Flowers / Design Stores
Martin's Flowers has been rooted in the Junction for 110 years, surpassing pretty much every other flower shop in town in terms of longevity and quality. It's unusual in this city...
Mjolk / Design Stores
Mjölk, barely open a month, is an interior design store in the Junction. Pronounced mi-yelk and meaning, wait for it...milk, this seemingly odd moniker perfectly befits the aesthetic and...
North of Bombay / Restaurants
Located in the Junction, North of Bombay serves classic North Indian cuisine. ...
Pandemonium / Bookstore
Tucked between an H&R Block and a Tattoo Parlor in the eclectic Junction District sits an equally eclectic used book and music store named Pandemonium. Opened in 2000, this...
Phil's Espresso Bar & Internet Cafe / Cafes
Phil's espresso bar & internet cafe in The Junction offers a wide variety of hot and cold beverages and food items as well as computers with high speed internet for...
Pho Huong / Restaurants
Pho Huong, on the corner of Pacific Ave and Dundas St W, is a local hot spot in the Junction. While somewhat hidden away this 'authentic' Vietnamese restaurant is always...
Planet Storage / Services
Planet Storage is located in the historic Viceroy Rubber Plant near Dupont and Dundas. A 10x10 unit is only $190 plus there's 4 weeks free (based on minimum stay of...
Post & Beam Reclamation / Design Stores
Post & Beam Reclamation is one of the favourite destinations for Toronto interior designers. Prices and selection of hard to find random treasures are tough to beat here....
Public Storage / Services
Public Storage has storage locations across Canada including quite a few in the Toronto area. Prices, storage unit sizes and amenities vary by location but the Junction and Liberty Village...
Rawlicious / Restaurants
Rawlicious is a live food entry onto the rejuvenated Junction scene. The menu describes the Junction neighbourhood as "reinvigorated" and no establishment is doing quite as much as this...
Rebas Cafe & Gallery / Cafes
Arlene Levin is looking out for your best interests. The owner of Rebas Café and Gallery, in the Junction, serves baked chips - not fried - and doesn't keep diet...
Sebastian Cafe & Grill / Restaurants
Sebastian Cafe & Grill replaces an old Mexican restaurant in the Junction with a Colombian place that serves a little bit of everything. In the mood for a pick-me-up Espresso?...
Shoxs Sports Saloon / Restaurants
Shoxs is the go-to sports pub in the Junction. For sports on big screens, beer and tasty pub style food just look for the Massive 8 ball....
Smash / Design Stores
Smash, a design store meets art gallery in the Junction, makes an immediate impression with a large, pink Jesus prominently on display. It dangled above me, hanging haphazardly from the...
Snug as a Bug / Fashion Stores
Snug as a Bug is a popular kids store in the Junction that sells boys and girls clothing, puppets, costumes, activity books and baby products....
Solero Mediterranean Bakery / Baked Goods
Solero Mediterranean bakery has stuck a poster on their door advertising their burek, a Serbian version of the Mediterranean phyllo pastry treat. It has confronted and tempted me many a...
Studio Cycle / Fashion Stores
Studio Cycle is more than just a place to buy a fancy motorcycle. It's also a gallery space (they always have a CONTACT show and have regular exhibits) and clothing...
The Beet / Cafes
It would be an unfair to lump the The Beet together with the hefty entourage of organic shops appearing around the city. Instead, The Beet should be heralded as...
The Purple Onion / Restaurants
When I was a kid, a trip to the Purple Onion meant crossing at least one of two railway lines to find a lone diner sitting in the middle of...
The Sweet Potato / Grocery Stores
The Junction is emerging as the destination for the organically-inclined in Toronto. I visited the newly opened organic grocery store The Sweet Potato on a cold Tuesday morning and was...
Trap Door / Fashion Stores
Trap Door is a boutique in the Junction that sells a range of mens and womens fashions from local designers....
Troubadour / Bars
Troubadour, a term coined in the Middle Ages to refer to French and Italian poets and musicians, is also the name of one of Toronto's newest hidden gems. Besides...
Vesuvio Pizzeria / Restaurants
Located in the Junction, Vesuvio's is one of Toronto's favourite pizza spots. ...
Wise Daughters Craft Market / Design Stores
Wise Daughters Craft Market in the Junction sells handmade crafts made by local artists. They also offer a variety of workshops like booking binding and encaustic card-making....
World Headquarters / Design Stores
World Headquarters is my favourite new vintage decor shop in the city, a secret hideout filled with enough old treasure and fun junk to outfit your next three apartments. The store...
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- Financial District
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- Koreatown
- Leslieville
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- Little India
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