Neighbourhoods
Koreatown
West of the Annex, between Markham and Christie Streets, lies Koreatown. Also known as Little Korea, the small stretch along Bloor has a great mix of affordable Korean eateries catering to both the local Korean-Canadian community, hungry students and other intrepid souls who dare venture west of Honest Ed's. The joy of Koreatown lies in the process of discovery - figuring out the best place to buy a huge tub of kimchee, sampling pork bone soups, comparing bibimbaps or debating the merits of indulging in freshly made walnut cake versus the alternatives a few blocks south in Little Italy. When night falls, it's not only time to chow down, but also seek out one of the many local karaoke bars.
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Abyssinia / Restaurants
Abyssinia, nestled at the corner of Bloor and Christie, is the latest addition to Bloor Street's selection of Ethiopian restaurants. It occupies two stories - downstairs is a deli...
Ajuker Chicken / Restaurants
You might chalk it up to rampant apophenia but there seems to be a curious correspondence between North/South civil conflicts and fried chicken. Not to bang the war drum...
Arisu Izakaya / Restaurants
Arisu Izakaya is the latest contender for the massive space at the corner of Bloor and Markham. The restaurant offers an extensive selection of Korean dishes including table top BBQ...
BBQ Korean Restaurant / Restaurants
BBQ Korean Restaurant is best know for their hot pot (choose from assorted seafood, spicy beef rib, Korean-style steamed beef ribs), pork bone soup and Itea Jang Gook, a soup...
Better and Better Bakery / Baked Goods
Better and Better bakery is just the thing I've been looking for - that is, a good place to work, close to my house with cheap coffee, free internet and...
Bike Clinic / Services
The Bike Clinic's owner Vinnie Mastrocola moved up to Bloor West from Harbord a year ago, into a much bigger shop, where he handles what he describes as an overwhelmingly...
Bloor Fruit Market / Grocery Stores
Bloor Fruit Market in Koreatown on Bloor at Manning offers a good selection of fruits and vegetables, many of which are locally grown, at fantastic prices. It's an area favourite...
BMB Karaoke / Bars
BMB Karaoke is the biggest of the karaoke spots in Koreatown. It's open late (5am on Friday and Saturdays) and features private rooms, tacky leather couches and a decent variety...
BnC Bakery Cafe / Baked Goods
BnC Patisserie Bakery Cafe is a brightly lit bakery-cafe in the heart of Koreatown. There are lots of freshly baked cakes, donuts and other treats, as well as a variety...
Bryan's BBQ / Restaurants
Bryan's BBQ is the best cook table eatery I've encountered since my return from Korea just over a year ago. Dispute it if you dare, but this Bloor St. spot...
Buk Chang Dong Soon To Fu / Restaurants
One of my favourite places in Toronto to dig into a big bowl of Dolsot Bibimbap is the basic but always busy Buk Chang Dong Soon To Fu in Koreatown. Dolsot...
Buk Chon / Restaurants
Buk Chon is a cheap and cheerful restaurant in Koreatown that serves pork bone soup and other budget friendly dishes....
Clinton's Tavern / Bars
Clinton's, on the corner of Bloor and Clinton, has a timeless kind of charm. A pub in front and a kickin' dance hall in back, Clinton's is the kind of...
Coffee Pocket / Cafes
Coffee Pocket is a clear representation of the guy who opened it: tall, skinny and no room for excess. Sam James, owner of Coffee Pocket, has been an integral part...
Coreana / Restaurants
Coreana serves up classic Korean dishes like soft tofu and pork bone soup. They've got pretty decent prices and a good banchan selection, as well as a takeout option....
Cutlet House / Restaurants
All week I'd been working myself up for Korean, which brought me to Cutlet House, a new restaurant in the remains of what was once I-Noodle. Cutlet House specializes in...
Ding Ho / Restaurants
Ding Ho provides a very exotic mix of foods, indeed. They have wonton soup and chow mein nestled beside French fries and 'special vermicelli.' Something for everyone, I suppose....
Doug Miller Books / Bookstores
Doug Miller Books provides "New Books, not New Prices." After ten years on Mount Pleasant, the shop moved to Bloor about two months ago when their landlord put the building...
E Wang / Restaurants
E Wang serves up both Korean and Japanese eats in the heart of Koreatown. ...
Fiesta Farms / Grocery Stores
Fiesta Farms is a grocery store on Christie (between Bloor and Dupont) which stocks a wide range of organic produce, cereals, canned goods, meat, poultry and other items....
Gallant Bicycles / Services
Gallant Bicycles is a new Toronto-based company (and store) that offers highly customizable urban bikes at a price that belies the various options on offer. Co-owned by Jason Wood and...
Goa Hair Salon / Fashion Stores
Goa Hair Salon is where to get your hair cut in Koreatown. While men have Gus The Other Barber women have this place where prices may not be quite as...
Gus the Other Barber / Fashion Stores
Gus the Other Barber is a shrine to soccer - team pennants and jerseys line the walls- - with a special emphasis on Gus's beloved Olympiakos and the Euro 2004-winning...
Hanji Handmade Paper and Gifts / Design Stores
Hanji Handmade Paper and Gifts is a petite little shop straddling Koreatown and the Annex. Inside, there are soft touches of olive green on the walls, juxtaposed by colours, shapes,...
Hodo Kwaja / Baked Goods
Hodo Kwaja is a bakery in Koreatown. Its name means 'walnut cake,' and this restaurant has several varieties of that Korean treat as well as sugary pancakes and other treats. ...
House of Rinka / Fashion Stores
House of Rinka is a boutique specializing in vintage-inspired women's clothing. The store showcases neat racks of romantic eyelet lace, pastel silks and quirky patterned garments. Shoes (leather and fabric)...
Hrvati Bar / Restaurants
Hrvati Bar, nestled amidst galbi joints and karaoke bars, seems out of place smack dab in the middle of Koreatown. Its menu is the creation of Rodney Bowers (of Hey...
Ici Bistro / Restaurants
Ici Bistro has finally opened at the corner of Harbord and Manning after the fiasco with Joe Pantalone. The menu is very French bistro which shouldn't come as a surprise...
Il Bun Ji / Restaurants
A friend and I have these debates about who makes the best dolsot bibimbap in Toronto. I'm a sucker for the sizzling bowl of goodness at Buk Chang Dong Soon...
Imonay / Restaurants
Imonay on Bloor is not your standard Korean fast food place. Sure, like other spots in Koreatown it's fast, cheap and kitschy, but it also offers a bevy of options...
Jangwon Korean Cuisine / Restaurants
Jangwon Korean Cuisine is a Korean restaurant located close to the Christie TTC subway station which offers table cooking for Korean barbeque. While your clothes will definitely end up smelling...
Japas / Restaurants
Japas, open since late October, is the newest resto-lounge to infuse a little late-night attitude into the pervasive sushi experience. Occupying the corner lot that once housed Camto, this new...
Jin Mirak / Restaurants
Jin Mirak serves both traditional Korean and Japanese food including a variety of bento box options and sushi....
Ka Chi (Koreatown) / Restaurants
Ka Chi restaurant in Koreatown provides all of the basic necessities of life: Beer, wine, a patio, and cheap Korean eats like bulgogi, bibimbap, and pork bone soup. Takeout is...
Korea Bakery / Baked Goods
Korea Bakery is a basic, um, Korean bakery in Koreatown that sells fresh pastries, cookies and other traditional Korean baked goods. ...
Korea House / Restaurants
Korea House established itself in 1937 as the first of its kind in Canada - before the chains and pay someone to help you cook it yourself as if you...
Korean Village Restaurant / Restaurants
Korean Village Restaurant is a large, old-school Korean/Japanese restaurant with private rooms, banquets and a massive, vinyl menu....
Korye Snack / Restaurants
You'll find the usual dolsot and kalbi on the menu at Korye Snack, but the specialty of this casual eatery would be the Korean hotpots spotted on so many tables....
La Burrita / Restaurants
La Burrita recently opened its doors on the outskirts of Little Korea, its northern Mexican cuisine replacing the previous tenant's Ethiopian offerings. One of a few Mexican restaurants along this...
Lim Ga Ne (Bloor St.) / Restaurants
Lim Ga Ne is a cosy Korean restaurant with comfy, low seating on cushions. They're well-known for their Soon Dae Gook, or blood sausage, and ample side-dishes. They offer a...
Maroli / Restaurants
Maroli has been around for a while so it's about time we gave it a featured review on this site. A Koreatown favourite, it's known for its annual Malabari Food...
Masikoma / Restaurants
Masikoma brings another option for cheap Korean eats to Koreatown. Go here for pork bone soup, kimchi chiggae and sushi....
Myong Dong Soon To Fu / Restaurants
This restaurant named after a trendy neighbourhood in Seoul specializes in Soondubu soup, dolsot bibimbap, sushi and tempura....
Na Deul Mok / Restaurants
Na Deul Mok, a newish restaurant near Christie station is Korean for "the bend in the road before a long trip". It also loosely translates to "the buckwheat noodle place...
Oh Nara Restaurant / Restaurants
Like so many restaurants in Koreatown, Oh Nara could be dismissed as just another random, yet bustling pork bone soup place. Photos of the food line its windows and two...
Ottoman Restaurant / Restaurants
Ottoman is a new edition to Koreatown offering souvlaki and gyros paired with salad, roasted potatoes and rice. Save room for baklava for dessert. ...
Owl of Minerva / Restaurants
The Owl of Minerva is the perfect place to go for those who seek cheap and delicious Korean comfort food. Rated by this site as one of the best 24...
Paldo Gang San / Restaurants
Paldo Gang San is a low key spot in Koreatown that specialized in pork bone soup. Head up the short flight of stairs and settle in at one of their...
Pasteleria Barreda / Baked Goods
The first few times I walked past Pasteleria Barreda, the windows were steamy and I couldn't see what was going on inside. But then, I wasn't thinking about bakeries, probably...
PAT Central / Grocery Stores
Every few weeks I stop by P.A.T. Central on Bloor Street to pick up some food items that I can't find on my usual grocery route. While the store is...
Pho Ngon / Restaurants
Pho Ngon doesn't do much to distinguish itself in the vast landscape of Vietnamese restaurants in Toronto. Nevertheless, they do have a kitchen so if Pho Rex and other options...
Pho Rex / Restaurants
Pho Rex is where to go in Koreatown when a bowl of pho is on the agenda. Offerings here include both Thai and Vietnamese cuisine....
Pizza Park / Restaurants
Pizza Park is the aptly named restaurant across the street from Christie Pits park. Toppings are standard and include the usual meat and veggie options....
Pour Boy / Bars
Pour Boy is what you might expect from a longstanding Annex pub. Except that it's not exactly in the Annex, and it's only been around for a few months. This...
Rajput's Bistro / Restaurants
Rajput's Bistro bills itself as Toronto oldest curry house. They have two locations - this one in Koreatown - and a newer one on Dupont....
Roll House / Restaurants
Roll House in Koreatown specializes in jja jang myun, jjampong, and tang soo yook. Yes, they have maki here too, but there are better options on Bloor Street for that....
Royal Mandu Plus / Restaurants
Royal Mandu Plus is a Korean restaurant in Koreatown. The "Plus" in this restaurant's name does not refer to alcohol, as it is unlicensed, but it may well refer to...
Sake Sushi & Bar / Restaurants
Sake Sushi & Bar in Koreatown pairs raw fish with occasional live music performances. Jazz day is every Thursday....
Se Jong Restaurant / Restaurants
Se Jong serves a variety of Korean and Japanese dishes....
Seoul Restaurant / Restaurants
Seoul Restaurant specializes in Hot Pan (cooked vegetables, seafood, pork or dumplings in a hot soup), sukiyaki and pork bone soup....
Smoke Bourbon Bar-B-Q House / Restaurants
Smoke has brought Southern-style BBQ to a sleepy stretch of Harbord at the corner of Manning. Already the neighbourhood has woken up to take notice and on a recent weekday...
Snakes and Lattes / Cafes
Snakes and Lattes is a concept cafe by Parisian entrepreneurs and life partners Ben Castaine and Aurelia Peynet. The concept: hock the Macbooks, PCs and WiFi and bring out the...
Speakeasy Tattoo / Services
Speakeasy Tattoo puts you at ease when you enter. No pretense -- just art, a fluffy Pomeranian named Wilma and traditional-style tattoos. And as I make myself comfortable in the...
Sunrise House / Restaurants
Sunrise House is a newly opened bun-shik, or "minute restaurant" in Koreatown. And a $60 parking ticket is a painful thing, so when my sweetheart got one last week, I...
Tacos El Asador / Restaurants
Tacos El Asador is a Koreatown institution, serving up authentic El Salvadorian and other Central American favorites. This small and always buzzing cantina captures the mood, excitement and most importantly...
Ted's Style Shoppe / Fashion Stores
Ted's Style Shoppe took shape at an unusual address this summer, peddling custom suiting alongside bibimbap and private karaoke rooms. It's not the first time that owner David Petrash took...
Terrazza / Restaurants
Terrazza is an Italian restaurant slightly hidden on the north side of Harbord Street near Ossington. They have a great selection of pizza including some gluten free options....
The Grill Pit / Restaurants
Eating at The Grill Pit makes me wish I was somewhere else - outside on a picnic. Not that there's anything wrong with its minimalist decor: it's a take-out joint,...
Tofu Village / Restaurants
Tofu Village- House of Soon Tofu is buried in a strip of similar Korean restaurants on Bloor between Bathurst and Christie, and specializes in (you guessed it) soon tofu soup....
UMJI Restaurantt / Restaurants
UMJI restaurant is the self-proclaimed home to Toronto's best pork bone soup....
White Brick Kitchen / Restaurants
The White Brick Kitchen opened this past week at 641 Bloor, offering a casual setting for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Named for the white brick building facing Euclid, the...
XO Karaoke / Bars
Often referred to as the karaoke place upstairs from Clinton's, XO is just that. The have intimate private rooms and a huge playlist....
Yoga Therapy / Fitness Clubs
Yoga Therapy is the place to go for yoga in the heart of Koreatown. They offer teacher training, private yoga therapy sessions, workshops, seminars and group classes throughout the week....
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- East Chinatown
- Eglinton West
- Etobicoke
- Financial District
- Forest Hill Village
- Harbourfront
- Junction
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- Kensington Market
- King East
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- Koreatown
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- Liberty Village
- Little India
- Little Italy
- Markham
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- North York
- Ossington
- Pape Village
- Parkdale
- Port Lands
- Queen West
- Richmond Hill
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- Scarborough
- St. Clair West
- St. Lawrence Market
- Upper Beaches
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- Yonge & Bloor
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