Leslieville
After many years of playing the role of little brother to more developed Riverside, Leslieville has emerged as Toronto's hippest place to dine, drink, shop and live, or so proclaimed a 2005 article in the New York Times that also anointed the neighbourhood as the new Queen Street West. Historically home to light industry and the Film District, it's now more known as one of Toronto's best brunch destinations and features some great cafes, vintage furniture, fashion and design stores.
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All fine and well except that area standby Kubo Radio recently got deadpool'd, and a few of those quaint little shops folded b/c they're just still not seeing the foot traffic (or at least not foot traffic that comes in and spends money).
Leslieville, charming as it is, continues to struggle as one of those "up and coming" TO 'hoods that never quite ups and comes, which is a real shame. For the time being, how about we all stop w/ the online praise about how hip and cute it is / pretending everyone goes there instead of Parkdale ... and actually GO East and support it? I hear people talk about Leslieville about 50x more than I see them there.
I hear you loud and clear. It can be quite dead in the evenings. I think there are some real gems here, like Rasputin's, Okay Okay, the real Jerk, and others. Also, you have to admit, Riverside is so much cooler than Leslieville if you were to split hairs...
Cheers
Please don't come to my neighbourhood and turn it into another Queen West. I moved here to get away from the swarms of "cool" kids on the other Queen. Now I get great bakeries, shopping, cafes and restaurants without having to wait in lines with a bunch of posers or Forest Hill matrons.
Stay on Queen St. West!
I have to say...nobody appreciates a community like leslieville the way the locals do. i agree with you yes, i like it better this way too. :)
It's incredible how much Leslieville real estate has gone up in 2008 and even into 2009 (look at the homes in the Gerrard & Leslie area, lots of sales even in January/February in THIS MARKET) - even though the rest of the city and country are losing value. The area may be taking some time to develop, but given that homes are much more affordable, its only a matter of time before the restaurants, stores and cool places start bringing in more and more improvements into the neighbourhood. The residents need to stop letting "renters" push the NO BIG BOX signs around so they can keep their rents down - Leslieville will develop more when more and more big box and other larger chains move in and homes have more "owners". With money comes development, renovations, good schools, and a bigger better Leslieville. btw - the subject, the Nose (or Gioranna's as its called) is an amazing restaurant that everyone should try out.
have you guys ever heard of Strange Street?
yes there's a daycare centre on the front.. but I am interested to know about the abandon building at the end of the street.. it looks really creepy with all the big trees surrounding it.. and the big fence in front of the site.. anyone knows about the history of the site or the building? thank you for any info!!!
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