Neighbourhoods
Liberty Village
Once dotcom central, Liberty Village has parlayed its tech cred and industrial roots into a hot spot for burgeoning Web 2.0 start-ups, porn web sites, film and television production companies and a growing residential community settling into former factories turned lofts. Soccer and ultimate Frisbee teams come to play at Lamport Stadium while avid rock climbers tackle the walls at Joe Rockheads. The revitalized Liberty Market Building is quickly becoming a local landmark, home to a growing mix of restaurants and shops.
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25 Liberty / Restaurants
25 Liberty was just a street address, but now it's the site of Liberty Village's newest chef-owned restaurant. It wasn't long ago that the dive-y Liberty Bistro occupied the space...
44 Wide Gallery / Galleries
44 wide is printing operation first and a gallery space second — but thanks to that skewed power dynamic, this might just be the perfect space for early-career photographers to...
Aroma Espresso Bar (Liberty Village) / Cafes
Aroma Espresso Bar opened up in Liberty Village 7 months ago, and has been percolating ever since. While there are currently nine Aroma locations in Toronto, this one offers a...
B Suite Salon / Fashion Stores
B Suite is a beauty and hair salon in Liberty Village. Services offered include bridal updos, fusion hair extensions as well as men's and women's hair cuts....
Balzac's Coffee (Liberty Village) / Cafes
Balzac's Coffee in Liberty Village is one of three current location of the Balzac's burgeoning coffee empire. Like the Distillery location, this one is pretty to look at but the...
Bar Vespa / Restaurants
Bar Vespa is one of the newer additions to Liberty Village, and one of a number of restaurants in the neighbourhood to carve out a niche in Italian fare. At...
BodyFood Aromatherapy Boutique / Fashion Stores
BodyFood Aromatherapy Boutique sells the bodyFood line of all-natural products such as body washes and creams, face scrubs and serums and shampoos and conditioners as well as pure essential oils...
Brazen Head / Restaurants
Brazen Head is a two-story traditional Irish Pub in Liberty Village. There's plenty of room, big screen TVs and traditional Irish pub food....
Burrito Burrito / Restaurants
Burrito Burrito has finally opened behind the Liberty Market building in Liberty Village. The mostly take-out spot offers various kinds of burritos, burrito bowls and tacos....
Cadeaux Toronto / Design Stores
Cadeaux is a Liberty Village gift shop with everything from baby clothes to hand-painted glass....
Caffino / Restaurants
Caffino is a long-time Liberty Village lunch and dinner destination that is somewhat hidden inside the Carpet Factory. The menu is decidedly Italian with fresh pizza, pasta and antipasti. White...
casalife / Design Stores
casalife has closed their Vaughan store and are expanding in Liberty Village in order to consolidate their two locations there into one massive retail showroom. For a look inside the...
Christine Bib Express / Grocery Stores
Christine Bib Express is a Toronto caterer that specializes in weddings and corporate events. But they also have a storefront location that serves up prepared meals to Liberty Village locals....
Cinema Nightclub / Bars
Cinema in Liberty Village is from the same people behind Brant House, COBRA, The Ballroom and other popular Toronto nightclubs. It's styled with bright lights (like a movie shoot,...
Demo Soap Studio / Design Stores
Demo Soap in Liberty Village creates handmade soap products that look like desserts. ...
EQ3 (Liberty Village) / Design Stores
EQ3 (Liberty Village) has thrown itself into the Liberty Village furniture battle. With Casalife and West Elm already battling to deck out those Liberty Village one-bedroom-plus-dens, EQ3 unveiled its two-storey...
Fat Bastard Buritto Co. (Liberty Village) / Restaurants
Fat Bastard Burrito Co. has been providing the GTA with giant, messy, filling burritos for years. Serving up the same generous portions (a "Li'l" will only cost you between...
For the Love of Cake / Baked Goods
For The Love Of Cake opened in January by Adam Finlay and Genevieve Griffin. This Liberty Village newbie is a veritable shrine to the cupcake. Baking up to a dozen...
Gallery 113 / Galleries
Gallery 113 is a new art gallery in Liberty Village. Owned by local artist Henri Amar, the gallery features a wide range of art from native art to abstract...
Goodlife Fitness (Liberty Village) / Fitness Clubs
Goodlife Fitness in Liberty Village offers individual machine workouts as well as group exercise classes focusing on strength and conditioning and cardio. ...
Gyan Hot Yoga / Fitness Clubs
Gyan Hot Yoga offers hot yoga in Liberty Village. Their schedule is packed with classes throughout the week - most are between 50 and 75 minutes long....
In Japan / Restaurants
I had really high hopes for this place. I really did. Walking into In Japan was a cool experience. It's nothing like the run of the mill cafeteria...
Island Foods / Restaurants
Island Foods is the old stalwart of the Toronto roti scene. It's been around for almost 35 years, has maintained a booth at the CNE since 1976 and still operates...
It'z a Wrap / Restaurants
It'z a Wrap, tucked away on sleepy Jefferson Avenue in Liberty Village, might not know how to spell, but they do know how to make fresh and healthy wraps, sandwiches...
Jackie O / Design Stores
Jackie O is a popular florist on College St. in Little Italy that does a brisk business in wedding/event flowers but also have a ready-made supply of off-the-shelf creations and...
Joe Rockheads / Fitness Clubs
Joe Rockhead's, established in 1990, was Canada's first indoor rock climbing gym, and recently celebrated 20 years at its current Liberty Village location. Born out of the owners' personal desire...
Koja Restaurant (Sushi & Bibimbop) / Restaurants
Koja Restaurant (Sushi & Bibimbop) replaces the short lived Sushi + in Liberty Village. ...
L Studio Salon / Fashion Stores
L Studio Salon and Spa is a recent addition to Liberty Village, found in a light-filled space at the corner of Liberty and Mowat....
Liberty Shawarma / Restaurants
Liberty Shawarma is the new name for the Middle Eastern restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Liberty Village. It's the same owners as King Falafel - the previous incarnation. I guess...
Liberty Street Cyclery / Services
Liberty Street Cyclery is a small shop that specializes in speedy repairs and custom builds. Opened by Ed Tsui last spring, the space has a casual everyone-knows-your-name type vibe, which...
Liberty Village Market and Cafe / Cafes
Liberty Village Market and Cafe is a hybrid grocery store meets cafe that has been popular with Liberty Village lunchers for years. Good for takeout or eat in at one...
Liv Yoga Studio / Fitness Clubs
Liv Yoga Studio is a bright new studio located in Liberty Village. Their calendar is jam packed with classes every day of the week including a variety of yoga disciplines...
Loco Burrito / Restaurants
Loco Burrito brings burritos to Liberty Village. Found inside The Roastery Cafe, Loco serves up quesadillas and burritos, the latter of which are served grilled and come with shrimp, sweet...
Lowon Pope / Fashion Stores
Lowon Pope specializes in Hollywood-inspired wedding dresses created by designers Lana Lowon and Jim Pope....
Mad Batter Bakers / Baked Goods
Mad Batter Bakers specializes in gingerbread houses and cookies. Find them on Jefferson Avenue in Liberty Village....
Magic Oven / Restaurants
Magic Oven serves up some of Toronto's best pizza. Now with five locations in the city, Magic Oven specializes in hand-crafted pizza with toppings that go beyond the standard options...
Maizal Quesadilla Cafe / Restaurants
Maizal Quesadilla Café, is the newest addition to Liberty Village, bringing the neighbourhood a refreshing dose of Mexican flavour just in time for summer. The address on Jefferson, south of...
Meltdown / Fashion Stores
Meltdown Board Shop in Liberty Village specializes in the boarding life, with a variety of sports equipment such as boards, boots, and bindings....
Merci Mon Ami / Restaurants
Merci Mon Ami is new-ish lunch spot in the Liberty Market Building that specialized in sandwiches. All are made fresh daily and served on just out of the oven baguette...
Mike's Liberty Grill / Restaurants
Mike's Liberty Grill is tucked away on the south side of Liberty St. near the Carpet Factory building. A popular lunch spot in Liberty Village, the casual restaurant specializes in...
Mildred's Temple Kitchen / Restaurants
Mildred's Temple Kitchen in Liberty Village is the offshoot of the highly regarded Mildred Pierce which operated on Sudbury Street for seventeen years before closing its doors. Having never been...
Naka Ima Aikido / Fitness Clubs
Naka Ima is an aikido studio in Liberty Village. Easy to miss (as it's tucked behind the Liberty Market Building), the new studio offers kids and adult classes throughout the...
Naked Red / Fashion Stores
Naked Red is a clothing boutique in Liberty Village that stocks brands like Shelley Klassen, Salvage Supply Company, Nella Bella, Ella Moss, Voodoo Guru and more....
Naomi / Restaurants
Naomi is a long-time lunch favourite on Atlantic Avenue in Liberty Village. The casual, mostly take-out restaurant favours Japanese influenced meals plus panini, salads and sandwiches....
Noir Nail Bar / Fashion Stores
Noir Nail Bar in Liberty Village is very hip and trendy, and offers free WiFi which is generally just a bonus if you aren't getting a manicure. The place is...
Origin Liberty Village / Restaurants
Origin Liberty is Chef Claudio Aprile's foray into a dining scene that's seen its ups and downs. Aprile has had had great success with both Colborne Lane and Origin on...
Panino & Co. / Restaurants
Panino & Co. opened recently (and quietly) in the space that previously housed Barista Espresso Bar in Liberty Village. While there were rumblings of it being an entirely new operation,...
Pastalicious (Liberty Village) / Restaurants
Pastalicious brings quick service and take-out pasta to Liberty Village. Tucked behind the Liberty Market building, this carb destination says it's all about the sauce offering seven varieties to smother...
Raaw Japanese Cuisine / Restaurants
Raaw Japanese Cuisine, a slickly decorated, upscale sushi restaurant opened in Liberty Village in July. The interior of Raaw is in stark opposition to most sushi restaurants, being dark-walled and dimly...
Redd Hair Studio / Fashion Stores
Redd's team of stylists has been coiffing Liberty Village for almost 10 years (so, before Liberty Village was Liberty Village). ...
Reebok Crossfit Liberty Village / Fitness Clubs
Reebok Crossfit Liberty Village has been providing crossfit training to the area for just six weeks when I stroll in, hopped up on Red Bull and ready to take on...
Rotisserie House / Restaurants
The Rotisserie House is a family restaurant specializing mainly in home made Portuguese cuisine. Try their celestial rotisserie chicken....
Running Room (Liberty Village) / Fashion Stores
Running Room in Liberty Village provides local runners and attendees of the area's flourishing gym scene with an extensive selection of running gear and accessories. As well, find running clinics...
Rykr Salon / Fashion Stores
Ryker is a specialized hair salon on Jefferson Avenue in Liberty Village that focuses on hair, make-up and photography....
Saigon Bistro / Restaurants
Saigon Bistro is one of the new lunch options on the Atlantic Avenue restaurant row in Liberty Village....
Salon Tocci / Fashion Stores
Salon Tocci is hidden away behind the Liberty Market Building in Liberty Village. The salon has a lofty feel and services include haircuts, colours, extensions, perms and treatments....
School Bakery and Cafe / Restaurants
School Bakery and Cafe in Liberty Village doesn't look like any school I attended. The huge glass displays that cordon off the kitchen from the crowd are definitely cafeteria-esque and...
Scratch Bakery / Baked Goods
Scratch Bakery is small bakery on Jefferson Avenue in Liberty Village that specializes in gluten-free baked treats....
Stroudfoot / Design Stores
Stoudfoot's design creations are in restaurants all around Toronto. From both Origins to Colborne Lane, for which Jason Stroud added a heavy dose of his design touch, to elements in...
Super Kick Karate / Fitness Clubs
Super Kick Karate is a karate school in Liberty Village that offers a range of classes for all ages. ...
suzanne gardner FLOWERS / Design Stores
Suzanne Gardner's cool and quiet flower studio's arrangements are simple and classic. As they put it "Flowers are like music. There are only so many notes but infinite ways to...
The Roastery Cafe (Liberty Village) / Cafes
The Roastery is a popular local cafe in Liberty Village serving sandwiches, smoothies and all the usual caffeine-laced comforts....
Tula South (Liberty Village) / Fitness Clubs
Tula South is a one-stop destination for yoga, pilates and spa services. On the fitness side, the studio offers yoga classes such as hot yoga, hatha and kundalini, pilates classes...
Vibrant Lifestyle / Grocery Stores
Vibrant Lifestyle is where to shop in Liberty Village for vitamins, herbal medicine, superfoods and other goods and services that support a holistic lifestyle....
Village Cheesemonger / Grocery Stores
The Village Cheesemonger opened last month right smack in the heart of Liberty Village in the Liberty Market Building (unit 155). The neighbourhood's first dedicated cheese store melds modern features...
Vocado / Fashion Stores
This week, my raison d'etre brought me to Liberty Village and a brand new store called Vocado. Open for just over a month, the boutique, owned by Emily Dobbie, is...
Vogue Supperclub / Restaurants
Vogue Supperclub. When I see the words supper club, what comes to my mind instantly is overly fussy food, expensive drinks, and poor service. Not so is the case with...
West Elm Toronto / Design Stores
West Elm has dozens of locations south of the border but only one in Canada - and it's right here in Toronto in Liberty Village. Inside is plenty of contemporary...
Williams Landing / Restaurants
Williams Landing comes to Liberty Village from the same owners of South of Temperance and Joy Bistro Bar. It's just what you'd expect from a place trying to reel in...
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- East Chinatown
- Eglinton West
- Etobicoke
- Financial District
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- Harbourfront
- Junction
- Junction Triangle
- Kensington Market
- King East
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- Koreatown
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- Little India
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