Neighbourhoods
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a residential neighbourhood in midtown Toronto that surrounds a vibrant stretch of restaurants, cafes and shops on Mount Pleasant Rd. south of Eglinton. The area has a high concentration of specialty stores selling everything from cupcakes, to chocolate to delicate French pastries. There are also two independent cinemas here - The Regent and the Mt. Pleasant - which screen a mix of hard-to-find, foreign and popular films. This is also a neighbourhood that many come to bury their dead. Mount Pleasant cemetary is the final resting place of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Egerton Ryerson and George "Punch" Imlach and features miles of walking paths, fountains, statues and botanical gardens.
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Absolute Endurance / Fitness Clubs
Absolute Endurance Training and Therapy is like the NASA space camp of fitness facilities. The 5000 SF state-of-the-art training and health care facility is brimming with state-of-the-art equipment dedicated to...
Across the Road / Restaurants
Across the Road is a cozy Italian bistro on Mount Pleasant. On the menu are options like pasta, calamari, striped bass and provimi calf's liver. ...
Act Two / Fashion Stores
Act Two is a designer resale boutique on Mount Pleasant that stocks lightly used classics from Prada, Armani and Chanel. There are finds for guys and girls here including men's...
Aristotle McGregor's / Restaurants
Aristotle McGregor's is a new pub that recently opened at the foot of the Mt. Pleasant restaurant/retail strip. Wings, greek salads and beer (of course) are the specialties here....
Bean Sprout / Fashion Stores
Bean Sprout was previously a resale store for children's clothing that re-opened in 2006 selling only new stuff and now carries a number of designers, including Hatley rainwear, Malibu swimwear,...
Belly Maternity / Fashion Stores
Belly Maternity steps in where so many others fail to tread - they provide stylish maternity wear including designer fashions from Liz Lange and Diane Von Furstenburg....
Boland's Open Kitchen / Restaurants
Boland's Open Kitchen is a neighbourhood bistro on Mount Pleasant that serves fairly priced and well executed mains and apps. There's a good assortment of seafood (bass, salmon, shrimp, mussels),...
Bread & Butter / Restaurants
Bread and Butter serves honest-to-goodness home-style eats in a neighbourhood better known for tasteful (read: expensive) indulgence than value. Walking Mt. Pleasant to get there, I passed a goldsmith's shop,...
Cafe Pleiade / Restaurants
This small Mt. Pleasant restaurant (near Manor Rd.) has become one of my favourite dinner restaurants in Toronto. Jeff and I decided to eat there a few weeks ago before...
Camerini Ristorante / Restaurants
Camerini is a family-run Italian restaurant on Mt. Pleasant. Things are done by the book here. Don't expect fusion or a contemporary atmosphere. White table cloths serve as the backdrop...
Cavaillon / Grocery Stores
Cavaillon is a boutique café located in the Leaside community on Mount Pleasant Road. Newly opened earlier this year, this is the place to go to experience a European cafe-like...
Celestin / Restaurants
Celestin offers upscale French cuisine in an elegant Midtown setting....
Cheese Emporium / Grocery Stores
With two locations, one at Eglinton & Mount Pleasant, and one at Avenue & Melrose, Cheese Emporium and Fine Foods stocks just that -- oils and olives, preserves, spreads, breads,...
Churrasco Villa / Restaurants
Churrasco Villa is warm both in temperature and atmosphere. Whole chickens turn slowly over an open flame, while thick pieces of pork and beef ribs absorb the flavours of a...
Culinarium / Grocery Stores
Culinarium is the sort of word you'd expect to find in the dictionary. But do a quick search and you'll realize it isn't. Instead, it's a name of a newish...
Eye Studio / Fashion Stores
Eye Studio is an eyewear boutique on Mount Pleasant that sells a nice selection of stylish sunglasses and designer frames....
Fabulous Manicure Bar / Fashion Stores
Fabulous Manicure Bar offers services for hands, feet, and face, including rose petal mani/pedis and eyebrow shaping....
Flaky Tart / Baked Goods
I dare you to look at a Flaky Tart cake for more than 5 seconds without smiling. Whether they're topped with a cheeky monkey or a little yellow chick,...
Florentia / Restaurants
Florentia is where to go on Mount Pleasant for authentic Southern Italian food. On the menu is homemade pasta, fresh fish, pizza and steak....
Granite Brewery / Restaurants
Granite Brewery is a brewpub located at Mount Pleasant and Eglinton. In addition to their Best Bitter, IPA and other homemade brews, they also serve up tasty pub grub like...
Happy Tails Dog Spa / Services
Happy Tails Dog Spa offers one-stop grooming for both cats and dogs, ranging from brushing, to nail trims, to a full service "spa treatment" with shampoos available for your pet's...
Hauser / Design Stores
Hauser has long been one of Canada's top manufacturers of high-end outdoor and patio furniture. This Mount Pleasant area flagship is open year round, regardless of weather and allows customers...
Hillside Cafe / Cafes
Hillside Cafe on Mount Pleasant specialized in sandwiches and baked Estonian treats like sweet-and-sour rye bread, kringel and pirukad. ...
Hokkaido Sushi / Restaurants
Hokkaido Sushi is found next to the Granite Brewery at Mount Pleasant and Eglinton Avenue West....
Il Gelatiere Artgianale / Restaurants
Il Gelatiere Artgianale is one of Toronto's most popular spots for gelato. They're open year round so there's always time to pop in on Mt. Pleasant for some fresh and...
Irpinia Kitchens / Design Stores
Irpina Kitchens creates custom kitchens and bathrooms, including made-to-order cabinets....
Jacaranda Tree / Design Stores
Jacaranda Tree is a design store with a little bit of everything, including linens, picture frames, lotions, stationary, and furniture....
Jack and I Hats / Fashion Stores
Jack and I Hats, located in Mount Pleasant Village, is a go-to shop for those looking for classic shapes from Italian Borsalinos to imported English wool caps as well as...
Jules Cafe Patisserie / Baked Goods
Jules Cafe Patisserie gives Thobors a run for their money on Mount Pleasant. Do a taste test yourself and compare the fresh bread, cakes and pastries....
Kenpik Fine Bulk Food / Grocery Stores
Kenpik, just off of Mt. Pleasant, has a smaller selection than most bulk food stores in Toronto. But their clean, non-cluttered layout makes shopping here a breeze, even if you...
Kids Costumes / Fashion Stores
Kids Costumes is true to its name, catering to children from the toddler age to about 13-year olds. They've been a fixture in the neighborhood for over 30 years. The...
Le Feuvre's / Grocery Stores
LeFeuvre's Chocolatiers sells hand-crafted, fine Belgian chocolates and truffles. All are made in house at their store on Mount Pleasant. ...
Linda Penwarden / Fashion Stores
Linda Penwarden offers her personally designed collection, as well as custom creations, out of her store on Mount Pleasant south of Eglinton. Much of Penwarden's jewellery is inspired by leaves...
Lollicakes / Baked Goods
Lollicakes has a collection of personalized cupcakes that evoke a question often posed of creative confections: Can you really eat that? It's not the cupcakes themselves that take on extraordinary form,...
Longest Yard / Bars
The Longest Yard, at the corner of Mount Pleasant and Belsize, is a popular neighbourhood pub serving 16 wines by the glass, 13 beers on tap and lots of...
Mabel's Fables Children's Bookstore / Bookstores
Founded in 1988, Mabel's Fables is a cheerful and brightly-lit two-level store packed with books and toys for children....
Mad Factory / Fashion Stores
Mad Factory is a Mount Pleasant salon offering cuts, blowdrys, colours, and free bang trims between regular appointments to "protect you from your own demise."...
Malbec Restaurant / Restaurants
Malbec Restaurant brings Argentinian cuisine to Toronto with a menu of traditional dishes as well as some that are perhaps slightly less so. The menu is pretty wide, with a...
Marcheleo's / Grocery Stores
Marcheleo's is a gourmet marketplace serving up an array of prepared foods, deli and fish items, an espresso bar, and pastries from their dessert counter. You'll also find specialty grocery...
McMurphys / Restaurants
McMurphys, true to its uber-Irish sounding name, is a simple blue-collar pub located on Eglinton Avenue, just east of Mount Pleasant. All your regular pub fare is here, ranging from...
Midge / Design Stores
Midge on Mount Pleasant sells fresh flowers and gifts, and also creates custom arrangements for special events....
Mogette Bistro / Restaurants
Mogette opened in the middle of the recession. A bold move considering the last thing uptown Toronto needs is another French restaurant. So for them to fill it with fiercely...
Moksa Day Spa / Fashion Stores
Moksa Day Spa offers a variety of services for women and men including facials, massages, waxing, and acupuncture....
Nailopolis / Fashion Stores
Nailopolis is a Mount Pleasant nail salon that offers all the basic nail services for hands and feet. Classic pedicures run for about $44, manicures for $21, and polish changes...
Pallucci / Restaurants
Pallucci on Mount Pleasant serves up well-executed Italian food like risotto, pizza, pasta, salad and calamari....
Penrose Fish & Chips / Restaurants
So what if it's deep-fried and bad for you? It's hard to care when you're diving into a big plate o' fish and chips at Penrose's (Mt. Pleasant, south of...
People's Chicken / Restaurants
People's Chicken, contrary to allusions inferred from its name, is not a Maoist chicken spot. Rather, the Mount Pleasant restaurant is a hub for live music, wings, and $3.99 pints...
Pimenton / Restaurants
Pimenton is a gourmet food store that is Mediterranean and Spanish not just in flavour, but also in feel. The red and green walls definitely contribute to the ambiance, but...
Positano / Restaurants
Positano has been a Mount Pleasant local for more than 15 years. Their Mediterranean inspired menu includes plenty of healthy salads, pasta and pizza....
Red Lantern / Restaurants
Red Lantern Pub has been a staple of the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood since 1969. The once rather dingy space was given a bit of a facelift in 2010, and now...
Sakae Sushi / Restaurants
Sakae Sushi is an AYCE sushi restaurant on Mount Pleasant. Weekdays AYCE is only $17 with weekends ringing in at $2 more. ...
Seven44 / Restaurants
Seven44 is like a TGIFridays without the chain. Having taken over the lot which one housed the neighborhood haunt Chick'N'Deli, Seven44 offers your standard variety of reasonably priced pub fare,...
Simple Bistro / Restaurants
Simple Bistro cooks up classic, fresh fare like escargots, risotto, oysters, fish, duck and lamb. They offer a la carte as well as a prix fixe menu....
Souvlaki Express / Restaurants
We all get those cravings - hunger hits you and you want, need or have to have souvlaki. Ok, maybe that's just me! Souvlaki here is marinated in a special...
Summerhill Floral Boutique (Mt. Pleasant) / Design Stores
Summerhill Floral Boutique is right across from the Summerhill Market on Mount Pleasant. In addition to their seasonal flowers, potted plants, and custom-made flower arrangements, they also have a nice...
Summerhill Market (Mount Pleasant) / Grocery Stores
Summerhill Market on Mount Pleasant is one of two Toronto outposts of the one-stop gourmet grocery store that offers flowers, fresh produce, deli and bakery items, as well as a...
Thai Spicy House / Restaurants
Thai Spicy House is a newish Thai option that has arrived on Mount Pleasant. A little more formal than it needs to be (could do without the old school tablecloths)...
The Homeway / Restaurants
The Homeway has been a North Toronto staple for more than half a century. At the corner of Erskine and Mt. Pleasant, the restaurant is hardly recognizable to our group...
Thobors Boulangerie Patisserie Cafe / Baked Goods
Thobors Boulangerie Patisserie Cafe is packed on a Sunday afternoon with regulars popping in for their daily baguette fix. Amid the rush, the cafe's owner/baker emerges from the kitchen, greeting...
Uncle John's Candy Shack / Grocery Stores
Uncle John's Candy Shack has just the right name for a neighbourhood sweet shop, and yes, there really is an uncle John. The store at Mount Pleasant and Davisville has...
Viva Napoli / Restaurants
Viva Napoli is riding the wave of the Neapolitan pizza trend in Toronto and baking some of these delicious pies for Mount Pleasant locals. Aside from a menu of 23...
Wildbird / Design Stores
Wildbird offers a whole selection of bird feeders and seeds, along with vintage furniture and home accessories....
Zee Grill / Restaurants
Zee Grill on Mt. Pleasant has been grilling fresh seafood in Toronto for more than 20 years. The menu features fresh fish, crab, lobster and steak; but the real star...
Zen Beginnings / Fitness Clubs
Zen Beginnings is part yoga studio, part maternity and wellness centre. Offerings include prenatal yoga classes, HypnoBirthing classes and yoga for kids. ...
Neighbourhoods
Other Neighbourhoods
- Annex
- Baldwin Village
- Bayview and Leaside
- Beaches
- Bloor West Village
- Bloorcourt
- Bloordale Village
- Cabbagetown
- Chinatown
- Church Wellesley Village
- Corktown
- Corso Italia
- Danforth
- Distillery District
- Dundas West
- East Chinatown
- Eglinton West
- Etobicoke
- Financial District
- Forest Hill Village
- Harbourfront
- Junction
- Junction Triangle
- Kensington Market
- King East
- King West
- Koreatown
- Leslieville
- Liberty Village
- Little India
- Little Italy
- Markham
- Mount Pleasant
- North York
- Ossington
- Pape Village
- Parkdale
- Port Lands
- Queen West
- Richmond Hill
- Riverside
- Roncesvalles Village
- Rosedale
- Scarborough
- St. Clair West
- St. Lawrence Market
- Upper Beaches
- West Queen West
- Yonge & Bloor
- Yonge & College
- Yonge & Dundas
- Yonge & Eglinton
- Yonge & St. Clair
- Yonge & Wellesley
- Yorkville
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