Neighbourhoods
Riverside
Riverside, formerly known as Queen-Broadview Village, is often now lumped together with burgeoning Leslieville, despite the efforts of the local BIA to give it its own identity. Ground zero to the Spring's first major outdoor art festival - The Riverdale Art Walk - Riverside is also home to some of Toronto's best burgers, cafes and furniture stores. The Opera House, a live music venue that retains its charm from its former life as Vaudeville theatre, and the Mac-fanboy destination Carbon Computing are two of its most recognizable residents.
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Ambiance Chocolat / Grocery Stores
Ambiance Chocolat sells fresh handmade chocolates, hot chocolate, home made cookies, fair trade coffee and tea. ...
Avenue Road / Design Stores
Avenue Road is a palatial furniture and home decor store located, oddly enough, on Eastern Avenue. I don't use the word palatial lightly. And, forgive the superlatives in this post,...
Bergstrom Originals / Fashion Stores
Contributed by Katia Caporiccio Bold. Original. Clothing. That's the tag line behind Bergstrom Originals. It essentially sums up what you'll find behind the shop door. Scandinavian shop owner Christina Bergstrom, who...
Bonjour Brioche / Restaurants
Bonjour Brioche, at the corner of Queen East and Degrassi Streets is a favourite neighbourhood spot serving breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch. Lines snake out the door on weekends as...
Burger Shoppe / Restaurants
Stopped into the Burger Shoppe with friends last night looking for some fast food done right. I'd had one of their organic beef burgers in the past and it...
Comrade / Bars
The Comrade is totally a friendly, laidback, neighbourhood watering hole. It just happens to be so stylish that I don't think I should even be allowed in here in my...
Dangerous Dan's / Restaurants
Find yerself at the corner of Queen & Broadview much? Maybe you just stumbled out of Jilly's and into chilly, river-scented street blinking daylight with a rumble in yer...
Dark Horse Espresso Bar / Cafes
The first thing I notice upon entering Dark Horse Espresso Bar is the huge wooden table in one corner. The thought of sitting beside strangers unnerves me, but the bar...
F'COFFEE / Cafes
When I first heard the name "F'Coffee", I wondered what-the-F my friend was saying to me, but I was too tired and hungry to care. Visiting this friend's friends in...
Hardware / Design Stores
I walked in and immediately thought, wow, did these guys name their business well. Hardware is the perfect one-word summary for their aesthetic. There are no gentle curves in this space,...
IX Gallery / Galleries
IX Gallery is the exhibit space of Colourgenics Fine Art Digital Imaging. The gallery holds monthly photo exhibits as well as artcentric workshops, seminars and events. Vintage works are shown...
Kimberley Jackson / Design Stores
Kimberley Jackson on Queen Street East is a real contender. If you were wondering where to get handsome coffee, dinner, end, side and other furniture made right here in Ontario,...
Lea Ann Belter Bridal / Fashion Stores
Lea Ann Belter Bridal sells wedding dresses in their serene boutique across from Bonjour Brioche on Queen East....
Liloo / Design Stores
Liloo sells handmade linens and decor accents selected from the owner's trips to India. ...
Loic Gourmet / Grocery Stores
Loic Gourmet makes fresh, gourmet meals to go so you don't have to. They're right down the street from Dangerous Dan's Diner (Queen/Broadview). ...
LPK's Culinary Groove / Baked Goods
A recession may not be the best time to open a high end bakery, but if anyone can pull it off it's probably Lesia Kohut and her team at LPK's...
Mary Macleod's Shortbread / Baked Goods
On the edges of Riverside, Mary MacLeod's Shortbread bakes, what else, some of the best shortbread in Toronto. ...
Merchants of Green Coffee / Cafes
Serving nothing but the best quality, freshest beans, Merchants of Green is a wholesaler cum coffee shop promoting home and local roasting. They also offer monthly coffee school one day...
Opera House / Bars
Not to be confused with the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Opera House is one of Toronto's most popular live music venues. Located in Riverside, the Opera...
Phil'z 20th Century Design / Design Stores
It seems everyone sells reproduction Eames recliners (personally I think we can point to Frasier), but not everywhere has an Eames Sofa Compact (Phil'z does -- $2995). For square footage,...
PicNic Wine Bar / Restaurants
Riverside's Pic Nic Wine Bar has carved a niche for itself in the east end by serving up carefully sourced charcuterie plates alongside an extensive wine list and simple, thoughtfully...
Pop Bistro / Restaurants
Pop Bistro is a cozy French restaurant in Riverside. It's open for dinner and brunch. Try their eggs benedict - poached eggs on a French croissant with bacon and hollandaise....
Prohibition / Restaurants
Prohibition may have had a controversial birth -- being the site of a feud between former partners Joey McGuirk and Michael Summerfield -- but aside from the signage outside, it'd...
Quad East / Fitness Clubs
Quad East is the latest of the the Quad Spin locations. This 2-storey loft space has a quiet spa-like atmosphere fitting of its low-key Riverside 'hood. The stretching room...
Quince Flowers / Design Stores
With two locations, in Queen East, and up north of Yonge and Eglinton, Quince has beautiful stores and exotic, simple arrangements. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Smith....
Rasputin Vodka Bar / Bars
Remember in Sex & The City when Samantha Jones makes Smith Jerrod, her young piece of manmeat, the "Absolut Hunk" - the naked model in an Absolut vodka ad? He's...
Roxanne Reads / Bookstore
Roxanne Reads is a new bookstore on Queen East which sells both new and used books....
Ruby Watchco / Restaurants
Ruby Watchco has just opened in the former Citizen space on Queen East. Former Restaurant Makeover star and Four Season head chef Lynn Crawford has completely transformed the space into...
Spaces Self Storage / Services
Spaces Self Storage just opened in February at Broadview and Eastern Avenue and has state of the art security, 24/7 access, a climate controlled building, packing supplies and even 4...
St. John's Bakery / Baked Goods
St. John's Bakery's olive boule was a revelation in bread for me when I tried it for the first time. This round loaf has a classic sourdough base with a...
Stemz / Design Stores
Stemz on Queen East is a great option for special occasion flowers. Their designs are chic and stylish and use nothing but the best quality flowers....
Studio Pazo / Design Stores
Studio Pazo in Riverside sells twentieth century modern furniture including tables, chairs and lighting. ...
Sushi Bar / Restaurants
Sushi Bar has taken over the cavernous space formerly home to the SOMA Restaurant and Lounge....
Sushi District / Restaurants
District bills itself as a modern Japanese bistro. While standard sushi restaurant offerings like tempura, miso soup and maki line the menu, the vibe is more sleek and sexy and...
Table 17 / Restaurants
Table 17 is a new spot in Riverside that is already packed almost every night of the week. The restaurant is divided into two rooms and features huge mirrors, chalk...
The Real Jerk / Restaurants
The Real Jerk is the east-ends favourite destination for jerk chicken, roti, ackee and other Jamaican eats. ...
Tommaso's Trattoria / Restaurants
Tommaso's Trattoria is located in a tiny strip mall on Eastern Avenue near the new Mini and BWM dealerships. I almost feel like I'm in New Jersey on a Soprano's...
Training Room / Fitness Clubs
The Training Room is tucked away in a commercial strip mall on Carlaw between the Lakeshore and Eatern Avenue. The gym is packed with lots of weight and cardio equipment...
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- Bloorcourt
- Bloordale Village
- Cabbagetown
- Chinatown
- Church Wellesley Village
- Corso Italia
- Danforth
- Distillery District
- Dundas West
- East Chinatown
- Financial District
- Forest Hill Village
- Harbourfront
- Junction
- Kensington Market
- King East
- King West
- Koreatown
- Leslieville
- Liberty Village
- Little India
- Little Italy
- Mount Pleasant
- Ossington
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