Toronto is famous (or infamous, depending on your take) for having one of the most thriving bar and night club scenes in all of North America. Ranging in size and scope from the tiny, intimate watering hole to the gigantic, hopping superclub, Toronto does have a lot ot offer to those looking to get out for a drink to drown their sorrows solo, or get their party on with thousands of like-minded clubbers.

Back in In January we ran our annual Best of Toronto readership survey and the nomination and vote results confirm the notion that we have a decent variety of awesome, new options for nightime entertainment all over the city.

There's something so satisfying about having someone say to you, "I like your t-shirt/bag/earrings" and being able to respond with, "Thanks, I made it myself!"

And sure, you look like a huge keener but still.

The Do-It-Yourself mentality is wide-spread these days. The internet has been a big part of that (especially recently, with monster blogs like Craft: and Make:), but DIYers start (and grow) in real-life communities.

And Toronto has built a great DIY community. From hobbyists to those who subscribe to a whole DIY lifestyle, do-it-yourself-ers keep coming together to pool their resources, skills and ideas.

Keep reading to discover some of the best DIY spots in Toronto.

Now there's perfect breakfast food (eggs benny or any thing from the late, great kitchen at Mimi's at Bathurst & Queen) and there's perfect dinner food (a huge porterhouse at the Tulip or maybe some omakase courtesy Kaji-san) but is there a better breakfast/dinner food than Pizza? Luckily Toronto's got it's fair share of slice-serving establishments to provide the serious foodie and the spirit-soaked post-club crowd with enough fine examples of that Neapolitan pie to almost quench this cities nearly obscene hunger.

Bullfrog Power has been voted the best green service in Toronto, beating out competition offering a wide range of services. With their high-profile clients and partnerships, such as with Wal-Mart and the Steam Whistle Brewery, it is no surprise Bullfrog powered their way to the top of the list. They also make it easy to convert your home to green power, and a glance at their list of converts confirms the widespread interest.

With their commitment to high-quality offsets, and the ease of purchasing those offsets, CarbonZero comes in number two. By no means, however, are green power and carbon offsetting the only services to round out the winner's circle.

With this year's best services, you will be able to go green in your next catering event, avoid chemicals in your home or laundry cleaning needs, wash your clothes with clean energy, and plant a green roof.

There's nothing like stomping around the city in a new pair of kicks, is there? When it comes to sneakers it's all about Cookstown and SoHo, but unless you're taking a trip down to New York City or heading up north to a cottage, Toronto has some amazing places to go for serious sneaker shoppers.

So, let's take a look at the best sneaker shops in Toronto, as voted by blogTO readers.

Here at blogTO, we've had our fair share of "burger battles" over the years. We've pitted heavyweight contenders from Etobicoke and Scarborough against one another in the Suburban Hamburger Battle, and we've also seen two legendary rivals from Riverside duke it out in the taste test ring.

With many new, contending, gourmet burger shops popping up all around the city, we weren't sure if the old favourites could continue to earn top honours from Toronto meat eaters. But in the end it was mostly those with long-standing reputations that graced the podium.

Here are Toronto's best burgers, as voted by blogTO readers.