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Yonge & Dundas
Yonge & Dundas is at the epicenter of Toronto. A magnet for tourists and 905ers, the intersection is home to Toronto's first scramble crossing, a large outdoor square, an AMC theatre, Toronto's largest downtown mall (The Eaton Centre), and a who's who of global chain stores. In the summer, Yonge/Dundas Square is taken over by marketing stunts, live music performances and outdoor movie screenings.
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12 O' Lunch / Restaurants
12 O' Lunch is a recently re-branded family-owned Korean restaurant near Dundas and University that used to be called Lunch Market. Inside, there are hanging trellises with plastic plants and...
123 Go Sandwich / Restaurants
123 Go Sandwich serves up grilled sandwiches and salad to the lunch crowd near Dundas and University. It's strictly take-out so be prepared to eat at your desk....
3 Brewers / Restaurants
3 Brewers is a restaurant and microbrewery with great seasonal beers and rave-worthy Flammekuech on its menu. The multi-level Yonge Street restaurant also offers everything from beer-soaked sauerkraut to steamed...
Adega / Restaurants
Adega is a restaurant on Elm Street that has a Portuguese and Mediterranean influenced menu with lots of seafood options for lunch and dinner. ...
Aden Camera / Services
Aden Camera is the type of store to go to when you know exactly what you're looking for and you want the lowest price. Like the camera stores that dot...
Alio / Restaurants
Alio cooks up basic Italian food and pub favourities like nachos, bruschetta, greek salad and many varieties of pizza and pasta....
B Espresso Bar (Dundas East) / Cafes
B Espresso Bar has a location near Yonge and Dundas although you might need to look closely to find it. On the south side of the street it's tucked inside...
Balzac's (Ryerson) / Cafes
Balzac's in Ryerson has finally made its much, much anticipated arrival. Back in 2011, Ryerson began its search for a new café to occupy the ground floor retail space of...
Bar + Karaoke / Bars
Bar + Karoke has clean, modern decor and fair rates - $25/hour for a group of five - make up for the fact that it exists at Yonge-Gerrard. ...
Barberian's Steakhouse / Restaurants
Barberian's is one of Toronto's most famous steakhouses. This bastion of meat, once considered slightly off the beaten path on low key Elm Street was founded in 1959 and has...
Big Fat Burrito (Bay and Dundas) / Restaurants
Big Fat Burrito has opened their third Toronto location just steps from Bay and Dundas. Finally! An alternative to the overpriced Chipotle or the Z-Teca at Church and Gerrard for...
Big Slice / Restaurants
Big Slice reminds me of New York (yeah, I said it). They have a very summer-in-the-city-urban-pizza-joint thing going on with coy but amusing (and amused) boys behind the counter. The...
Big Smoke Burger (Urban Eatery) / Restaurants
Big Smoke Burger (Urban Eatery) offers a gourmet alternative to typical food court burgers. Its menu includes signature burgers such as lamb, organic beef, and the heat-laden "Crazy Burger," along...
Bubble Tease / Cafes
Bubble Tease stores serve up drinks under several different categories: Milky Bubbles, Bubble Teases, Hotties, Special Tease, Bubble Chillin', and Fresh n' Fruity Flavours. The location at Bloor and Spadina...
Burger & Fries / Restaurants
Burger & Fries offers up cheap, um, burgers and fries to Ryerson students. But as the sign says, they also offer rice, meat, chicken, rolls and beef subs....
Chatime Toronto / Cafes
Chatime is a global purveyor of bubble tea that has recently brought its offerings to Toronto. Found near the corner of Bay and Dundas, Chatime serves 13 flavours of fresh...
Coconut Grove Roti Shop / Restaurants
Coconut Grove Roti Shop is a hole in the wall near the bus terminal at Dundas and Bay. It might not look like much but the food is cheap and...
Commensal / Restaurants
Commensal just might be the best vegetarian option near Yonge and Dundas. Located near Bay on Elm Street, the restaurant has a wide variety of meatless options, all priced by...
Curry Kitchen / Restaurants
Curry Kitchen has taken over the space formerly home to Smokin Bones. Instead of ribs and chicken, the menu features cheap curry dishes, all made with Halal certified meat....
Don Don Izakaya / Restaurants
Don Don Izakaya is a recent entrant to Toronto's growing izakaya scene and offers an immersive experience in the culture of the Japanese-style tavern. The journey began as I entered...
Donatello / Restaurants
Donatello is a restaurant on Elm Street that serves expertly prepared calamari, fettucine, seafood soup and other Italian favourites. ...
Elmwood Spa / Fashion Stores
Elmwood spa is located in an historic, five-story brick building at 18 Elm Street in downtown Toronto; designed by Gordon & Helliwell Architects and built by Edward James Lennox -...
Ethiopiques / Restaurants
Ethiopiques is where to go for Ethiopian food near Yonge and Dundas. Found on nearby Church St., the restaurant isn't much to look at, but in the kitchen cooks churn...
Evergreen Thai / Restaurants
Evergreen Thai Restaurant is a cheap, mostly take-out and delivery place on Dundas East between Bay and University. ...
Frans Restaurant (Victoria St.) / Restaurants
Frans Restaurant has three locations in Toronto including this one a mere steps from Massey Hall at the corner of Victoria Street....
Fresh Start Coffee / Cafes
Fresh Start Coffee serves up sandwiches, some breakfast options and standard coffee drinks just north of Bay and Dundas....
Froshberg Gelato (Urban Eatery) / Restaurants
Froshberg Gelato (Urban Eatery) tempts Eaton centre shoppers with its glistening display of fresh, colourful gelato. Along with traditional favourites such as Pistachio, Chocolate, and non-dairy Lemon, Froshberg offers a...
Garden Restaurant / Restaurants
Garden Restaurant serves up tasty Chinese food around the corner from City Hall. Spotlight Toronto has a good review of the place....
Green Gene / Cafes
Green Gene bubble tea house is tough to find. If you're not looking for it carefully, you might walk right past it. That would be a shame, since their service...
Gyros / Restaurants
Boast to an East Coaster about Toronto's diverse edible offerings and you'll quickly be put in your place over our painful lack of true Nova Scotian donair. Sure, many claim to...
Hemispheres / Restaurants
Hemispheres boasts on its web site that it's for a happening crowd, at the centre of the universe which last time I checked was a bit far from the truth....
Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant / Restaurants
Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant is a popular late night (it's open until 6am) Chinese restaurant near City Hall that serves up hot pot, szechuan specialties, soups and a lot more. Photo...
Imperial Pub / Restaurants
Imperial Pub is a bit of a dive, but awesome because of it, and you'll probably want to head up to the second floor. The main floor is informally for...
Indian Biryani House / Restaurants
Indian Biryani House is a cheap and tasty take-out spot on Dundas east of University Avenue. For such a small place there's a surprisingly extensive menu including offerings like goat...
Japango / Restaurants
Japango is like a beacon along the desolate stretch of Dundas between Bay and University. On this stretch, there is no shortage of grimy restaurants with misspelt signs. but...
Joey Eaton Centre / Restaurants
Joey Eaton Centre is the first Toronto location for the west coat Joey restaurants chain. Of note, they have an extensive gluten free menu with plenty of salads, fish and...
Kabab Grill / Restaurants
Kabab Grill on the corner of Bay and Gerrard serves an impressive array of affordable Lebanese dishes including roasted and grilled meats, freshly baked bread and some surprisingly good pizza....
Kabul Express / Restaurants
Kabul Express is a quick service restaurant serving up what it refers to as Afghan Grill....
Kenzo Ramen / Restaurants
Kenzo Ramen is bringing a revolution to our fair city, a ramen revolution that is. With noodle nosheries like Momofuku taking Manhattan by storm and similar chains established on the...
Kyoto House Japanese Restaurant / Restaurants
Kyoto House is a relatively new addition to restaurant row along Dundas East near City Hall. The main attraction here is the all you can eat sushi deals for lunch...
Lai Wah Heen / Restaurants
Lai Wah Heen is located inside the Metropolitan Hotel behind City Hall. The exquisitely crafted dishes will make you understand what 'fantastiche' tastes like. Alongside the traditional standards, specialty dishes...
Liberty Noodle (Urban Eatery) / Restaurants
Liberty Noodle (Urban Eatery) is the quick concept Eaton Centre outlet of the original pan-Asian restaurant in Liberty Village. Liberty Noodle offers a mix of ramen, rice, and noodle dishes....
Lou Dawg's (Gerrard East) / Restaurants
Lou Dawg's has opened their second location in Toronto, this one just steps from the Ryerson campus. Check out our review of the King West location here....
Made in China / Restaurants
Made in China is an Americanized Chinese restaurant created by the same owners of the Korean Grill House chain. ...
Metropolitan Hotel / Hotels
The Metropolitan Hotel has more than 400 rooms as well as meeting space to accommodate business travelers. The location is ideal for those in town for meetings at City Hall...
New Treasure Restaurant / Restaurants
Somewhere between Chinatown and the lights of Dundas Square lies an all-day dim sum treasure easily overlooked by passersby. Not that I'd blame anyone for missing it... it is,...
Oakham Cafe / Cafes
Oakham Cafe is the place on Ryerson campus to pick up a cup of fair trade coffee. Recently undergoing a bit of a transformation, the cafe now showcases local art,...
Onyx Barbers / Fashion Stores
To avoid his father's razor and comb approach, Lowell Stephens taught himself to cut hair at age ten. Business partner Kirk Tulloch was sixteen when one of his hair designs...
Oro / Restaurants
Oro is an Italian restaurant on Elm Street that serves a range of fresh pasta, fish and steaks to the theatre going and business lunch crowds. ...
Pantages Hotel & Spa / Hotels
The Pantages Hotel in Toronto is right around the corner from Massey Hall, but passersby might not know that, since an extremely low-key north/south street presence blends it into the...
Paramount Fine Foods / Restaurants
Paramount Fine Foods has taken over the space of another superlative-named establishment; the venerable Superior restaurant that survived 15 years at 253 Yonge St. before closing its doors earlier this...
Pho Orchid / Restaurants
Pho Orchid is a welcome addition to the restaurant row on Dundas north of City Hall. The lower level space draws both a lunch and dinner crowd hungry for cheap...
Play De Record / Services
Play De Record is a DJ-oriented shop that, along with the HMV flagship just down the street, is all that remains of the once-thriving Yonge Street record strip. Like any...
Queen and Beaver / Restaurants
The Queen and Beaver makes me want to crack a dirty joke. It's the name, and be honest... you know what I'm talking about. Luckily, I was born to English...
Ram in the Rye / Restaurants
The Ram in the Rye can be very hit or miss. I think I lived off its delicious buffalo-style chicken fingers during my time in undergrad, though sometimes it felt...
RARE (Urban Eatery) / Restaurants
RARE (Urban Eatery) makes slow-roasted roast beef sandwiches carved fresh to order. The food court restaurant also offers vegetarian-friendly options and daily soups and salads....
RISE Espresso / Cafes
RISE Espresso offers a remedy to the drought of good coffee that has (perhaps formerly) plagued the Ryerson University area. I spent four years at Ryerson hopping from one mini...
Ruby Thai (Urban Eatery) / Restaurants
Ruby Thai (Urban Eatery) offers fresh Thai food from within the Eaton Centre north food court. Ruby Thai is known for its soups, spicy curries, and various noodle dishes....
Salad King / Restaurants
I've always been a fan of Salad King. I've lost count how many friends rate it as their favourite Thai restaurant in Toronto; and it's always packed every time...
Shake O Lait / Restaurants
Shake O Lait knows something about milkshakes. After all, that's what they specialize in. Made with premium ice cream, the milkshakes at Shake O Lait are totally customizable and can...
Slice of New York / Restaurants
Slice of New York is a popular halal pizza place near Bay and Dundas. Not only do they offer fresh food that is of above average quality compared to your...
Sliced / Restaurants
Sliced makes a variety of sandwiches fresh throughout the day, and also serves salads, soups and breakfast staples....
Spadina Garden / Restaurants
Spadina Garden is different than the typical Chinese restaurant as flavours and ingredient combinations find their roots in Szechuan, Hunan, Peking and Hakka cuisine. They have more than 200 options...
Stag Shop / Fashion Stores
The Stag Shop carries an array of adult novelties and toys, as well as an impressive selection of sexy costumes. In October, the downstairs is converted into a Halloween boutique,...
Sushi House / Restaurants
Sushi House is a recent addition to the restaurant row between University and Bay on Dundas West. On the menu is plenty of cheap sushi including a popular AYCE lunch...
Sushi Queen Izakaya / Restaurants
Following the recent surge of Izakaya offerings around the city, Sushi Queen has opened up a new branch at the corner of Elm and Bay that serves its extensive sushi-focused...
Sushi Tower / Restaurants
Sushi Tower serves all the usual favourites at its busy restaurant near Yonge and College. Check out the review from Sushi Toronto....
Tasty's / Restaurants
Tasty's is a small, mostly take-out spot on Elm near Yonge and Dundas. It offers roti, jerk chicken, stews, and patties, as well as daily $3.99 lunch specials best enjoyed...
Tatami Sushi / Restaurants
Tatami Sushi is the newest restaurant to roll the dice in one of downtown Toronto's busiest intersections, occupying the slice of Yonge St. and Gould that previously housed such short-lived...
Tea Shop 168 / Cafes
Tea Shop 168 is the largest bubble tea chain in Canada. Some locations will offer Taiwanese delicacies in addition to bubble tea. Look for locations in the Chinatown area downtown,...
Terminal Barber Shop / Fashion Stores
Step into the past, when haircuts mattered and barbers ruled the earth. Part Western saloon, part speak-easy in terms of decor, the Terminal Barbershop features 19th-century chairs, antique mirrors and...
Terminal Barber Shop 2 / Fashion Stores
Terminal Barber Shop 2 has recently sprung up around the corner from the original. When Karim Saaden and Omar Mahrouk bought The Terminal in 2005, the venerable barbershop had been...
Thai One On / Restaurants
Thai One On has four locations in Toronto including this one near City Hall. On the menu are all the usual Thai options like phad thai and green mango salad...
The Little House of Kebobs / Restaurants
The Little House of Kebobs is a tiny Middle Eastern restaurant near Yonge and Dundas. A popular grab-and-go spot for Ryerson students, The LIttle House of Kebobs offers falafel, salads,...
The Senator / Restaurants
The Senator has always struck me as downtown Toronto's open secret. Tucked just off of Yonge-Dundas Square on Victoria street, this gorgeous diner is the perfect antidote to the chain-gang...
Urban Eatery (Eaton Centre) / Restaurants
Urban Eatery is the swanky new food court (just don't call it that) opening September 1 as part of the Eaton Centre's $120 million revitalization. Needless to say, with a...
Urban Herbivore (Urban Eatery) / Restaurants
Urban Herbivore (Urban Eatery) offers its vegan eats to hungry Eaton Centre shoppers. Much like the original location in Kensington Market, this Urban Herbivore makes fresh sandwiches, salads, and bowls...
VIP Lounge and Billiards / Bars
VIP Lounge and Billiards has the dark vibe that's to be expected of a lower-level pub. Billiards is the obvious raison d'etre here, though it has a full restaurant and...
Wanda's Belgian Waffles / Restaurants
Wanda's Belgian Waffles serves up quick and tasty waffles near the corner of Yonge and Dundas. Word is they're slowly expanding their Belgian Waffle empire with a new outlet sighting...
Wolf and Firkin / Restaurants
Part of the Firkin group of pubs, the Wolf and Firkin is as pubby as you get near Yonge and Dundas. This large pub can be found on Elm Street...
Wrap & Grap / Restaurants
Wrap & Grab sells healthy Lebanese influenced wraps and sandwiches as cheap prices. They also have fresh squeezed carrot, orange and other juices....
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