Neighbourhoods
Yorkville
Yorkville, Toronto's original bohemian enclave in the 1960's, has long given way to designer boutiques, high end hotels, restaurants to see and be scene and a seemingly never-ending parade of Mazzeratis and Ferraris dotting Cumberland and Yorkville Avenues. International fashion fiends will find all the major labels here including Prada, Gucci, Boss, Escada, Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton and more. The famed and rebuilt Sazzafraz and Yorkville Park make prime people watching spots, the latter featuring a 650-tonne rock carved out of the Canadian Shield. Don't miss crepes at the ever-popular Crepes a Go Go, an indie or foreign film at the Cumberland or vegetarian Italian food at Mela.
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119 Corbo / Fashion Stores
119 Corbo is a high-end Yorkville boutique that caters to prissy missys with a love for labels. Yves Saint Laurent patent leather sky-high heels will run you $318 and black...
Amber / Bars
Amber is a bar in Yorkville you either love or hate. Sure, it has a nice patio but please check that ego at the door. Who goes here? Mostly people...
Anti Hero / Fashion Stores
Anti Hero stocks designer suits and menswear from global fashion brands like D&G, John Varvatos and Danielli Alessandrini....
Asuka Japanese Restaurant / Restaurants
Asuka Japanese Restaurant may not be as well known as Sushi Inn, but Yorkville locals flock here for a slightly more intimate experience and arguably more inventive sushi and sashimi...
Avenue Bar and Lounge / Bars
Avenue Bar and Lounge at Four Seasons Hotel is an upscale venue with an extensive list of wines and cocktails....
Avenue Diner / Restaurants
Avenue Diner is a classic, old-school lunch and breakfast destination near Avenue and Davenport. Typical diner booths, stools and ambiance ooze character and the food isn't bad either. Expect typical...
Bistro 990 / Restaurants
Bistro 990 attracts Yorkville residents with well-executed examples of French country fare....
Bra Bar / Fashion Stores
At first glance the pink awning doesn't fit its surroundings, but the Bra Bar is all Yorkville on the inside. "Getting undressed should be thrilling even when you're alone." ...
Burrito Fresh / Restaurants
This is part 3 in a series where I attempt to discover Toronto's best burritos. The latest stop on my journey to discover Toronto's best burritos has brought me up against...
Cafe Nervosa / Restaurants
Cafe Nervosa has a recently updated patio that makes for a cozy spot for lunch with a friend while on a Yorkville shopping spree, or for a romantic yet casual...
Cantine / Restaurants
Cantine is an Italian restaurant open for lunch and dinner serving tasty options like fried calamari, crab cakes, pasta and pizza. It's also a very popular brunch spot with great...
Capsule / Fashion Stores
Capsule sells streetwear labels from the US, UK, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. They moved to Yorkville after initially attracting a following at Pacific Mall in Markham....
Ciao Wine Bar / Restaurants
Ciao Wine Bar is the Liberty Group's latest entry into the Yorkville dining scene. Replacing the relatively short-lived FLOW, Ciao offers a decidedly Italian menu complimented with an extensive wine...
Coffee Mill / Restaurants
The Coffee Mill has been a Yorkville institution since 1963. Martha von Heczey's mitteleuropean eatery has had the same chef for 36 years, a consistency that's made its regulars...
Courtyard Restaurant / Restaurants
Courtyard Restaurant brings a bit of Eastern European flavour to Yorkville. While there's plenty of safe choices like pasta or pork tenderloin on the menu, it's best to veer to...
Crepes a Go Go / Restaurants
Crepes a Go Go is a bustling little crepe restaurant in the heart of Yorkville. Go for the crepes but stay for the atmosphere. Photo by Tanja...
Crystal Five - C5 / Restaurants
|| Click here or scroll down for Tim's original sneak peek review: A Look Inside Crystal Five. || Trying out a restaurant during Winterlicious can be dicey. Many of the...
David's / Fashion Stores
David's is a high-end shoe boutique that been getting our feet fancy since 1951. The usual suspects are on display, including Valentino heels ($1095) and a delightful pair of mint...
Dessert Lady / Baked Goods
Dessert Lady is a tiny Yorkville bakery that offers ribbon-tied bags of cookies in unconventional flavours like "smoked chili chocolate" and "double chocolate banana." "The chili will burn your...
Dimmi Bar & Trattori / Restaurants
Dimmi Bar & Trattori in Yorkville cooks up mussels, calamari, salads, pasta, pizza, hot sandwiches and other Italian fare. ...
Dynasty Chinese Cuisine / Restaurants
At Dynasty, all manner of clientele are ticking off their orders on a small paper menu, eager for piping hot little dumplings to be whisked to their tables. Dim sum...
Eleven Boutique / Fashion Stores
Just what Yorkville needs, right? Another chi-chi store to make us cash-strapped fashion lovers weep with envy. But Eleven has two great things going for it - it carries some...
Esther's Soup Kitchen / Restaurants
Esther's Soup Kitchen is hidden in the mid-70s doldrums of the Cumberland Terrace Mall. This gem, features at least seven soups a day, two of them vegan, all cooked without...
Flo's Diner / Restaurants
Some 40's years since Joni Mitchell played the then-legendary Yorkville scene, there isn't a lot left in the neighbourhood for me as I don't shop in the boutiques or need...
Food Studio / Restaurants
Druxy's at the ROM is no more. The day after the tired deli's lease expired, the ROM unveiled the Food Studio, a spacious and modern self-serve restaurant sporting an eclectic...
Four Seasons Toronto / Hotels
The Four Seasons has been a standard destination for Hollywood types both during and after the film festival for years, and has a reputation for being able to cater to...
Ginza Sushi / Restaurants
Ginza Sushi has three locations in Toronto including their newest on Bay north of Bloor. The menu includes such offering as scallop and purple yam tempura, seven kinds of sushi...
Hazelton Hotel / Hotels
The Hazleton Hotel is one of Toronto's newest luxury hotels. Located in the heart of Yorkville, it boats well appointed rooms, an excellent restaurant and a subterranean screening room. ...
Hemingway's / Bars
Hemingway's rooftop patio (heated in the winter, and cool misted in the summer) is a popular Yorkville spot to meet for drinks after work. The restaurant downstairs also offers...
Holt's Cafe / Restaurants
I have never purchased anything at Holt Renfrew. In fact I've never dared to enter the store for fear that the staff will know my entire ensemble is worth less...
Il Posto / Restaurants
Il Posto is a fine Italian restaurant in Yorkville popular among visiting celebs (George Clooney was recently spotted here) and other looking for a courtyard retreat from the hustle and...
INDIVA / Fashion Stores
INDIVA is a high-end boutique in Yorkville that specialized in designer fashions from India. Featured designers include Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Malhotra, Rohit Bal and JJ Valaya....
Intercontinental Yorkville / Hotels
The Intercontinental Yorkville is often overshadowed by its neighbours to the east but the hotel still manages to pack itself to the rafters during the film festival. A recent revamp...
Joy Theatricals Inc. / Fashion Stores
This custom costume boutique offers elaborate, tailored-to-fit-like-a-dream outfits for all occasions. Although only open for limited hours and by appointment, Joy Theatricals has some well-priced packaged costumes as well....
Kay and Young's / Design Stores
Avenue at Davenport is renowned for being fresh-cut flower central. Kay and Young's Florist in particular, whose rainbow of roses line the corner year-round. ...
L'Unita / Restaurants
L'Unita, in the space of the former Arlequin Restaurant on Avenue Road, is a bustling Italian restaurant. Toronto Life's James Chatto is a fan of their red wine risotto with...
La Casa Del Habano / Grocery Stores
La Casa Del Habano is where Americans go to get their fix of Cuban and other premium cigars. Partagas, Romeo y Julieta, Cohiba and Montecristo....they have it all....
Le Paradis / Restaurants
On an appropriately grey Parisian day, we head to Le Paradis to see what all the fuss is about. Luckily, we arrive early enough to be the first ones there...
Le Trou Normand / Restaurants
Le Trou Normand is a classic, traditional French restaurant in the heart of Yorkville....
Leonardo Galleries / Galleries
Leonardo Galleries is devoted to the presentation and promotion of contemporary Canadian Art, specializing in painting, drawing, printmaking and photography.They represent a selection of artists from established and emerging categories. ...
Loch Gallery / Galleries
Loch Gallery in Yorkville specializes in 19th and 20th century Canadian art. It's no wonder that they chose to put a sculpture of a Canadian hockey goalie out front of...
m0851 / Fashion Stores
m0851 is all about the leather. This St. Thomas St. boutique, directly across the street from the Windsor Arms, specializes in leather jackets, bags and other leather accessories....
MBCo / Restaurants
MBCo, an import from Montreal, is slowly expanding across the city. They opened their first location (above) in Yorkville and have since expanded to the equally tony Rosedale. I guess...
Mela / Restaurants
Mela is a new vegetarian star in the tiny space where Wanda's Pie in the Sky used to be on Yorkville (just west of Yonge). With only 5 tables,...
Mistura / Restaurants
Mistura is one of the Toronto's most popular Italian restaurants, helmed by Massimo Capra, one of the city's most loved chefs. Photo by Jason Chiu...
MoRoCo Chocolat / Restaurants
MoRoCo Chocolat is a chocolate lover's paradise nestled in the heart of Yorkville. With hundreds of sinful chocolate concoctions, there's seemingly no limit to Chef Iris Roteliuk's imagination. A dark...
My Pet Boutique / Services
My Pet Boutique is a stop for the most fashionable dogs in Yorkville, offering up gourmet treats, quality toys and gifts for both cat and dog lovers. Order up a...
Nina Duong Haute Couture / Fashion Stores
Nina Duong offers high-end wedding dresses without attitude. The charming, third-generation designer fashions exquisite gowns to fit any frame. Size tens are the standard, but teeny tiny and plus size...
North Trooper / Fashion Stores
North Trooper sells hard to find, exclusive, limited-run and designer sneakers. They sell new stuff as well as sneakers on consignment....
Novo Spa / Fashion Stores
Novo Spa is located in the centre of Yorkville and has a greater balance between their men's and women's offerings than most Toronto spas. They also offer a number of...
One Eleven Yorkville / Restaurants
One Eleven wasn't born for any recession. The restaurant and bar in Yorkville looks to serve up the finer things in life to its customers including shucked and crispy oysters,...
One Restaurant / Restaurants
One Restaurant isn't just you're typical hotel restaurant (it's located inside the Hazelton). With uber chef Mark McEwan at the helm, the food here shines and has high prices to...
Over the Rainbow / Fashion Stores
Over the Rainbow in Yorkville stocks designer jeans galore. They have a large selection of both men's and women's denim. ...
Pangaea / Restaurants
Pangaea may not be trendy but this restaurant on Bay St. just north of Bloor sure does know a few things about good food. If money is no option, it's...
Paper Things / Design Stores
A project of The National Ballet's Volunteer Committee, all proceeds from this Yorkville store go to the Build-A-Ballet fund. ...
Park Hyatt Toronto / Hotels
The Park Hyatt is surrounded by high-end luxury purveyors like Ferrari & Maserati dealerships, specialty boutiques, and Mortons (one of the best steak houses in the city). It's definitely not...
Pilot / Bars
The ground level of the Pilot has a classic open pub feel, complete with long oak bar and weekend live jazz. And if you don't mind a steep climb, its...
Plum Shoe Boutique / Fashion Stores
Plum is an underground Yorkville shoebox with blinding white lights and a sterile atmosphere. The space is uninviting, but the shoe selection is fancy. With Duccio Del Duca leather loafers...
Remy's / Restaurants
Remy's is the quintessential Yorkville restaurant. Nice patio. Tasty drinks, including 14 beers on tap and a been-there, seen-that Italian heavy menu of pastas, fish and veal....
Ron White / Fashion Stores
Ron White stocks a collection of names like Cole Haan and Thierry Rabotin at its stores in the Manulife Centre as well as its other Toronto locations. The house line...
Seen / Fashion Stores
Seen has a great selection of optical and sunglasses from brands like Martin & Martin, Prada, D&G and Tom Ford....
Serpentine / Fashion Stores
Serpentine ain't your typical Yorkville boutique. Rock-and-roll is the theme of the shop, which, according to co-owner Paul Mailing, is intended to be a concept store. "We didn't feel that anyone...
Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate / Grocery Stores
Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate is a popular chocolate shop on Cumberland Avenue in Yorkville. They sell a range of chocolate offerings like truffles, all imported from Belgium as the shop's...
Skylounge / Bars
The Intercontinental Hotel's Skylounge isn't actually in the sky as its name might suggest, but the huge heated patio with it's trendy designer sofas is pleasing none the less. ...
Sotto Sotto / Restaurants
Sotto Sotto is a popular Italian restaurant on Avenue Road that makes excellent food. The kitchen creates well-executed risotto, pasta, beef and fish dishes as well as a wide variety...
Spa at the Hazelton / Fashion Stores
The Spa at the Hazelton tells you right on their splash page that the lap pool has been done in imported Bissaza mosaic tile (*coifs*). Treatments are the standard mix...
Spice Room / Restaurants
The Spice Room in Hazelton Lane used to be Greg Couillard's Spice Room but then he jumped ship and moved to Ajijic in Mexico. The menu is influences from flavours...
Stillwater Spa / Fashion Stores
Stillwater Spa at the Park Hyatt is consistently ranked one of the top spas in Toronto, our version of old money luxury. PRICE POINTS Swedish Massage: $139 | 60 minStillwater Facial: 139...
Summer's Ice Cream / Restaurants
How patiently we waited for you, Summer('s). Errand-running ragged around the city, we were in search of exemplary ice cream, atmosphere and a place to rest our feet. Summer's Sweet...
Sushi Inn / Restaurants
Sushi Inn needs all its two floors to fit in the devoted throngs who regularly congregate here for raw fish, tempura, udon, bento boxes and other Japanese favourites. The quality...
The Host / Restaurants
Indian cuisine, like Chinese, French, Thai and Italian, is no longer fare eaten occasionally. It is definitely food that is part of the everyday - at least in my...
TheatreBooks / Bookstore
TheatreBooks on St. Thomas Street across from the Windsor Arms Hotel sells plays in English from around the world as well as books on theatre production, opera and dance. ...
True Restaurant / Restaurants
True restaurant in Yorkville features an Italian-influenced menu heavy on organic ingredients sourced from local farmers. There are 8 varieties of pizza and gluten free options like rice pasta. Here's...
Uncle Otis / Fashion Stores
I've always been confused why Uncle Otis set up shop in Yorkville. You'd think their selection of Stussy t's, sweaters and other street fashion labels would fly off the shelves...
UPC Boutique / Fashion Stores
UPC Boutique in Yorkville sells a well curated selection of men's and women's designer fashions from labels like Junk de Luxe, Vivienne Westwood and Flippa K....
Utsav Indian Cuisine / Restaurants
Utsav Indian Cuisine may be easy to miss with its below-level locale, but the kitchen here cooks up some of the best Indian food in the area including favourities like...
VEDA Fine Indian Takeout / Restaurants
In less than one year, VEDA has managed to start a trend in fashionable Yorkville that is quickly spreading beyond the district. What is it? Fine Indian Takeout. Sitting...
Vienna Gourmet / Restaurants
Maybe it's the rural girl in me, or maybe I long for a past I never lived (poodle skirts, ponytails and roller rinks), but something about grungy diners makes me...
White Toronto / Fashion Stores
White Toronto in Yorkville is where to go when you've got $17,000 to drop on a wedding dress. But don't fret, budget fashionistas - staff here are amiable to all,...
Windsor Arms / Hotels
The Windsor Arms Hotel was closed and completely demolished ten years ago and a perfect replica built in its place, albeit with a condo tower sprouting from its roof. This...
Yamato / Restaurants
Yamato is a massive Japanese restaurant on Bellair in Yorkville that serves up more than fresh sushi. They also feature teppanyaki dinners where a chef cooks meat and veggies at...
Yorkville Club / Fitness Clubs
It's hard to believe the Yorkville Club has been open for almost three years now. Back in 2005 it seemed somewhat of an audacious proposition to construct a stunning new...
Zaza Espresso Bar / Cafes
I walk into Zaza Espresso Bar and order my cappuccino ($4.00) to stay. Co-owner Raffaele seems pleased with my choice and announces that he'll make mine extra special (I cross...
Zin / Restaurants
Zin is quickly making a name for itself as a rival to Lai Wah Heen on the high end of the Toronto chinese restaurants spectrum. Near Bloor and Avenue Road...
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