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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 Yorkville Avenue 416.928.0954 Website
119 Corbo

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

119 Yorkville Avenue 416.926.9037 Website
Amber

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

113 Yorkville Avenue 416.924.6121 Website
Anti Hero

Anti Hero stocks designer suits and menswear from global fashion brands like D&G, John Varvatos and Danielli Alessandrini....


Asuka Japanese Restaurant / Restaurants

108 Yorkville Avenue 416.975.9084
Asuka Japanese Restaurant

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

21 Avenue Rd. 416.964.0411
Avenue Bar and Lounge

Avenue Bar and Lounge at Four Seasons Hotel is an upscale venue with an extensive list of wines and cocktails....


Avenue Diner / Restaurants

222 Davenport Rd 416.924.5191
Avenue Diner

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

990 Bay St. 416.921.9990 Website
Bistro 990

Bistro 990 attracts Yorkville residents with well-executed examples of French country fare....


Bra Bar / Fashion Stores

15 Hazelton Avenue 416.921.4567
Bra Bar

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

208 Bloor Street West
Burrito Fresh

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

75 Yorkville Avenue 416.961.4642 Website
Cafe Nervosa

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

138 Avenue Road 416.923.4822 Website
Cantine

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

69 Yorkville Avenue 416.926.1845 Website
Capsule

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

133 Yorkville Ave 416.925.2143 Website
Ciao Wine Bar

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

99 Yorkville Avenue 416.920.2108 Website
Coffee Mill

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

121 Yorkville Ave 416.513.9688 Website
Courtyard Restaurant

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

18 Yorkville Avenue 416.922.6765 Website
Crepes a Go Go

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

100 Queen's Park 416.586.7928 Website
Crystal Five - C5

|| 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

66 Bloor Street West 416.920.1000 Website
David's

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

20 Cumberland Street 416.924.3223 Website
Dessert Lady

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

140 Cumberland Street 416.975.1100 Website
Dimmi Bar & Trattori

Dimmi Bar & Trattori in Yorkville cooks up mussels, calamari, salads, pasta, pizza, hot sandwiches and other Italian fare. ...



Dynasty Chinese Cuisine / Restaurants

131 Bloor Street West, 2nd Fl 416.923.3323 Website
Dynasty Chinese Cuisine

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

116 Cumberland St. 416.966.3935
Eleven Boutique

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

2 Bloor Street West 416.963.6667
Esther's Soup Kitchen

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

70 Yorkville Ave 416-961-4333
Flo's Diner

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

The ROM, 100 Queen's Park 416.586.7926 Website
Food Studio

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

21 Avenue Rd. 416.964.0411 Website
Four Seasons Toronto

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

100-1255 Bay Street 647.351.0238 Website
Ginza Sushi

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

118 Yorkville Avenue 416.963.6300 Website
Hazelton Hotel

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

142 Cumberland St 416.968.2828 Website
Hemingway's

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

50 Bloor Street West 416.922.2333 Website
Holt's Cafe

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

148 Yorkville Ave 416.968.0469 Website
Il Posto

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

144 Yorkville Avenue 416.962.3482 Website
INDIVA

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

220 Bloor St West 416.960.5200 Website
Intercontinental Yorkville

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

129 Davenport Road 416.964.6480
Joy Theatricals Inc.

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

136 Avenue Road 416.922.5651
Kay and Young's

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

134 Avenue Road 416.964.8686
L'Unita

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

141 Yorkville Avenue 416.926.9066 Website
La Casa Del Habano

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

166 Bedford Rd. 416-921-0995 Website
Le Paradis

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

90 Yorkville Avenue 416.967.5956
Le Trou Normand

Le Trou Normand is a classic, traditional French restaurant in the heart of Yorkville....


Leonardo Galleries / Galleries

133 Avenue Road 416.924.7296 Website
Leonardo 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

16 Hazelton Avenue 416.964.9050 Website
Loch Gallery

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

23 St Thomas 416.920.4001 Website
m0851

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

100 Bloor St West 416.961.6226 Website
MBCo

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

7A Yorkville Ave 416-916-0619
Mela

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

265 Davenport Road 416.515.0009 Website
Mistura

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

99 Yorkville Ave 416.961.2202 Website
MoRoCo Chocolat

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

94 Cumberland Street 416.368.6896 Website
My Pet Boutique

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

68 Scollard St. 416.921.5823 Website
Nina Duong Haute Couture

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

69 Yorkville Ave. 416.922.1777 Website
North Trooper

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

66 Avenue Road 416.926.9303 Website
Novo Spa

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

111 Yorkville Ave 416.935.0111 Website
One Eleven Yorkville

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

116 Yorkville Ave 416.961.9600 Website
One Restaurant

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

101 Yorkville Avenue 416.967.7448 Website
Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow in Yorkville stocks designer jeans galore. They have a large selection of both men's and women's denim. ...


Pangaea / Restaurants

1221 Bay St. 416.920.2323 Website
Pangaea

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

99 Yorkville Avenue 416.922.3500 Website
Paper Things

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

4 Avenue Rd 416.925.1234 Website
Park Hyatt Toronto

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

22 Cumberland Street 416.923.5716 Website
Pilot

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

29 Bellair Street 416.964.1410
Plum Shoe Boutique

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

115 Yorkville Avenue 416.968.9429???
Remy's

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

55 Bloor St West 416.964.6400 Website
Ron White

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

33 Avenue Road 416.975.0700 Website
Seen

Seen has a great selection of optical and sunglasses from brands like Martin & Martin, Prada, D&G and Tom Ford....


Serpentine / Fashion Stores

18 Hazelton Avenue 416.513.1818 Website
Serpentine

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

126 Cumberland Street 416.968.7777 Website
Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate

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

220 Bloor Street West 416.324.5893
Skylounge

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

116A Avenue Rd 416.962.0011 Website
Sotto Sotto

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

118 Yorkville Avenue 416.963.6307 Website
Spa at the Hazelton

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

55 Avenue Rd 416.935.0000 Website
Spice Room

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

4 Avenue Road 416.925.1234 Website
Stillwater Spa

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

101 Yorkville Avenue 416.944.2637
Summer's Ice Cream

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

120 Cumberland Street 416.923.9992 Website
Sushi Inn

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

14 Prince Arthur Ave. 416-962-4678
The Host

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

11 St. Thomas Street 416.922.0739 Website
TheatreBooks

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

69 Yorkville Avenue 416.925.8783 Website
True Restaurant

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

26 Bellair Street 416.920.2281 Website
Uncle Otis

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

128 Cumberland 416.929.9209 Website
UPC Boutique

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

69 Yorkville Avenue 416.961.8349 Website
Utsav Indian Cuisine

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

874 Yonge Street 416-840-3132
VEDA Fine Indian Takeout

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

2 Bloor Street West 416.964.1984
Vienna Gourmet

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

19 Hazelton Ave 416.849.9196‎ Website
White Toronto

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

18 St. Thomas St. 416.971.9666 Website
Windsor Arms

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

18 Bellair 416.927.0077 Website
Yamato

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

87 Avenue Road 416.961.8400 Website
Yorkville Club

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

75 Yorkville Ave 416.823.4719
Zaza Espresso Bar

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

90 Avenue Road 416.923.1515 Website
Zin

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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