Guidebook for Toronto

Anna Maria
Anna Maria
Guidebook for Toronto

Food Scene

Local
Best Croissant in the city. Go early and get them still warm.
86 locals recommend
Cherry Bomb Coffee
79 Roncesvalles Ave
86 locals recommend
Best Croissant in the city. Go early and get them still warm.
Weekend brunch or dinners
91 locals recommend
The Ace
231A Roncesvalles Ave
91 locals recommend
Weekend brunch or dinners
Best date night pizza
69 locals recommend
Pizzeria Defina
321 Roncesvalles Ave
69 locals recommend
Best date night pizza
Chocolate shop with the best ice cream
24 locals recommend
The Chocolateria
361 Roncesvalles Ave
24 locals recommend
Chocolate shop with the best ice cream
Excellent takeaway coffee
21 locals recommend
Extra Butter Coffee
283 Roncesvalles Ave
21 locals recommend
Excellent takeaway coffee
Excellent coffee, good space to work from
20 locals recommend
Reunion Coffee Roasters
385 Roncesvalles Ave
20 locals recommend
Excellent coffee, good space to work from
Best local tacos
Gus Tacos
Best local tacos

Drinks & Nightlife

Cozy and chill. Food, whiskey, and always different rock/folk music.
75 locals recommend
The Local Pub
396 Roncesvalles Ave
75 locals recommend
Cozy and chill. Food, whiskey, and always different rock/folk music.
Basement standup
99 locals recommend
Comedy Bar
945 Bloor St W
99 locals recommend
Basement standup
Best music. Best venue for diversity of sounds, brings in top musicians from all over the world. Salsa dancing with live band, Friday and Saturday.
120 locals recommend
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St W
120 locals recommend
Best music. Best venue for diversity of sounds, brings in top musicians from all over the world. Salsa dancing with live band, Friday and Saturday.
One of the two hotel art and culture hubs of the west side. Always something different. Check their schedule, always something different: music, art shows, events, poetry, a very good karoke night, hotline blingo etc. Also good weekend brunch
538 locals recommend
The Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St W
538 locals recommend
One of the two hotel art and culture hubs of the west side. Always something different. Check their schedule, always something different: music, art shows, events, poetry, a very good karoke night, hotline blingo etc. Also good weekend brunch

Parks & Nature

Get off the pavement and into the huge interior trail network. You can get to places deep enough where you really forget the downtown for a moment, and get grounded in sublime nature rhythms.
1205 locals recommend
High Park
1873 Bloor St W
1205 locals recommend
Get off the pavement and into the huge interior trail network. You can get to places deep enough where you really forget the downtown for a moment, and get grounded in sublime nature rhythms.
Best city park experience. Bring food, drinks, instruments, etc and chill with the masses, summertime in the city at its finest.
743 locals recommend
Trinity Bellwoods Park
790 Queen St W
743 locals recommend
Best city park experience. Bring food, drinks, instruments, etc and chill with the masses, summertime in the city at its finest.
10 min walk away. Boardwalks to walk, run or bike. Nice cafe for drinks and a good meal. Beautiful sand to catch some sun. Also giant city pool
128 locals recommend
Sunnyside Beach
128 locals recommend
10 min walk away. Boardwalks to walk, run or bike. Nice cafe for drinks and a good meal. Beautiful sand to catch some sun. Also giant city pool

Sightseeing

Pedestrian sundays, music venues, really good food, central for lots of different scenes... Vital to experience in order to truly understand Toronto
1698 locals recommend
Kensington Market
1698 locals recommend
Pedestrian sundays, music venues, really good food, central for lots of different scenes... Vital to experience in order to truly understand Toronto

Entertainment & Activities

All documentary movie theatre. Affiliated with Hot Docs Festival, film festival in Toronto that is the top documentary film festivals in North America
161 locals recommend
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
506 Bloor St W
161 locals recommend
All documentary movie theatre. Affiliated with Hot Docs Festival, film festival in Toronto that is the top documentary film festivals in North America
Best selection. Home base of TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
582 locals recommend
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W
582 locals recommend
Best selection. Home base of TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Local indie movie theatre- lots of special events and interesting programming. The oldest in Toronto that is still in use for movies
116 locals recommend
The Revue Cinema
400 Roncesvalles Ave
116 locals recommend
Local indie movie theatre- lots of special events and interesting programming. The oldest in Toronto that is still in use for movies

Getting Around

Standard place to rent cars for out of town trips
36 locals recommend
Discount Car & Truck Rentals
920 Yonge St
36 locals recommend
Standard place to rent cars for out of town trips
subway, buses to the junction and beyond
69 locals recommend
Dundas West station
69 locals recommend
subway, buses to the junction and beyond
To get direct to Pearson Airport in 10 minutes
83 locals recommend
UP Express Bloor Station
1456 Bloor St W
83 locals recommend
To get direct to Pearson Airport in 10 minutes
To catch Dundas west or College Street cars
Sorauren Avenue & Dundas Street West
To catch Dundas west or College Street cars
501 queen street car stop
Roncesvalles and Queen
27 Roncesvalles Ave
501 queen street car stop
504 King Street car stop
Roncesvalles Avenue & High Park Boulevard
504 King Street car stop
53 locals recommend
Bike Share Toronto
53 locals recommend

Essentials

Our farmers market, every Monday 3pm-7pm, year round
31 locals recommend
Sorauren Farmers' Market
50 Roncesvalles Ave
31 locals recommend
Our farmers market, every Monday 3pm-7pm, year round
Health food store
11 locals recommend
Kim Natural Food
219 Roncesvalles Ave
11 locals recommend
Health food store
Cheese shop (good olives and bread as well)
26 locals recommend
Thin Blue Line Cheese
93 Roncesvalles Ave
26 locals recommend
Cheese shop (good olives and bread as well)
Locally sourced butcher
18 locals recommend
The Meat Department
207 Danforth Ave
18 locals recommend
Locally sourced butcher
Fish store
27 locals recommend
De La Mer
291 Roncesvalles Ave
27 locals recommend
Fish store
Fruit and veg
26 locals recommend
MAPLE PRODUCE
225 Roncesvalles Ave
26 locals recommend
Fruit and veg
Sourced from italy groceries and hot table
13 locals recommend
Alimentari Italian Grocery
319 Roncesvalles Ave
13 locals recommend
Sourced from italy groceries and hot table
For herbal teas and treatments (not cannabis)
The Herbal Clinic And Dispensary
409 Roncesvalles Ave
For herbal teas and treatments (not cannabis)