Layne’s Toronto Guidebook

Layne
Layne’s Toronto Guidebook

Parks

Our local and lively park, there is a basketball court, soccer field, fire pits, a bake oven, farmer's markets are on Thursday from 3-7pm, and there is a cheap community dinner every Friday around 6 or 7pm.
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Dufferin Grove Park
875 Dufferin St
208 recommandé par les habitants
Our local and lively park, there is a basketball court, soccer field, fire pits, a bake oven, farmer's markets are on Thursday from 3-7pm, and there is a cheap community dinner every Friday around 6 or 7pm.
On a summer weekend this park is completely full with groups of friends eating and drinking and having picnics. Be mindful that drinking in the park is not legal, but everyone does it anyway.
743 recommandé par les habitants
Trinity Bellwoods Park
790 Queen St W
743 recommandé par les habitants
On a summer weekend this park is completely full with groups of friends eating and drinking and having picnics. Be mindful that drinking in the park is not legal, but everyone does it anyway.
A $7 ferry ride gets you across to the Toronto Islands, a massive public park in Toronto's harbour. It has the best view back of the Toronto skyline. Hanlan's point has a clothing optional beach to visit, Centreville is great for kids and families, or wander the tiny streets on Ward's island to see the cottage-style homes of people who live on the islands. A great escape from the city, but so close to downtown.
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Toronto Islands
1035 recommandé par les habitants
A $7 ferry ride gets you across to the Toronto Islands, a massive public park in Toronto's harbour. It has the best view back of the Toronto skyline. Hanlan's point has a clothing optional beach to visit, Centreville is great for kids and families, or wander the tiny streets on Ward's island to see the cottage-style homes of people who live on the islands. A great escape from the city, but so close to downtown.

Food scene

Our local coffee shop, a great place to work, chat, or just grab a coffee to go.
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The Common
1028 Bloor St W
91 recommandé par les habitants
Our local coffee shop, a great place to work, chat, or just grab a coffee to go.
Hands down one of our favourite restaurants - it's tiny and they do not take reservations, so it's best to go on a week night. The food is a contemporary take on japanese, with delicious cocktails, and a really cool industrial setting. Be warned, the music is often loud, so it's a lively spot but you'll have to speak loudly to your dining companion.
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Hanmoto
2 Lakeview Ave
63 recommandé par les habitants
Hands down one of our favourite restaurants - it's tiny and they do not take reservations, so it's best to go on a week night. The food is a contemporary take on japanese, with delicious cocktails, and a really cool industrial setting. Be warned, the music is often loud, so it's a lively spot but you'll have to speak loudly to your dining companion.
Our local haunt with comfort food and a cute and quiet back patio.
165 recommandé par les habitants
The 3 Speed
1163 Bloor St W
165 recommandé par les habitants
Our local haunt with comfort food and a cute and quiet back patio.
A local brewery and restaurant, a little on the fancier side, but their food is delicious, and their rotating beers are always interesting.
149 recommandé par les habitants
Burdock Brewery
1184 Bloor St W
149 recommandé par les habitants
A local brewery and restaurant, a little on the fancier side, but their food is delicious, and their rotating beers are always interesting.
Another local spot that has great cheese and charcuterie, a very cute little wine bar perfect for a snack and a glass of wine.
62 recommandé par les habitants
Midfield Wine Bar
1434 Dundas St W
62 recommandé par les habitants
Another local spot that has great cheese and charcuterie, a very cute little wine bar perfect for a snack and a glass of wine.
Really good local trendy Japanese spot, great food in either small plates to share, or a hearty bowl of ramen for one.
64 recommandé par les habitants
Imanishi Japanese Kitchen
1330 Dundas Street West
64 recommandé par les habitants
Really good local trendy Japanese spot, great food in either small plates to share, or a hearty bowl of ramen for one.
This architectural gem is a stunning restaurant with delicious tapas. It's definitely a treat, with amazing cocktails and small plates - but always very busy, be ready to wait for a table.
235 recommandé par les habitants
Bar Raval
505 College St
235 recommandé par les habitants
This architectural gem is a stunning restaurant with delicious tapas. It's definitely a treat, with amazing cocktails and small plates - but always very busy, be ready to wait for a table.

Exploring

This neighbourhood is a great place to wander and eat and drink. A lively neighbourhood that is full of bars, restaurants, vintage stores, butchers, bakers, and fishmongers. A must-see for some Sunday's in the summer for 'Pedestrian Sundays' where it's closed to cars and full of vendors and street performers.
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Kensington Market
1699 recommandé par les habitants
This neighbourhood is a great place to wander and eat and drink. A lively neighbourhood that is full of bars, restaurants, vintage stores, butchers, bakers, and fishmongers. A must-see for some Sunday's in the summer for 'Pedestrian Sundays' where it's closed to cars and full of vendors and street performers.
Ontario Place was an expo-type place, then an amusement park, and is now open as a park. Explore 'Trillium Park' a beautiful new park on the east end, or the 'West Island' with old amusement park features that have long-been closed. The Cinesphere and Pods are amazing modernist architecture from the 70's, and the Cinesphere, the world's first IMAX theatre, still shows movies, sometimes old IMAX favourites.
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Ontario Place
955 Lake Shore Blvd W
139 recommandé par les habitants
Ontario Place was an expo-type place, then an amusement park, and is now open as a park. Explore 'Trillium Park' a beautiful new park on the east end, or the 'West Island' with old amusement park features that have long-been closed. The Cinesphere and Pods are amazing modernist architecture from the 70's, and the Cinesphere, the world's first IMAX theatre, still shows movies, sometimes old IMAX favourites.
While a more touristy part of the city, this old neighbourhood is a beautiful window into historic toronto. It's brick laneways lead to different historic industrial buildings, now filled with shops, galleries, theatres, and lots of restaurants and bars.
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Distillery Historic District
55 Mill St
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While a more touristy part of the city, this old neighbourhood is a beautiful window into historic toronto. It's brick laneways lead to different historic industrial buildings, now filled with shops, galleries, theatres, and lots of restaurants and bars.
This street is filled with trendy stores, a place to go for shopping, with some trendier and independent spots - not all chain stores. Be sure to visit the 'Graffiti Alley' that is full of fantastic mural and graffiti art.
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Queen Street West
Queen Street West
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This street is filled with trendy stores, a place to go for shopping, with some trendier and independent spots - not all chain stores. Be sure to visit the 'Graffiti Alley' that is full of fantastic mural and graffiti art.

Galleries & Museums

A free public art gallery that always has cutting-edge contemporary exhibitions, in a unique building that used to be an actual power plant. It's next to the Harbourfront Centre - a really lively creative centre with markets, free outdoor concerts, family programming, theatres, dance performances, an art gallery, and craft studios you can visit.
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The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
231 Queens Quay W
68 recommandé par les habitants
A free public art gallery that always has cutting-edge contemporary exhibitions, in a unique building that used to be an actual power plant. It's next to the Harbourfront Centre - a really lively creative centre with markets, free outdoor concerts, family programming, theatres, dance performances, an art gallery, and craft studios you can visit.
Our biggest art museum, the AGO has permanent collections, and rotating contemporary exhibitions. Lots to see for everyone, ticket prices vary depending on what's on, but the new museum . building is beautiful, and opens onto a great park behind it - the Grange Park.
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Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St W
2262 recommandé par les habitants
Our biggest art museum, the AGO has permanent collections, and rotating contemporary exhibitions. Lots to see for everyone, ticket prices vary depending on what's on, but the new museum . building is beautiful, and opens onto a great park behind it - the Grange Park.
A commercial art gallery that's in a beautiful building, worth a visit if you like interesting converted industrial spaces.
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Olga Korper Gallery
17 Morrow Ave
8 recommandé par les habitants
A commercial art gallery that's in a beautiful building, worth a visit if you like interesting converted industrial spaces.
Our newly-reopened MOCA boasts multiple floors of contemporary art programming. The space is ticketed, but in a beautiful old building that has recently been converted from an old automotive plant. The nearby neighbourhood is interesting - a mix of industrial buildings, artist studios, wood shops, and a local brewery and restaurant.
130 recommandé par les habitants
Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada
158 Sterling Rd
130 recommandé par les habitants
Our newly-reopened MOCA boasts multiple floors of contemporary art programming. The space is ticketed, but in a beautiful old building that has recently been converted from an old automotive plant. The nearby neighbourhood is interesting - a mix of industrial buildings, artist studios, wood shops, and a local brewery and restaurant.
A local and well-known Canadian institution, Mercer Union is one of the oldest Artist-Run-Centres in Canada. It's free to visit.
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Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
1286 Bloor St W
44 recommandé par les habitants
A local and well-known Canadian institution, Mercer Union is one of the oldest Artist-Run-Centres in Canada. It's free to visit.
This amazing building is a converted industrial space that is full of art galleries, some nice stores, art+ design offices, and cafes. It's a creative hub downtown and worth wandering through to see the various galleries and artist-run centres. Best to avoid on a Monday/Tuesday when many of the galleries are closed.
35 recommandé par les habitants
401 Richmond St W
401 Richmond Street West
35 recommandé par les habitants
This amazing building is a converted industrial space that is full of art galleries, some nice stores, art+ design offices, and cafes. It's a creative hub downtown and worth wandering through to see the various galleries and artist-run centres. Best to avoid on a Monday/Tuesday when many of the galleries are closed.
If you like ceramics, or craft, this is the museum for you. It's full of fantastic historic and contemporary ceramics, in a beautiful modern building.
114 recommandé par les habitants
Gardiner Museum
111 Queens Park
114 recommandé par les habitants
If you like ceramics, or craft, this is the museum for you. It's full of fantastic historic and contemporary ceramics, in a beautiful modern building.