Toys in the Annex

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A list of hot (and warm) spots in the Annex Neighbourhood.

 1. Future Bakery & Cafe

483 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y2
Canada
(416) 922-5875

Categories: Bakeries, Coffee & Tea, Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhood: The Annex

5.0 star rating
  4/19/2009

Great all-around café. Warm, student-friendly atmosphere invites you to stay a while. East-facing patio is great a great place for a beer (or two or three) in the summer. Cakes are top notch also; they sell out quickly so grab your favourite slice…More »

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 2. Aroma Espresso Bar

500 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3
Canada
(416) 536-7750
4.0 star rating
  11/17/2010

I always brace myself when places ask for my name, as my double-vee'd handle frequently reduces (white) people to incoherent mutters and near-epileptic spasms. So it was a pleasant surprise when Aroma only moderately butchered my name when taking my…More »

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 3. Green Beanery

565 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y6
Canada
(416) 964-9223

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: The Annex, Palmerston, Seaton Village

4.0 star rating
  11/6/2010

There's nothing quite like enjoying a coffee with Sarah L while basking in the sun-filled windows of the Green Beanery on the "Best Saturday of 2010." With a privleged position at the southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst, the Grean Beanery is a…More »

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 4. Menchie's Frozen Yogurt

511 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y4
Canada
(416) 645-0222
4.0 star rating
  4/18/2011

"You are now a regular at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt." If there was a "Tub-o-Lard" badge on the Yelp app, I surely would have earned it, this weekend. I hope they don't start recognizing me there. (Whatever, I'll run it off.)

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 5. Guu SakaBar

559 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y6
Canada
(647) 343-1101

Category: Japanese

5.0 star rating
  5/3/2011

If you're ever feeling down, just walk into your closest Guu. The warm reception that greets you as you enter is worth it even if you never get a chance to sample their culinary offerings. But try the food and you'll be doing even better.

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 6. YoYo's Yogurt Cafe

417 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1X6
Canada
(647) 346-2917
4.0 star rating
  11/16/2011

The staff is real friendly at Yoyo's Yogurt Cafe. Unlike their competitors down the street -- where you're pretty much on your own -- at Yoyo's you are greeted as you as soon as you walk in. On my first visit a kindly staffer walked me through the…More »

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 7. Jerk King

1104 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M6H 1M8
Canada
(416) 531-0300

Category: Ethnic Food

Neighbourhood: Dovercourt

3.0 star rating
  1/11/2012

Need lunch for under a fin? For $4.50 you can get the daily lunch special from his Carribean majesty, the Jerk King. Yesterday (Tuesday) was Stew Chicken and Rice which comes in a square container that weighs about a pound and comes with a teeny…More »

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 8. Jamba Juice

495 Bloor Street W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y2
Canada
(647) 349-2349
3.0 star rating
  11/13/2011 First to Review

I had barely cracked the door open when I was halted by an employee's jovial hollers from the back of the store. There is a weird enthusiasm emanating from the staff of Jamba Juice. I'm not too sure about it.

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 9. Wing Machine

520 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3
Canada
(416) 537-4234

Category: Chicken Wings

Neighbourhood: The Annex

2.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

There should be a term for that feeling you get right after walk into a restaurant about to collapse from hunger and place an order with the frenetic intensity of a meth addict, and then, calmed by the inevitability of food, you *then* decide to…More »

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 10. Koerner Hall

273 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
Canada
(416) 408-0208

Category: Music Venues

Neighbourhoods: University of Toronto, Downtown Core

5.0 star rating
  3/28/2012

Koerner Hall is part of the Royal Conservatory of Music, and as such hosts a variety of different genres and styles of performance. I came here for a WILD performance honouring the work of John Cage[1] and I was blown away by the splendour of this…More »

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 11. Victory Café

581 Markham St
Toronto, ON M6G 2L7
Canada
(416) 516-5787

Categories: Canadian (New), Pubs

Neighbourhood: Palmerston

3.0 star rating
  4/27/2012

The typical Markham street rigmarole is to start at Victory Café, fail to get a seat and then work your way northward until you end up at The Central. But should you happen to rewarded with a spot on their patio, drink it in, gentle reader. For this…More »

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