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1. Classical 96.3 FM
CBC used to play classical music through the day. Oh how I used to love Jurgen Goth's voice carrying me through another work day. But then CBC decided to shift their FM format to crap. How's that working out for you, CBC?
Luckily a city as big as…More »
2. Tone Tai Supermarket
If T&T is your worst nightmare, this T&T (Tone Tai) is your Inception-like "kick". As Ariel notes, prices on a wide variety of items are at rock bottom. Pretty much every cash is open and they have two people working each cash. One works cash and one…More »
3. Heartland Town Centre
Just west of Square One is one mother of a big box complex. At the corner of Mavis and Britania, it occupies about a good square 2 kilometers of land. With a woman friend, it takes about a full Sunday afternoon to get through only about half the…More »
4. Homesense
You know you're getting old when walking through a housewares store gives you the same thrill a video arcade or fantasy role playing game store used to. Homesense offers all kinds of clever ways to press garlic, hang your tea towels, light up a room,…More »
5. Starbucks
The crew has gotten their act together since I first reviewed this place. I used to dread coming here before my gym night as it was always a crap shoot whether or not they'd have coffee brewed or there will be milk/cups,sugar at the bar. Kudos for…More »
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6/30/2009 First to Review
One of the most brain dead Starbucks I've ever patronized. Coffees rarely brewed. Milk bar rarely… Read more »
6. The Imperial Bean Cafe
Toronto, ON M5J 2G4
(416) 368-2511
Neighbourhoods: Financial District, Downtown Core
The Royal York hotel has added a nice little coffee bar in the lobby of its hotel. The coffee is decent and even slightly cheaper per cup than Starbucks. There's something really nice about kicking around downtown all day and then getting a coffee…More »
7. Second Cup at the Colossus
A cozy Second Cup in the shadow of the looming, giant uber mega Colossus movie theater/Louis Farrakhan mothership. It reminds me of the numerous cozy Tully's coffee shops that dot Seattle's suburban retail complexes. I went on a Sunday around noonish…More »
8. Second Cup
Sigh. How the mighty have fallen. They stopped brewing a second flavor Saturday/Sunday mornings. See ya.
Luckily the Second Cup on the top floor near the bridge to The Bay (http://www.yelp.ca/biz...) still serves a second Saturday AM.More »
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2/16/2010 First to Review
I find Second Cups in Toronto largely hit and miss, maybe owing to them being franchised owned vs… Read more »
9. Second Cup
Toronto has always seemed to stop at the Gardiner. But with all the condo development close to the Air Canada Centre/Union station, you're starting to see some commercial development. A cute Second Cup, semi-kitty corner to the Air Canada Centre…More »
10. Chipotle Mexican Grill
Toronto, ON M5B 1R7
(416) 596-8600
Category:
Mexican
Neighbourhoods: Ryerson, Downtown Core
Chipotle's offers what is known in parts as the Mission-style Burrito. That's not to be confused with missionary style. It's a style of burrito making (not love making) that originated in San Francisco's Mission district (which used to have a lot of…More »
11. Harvey's Restaurants
This is the first result that comes up for Harvey's so I'll just use it as a general overview of the chain itself. As the first poster notes, there seems to have been a pull out of the chain in certain areas of downtown. There's one in the bowels of…More »
12. Square-Boy Drive-In
Toronto, ON M4J 1L8
(416) 461-2571
The regular burg is definitely a M&M quality frozen burger. You can see them defrosting on the counter. The more expensive hand made burger is pretty decent and appears to be hand made from ground beef. Everything is flame broiled and basically…More »
13. Mac's Milk
One of the advantages of being an aficionado of the nogged milk products (egg, rum, cucumber, etc.) is you usually have it all to yourself. Not many people dig on the nog. I don't know why. Maybe people don't like yellow milk.
I get it in my mind…More »
14. Ding Dong Pastries
Toronto, ON M5T 2E9
(416) 640-2761
A slightly unfortunate name but a fortunate find. It's your basic Chinese pastry/bun place. Everything is always fresh. Prices are great. A good selection of dessert type buns and what I call meal replacement buns: ham and cheese, sausage, etc.…More »
15. Freshslice Pizza
Say, does Toronto need another pizza chain? No. No way. Does it need another good pizza chain? No. The operative word in that second question is "another". There isn't even one. Freshslice, sadly, does not really actually step up to what Toronto…More »
16. Big Fat Burrito
Toronto, ON M5G 1C3
(416) 340-0340
Category:
Mexican
Neighbourhoods: Discovery District, Downtown Core
A quite acceptable burrito. Prices on the menu INCLUDE tax so don't be put off if it seems their burritos run a few cents higher than, say, Chipotle. All 'n' all I was quite satisfied with the price, portion, and taste.
17. Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Me and CUTE! Chinese Girl came back here to use the free meal voucher we got after getting a meatless burger. Much to our surprise the voucher was actually good for TWO free meals. Holy cheap date! Even better, they totally remembered us. How great…More »
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6/4/2011
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The Plan
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CUTE! Chinese Girl: It's raining. Can we got to Pacific Mall for lunch… Read more »
18. Whole Foods Market
Toronto, ON M5R 3R9
(416) 944-0500
Categories:
Grocery,
Health Food Store
Neighbourhood: The Annex
Let me say straight up, I'm not a fan of the organic food hype. Our non organic food supply is *the* safest, cheapest, most nutritious food supply in all of human history. Sure there are problems with e.coli etc but then sometimes nuns commit murder.…More »
19. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
To answer Jon's question why Krispy Kreme has largely failed in Ontario (a province with a donut shop on nearly every other corner) with, arguably, the best tasting donuts on the freakin' planet one needs to consider not the donuts but the coffee.…More »
20. Belly Buster Submarines
I've got three basic rules that have made me the singular successful guy I am and have kept me in the running to be a Darwinian success.
1) If someone comes at you with a knife or hard object in hand and shouts "we don't like your kind around here",…More »
21. Canada's Wonderland
Wonderland has lost some of its "focus" since the Paramount days (and before the Paramount take over). Each area, like the Medieval Faire and the Grande World Exposition, used to have a much more apparent theme (like Disney's…More »
22. Club Monaco
Toronto, ON M5S 1P7
(416) 585-4101
Categories:
Men's Clothing,
Women's Clothing
Neighbourhoods: Discovery District, Yorkville, Downtown Core
CM continues to slide. Has CM not noticed their male customers are either gay or suspiciously gay straight men? We appreciate natural light just as much as women. They've decided to banish the male clothing section to the dingy basement. It starts…More »
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6/6/2010
Club Monaco has never really been the same since it was under Alfred Sung. Club Monaco used to be a… Read more »
23. Taco Time
What Randy said but I'm giving this an extra star for their 5 tacos for $5 deal. You can choose beef or veggie in the soft or hard taco form. You can mix it up anyway you want. It's cheap eats you might want to slam before a Saturday movie at the AMC…More »
24. Urban Outfitters
Toronto, ON M5B 1N8
(416) 214-1466
Categories:
Women's Clothing,
Men's Clothing,
Home Decor
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
Urban Outfitters is a fun store to peruse to get ideas but with the exception of some sale items, most everything here (or at least the men's clothing and furniture) is over priced. Add in lines at the cash and trying to get a fitting room can eat up…More »
25. Toronto Eaton Centre
Toronto, ON M5B 2H1
(416) 598-8700
Category:
Shopping Centres
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
It's fashionable to hate on the Eaton Centre, to poo poo it. Yeah, it's the Disney of retail. And many want to lay all kinds of problems with Yonge street retail because of it. But I have a hard time imagining I'd go downtown without the Eaton Centre…More »
26. Vivek S
Toronto, ON M4W 1A3
(555) 555-5555
Categories:
Private Investigation,
Local Flavour,
Life Coach
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
I pity future Yelpers who will not know the pleasure of Vivek showing up at a UYE, whipping out his sack and inviting all to rummage around his bag. Ah, the look of joy on his face as we all got in line to get a handful of his tasty Yelp stick. Vivek…More »
27. Gelaskins
Toronto, ON M6P 1Y3
(416) 519-1360
Category:
Accessories
Neighbourhood: The Junction
Hat tip to Sara L for spotting the recent addition of an actual Gelaskins kiosk in the Eaton Center. It's near the Hollister store, heading towards the Dundas subway station. They have quite an excellent selection. The kiosk is there to stay, not a…More »
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12/11/2009
I wish these people had an actual store front because the week it takes Canada Post to get you your… Read more »
28. Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre
Vaughan Mills mall does strike one as having been built with a Plan B in mind. If the mall thing fails, it could be quickly turned into a warehouse, a factory producing light industrial goods, a movie sound stage, or maybe even an airplane hanger…More »
29. Eaton Centre Skybridge
Why do I love skybridges so? Maybe it's being raised on a diet of George Jetson cartoons. Maybe it's the influence of old movies like Things To Come/Metropolis where a city wasn't truly a futuristic city if it didn't have skybridges hither and…More »
30. Shops at Don Mills
Shops at Don Missing: This place looks like it was opened somewhat prematurely. There are a number of empty store fronts. And of course the down economy was probably a nail biter for the mall's investors. It's reminiscent of the outdoor mall concept…More »
31. Bayview Village Shopping Centre
North York, ON M2K 1E6
(416) 226-0404
Category:
Shopping Centres
Neighbourhoods: Bayview Village, Willowdale
I'm a geezer but nothing about this mall excites me. Maybe you have to be a female geezer? This place was probably designed to be anchored by North America's first two story Sharper Image (RIP) to attract the man geezer money. It really screams out…More »
32. Sherway Gardens
Etobicoke, ON M9C 1B8
(416) 621-1070
Category:
Shopping Centres
Neighbourhood: Etobicoke
If you combine this mall with the small big box complex across the street (which includes an Old Navy, a Walmart, a Home Depot, a Chapters, etc), Sherway Gardens presents a pretty compelling shopping mecca. Sherway is what I term a "left hand mall",…More »
33. Yorkdale Shopping Centre
"You can buy an assortment of fruit-flavoured bubble baths at The Body Shop for only $17.65. You can spend $99.99 for a skateboard or $24.99 for an anti-theft device for your skis at Collegiate Sports. At Club Monaco you can buy authentic Club Monaco…More »
34. Fairview Mall
Fairway is, geographically, the antipodes of Sherway Gardens. It's smaller, less posh, but has the advantage of being a terminus on the amazingly useful Sheppard subway line. It's a two level mall with an extensive food court, albeit lacking a…More »
35. AMC Yonge & Dundas 24
Toronto, ON M5B 2G9
(416) 977-9262
Category:
Cinema
Neighbourhoods: Ryerson, Downtown Core
AMC has a movie watcher point card like Cineplex. It knocks a buck or two off a movie ticket and I guess you can collect points for a free show. AMC had to re-issue their cards to several card holders because of some internal fudnuckle. Who knows?…More »
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2/24/2010
I contacted AMC head office via their web site and linked my Yelp review. Today via registered mail… Read more »
36. Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande
Before the amalgamation of the GTA into the GTA, North York under Mel Lastman tried so hard to be the new downtown, trying to show Toronto Classic how to do it right. Wide streets. Shiny new office buildings for Fortune 500 Companies. A live theatre…More »
37. Empire Theatres
I think the empire chain is big in the Maritime provinces. There's nothing to distinguish it from Cineplex or AMC. I struggle to understand if they have a loyalty card program. I'm finding I base a movie choice on my loyalty card. Cineplex gives no…More »
38. Scotiabank Theatre
Toronto, ON M5V 3M6
(416) 368-5600
Category:
Cinema
Neighbourhoods: Entertainment District, Downtown Core
This used to be called Famous Players Paramount Theatre just as Canada's Wonderland used to be called Paramount's Wonderland. It all makes me wonder what Torontoids did that so horribly offended Paramount that they took their names off our…More »
39. Cumberland 4 Theatre
Seriously old school theater that hangs on by virtue of the fact it shows a lot of foreign language films and indie works. No stadium seating here. High backed chair and cup holders are the only concession to the modern movie going convenience. A…More »
40. Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto, ON M5J 2H5
(416) 872-4255
Category:
Performing Arts
Neighbourhoods: Entertainment District, Downtown Core
Many people used to complain about the acoustics but I really don't have any kind of ear for that. They've renovated Roy Thomson in the last decade, adding in more natural wood.
Pro:
The circular design to the hall seems to be able to accommodate more…More »
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Recently updated lists from Karl R.
Eating for about $5 (13)I'm not saying, of course, you're going to eat well. Or you're going to want to eat this food with another person. But when you're looking to slam down some eats for $3-$5 even in a city like Toronto you can still pig out nicely. |
Crawl the Malls: Shopping centers of the GTA (20)I love malls. I really do. I like the mixture of predictability (the same chain stores) and the little differences (some have comfy chairs to sit on while your GF shoe shops and seems to have forgotten this was supposed to a positive experience for the both of you). Malls are full of attractive people and exotic places to eat like Manchu Wok and A&W. If you're lucky enough to have someone in your life, there's never a nasty fight about where and what to eat. You can have Arby's 4 Items for $6 deal and she can have a mango salad at Thai Express. Everyone is happy unlike that time you wanted to eat tex mex and she wanted to try that vegetarian restaurant AGAIN and some how she dredged up the incident with the Mexican hooker which she always uses to get her way. Look! I don't plan my friend's stags and I can't predict who brings a digital camera! Okay, Gloria? Do I have to explain it 100 times already?Really, malls are little islands of happiness in a difficult and confusing world. Except at Christmas time when going near a mall is as agreeable as hanging yourself with your ex-GF's shaker knit sweater she left at your place back in happier times and refuses to meet with you so you can give it back. Am I such a horrible person that she can't meet with me one time to get back her lime green shaker knit sweater? The GTA has many malls. Unfortunately, few are accessible by the subway. And there's no dignity in taking a bus to a mall. Malls ultimately elevate us as humans (making us work harder to afford a car and insurance). They're good places. Why not give a mall a chance? |
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