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Tucana Coffee
Listed in Cafes Tucana Coffee is a coffee shop on Dundas West from Tenille Clarke who worked at Ossington coffee shop Crafted for four years. She received her training and knowledge from Pilot...
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Track & Field
Listed in Bars Track & Field Bar is Toronto's first ever lawn games bar, the creation of Montauk owner Dustin Keating, Montauk ex-manager Joshua Leblanc, and publicist Nickie Minshall. The bar...
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Hugh's Room
Listed in Bars Hugh's Room, located in Roncesvalles Village a few blocks south of Dundas West station, is one of Canada's best folk, blues, and world music venues. It's named for Hugh Carson, brother...
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The Vegan Duchess
Listed in Restaurants The Vegan Duchess wants to show midtown diners that eating raw, gluten-free and vegan doesn't have to be bland. The tiny takeout spot near Yonge and Eglinton uses only organic...
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Oakwood Espresso
Listed in Cafes Oakwood Espresso is a tiny coffee shop located just around the corner from Oakwood Ave., a few blocks north of St. Clair West. The corner of Oakwood and Rogers, where the cafe is...
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Soi Thai
Listed in Restaurants Soi Thai Street Food is a Thai restaurant that doesn't serve pad thai... or even curry for that matter. Owner Nopphawan Lertchaiprasert Papa (or just Sherry) is a Toronto...
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The Tennessee
Listed in Restaurants The Tennessee has taken over The Sister (and Mitzi's Sister before that) in Parkdale, bringing the restaurant/bar/music venue back to its original name. In the early 2000s the...
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Loga's Corner
Listed in Restaurants Loga's Corner in Parkdale's Little Tibet is a family-run operation that comprises a tiny takeout spot and a modest cafe a couple of doors down. It isn't really located on a...
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Contrast Living
Listed in Design Stores Contrast Living fits in just fine to the stretch of Queen St. where it meets Roncesvalles. To differentiate itself from many of its antique store neighbours, the store carries...
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La Cubana (Ossington)
Listed in Restaurants La Cubana has already established itself on Roncesvalles as a brunch-time favourite, but at its newer location on Ossington, things are slightly different. The Cuban luncheonette...
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Wildflower
Listed in Bars Wildflower is the latest edition to the Thompson Hotel's nightlife scene. I visited the club late one Friday evening after navigating down several flights of stairs and around some...
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TCAF Shop
Listed in Bookstores The TCAF Shop (also known as Page & Panel) brings a little piece of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to Yonge and Bloor year-round. Occupying a streetside space in the Toronto...
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Viking Bakery
Listed in Baked Goods Viking Bakery might be Toronto's first bake shop devoted entirely to Icelandic treats. Though many Torontonians might not be familiar with delicacies like vinarterta and kransa...
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The Real Jerk (Kingston Rd.)
Listed in Restaurants The Real Jerk has a second location for its well-loved Caribbean cuisine in the Upper Beaches. After the drama of moving from its original home in Riverside - which it occupied...
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Via Vai
Listed in Restaurants Via Vai occupies a former art gallery at the base of the Burano condo on Bay St. north of College. It's a beautiful solarium with 45-foot ceilings and colourful murals that...
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Cocina Economica
Listed in Restaurants Cocina Economica in Corktown is the sixth member, and one of the smallest, of owner and chef Dave Sidhu's Playa Cabana family of restaurants. The space has totally been...
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Sugar & Scruff
Listed in Fashion Stores Sugar & Scruff a locally-owned clothing store by designer Linh Diep. While the store has a new name, interior design and collections, it has been a well-known fixture on...
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Kanpai
Listed in Restaurants Kanpai is a Taiwanese snack bar that's introducing Cabbagetown to a taste of Taipei that goes above and beyond bubble tea. At dinner hour on a weekday every table in the...
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Belmonte Raw (PATH)
Listed in Restaurants Belmonte Raw in the PATH is the second location for the Leslieville-based raw eatery and juicery. The takeout spot is tucked under under the Exchange Tower, once a frequent...
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Sam James (Toronto St.)
Listed in Cafes Sam James now has a fifth coffee outpost, this time on Toronto St., where a mom-and-pop lunch takeout spot called Young Cafe used to be, beside Mercatto. Like the others, this location...
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