Toronto Natives - Please Help
Joyce Fong
bargains, food (fast, sit-down, grocers and/or open air markets),
entertainment (live preferably; dance, theatre, music all sorts) things
to do that are free or cheap. I'd enjoy a native's perspective. Thank
you in advance.
I was thinking of going to Toronto for Labour Day weekend.
Hans Boldt
<http://www.TheEx.com/> Labor day weekend is, of course, the
CNE air show. Plenty of live entertainment. I believe there's
a half-price ticket booth on Yonge Street. For open air
markets, go to the area within a few blocks of Dundas and
Spadina. (Check my web page for photos.)
Cheers! Hans
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Thomas Rohricht
Joyce Fong <joy...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Please le me know what you enjoy about Toronto. Please tell me about
>bargains, food (fast, sit-down, grocers and/or open air markets),
>entertainment (live preferably; dance, theatre, music all sorts) things
>to do that are free or cheap. I'd enjoy a native's perspective. Thank
>you in advance.
>
>I was thinking of going to Toronto for Labour Day weekend.
Bargains? Yes we've got bargains. With the Canadian dollar at an all time low
there are plenty of bargains to be had. For cheap trinkets and other strange
merchandise, go for a walk south down Yonge St. starting at Bloor St.
There is every kind of cuisine imagineable in this city, whether you have a
craving for Ukrainian, Peruvian, or Thai. Some of my favourites are the Saigon
Pearl Restaurant at Kensington and Dundas, and the Perfect Chinese Restaurant
on Sheppard west of Brimley ... oh, and the Black Dog Pub on Island Rd. east
or Port Union Rd. (far east edge of Toronto). The cigar lounge downstairs is
highly cool.
There are usually lots of free concerts sprinkled around the city -- on labour
day weekend there might be something going on at the Eastern Beaches (Queen
St. E), or Harbourfront, or the CNE (you'll have to pay for admission, I think
it's $16 this year, but then you get all the rides, music, and amusements you
can stomach, plus that unique CNE smell). What you do is find a copy of NOW
magazine in the (free) green box. It's got all the listings of music and
entertainment.
My not-to-miss list would include:
- The airshow (and the rides, and the game where you try to hit stuffed
animals with a padded mallet) at the CNE.
- Live jazz at the Top-O-the-Senator, above the Senator Steakhouse on Victoria
St. just south of Dundas. This place isn't cheap (figure $50 for two people
and a few drinks), but the atmosphere transports you directly into the 1920's.
It's enough to bring tears to your eyes.
- A trip up the CN Tower. Or, if you prefer to thumb your nose at tourist
attractions, a trip to Panorama51 at the top of the Manulife Centre (Bay and
Bloor). This place has a neat atmosphere too. The view is every bit as good as
the CN Tower, but the prices are in sync with the view.
- A rollerblade or a bike ride around one of the many, many parks in the city.
A ferry trip across to the Toronto Islands is a great place for this.
- A walk from St. Lawrence Market, along King St. to Bay St. (the heart of the
financial district), up to Queen, west past City Hall and through the
wonderfully alternative "Queen St. West" all the way to Spadina Ave, north to
Dundas, west to Kensington, then north into Kensington Market. This walk
captures a great cross-section of Toronto.
I could go on, and on, and on. Feel free to email me for more info, and enjoy
your visit to beautiful Toronto.
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tn...@geocities.com
joy...@sympatico.ca wrote:
> Please le me know what you enjoy about Toronto. Please tell me about
> bargains, food (fast, sit-down, grocers and/or open air markets),
> entertainment (live preferably; dance, theatre, music all sorts) things
> to do that are free or cheap. I'd enjoy a native's perspective. Thank
> you in advance.
>
> I was thinking of going to Toronto for Labour Day weekend.
There are many ways to spend your time in Toronto it depends on the things
you enjoy. There may be others who can give you exact details about plays
and open air concerts but here are a few general ideas. (PS - are you driving
in from Montréal?) - many things will depend on whether you have a car or not
- I will assume you don't.
Things to do and visit: Buy cheap seats to theater events - may still be at
the Eaton's centre booth (Yonge and Dundas entrance). Stroll through the
Eaton's centre, along Dundas to the Art Gallery of Ontario - to Chinatown
near Spadina Ave. to Kensington Market. Stroll along Queen St. to Spadina
from Yonge and visit many interesting shops. Take the ferry to Toronto Island
have a picnic, walk, watch boats and people. There are concerts at City Hall
square (check info) Visit the beaches area - stroll on the boardwalk, check
out the shops. Take the subway out to the Danforth and walk through the Greek
area - eat at one of the outdoor cafés. Check out the CNE - one admission
will let you take in a lot of free entertainment all day. The air show will
be on and that may or may not be of interest. Visit Harbourfront - there will
probably be entertainment there, antiques and flea markets, may be a
fireworks show (check with someone).
That's a start you will probably get more advice too.
-The News Guy(Mike)'s http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/1955
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Norm Soley
Joyce Fong wrote in message <35E414...@sympatico.ca>...
>Please le me know what you enjoy about Toronto. Please tell me about
>bargains, food (fast, sit-down, grocers and/or open air markets),
>entertainment (live preferably; dance, theatre, music all sorts) things
>to do that are free or cheap. I'd enjoy a native's perspective. Thank
>you in advance.
>
>I was thinking of going to Toronto for Labour Day weekend.
When you get to Toronto Friday find a coffee shop (there are hundreds)
pick up a copy of Now Magazine (which is actually a newspaper, most coffee
shops will have a stack) and read the entertainment listings (and the Life
in Hell
cartoon) while you have a coffee. There's lots of live music, places I'd
think about
going would include The Horseshoe (blues, rock and sometimes country) The
Rivoli
(usually alternative rock but might also be cabaret or jazz) The Resevoir
Lounge
(Lounge, Swing and Jazz) The Rex Hotel (Jazz) The Cameron Public House
(alternative rock, performance art) Lee's Palace (Alternative Rock) Montreal
Bistro
(Piano Jazz)... there are plenty more. There will also probably some sort of
free
concerts at Harbourfront over the weekend. The dance club district is South
of Queen,
west of University, follow the unmistakeable whiff of bad cologne, beer and
testosterone
if you're into that kind of thing. If possible stop at a subway station and
buy some
bus/subway/streetcar tokens.
Saturday AM go "grocery shopping" at St. Lawrence Market, get a Peameal
bacon sandwich
at the Carousel Bakery (anyone claiming to be Torontonian who has not eaten
one of these is
is lying), see if you can find the market gallery which usually has an
exhibit of photos of old Toronto
from there walk North to Queen Street, then either walk or take the
streetcar over to
Yonge St. walk north along the west side of the street (past the Tower
records store) to the discount
theater ticket shop (which is a shop now, not a kiosk on the sidewalk as it
once was) and
see if there are any theater tickets of interest. Jay walk across Yonge
street (there, now don't
you feel like a Torontonian) and see if there is a tour of the Winter Garden
theater available
(it's stunning). Walk North to Dundas and get on an westbound streetcar and
get off at McCaul
spend a couple hours or so in the AGO (the current shows are the Courtald
Collection of impressionist
paintings and Victorian Fairy painting) then walk north on McCaul Street to
Baldwin Street, turn left
and look for the Yung Sing Pastry shop on the North side, if you're lucky
and it's open this is the best
lunch deal in town, filled buns (over a dozen different kinds) are 95 cents
and other chinese pastries
are equally well priced, lunch for $3 or less. Eat at the picnic table out
front or take it away to a park
for a little picnic. If you didn't get tickets for something then go to a
repatory movie at one of the Festival
theater locations (the Music Hall is a good choice).
Joyce Fong
> > bargains, food (fast, sit-down, grocers and/or open air markets),
> > entertainment (live preferably; dance, theatre, music all sorts) things
> > to do that are free or cheap. I'd enjoy a native's perspective. Thank
> > you in advance.
> >
> > I was thinking of going to Toronto for Labour Day weekend.
>
> you enjoy. There may be others who can give you exact details about plays
> and open air concerts but here are a few general ideas. (PS - are you driving
> in from Montréal?) - many things will depend on whether you have a car or not
> - I will assume you don't.
>
> Things to do and visit: Buy cheap seats to theater events - may still be at
> the Eaton's centre booth (Yonge and Dundas entrance). Stroll through the
> Eaton's centre, along Dundas to the Art Gallery of Ontario - to Chinatown
> near Spadina Ave. to Kensington Market. Stroll along Queen St. to Spadina
> from Yonge and visit many interesting shops. Take the ferry to Toronto Island
> have a picnic, walk, watch boats and people. There are concerts at City Hall
> square (check info) Visit the beaches area - stroll on the boardwalk, check
> out the shops. Take the subway out to the Danforth and walk through the Greek
> area - eat at one of the outdoor cafés. Check out the CNE - one admission
> will let you take in a lot of free entertainment all day. The air show will
> be on and that may or may not be of interest. Visit Harbourfront - there will
> probably be entertainment there, antiques and flea markets, may be a
> fireworks show (check with someone).
>
> That's a start you will probably get more advice too.
>
> -The News Guy(Mike)'s http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/1955
>
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How can you tell from my posting that I'm in Montreal?
BTW, thanks.
tn...@geocities.com
joy...@sympatico.ca wrote:
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> How can you tell from my posting that I'm in Montreal?
>
> BTW, thanks.
I am using DejaNews as a service to read newsgroups - they have an option,
whether we like it or not, to see a list of all the postings in all the
newsgroups an author of a posting has done. I saw that you posted in a
'things for sale in Montréal
Cheers,
Mike