OT: Toronto

[Pink Floyd.sixpack]

Heading to Toronto to see David Gilmour in concert this week. My use name is Pink Floyd after all. Anyone been there with some recommendations of things to do and places to eat. Thanks for the help

 

[SWFLDawg]

For museums, the ROM & AGO are great.
Hockey HOF is worth a visit. Take advantage of the weak Canadian $ & do some shopping. For outdoors stuff, Mountain Equipment Coop is a great store.

Atop the TD Center is Canoe, which has been the best restaurant in town for 20 years. St. Lawrence market is great for lunch and close to the hockey HOF. The view from CN tower is worth the wait.
The mass transit system works very well. Go see the Jays if they are in town.

 

[57stratdawg]

Only been once, but it's a huge city. It felt bigger then NYC to me.

Also, the largest road I've eve been on was there. 16 lanes wide.

 

[msudawg12]

awesome city. Was there this past October.

do the museums mentioned above and just freaking walk. The whole city is ridiculously safe at all hours. We were walking 20-23k steps a day despite having planned meals we had to be back for at night and my wife being in a walking boot.

The food is tremendous. it has turned into a restaurant mecca of late with many well respected and awarded chefs opening restaurants there (not just food network types.....).

Art is everywhere. Nearly every business has some form of an art installation and it is as clean of a city as you will ever be in.

Your dollar is killing the Canadian dollar as well. SO BUY SOME CRAP YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF BUYING HERE. I bought my wife a nice purse for our anniversary there and saved 29% at the time.

Do the needle. Be aware that it has more security measures than an airport. I wish you could do a baseball game. Their stadium with the roof open is a great place to watch a game.

Also, you are only like 90 minutes from niagara falls so go do that. They also have some need vinyards up there that produce "ice wine" which is more or less a really sweet white wine. Their tastings are fun.

The market (cant remember actual name) was really cool.
Awesome breweries.

Really was just a fun city. I want to go back

 

[Pink Floyd.sixpack]

How much time do we need to set aside for the needle?

 

[ShrubDog]

I like your user name and you will see an awesome concert. Toronto is a very cool city. The only comparable places I have been to are Montreal and Quebec City. Check the weather forecast this time of year.

 

[SWFLDawg]

Oh yeah, go to the distillery district. Time to get up CN Tower will depend on the queues. Not exactly tourist season, so it shouldn't be too bad

 

[aspendawg]

If you're not married then look for a wife while you're there

Canada has the most beautiful women I've ever seen in their cities.. And I'm not referring to the ones you pay for their time. Vancouver and Calgary always give me a sore neck from turning my head so much at the "passerby's"

 

[RickyWadePhilpotDVM]

Only been once, but it's a huge city. It felt bigger then NYC to me.

Also, the largest road I've eve been on was there. 16 lanes wide.

Ontario Highway 401. It's the busiest road in North America.

Toronto's downtown is great. I'd stick to public transit, cabs/uber when in the city proper. North of town there's some nice scenery, too. I haven't been in a few years, so I don't have much to add in the way of bars or restaurants.

 

[msudawg12]

How much time do we need to set aside for the needle?

depends on what you want to do while up there.

just to go up and down - 45mins
if you want to "edge walk" around the outside, more.
There is also a great revolving restaurant at the top.

glad someone named it the CN tower, i couldnt remember it when i was saying it earlier. It is one of the modern wonders of the world. Really worth doing.
Craziness is that it sways something like 7 or 8 feet

 

[msudawg12]

Canada has the most beautiful women I've ever seen in their cities.. And I'm not referring to the ones you pay for their time. Vancouver and Calgary always give me a sore neck from turning my head so much at the "passerby's"

they must have moved in the last few years. undoubtedly, there were some great looking women but the % was pretty low compared to southern cities (as always)