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Things to do in Toronto
2and2is5
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Hey guys, some friends and I are driving up to Toronto for a few days next week. I was hoping for some suggestions on what to see/do while we are there.
We are all of age (for Canada at least), so anything goes. What should we do during the day? What bars/clubs do we have to go to? Will our pitiful American dollar buy us any fancy Canadian things?
We are all of age (for Canada at least), so anything goes. What should we do during the day? What bars/clubs do we have to go to? Will our pitiful American dollar buy us any fancy Canadian things?
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DO eat the food from the street vendors. Specifically the hot dogs. FANTASTIC.
DO know that buying alcohol is not like the states, you'll need to find a beer or liquor store. Be prepared to pay over double the price and kiss can goodbye.
DO pick up a city map as soon as possible.
DO bring cash for a cab
DO have a plan for parking.
DO bring some more formal clothing for the nicer clubs. Get ready to get raped by cover charges.
DO Hit up the Piccadilly Circus to find the college crowd.
DO NOT go to afterhours. Unless you like drugs. Even then..well...avoid it.
Bonus: If you've never been to a big city before (we were all from Ohio) Toronto should blow your mind. Just walk to Dundas square and take it all in from there. Seriously you can walk in any direction and find something of interest. Walking through China town to the beer store is an adventure in itself.
Oh and get ready for a lot of coins. Be careful though you may love the place.
Best way to get around (if they're not on strike) is the TTC - day passes give you unlimited travel for $8.75 (I think). If it's a weekend, two people can travel on one pass. Pretty much anything you'd want to do is on the subway - unless you want to hit up the zoo (which is out in Scarborough) or Canada's Wonderland (take the subway to Yorkdale station, and get a GO bus - about a $9 round trip). I'd really suggest just leaving the car somewhere unless you absolutely need it.
For a decent place to eat and drink, try the Madison near Spadina station . . . unless you're really into going to terrible night clubs like Piccadilly Circus - on the whole that scene is ridiculously expensive, pretentious and not worth it (except PC - that's more or less your dirt cheap underage place). I've also heard good things about the Biere Markt on the Esplanade (near Union station).
If the Jays are playing, (bad) tickets can be gotten for as low as $5. In the same area (as the Skydome/Roger's Center) you also have the CN Tower and the Steamwhistle Brewery. You'd get there from Union station. Speaking of the waterfront - there are also boat tours of the harbour. You can reach the Toronto Islands by ferry, but the weather might not be too great to hit the beach just yet.
Your major shopping is at the Eaton Centre (Queen station), the Yorkdale Mall or Bloor between University and Yonge (St. George, Bay or Bloor-Yonge stations) - but you aren't likely to find anything you can't get in the U.S. there. For more unique shopping there is Queen Street West (Osgoode station). Interesting mix of clothes, music and books (including a few comic book places).
On a more specific note, any good local bands playing Wednesday - Friday next week?
http://www.nowtoronto.com/
If clubbing is your thing check out Cicra (hip-hop fridays, electro saturdays), if you are more interested in bars, go to College street west of Bathurst and just walk around. Also, I don't know what their show atm is like, but second city is more often then not really funny.
Be sure to actually just look at the flyers posted around the city. We found quite a few good little events (even ended up at a rave) because of flyers that had been posted or were handed out.