What to do in Toronto?

Leave. Immediately. Toronto is the armpit of Canada.
Also, I am extremely biased having been raised in the West and only having visited Toronto four times (and each time it was lamesauce).

 

Have a cold beer. That's all I got to offer

 

That was on some article.

 

It's Tim Hortons.

Their sandwiches are amazing.

 

Om nom nom Timmies.
Almost everyone in Canada gets coffee or food from Tim Horton's at least once a week. XD That's a must.
I'd say do some downtown stuff, there are great little shops around Chinatown and Kensington street as well as the cool commercial stuff on Queens street.
You could see some plays, Toronto has a relatively good drama selection.

Oh, and most definitely go to Canada's Wonderland. It's just outside Toronto, easy to catch a bus there, and it's a pretty badass amusement park. It's as good as most Six Flags.
Casa Loma is cool, very pretty, and the boardwalk is relaxing - lots of volleyball and beach soccer games all the time, that you can jump in on.
I actually love Toronto.

 

That's what we Torontonians say about Quebec in general (except for poutine, sugar pie and certain historic districts) so

As for what to do, there's lots of tourist guides and stuff, but what was already posted is a good start. I would suggest lots of walking, TO's a fairly safe city and great to walk around. I'd suggest hitting Queen street, Yonge street, pretty much the entire Bloor annex etc.

 

I love ya dear, you know this, but you're in Quebec. That's beyond the pot calling the kettle black in this case! :icon_wink:roflmao:

Go to Tim Horton's, although they also exist in Upstate New York and the Detroit area. Tim Hortons for the fucking win! Eat poutine. How do you make fries better? Drown them in gravy and cheese, that's how! It's possibly even better than chili cheese fries at a coney joint in Detroit.

And I'm shocked that no one's told you to go hit Church and Wellesley yet, which is the gay village in TO. Take in a drag show. Go to Woody's on Sunday night at 6:00, have a drink, and watch Miss Conception do her act. Tip generously! Tip very very generously! Paper money only, or you'll look like a cheap ass American!

And yeah, do some of that other stuff people were on about. Toronto's a great city, so take it in and enjoy it!

 

Church and Wellesley- enjoy

 

Xequar beat me to it. I was going to say there's Tim Horton's in parts of the US.
Some food that apparently you can only get in Canada (correct me if i'm wrong)
Ketchup Chips
All Dressed Chips
Coffee Crisps
and of course the Poutine

You can probably stop by Niagara Falls on your way to Toronto. There's a boat that brings you up and close to the falls.

I've only been the Toronto once so I don't have much input as to what to do.

 

Go to Tim Hortons if you must, but I'm warning you, it's not very good.

And they have super annoying commercials.

It's safe but it's always breaking down.

 

LOL too true. Yeah, it's pretty safe, but the TTC has very idiosyncratic old ways of doing things. IE they only take cash, token or month/day passes, the automated token machines are often broken, the transfer system is confusing to those who don't know the system etc.

 

You should be just fine in terms of safety. My Michigan accent gives me away in Canada, and I've never had any kind of problems. And Timmie's is so great! I drive out of my way on the way to work just to hit Timmie's for a coffee.

Correct. I actually picked up a couple of bags of All-Dressed Ruffles and Coffee Crisp bars before I came back to Michigan this weekend. And yes, Poutine does not exist on this side of the border.

Dundas and Younge is right downtown, so it should be a lot of fun, and yeah, it's not too far of a walk to Church Street from there. Parking in TO is a bitch. Parking is enforced all day, every day, including Sunday, and watch yourself because not only are there a shit-ton of tow zones in Toronto, random streets randomly become tow zones at random times (usually during rush hours, so watch for signs). As a question, what state are your license plates from? If they're not from New York, just ignore paying for parking. Ontario's enforcement mechanism works by not allowing people with unpaid tickets to renew their license plates. However, it is not compatible with any other Canadian province or 49 of the 50 United States, with New York being the oddball. I literally have a stack of tickets somewhere that I've never bothered to pay.

The best way to do parking is find a Green P lot, or pay for the hotel garage, and just leave your car there and take cabs or subways or streetcars everywhere. A cab ride from Gerrard and Parliament in Cabbagetown to downtown is only about $10-$12.

 

I second the "Park somewhere out of the downtown core and TTC/walk everywhere" idea. Plus, you get a good feel for the city on foot.

 

Go see a Broadway if you like that. It's not New York, but it's still good

 

:lol: Oh I want to see them march 14 large hippos up the CN tower now to prove a point. Although what separates a large slightly obese hippo from a regular hippo? What weight are we talking about on the Hippo BMI scale?

 

i have no idea