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post #16 of 26
5/26/10 at 4:23pm
for Bagels I like the montreal style ones from St. Urbain. love Gryff's too but they're so damn small and expensive. Worth trying though. Bagel world has a nice large plaited (maybe challah?) bagel. speaking of challah, the best I've had is Tova's bakery. I know there's one in Thornhill, not sure where else though. For St. Lawrence, agreed, the produce is lacking but meats and cheeses are good. Did you see the mustard place upstairs?! While you're there, on the lower level def have one of those veal sandwiches (get onion and peppers plus hot stuff), amazing! Kensington is ok for food I guess, but I prefer Chinatown right nearby. Also I think on Thurs(?) there's a few stalls that open along King street West taht sell anything from fruits to honey.
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post #17 of 26
5/27/10 at 3:34pm
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Do they sell their own manufactured bars, or is it all single-piece? I've not yet found a good place in Toronto that sells their plain dark chocolate bars.

Not sure, best to call them and ask.
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post #18 of 26
5/27/10 at 4:40pm
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My local LCBO absolutely blows. Is there one in the downtown area that actually has a good selection of better wines? I can't even get a decent riesling at my local store.

I have to credit the SAQ in quebec (as much as i can credit a govt-controlled liquor board), they had different tiers of store, so it was easy to figure out which ones were worth going to.
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post #19 of 26
5/28/10 at 1:20am
Worth the trip to Davisville. Great location. Good tasting bar, too. Best selection of good wine outside of the Bayview Village location.
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post #20 of 26
5/28/10 at 1:21am
LCBO has different tiers as well, ranging from a "Vintages" corner to full-blown "Vintages" stores. If you are downtown you probably want the one at Queen's Quay.
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post #21 of 26
5/28/10 at 1:31am
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has anyone been to the ones on dundas/bloor or jane/bloor? those are probably closest to me. They were suggested to me as bigger stores by the guy at my local store. That was before I remembered that when it comes to the LCBO, bigger isn't necessarily much better. I've been in to a couple big ones that still sucked...

i'll definitely check out the one at QQ though. Davisville is too far w/o a car. I need to stay close to the subway.
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post #22 of 26
5/28/10 at 8:57am
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has anyone been to the ones on dundas/bloor or jane/bloor? those are probably closest to me. They were suggested to me as bigger stores by the guy at my local store. That was before I remembered that when it comes to the LCBO, bigger isn't necessarily much better. I've been in to a couple big ones that still sucked...

i'll definitely check out the one at QQ though. Davisville is too far w/o a car. I need to stay close to the subway.

The summerhill store is right at the subway. Closer than QQ to transit.

The bloor/high park store is nothing special. Don't know the Jane Street store
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post #23 of 26
5/28/10 at 9:19am
Go to the LCBO in the Kingsway. Bloor West near Royal York.

Decent vintages selection.

lefty
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post #24 of 26
5/28/10 at 3:15pm
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LCBO has different tiers as well, ranging from a "Vintages" corner to full-blown "Vintages" stores. If you are downtown you probably want the one at Queen's Quay.

I can vouch for that location but can't really say anything about the Summerhill outlet since I haven't been there since their reno. The LCBO over by HWY401 and Weston Rd is comparable to the QQ location.
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post #25 of 26
5/30/10 at 12:49am
There's no better LCBO in Toronto than Summerhill. Worth the trip from anywhere, in my opinion. Also, the North Market at SLM is only open 2 days a week: Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is the Farmer's Market... mostly produce, but there are a few meat vendors - my mechanic and I have gone there to buy pig heads to make headcheese. Sunday is an antique market, which is always enjoyable to go to - not much in the way of clothing, but all sorts of interesting odds and ends, and most vendors will negotiate.
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post #26 of 26
5/31/10 at 8:21pm
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After my exam today, I went to SLM. It's closed on mondays?

After that, I decided to go for Chinese in chinatown. Someone told me to get off at Spadina to get there. Don't know why... St.Patrick is a lot closer, as I later learned... Anyway, I got off at Spadina and walked towards the ROM (I mistakenly heard someone say chinatown was towards the funny roof). I got to the Royal Conservatory of Music and realized i was definitely heading in the wrong direction, so since I was starving, I got a hotdog from a street vendor. Shoulda just looked at the map on my phone...

Anyway, I had nothing else to do today though, so I decided to explore. I walked back to Spadina and then all the way down to the Kensington market. It's an interesting place but i'm glad i didn't rent there. Lots of sketchy artsy/hipster-looking people around there. :P I enjoyed my walk though and it'll be fun to go back with my camera. Once I was done at Kensignton I walked down Dundas W back to the subway at St. Patrick. The walk took me about 3 hours total. i'm gradually learning the geography, so that's something...
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