Toronto Tourism Visitor Guide 2008 - (Page 11) Neighbourhoods Heart of tHe City napkin at a family wedding that he attended at the ROM. LOVE Sports. Revel in the camaraderie at sports bars with big-screen TVs and chicken wings with beer. it remains the city’s cultural core for Italians. It is also one of Toronto’s best nightspots. LOCATE College St., from Euclid Ave. to Shaw St. TTC Queen’s Park subway station, then College streetcar westbound; or Bathurst subway station, then Bathurst streetcar southbound. DISCOVER Your inner movie star. Café Diplomatico is a Toronto dining institution as well as a much-sought-after movie-set location. SHOP Top-of-the-line stores here reflect what’s hot in Europe, such as fine leather goods. LOVE The Boot. When the sun sets, street signs illuminate in the shape of Italy. Little Italy map C-3, 4; www.littleitaly.sites. toronto.com DETAILS La dolce vita thrives year-round in this stylish yet warm neighbourhood, where restaurants and bars serve up well-executed traditional Italian dishes, lattes and espressos complemented by lively banter. Here, the streets are lined with upscale Italian clothing shops, gelaterias and cappuccino houses. Whether High Park, 2:20 p.m. daytime or evening, this is the perfect setting for peoplewatching. Nowadays, Little Italy is home to an influx of immigrant families from Asia, Latin America and other Mediterranean countries, but Bloor West Village & High Park map DD-4; www.bloorwestvillage.ca DETAILS One of the city’s greenest neighbourhoods, Bloor West Village, on the north end of High Park, offers a leisurely www.torontotourism.com 11 http://www.littleitaly.sites.toronto.com http://www.littleitaly.sites.toronto.com http://www.bloorwestvillage.ca http://www.torontotourism.com
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