Mrs. Teacher49 will be working for 10 days in Toronto and staying in the Yonge and Bloor area.

Any suggestions for good places to eat?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Depends how much $$ you wish to spend.

Some of the 'toniest' restaurants in Tarana ;) are on Yorkville between Yonge and Avenue Road (Yorkville is 2 short blocks North of Bloor and starts on the West side of Yonge).

If she's a bit adventurous, catch the Bloor subway and go west to the Spadina stop then head west on foot and there's a whole bunch of interesting more reasonably priced places since this is the heart of the University of Toronto student area. All sorts of ethnic places of all types and descriptions.

Chinese is very close as Chinatown is on Spadina south of College and it is quite large. Go south on the Yonge subway, get off at Dundas by Eaton's Centre then head west and you'll run into them very quickly.

Little Italy is basically on St. Clair West starting about Bathurst and going west to Dufferin.

Mrs. Teacher49 will be working for 10 days in Toronto and staying in the Yonge and Bloor area.

Any suggestions for good places to eat?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Vietnamese - Pho Hung (north side of Bloor St, west of Avenue Rd) or Saigon Sister (west side of Yonge, south of Bloor)

Bistro 990 - classic Bistro fare (west side of Bay St, just north of Wellesley)

Indian - Biryani house (south side of Wellesley, just east of Yonge St)

Ice cream - Greg's (south side of Bloor St, just west of Spadina) take the subway 3 stops west to get there, or a 20 minute walk. Worth the small detour!

Spring Rolls - pan-Asian noodle place, food is just ok, but it's a fun place. (east side of Yonge just south of Bloor)

Dim Sum - Dynasty - 2nd floor of the Colonnade building (south side of Bloor between Bay and University Ave.)

Great view - Panorama - 52nd floor of the Manulife Centre. (southeast corner of Bloor and Bay. find the movie theatres on the 2nd floor, then look for the elevator up to the restaurant)

And yes, I have put on much weight since moving to my neighbourhood. Enjoy!
EMS

She's in exactly the perfect spot for easily accessing all the different food tastes one might have.

Everything is within a 15 -20 minute walk of Yonge Bloor and if that's not enough the The North-South and East-west subway lines intersect at Young and Bloor and all the great eating is within 6 stops (10 minutes)

Greek food is 4 stops East, east of broadview stn.
Vietnamese/chinese is 2 stops west, 4 stops south.
haute cuisine can easily be found in Yorkville or Avenue Road (2 stops west or 1 stop north)
nouveau cuisine is found in cabbage town (10 min walk SE) or Queen St. West 4 or 5 stops south
Fast food, anywhere on Yonge St.
Pub/American food - anywhere on Yonge St,

If I had a favourite area though it would be in the Front street area east of Yonge (Just walk east from Union stn - 6 stops south) There's a great mix of almost everything except for Asian food in that area. It's also kind of nice for strolling around and window shopping with a bit more of the old Toronto preserved/restored than you would find in other neighbourhoods.

If you can give me some ideas of type of food you like, I can make some recommendations.

Also when are you here? Just want to make sure I am here to have dinner with you ;)

Little Italy is basically on St. Clair West starting about Bathurst and going west to Dufferin.

Small quibble here - while St. Clair West has a sizable Italian population, the mantle of "Little Italy" is more commonly associated with the stretch of College Street roughly between Bathurst and Dufferin.

Right near you is a restaurant called Pangeae - it's at Bay and Bloor and one of the best unspoken restos in TO

Truffles in the Four Seasons. Good resturant.

FWIW, Condé Nast Traveler Magazine (May 2007) listed Lai Toh Heen as a top restaurant in Toronto.
Chef Kwan's menu is a culinary tour of ultra-refined regional Chinese tastes, including what is arguably North America's finest dim sum.
Lai Toh Heen
692 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto
phone: 416-489-8922

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Since you are not native to Canada, I will go and suggest the original Keg Mansion in Toronto if you are a steak fan. It's fancy but too over the top price-wise, great ambiance (a lot of history there) and great food. Canadians might not be intrigued as it long ago became a chain but as an American who is often in YYZ on business, it's always on my list for a nice spot to bring both friends and co-workers.

FWIW, Condé Nast Traveler Magazine (May 2007) listed Lai Toh Heen as a top restaurant in Toronto.

I ate there on Sunday for Dim Sum. Prices per dish ranged from 4 to 6 dollars each. They were very nicely presented, and used some higher end ingredients (foie gras - first time I've seen that at Dim Sum and scollops with everything), but I thought that it wasn't really worth the extra few bucks per dish as opposed to the usual places I go (For example, Kowloon Dim Sum (http://www.kowloondimsum.com/Dim%20Sum.htm) on Baldwin).

, I will go and suggest the original Keg Mansion in Toronto if you are a steak fan. It's fancy but too over the top price-wise, great ambiance (a lot of history there) and great food.

Actually, the Keg's have really been going upscale in the past few years. There is a very nice one as well on York Street, just south of Queen. A little more modern than the Keg Mansion, and usually a little easier to get a table.

Greg