Tag: High Park

Good times at the Grenadier Cafe in High Park

I haven’t been at the restaurant in quite some time and I was pleasantly surprised when I walked in to see some changes. What a difference a year makes. What always catches my eye is the big maple tree that’s in the middle of the restaurant. The menu and the decor have always changed. I proceeded into the newly renovated dining room and the view in there is spectacular. I was greeted at the entry by a pleasant waitress by the name of Rebecca. She promptly took my order and five minutes later my food was delivered to the table. […]

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Toronto’s High Park – and getting there

High Park is one of the great underrated pleasures of visiting Toronto … and half the fun is getting there. The efficient, but boring, way of getting to High Park is to take the Bloor-Danforth subway to High Park station, get off at the High Park Avenue exit, cross Bloor Street, and enter via the main entrance. But you’re in Toronto, and so you have no excuse for being boring … so try one of the alternative routes and see something of the city. The 506 College/Carlton streetcar will take you to High Park from downtown along College Street from […]

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