Walk around with a beat box bumping drake and Bieber all day, I pretty sure that's what the locals do for fun.
CN Tower is always the go-to tourist destination, if you are adventurous you can also opt to do the Skywalk, where you go up to the very top and walk along a ledge while strapped in to a harness. There's also a new Ripley's Aquarium that opened near the Tower. If you're into baseball, this summer is probably the best one to catch a Jays game since we're doing so well this season. The Skydome (Rogers Centre) is not as iconic as Yankee Stadium or Fenway but still a cool place to check out. If you're into photography Toronto Island (a 10 minute ferry ride off the waterfront) is a good spot to take pictures of the skyline and wildlife. Plenty of ethnic neighbourhoods (Greek, Italian, Portugese, Korean, Chinese etc) in Toronto and there are some sort of street festival or food festival almost every weekend in the summer. Taste of the Danforth in August is one of the biggest Greek festivals. Toronto's a good mix of urban recreation (nightclubs, restaurants, stripclubs etc) and nature stuff if you're into that (parks etc). And Niagara Falls is only 1.5 hours away and there are plenty of tour buses that can take you there for a day, definitely always my first recommendation to any visitors!
This X100 Also, so many great ethnic neighborhoods in the downtown area. Amazing food there and street vendors. Picture NYC but less crazy and more clean.
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Japanese: Ematei in Downtown (Sushi and rare to find sukiyaki hot pot) Ramen: Santouka in Downtown, Kiton in Baldwin Village Izakaya: Any Guu location or Ryoji in Little Italy (it even has super rare to find Okinawa dishes!) Yakitori or other skewers: Zakkushi in Downtown Southern Chinese: Crown Princess in Downtown Northern Chinese: A La Kitchen in Markham Western Chinese: Silk Road (Uyghur Halal Islam) in Etobicoke Southwestern Chinese: Ba Shu Ren Jia (Szechuan oily and spicy is their characteristics) Seafood Specialty: Fisherman Lobster Clubhouse Restaurant or O'mei Restaurant Buddhist Vegetarian: Fo Guang Shan in Mississauga (Basement for set lunch, 1st Floor for Laksa noodles), for normal vegetarian you can go to Zen Garden Avoid Hakka in Toronto, only in Toronto Hakka means cheap Chinese Indian Fusion... (your typical westernized Chinatown cheap Chinese food but with Indian spices) totally unheard of in Vancouver or Asia. Korean Pork Bone Soup: Owl of Minevra (it also has very limited authentic BBQ at the back of North York location) Korean Soon Tofu: Buk Chang Dong Soon To Fu General Korean: Man Doo Hyang, Song Cook's Indian: Daal Roti Malaysian: Restoran Malaysia Serbian: McAdam's Place Georgian: Aragvi Home style Italian: Roberto's in North York Fine Dine Italian: Buca Spanish Tapas: Patria
Sorry for double post... forgot some really awesome restaurants too. Proper Chinese fusion done right: BENT by Susur Lee (Top Chef Master) Vietnamese fusion: Banh Mi Boys (Duck Confit Sub and Kimchi fries a must try) Carribean: Burrito Boyz (Halibut a must try) Don't try Poutine in Toronto... get them when you visit Montreal. If you really need to try, try the traditional classic Poutine first before going to those gimmick poutine places.
