Travel and Holiday

The Distillery District is a National Historic Site with a rich past, located east of the centre of Toronto. It began its existence thanks to the start of the Gooderham and Worts Distillery in the early 19th century. It eventually became the prime distillery in the British Empire, covering nearly 13 acres and delivering millions of litres of distilled whiskey and spirits during the 19th century. As soon as it was closed, the District was converted one of the most occupied filming spots in the country of Canada and maintains to be utilized for that purpose. In the early 2000s a Toronto company acquired the acreage hoping to maintain its historical importance while in the meantime offering a wonderful new spot to Toronto’s residents and visitors. The former industrial compound was revealed in 2003 as a fantastic pedestrian-only location. Nowadays the District is generally viewed as one of the country’s premier entertainment, culture and arts locations, buzzing with imagination and creative folk.

The National Historic Site prides itself with a wide selection of places for going out to dinner, coffee shops and a stylish shopping district. You’ll be able to pay a visit to plenty of art galleries and artists’ studios that feature works by Torontonian artists, Canadian artists, but also artists from around the world in the Distillery. There are also numbers oftremendous performing arts sites. You’ll have an altogether different shopping experience walking through the District without car traffic. Forget about franchises, chains or traditional mall stores; locate a number of Toronto’s top, most fascinating, and award-winning retailers, shops and boutiques offering matchless goods and produce brought from around the world. You won’t find a place more suitable to buy something exclusive for yourself, your home or your family in Toronto

Experiment with some of the quick to-go snacks or eat dinner in a commended top-quality restaurant with North American and international food on the menu. Doesn’t matter if you’re a vegan, vegetarian, or on a gluten-free diet, you’ll come across the only the highest quality in fine and relaxed dining. Doesn’t matter what atmosphere you desire, you’ll come across what you crave for in one of the award-winning restaurants in the Distillery. When it gets hot in Toronto, you can take pleasure in your meal on one of the numerous highly praised verandas. These characteristics make this Toronto neighbourhood a supreme neighbourhood to buy a home!

Cabbagetown is a strange name, so what are its beginnings? The most well-known story of how Cabbagetown got its name dates back to the Irish immigrants settling there in the 1840s. Trapped by the potato famine in their homeland, they could only afford to make stew made from the cabbage planted in their front yards. Consequently people named the town after their food and the Cabbagetown name is still used today.

Years ago, it was a run-down, low-or-no-income neighbourhood, the ‘largest Anglo-Saxon slum in North America’ as Hugh Garner wrote in his novel “Cabbagetown”. The neighbourhood stayed this way for numerous years until the first enterprising homebuyers saw potential in Cabbagetown.

In the 1970s, wealthy Canadians started buying up derelict Victorian houses and restored them to their original beauty with fanciful architectural detailing, brightly painted walls, delicate iron fencing, carefully manicured lawns and fragrant gardens. Now Cabbagetown has a wide diversity of occupants and is really popular with writers, musicians and artists, making it a very Bohemian neighbourhood.

Cabbagetown is north of the first settlement, less than 10 minutes from Toronto’s downtown and mid-town shops, entertainment and business districts.

Cabbagetown – Places Of Interest And Things To Do

As a Toronto real estate agent, I can recommend some fun activities. Riverdale Park, is an adventure for all the family, enjoy a day out in beautiful surroundings. In Riverdale park, you’ll also come across the municipally owned Riverdale Farm, where you can take your kids to enjoy demonstrations of daily farming tasks like animal feedings, egg collection, cow and goat milking, horse grooming, and other agricultural concepts and experiences. Fancy wandering around the 7.5 acres of woodland, sitting around the ponds, strolling around the butterfly and flower gardens? – you will find mountains of things to do to appeal to all age groups.

The Cabbagetown Fall Festival is an event not to be overlooked; taking place each September it is a big success for visitors and residents alike. The two day event starts off with a parade, which has many outstanding floats, dancing and bands all led by local politicians; definitely worth getting there early so you can get the best views. The parade is not the only thing to look forward to, the event features the Short Film and Video Festival, a community garden sale, vendors, street entertainment, barn dancing and the cutting of the sacred cabbage.

Cabbagetown is couple of steps away from Canada’s massive gay community. Incorporating the contrasts in culture, age and size of the community, this area is extraordinarily busy with many cafes, restaurants, bars and shops. There are not many cities in the world where popular showtime programs are filmed, but the community is put on the map with the filming of the program Queer as Folk. Church and Wellesley is also home to the annual Pride Week celebrations, which takes place during the last week of June.