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A hotel owner who knows the city well recommends her favorite restaurants, bars, and things to do.

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Whether you’re looking for bustling nightlife or a music-lover’s paradise, Toronto’s unique neighborhoods offer plenty to explore.

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A Drink with Toronto’s Coolest Bartender

In Portuguese, saudade is yearning for something that once was. And at Saudade, a lifestyle store smack in the center of Toronto’s Little Portugal neighborhood, the goal is to make the customer yearn for the old country (or wish a country as cool as Portugal were their old country). White walls provide the backdrop for a variety of handmade crafts and Portuguese products. Wrapped soaps from Porto, vividly colored ceramic pitchers, handbags basket-woven in rainbow hues, painted serving platters, and wooden racks displaying gorgeous textiles of cotton and wool fill the shop.

Grasshopper Records is a vinyl outpost on Dundas West well worth a look if you’re a sonic purist, or in the market for the best in Toronto indie music. The owner is a Toronto rocksmyth of some renown, but I won’t spoil the surprises for you here – better you experience Grasshopper for yourself.

Suddenly, grub that is both Chinese and Jamaican is a thing. Chef Craig Wong, third generation Chinese-Jamaican himself, has taken over a Dundas West space and done quite the number on the local dining scene, turning out a cuisine of his own that manages to encapsulate all that is Toronto. Pick from eats like the Jamaican patty double down — chef’s take on the famed KFC number — and the dirty fried rice with red sausage and peas. For a small group, go with the so-called Whole Shebang and test out Wong’s take on jerk chicken. Dinner can be reserved, but if you’s aiming for brunch, be there when the place opens and tuck into the Hong Kong-style waffles and the luscious maple butter French toast.

While the Dundas West strip has become increasingly cluttered come nightfall thanks to the run off from Ossington, there are still some spots where you won’t be jostled by a 19-year-old for the bartender’s attention. Plenty wee spots offer their own charm, but Black Dice Cafe has a vibe all its own. Located a bit further west (”It’s too far to stumble in heels!” I imagine said teenager yelling), BDC is a super nifty Japanese rockabilly bar. Come nice weather, the whole front of the bar is opened to the street; inside, patrons nurse Japanese whiskeys or sake-based cocktails while perched on the delightfully retro furniture, complete with lamps adorning the tables. A pinball machine holds court in a corner; a real jukebox entices barflies to use their coins to benefit the good of all. Did I mention they do yakitori and chips and dip? They do chips. With dip. So all the bases are covered.

Frank Gehry was born in Toronto, but his dramatic 2008 renovation and expansion of this Beaux-Arts museum was his first Canadian commission. He first discovered art on childhood visits to its vast collection, which spans the world. Now the museum features a restaurant, Frank, in his honor. —Charlene Rooke Art Gallery of Ontario. 317 Dundas St. W., (416) 979- 6648.

Cold Tea, located in a hidden spot through Kensington Mall (or through an alley off Augusta Avenue) is everybody’s little secret. You’re greeted by a dim sum cart when you pass the red light leading through the mall. Ripped, printed green wallpaper and a cool font with the bar’s name decorates one wall. The Chinese lady preparing the dim sum wears a tuxedo-esque outfit complete with red bow tie. Inside, the back area of the bar offers seating on a leather banquette. Chairs and tables are removable for dancing; a cool mural by artist Mango Peeler adorns one wall and on another the letters “TBD” (because the art on the walls rotates monthly). Various DJs play on a regular basis and famed Toronto chefs will make an appearance with a special dish or two on the back patios in the summer. What to drink? They have the standard Rolling Rock and PBR but also some very inventive cocktails from some of Toronto’s best bartenders including the “Sake To Me"—ginger, beer, sake and blood orange. This place has gotten quite popular among the Toronto hipster set that the owners have opened up a new bar on Dundas West called Mr. Pong’s, a spin-off of an old Chinese take-out joint.