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East Toronto is an area of Toronto.

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• Leslieville - A popular "up and coming" neighborhood east of the Don Valley Parkway, which bisects the city. Known for artsy shops, antiques, and the city's best-value restaurants, strolling along its streets in summer is a popular pastime.
• Greektown - Located on Danforth Avenue from Broadview to Jones, "The Danforth" is a delightful place to spend a summer afternoon shopping, especially if you like Greek food. Very popular with locals. Don't miss Taste of the Danforth, when a section of Danforth Avenue is closed for a weekend to celebrate the area's diverse food (Greek, Caribbean, African, Latin American) and culture.
• Cabbagetown - Located along Parliament Street, north of Dundas Street, this is a neighborhood of historic Victorian houses, once home to poor Irish immigrants (who reportedly grew cabbage on their frontyards, giving the area its moniker), now home to residents who have restored them while maintaining the neighborhood's original character. Just to the east you will find Riverdale Farm, with access to Toronto's fantastic parks system, winding for miles throughout the Don Valley.
• The Beach - Along Queen Street East, east of Woodbine you'll find a trendy neighborhood of young professionals, cafés, beaches, a boardwalk, and a fantastic summer Jazz festival.
• Church/Wellesley - Toronto's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered/Transsexual (LGBT) district. Toronto rivals San Francisco as the LGBT capital of North America, with the Pride festival, usually the last week in June with the parade on Sunday, draws tourists from all over the world as the streets fill with proud LGBT people (and others enjoying the party).
• East End - The former city of Scarborough (sometimes called Scarberia, although peoples who live there loath it very much) has a less than perfect image, though this is not totally deserved. Largely designed during the 1970s, similar mistakes were made in urban planning as found in some US cities with respect to uninspiring low-income housing clumped together in large blocs, with unfortunate results in terms of poverty, crime and urban decay. Scarborough is quite large though, and other areas do not suffer this problem. In the Northeast end of Scarborough lies the fabulous, sprawling Metro Toronto Zoo. South along the Lake are the picturesque Scarborough Bluffs overlooking Lake Ontario and the botanical Rosetta McClain Gardens.
• Little India - Shops, restaurants and festivals with a South Asian flair stretch for approximately six blocks along Gerrard St. East, west of Coxwell Avenue.

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• Open Improv Jams every Sunday night at Artists' Play Studio Theatre, 290 Carlaw Ave. Unit 101, [1].

• It's a long way from the city centre, but the Metro Toronto Zoo [2] is open every day of the year except for Christmas Day. On the outskirts of the beautiful Rouge Valley, the zoo is a must-see. With over 10km of trails and over 5000 animals, it is of the world's largest zoos.

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• Dozens of souvlaki and other Greek specialty joints on The Danforth. Great coffee. Great dips. Great soups. Great salads. Infinite quantities of bread and water restocked and refilled with no complaint (Greek tradition).

• Chinatown East: Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants on Gerrard Street just east of Broadview. One favourite: the Pearl Court, more of a midrange price, but well worth it, especially for the many vegetarian dishes, oyster and scallop appetizers on the shell, hot noodle. Pho 88 serves excellent Vietnamese soup and meals in a no-frills environment.

• Literally any of the Indian Buffet joints on Gerrard Street near Hiawatha (the rumor that Indians were deliberately settled near here is still just a rumor).

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