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Spadina
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Eat & Drink Desk
Chinatown Toronto Restaurants: Six Places to Eat on the Strip
Dim sum, Cantonese noodles, seafood and modern plates on Spadina and Dundas: six confirmed Chinatown restaurants, plus streetcar routes and murals.
Eat & Drink Desk
Best Dim Sum in Toronto: Three Tables and a Chinatown Story
A dim sum guide built on the dish and its Toronto story, with three Chinatown-area tables confirmed as open now and a note on where Scarborough fits in.
Archive Desk
History of Toronto's Chinatown: Moves Along Spadina and Dundas
From a laundry on Adelaide Street to Elizabeth Street, then west to Spadina and Dundas: how Toronto's Chinatown kept its community and moved with it.
Archive Desk
History of Kensington Market, Toronto, Decade by Decade
From the Denison estate to a National Historic Site, trace Kensington Market's story through the waves of newcomers who built its shops, streets and spirit.
Archive Desk
How Spadina Got Its Name in Toronto: Ojibwe Roots and DEE or DYE
Spadina comes from an Anishinaabemowin word for a high place. Follow the name from a ridge to Baldwin's estate and settle the DEE or DYE question.