Little India — Attraction in Toronto

Not on the top of my recommendation list to visit for Toronto (I lived there for about 2 years). Some of the restaurants are really terrific others your playing a game of chance with sickness.

The bars in the area are sketchy and I would avoid. Occasionally homeless people can be seen publicly using crack cocaine or opiates.

It’s a hard working generally immigrant community and it’s a bit out of the way of down town. I would say you can definitely get comparable quality Indian food in downtown Toronto and you wouldn’t be playing a game of chance with food poisoning, albeit it might be more costly.

Rents are cheaper around here for what I think are obvious reasons (lack of new development, lower incomes, no TTC access (street car only), and distance from...

Sorry, let me de-mystify this so-called Little India. It is now just a relic of past when new comers from Indian subcontinent (Read India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) had setup ethnic shops & food joints decades ago- that's how it took its name. But now the nature of this place has completely changed! Many desi shops have closed or sold & converted to non-Indian spots. Just turn your head upwards & you will see the ugly dilapidated state of 2nd floors on every shop on gerrard street. Better visit Albion-Kipling, Markham-Ellesmere, Steeles-Markham or Brampton or...

Little India is Sleepy Hollow during the day. At night, it is much more engaging. Great Indian restaurants abound. As well, corn-on-the-cob with lime and pepper is available, fresh off the barbeque, right on the street. 22K gold jewellery beckons from the store windows; the prices are fair. As Jane Jacob's said: "As long as Toronto remains a walking city, it will be a great city." Go for a stroll on a Saturday evening - you'll not be...