Named the best food market in the world by National Geographic in 2012, St. Lawrence Market is a foodie heaven for both Toronto residents and visitors to the city. Filled with history, tasty food, great shops selling artisan goods and novelty items, St. Lawrence Market is the perfect spot to spend your day.
In 1803, Lt. Governer, Pater Hunter proclaimed that all the land north of Front Street, west of Jarvis Street, south of King Street and east of Church Street would officially be known as the Market Block; from there, the first permanent farmer’s market was constructed. The first market started as a wooden structure, but unfortunately burnt down in 1849 by the Great Fire of Toronto, and was eventually replaced with brick.
Berczy Park, which is located behind the famous “Flatiron” Gooderham Building, serves tourists as well as locals, who increasingly have four-legged friends. The cast-iron fountain, modelled on a late-19th-century design, was produced by a foundry in Birmingham, Ala., and its waterworks were created with...
