Cabbagetown
Story: A Cabbagetown Convert-richardsilver
It was Cabbagetown Festival, 30 years ago when I spent a Saturday touring around Parliament Street and the area to the East. At the end of the day, I bought my first house for $90,000. It was a great location and has just recently re-sold for over $700,000. Of course, in the interim, like a good REALTOR, I have moved a few times…it is a hazard of the business…you think you have found the perfect home and then you see the next perfect home…I like to think of myself as keeping the economy and the construction business alive and well.
The “Thing” about Cabbagetown is it’s a small town in a big City. It has its own Shopping Area, Park, Schools and everyone knows their neighbor. The Riverdale Park is the centre of everything with a Market each Tuesday during the warmer months, the Forsythia Festival in early Spring, a Craft Festival at the time of the Cabbagetown Festival in September and a year-round working/teaching farm. One must, of course, have children or dogs to become a true Cabbagetowner, either will suffice but are mandatory accessories these days.
Cabbagetowners try to be supportive of the shops on Parliament Street but with the exception of a few there is a strong turnover. Restaurants are plentiful as well as ethnic diversity in food. Some of my local favorites are the HOP (House on Parliament), a great Pub, Gingers for Vietnamese Pho and few can compare to Devil Chicken at Raashna on Wellesley at Parliament.
Coffee abounds but a favourite place to be abused is the Jet Fuel Cafe’. Daniel et Daniel in the neighborhood means you will never have to cook again…but if you do, you can grab a slice of real life at the “No Frills Grocery Store” at the corner of Spruce and Parliament Street.
The sense of Community, its’ proximity to Downtown, its’ walk-ability, its’ diversity and downright friendliness make Cabbagetown one of the top places in Toronto to live. Check it out or contact me. I will be proud to show you around.
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