Explore Danforth in Toronto: Greektown — souvlaki, baklava, family tavernas, and the city's biggest street festival every August
The Danforth is where Toronto's Greek community built its city-within-a-city — a stretch of Danforth Avenue from Broadview to Jones that has been Greektown since the 1960s and remains the best place in Canada for authentic Greek food. The tavernas are not tourist-facing replicas: they have been serving the same families for two and three generations and the food is cooked by people for whom moussaka and spanakopita are home cooking. In August, the Taste of the Danforth festival draws 1.5 million people over three days for the largest Greek street party in North America.
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