Hello, is there any reasonable public transportantion from the,Radisson Plaza<BR>Hotel Admiral (249 Queens Quay)? Is there a resonable connection with the subway lines?<BR>I am considering being tin Toronto in middle April.<BR>I am concerned to be a little isolated?

The hotel is on Queen's Quay, which has a streetcar line running down the middle of it.<BR><BR>There are stops right in front of the hotel.<BR><BR>The streetcar takes you east to a tunnel that runs undeground into the Unioon Station subway station. There is no charge to transfer from subway to streetcar.<BR><BR>On foot, it's about a ten minute walk to leave the hotel and walk north underneath a giant multi-lane raised highway, the up beside SkyDome indoor arena, past hte base of the CN Tower, to Front Street. Keep walking north past Wellington and you are at King Street West, which has east-west streetcars that take you interesting places, too.<BR><BR>If you take the Queen's Quay stereetcar west instead of east (i.e. you do not go to Union Station) you get to Spadina Avenue, and buses here take you to Bloor Street, where you can get either a north-south subway train or an east-west subway train.<BR><BR>In mid-April, it may be rainy and grey down by the harbour and nothing too much going on (there are stores, art galleries, theatres there, though) and you would be closer to places you want to visit if you stayed elsewhere but, regardless, you can get to lots of places from the Admiral, it will just take you an extra half hour to cope with the streetcar and the transfer at Union Station.<BR><BR>The hotel is quite nice, by the way.<BR><BR>It will probably be pretty quiet, though.<BR><BR>BAK

Thank you BAk! Your reply was most helpful.<BR>One more question, how far are the restaurants on Harbour St, i.e.<BR>Olive &amp;Lemon at 119 Harbour st, and Spendido, 88 Harbour St.????<BR>Any other rest. near the hotel if we wish to have dinner close and do not wish to eat in the hotel's rest.<BR>Thank you very much......<BR>

Splendido is on Harbord, not Harbour, so it's not very close to the harbourfront. Harbord is belong Bloor Street, and it runs through the University of Toronto and is close to Queen's Park, where the provincial legislative buildings are located.

Hi Graziella5:<BR><BR>To get to the restaurant Splendido or Lemon and Grass you just take the streetcar going westbound at Queens Quay(make sure it is the Spadina streetcar because one also goes to the exhibition grounds) and get off at Harbord and Spadina; from there it is a short walk (less than a block) to Splendido and 2 or 3 blocks to the other restaurant. The streetcar will make a turn north onto Spadina it will take you pass the garmet district and chinatown. It will take about 15-20 minutes to get there during off peak traffic hours. There are some restaurants (some with Lake Ontario views) in a building called &quot;Queens Quay Terminal&quot; that you might try and that is a short walk going east from your hotel. Have a great time in Toronto.

Hi , thank you all, it seems the Queens Quay streetcar is going to be a great help to us. I prefer buses and tramways to subways for obvious reasons,.By the way if we go North on the tramway up to HarBord st,What would be the best way to come South to the Hotel?<BR>Does the tramway comes down on Spadina?<BR>Thank you all a lot, I do not have yet a <BR>city transportation map.<BR>We are looking forward t visit Toronto.<BR>

If you go back up to my original message ...<BR><BR>Once you get past the CN Tower and SkyDome and up to King Street West, you are surrounded by good to excellent restauarants. That's about a ten minute walk.<BR><BR>You'll arrive at King Street West and John Street. turn righ / east / toward downtown and you get to Shopsy's Dei., which is a Toronto tradition. Keep going east another block to Swiss Chalet, for budget chicken -- I ate there twice last week -- in nice surroundings, an Italian resuarat upstairs, and several more. If you turned west / left, away from downtown, you're in a blcok of a dozen restaurants from a deli to a high-priced italian excellent place, and lots more to pick from.<BR><BR>If you go straight up John, passing King, you come to a bar (smoking allowed) with east coast food, another bar / restaurant, and then at the corner of Jihn and Adelaide you can choose from chicken wings at Hooters, or the finest restautrant in towwn (perhaps) Avalon, where dinner will be $300 for two people.<BR><BR>From the corner of John and Adelaide, you can turn around and see another half dozen restaurants within two blocks.<BR><BR>BAK

Hi Graziella:<BR><BR>Yes the streetcar does come back down to the hotel. The streetcar that takes you to the restaurant is the Spadina #510; it travels from Union Station subway stop along Queens Quay and then makes a turn to go north onto Spadina to the Spadina Subway. When you are finished at the restaurant you go back the same way southbound i.e., on the Spadina#510 to Union Station. Often I can take the subway but rather take the longer route on a streetcar simply because it is much more scenic. The two restaurants that you mention are situated in a residential area, with the University of Toronto campus to the east so there is nothing in the immediate area to see or do for a tourist. Hope this helps.

Bak and TorontoPM,!! thank you very much,!! ....I have a clear picture now,<BR>as I said we are looking forward to visit Toronto ( I got some theater<BR>tickets) and I expect to indulge in good Portuguese and Italian food.<BR>Chinese too....

If your theatre tickets are for the Royal Alexandra or the Princess of Wales (or Tony and Tina's Wedding, or Second City) eat close to the theatre.<BR><BR>The staff in the neighborhood restaurants know how to get you out in time. All four theeatres, plus the symphony orchestra hall, plus the SkyDome arena are all close to each otehr, and it's dificult to get to the area right before curtain time.<BR><BR>Besides, the restaurants are good.<BR><BR>BAK<BR><BR>

Hi Bak, thank you for your good advice. Weshall look for a rest. near the theatre , we are going to see Mamma Mia at the Royal Alexandra, ....Can you or any one suggest a favourite one for pre theatre dinner? We are Italians and this means we love good food.....<BR>Italian, Fusion, Oriental, Portuguese will be fine.<BR>Last question, Are there lots of free taxis to get back to the hotel?<BR>Or is it customary to go for coffee and desert some place near the theaters?<BR>Any suggestion wiill be highly appreciated .Thank you all.

There's a dozen restaurants within two blocks of theR oyal Alex.<BR><BR>The stereotypical American Italian restaurnt, with red checkered tableclothes and the owner andhis family workingthere, and huge bowels of pasta, is not found in downtown Toronto.<BR><BR>Some restaurant owners seem to think there's a pasta shortage. and the resulot is smaller portions and higher prices.<BR><BR>That said, my friend Al Carbone and his wife own the Kit Kat and The Kit Kat Too / Club Lucky, which are both Italian, and Al's Italian, too. These have received mix reviews. KK is on King, a block away, and Club Lucky is on John, two -three blocks away.<BR><BR>Alice Fazooli's is &quot;An Italian Crabshack&quot; and part of a small chain of upper-middle restaurants, again about two blocks away.<BR><BR>Verona seems to get the highest marks for the best food and service, but also the highest prices. It's at the far end of hte restaurant block on King West, between John Street and Peter Street, right across the street from the Holiday Inn.<BR><BR>And there are more. I suggest a scouting trip on a walk from the hotel earlier in the day. All the restaurants have the menus in the windows, and they are close enough together.<BR><BR><BR>About taxis. If the Royal Alex and The Princess of Wales down the street, plus Roy Thomson Hall across the street from the Royal Alex all empty at the same time, it will be slow going, but there will be lots of cabs, but also lots of customers.<BR><BR>Many people do head to a restaurant or coffee shop. I'm in my office late many nights, and I see crowds in the SEcond Cup, at John and King, after the threatre, in the Starbucks inside the Chapters book store at John and Richmond, and the other night I was eating dinner late and saw the crowd even come into the Swiss Chalet, which is a lower-mid chicken restaurant, for coffee and desserts. <BR><BR>There's another thread about Shopsy's delios. Shopsy's between Duncan and John is a block from the Royal Alex, and popular for dessert after the shows. Try the cheesecake.<BR><BR>If it was me, I'd have dessret after the show and then grab a cab. There are lots of cabs in the neighborhood even later.<BR><BR>BAK<BR>

Thanks again BAk. Most likely we shall try Shopsy 's cheescake...<BR>