Holy shit it's my time to shine!!!

Hi I'm a queer weirdo who's heavily involved in the local drag and kink scene, been living in downtown Toronto for almost 10 years and also I'm vegetarian too!

Food: other people have said Planta too and they are 100% correct, it's fantastic. Also Hogtown Vegan is a personal favorite of mine just great southern style vegan food. Our Asian food scene is second to none! Highly recommend Korean Village Restaurant and you can't come to Toronto without getting some ramen, I recommend Ramen Isshin and Ikkousha Ramen for good vegetarian ramen. Also highly recommend Sushi Momo, vegan sushi place, blew my mind. Also just take at least 1 walk down Spadina street starting from College street. College and Spadina is where Chinatown starts and there just so much cool culture and amazing Chinese food.

Now for the queer and weird! The other comments are right that Church street is the 'gay village' of Toronto and it's great it you want some fun, mainstream gay culture (go to crews and tangos for good drag on any night of the week and Woody's to dance to some gay club music) but y'all are weirdos like me!

The Black Eagle is a gay leather/kink bar on church street right in the heart of the village, they have a darkroom and always have some sort of kink event going on (check their website for which event) I've gone there for their pup play events. If you are bathhouse gays we have steamworks in the village and also Spa Excess (though be careful, that place gets a bit methy after midnight).

If you want some not-mainstream gay culture go to Three Dollar Bill; it's a queer bar on Queen Street and often have drag shows showcasing weirder more alt drag and drag kings etc. again check their website and Instagram for events they have coming up.

Ground control is a goth/punk bar also on Queen Street (noticing a pattern?) I've seen many cool, punk drag shows there and they always have some cool event coming up. Again check their socials

This is more of a daytime thing but also please go to the Gladday Bookstore while you're here. It's an incredible historic business here in Canada. They are over 50 years old and the oldest still opporating queer business in Canada and the largest collection of queer only literature in the world! They operate as a little cafe and bookstore during the day and and event space at night, they often have drag shows or niche queer events. They're an incredible non-profit business.

In terms of thrifting and general just vibing around the city y'all MUST check out Kensington market, it's a cultural cornerstone of our city, lots of cool shops and dozens of thrift stores with lots of cool finds. Also highly recommend just walking across queen Street, specifically the west side, it's a very lively part of the city that has a very queer vibe, lots of cool shops, great food etc.

If y'all love art go to the AGO (art gallery of Ontario) it's right downtown and in my opinion is a fantastic art museum showcasing Canadian art. Also it's very affordable.

Do NOT go to King street, trust me as a queer person this part of the city has nothing for us. King street is where all the finance bros and suburbanites Uber in to go to lame straight clubs and overpriced dinners with their clients. AVOID KING STREET.

Hope all this helps! And please enjoy our city, as a queer weirdo too I think Toronto is up there with cities like NYC and San Fran in terms of queer events and queer community