This year something special is coming to Wagstaff Avenue.
Everything you could want for local Valentine's Day gifts will be available in Leslieville!
How perfect is this?
Featuring items from Canadian-owned vendors like Soul Chocolate, Pilot Coffee Roasters, Left Field Brewery, and Quince Flowers to create the perfect Valentine's bundle for couples and families.
(Is there a more-perfect combo for Valentine's day than that?)
Source: QuinceFlowers.com
With affordable date ideas and non-alcoholic options, our east-end Toronto alcove offers creative, budget-friendly gifts right in the neighborhood.
Find Quality Time Together
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Create moments with local Toronto date-night ideas:
- Pick up Soul Chocolate's dark chocolate baking disks and organic cocoa powder for an at-home brownie-baking date. You're great in the kitchen, right?
- Grab your favourite blend of Pilot Coffee beans for a slow, quiet morning wake-up... or to make sure you actually make it to school drop-off after a Valentine's date.
- Do you know your partners' favourite beer style? Grab a beer flight at Left Field Brewery to sample and share. Non-alc beer options available too.
- Show each other you can nurture something beautiful at Quince Flowers. Bring home something small or something tall in a beautiful selection of pottery. (Pro tip: succulents are basically foolproof. Start there.)
Satisfy That Sweet Tooth in your Life
Indulge cravings with craft quality treats from Wagstaff Avenue. Soul Chocolate's Chocolate Discovery Set features a hand-picked range of chocolate flavours—a perfect tasting evening gift set for her or for him.
For families, try your first bean-to-bar quality drinking hot chocolate served warm in-store. It will absolutely ruin generic grocery store hot chocolate mixes for you, you've been warned.
Left Field's Coffee Porter, Smoothie Whip or Hard Seltzers will win over any sugar craving -- that lineup is rare for a Toronto brewery!
Non-Alcoholic Options
A non-alc lifestyle will enjoy more choice on Wagstaff Avenue than you might be used to elsewhere in Toronto;
- Left Field Brewery boasts the Everyday Lager, Tangerine or Raspberry Sparkling Waters and the Kolsch (our personal favourite) among their many non-alc options.
- Can you handle a little heat? Warm drinking chocolate melts hearts and tingles lips if you're willing to try the Mayan Spice blend.
- Stay up late with a shot of Pilot's espresso or settle-in early with Toronto's best decaf Catalyst (author's note: seriously try it, best decaf around)
Affordable East-End Gifts & Local Date Ideas
You don't need to overspend on Valentine's day, though we acknowledge the pressure to create a gesture to remember. Try these Toronto gift and date ideas available locally to protect your wallet this year:
Source: RedditSpend Time Together, Not Money
Consider the quiet, local date-night spots in Toronto's east end this Valentine's;
- Watch the sunset with a warm beverage from the Riverdale Park hill
- Hike or bike Tommy Thomson Park for a skyline view finale
- Hit Toronto Island with a picnic basket full of treats
- Find your place in the sand in the Beaches, also very pet-friendly
- Pet the farm animals at Riverdale Farm
- Window shop or spend locally along Queen East with a plethora of new small business openings
- Take the kiddo's to Kew Gardens for an epic playground romp that almost (I said almost) guarantees an exhausted early-bedtime
- Skate Greenwood Park with a thermos of hot chocolate
- Bring partners or friends to a group class at one of many local yoga studios, make your own chocolate at Soul Chocolate or learn a new recipe at the Cookery
We hope you visit our uniquely-romantic lineup on Wagstaff this Valentine's!
Stay tuned for a limited-time-only Valentine's bundle only available for pickup on Wagstaff. Follow our socials for early access.
See you soon.
