The Beaches: things to do and places to meet

The Beaches is a small seaside town that happens to be inside Toronto. A boardwalk, a long main street, and a rhythm that is noticeably slower than anywhere west of the Don. Worth the trip east even if you do not live there.

3 places to meet here

These are the public places Churr suggests for a first meeting in this part of the city. Each one was picked for being easy to find, easy to describe, and easy to leave.

• Kew Gardens

  Where the boardwalk meets Queen East. Bandstand, shade, and ice cream.

• The Beaches boardwalk

  Three kilometres of flat wood by the lake. Walk and talk, no plan needed.

• Woodbine Beach

  Volleyball nets, sand and space. Windy — bring a jacket even in July.

Free things that happen here anyway

No calendar required — these run all year, or near enough.

• The boardwalk, any time, in any weather. It is three kilometres long and it is the whole point of the neighbourhood.
• Queen Street East on a Saturday, which is a main street you can walk the length of without hurrying.
• Kew Gardens, which has a bandstand and usually something happening under it in summer.

What’s on free across Toronto this week →

Meeting people in The Beaches

The advice that works everywhere works here too: pick something that repeats, go six times before you judge it, and be the one who suggests the next thing. The longer version →

Or let your twin do the suggesting. Churr introduces you to people in your part of Toronto with a first thing to do already agreed.