Presenting Toronto Neighbourhoods: Davisville Village

Davisville Village is a perfect place for your new homechildren's clothing and toy stores, and an excellent
- it's full of shops and recreational facilities, filled withselection of restaurants all add to the value of this
beautiful houses from the 20's and 30's and with astreet. Davisville residents also shop on Yonge Street
fast connection to Downtown Toronto. Read on to getand Bayview Avenue. These two streets contain a
more about this juvenile energetic neighbourhood.vast array of gift shops, clothing and accessory
Davisville Toronto - presenting Toronto neighbourhoodsstores, bakeries, cafes, and coffee shops.
By Toronto realtor Julie KinnearNotable shopping/dining addresses include:
Davisville Village is named after John Davis, an English- The Art Shoppe - a 70 000 sq ft gallery/fine furniture
immigrant from Staffordshire, who came to Canada ininterior design store at 2131 Yonge Street that offers
1840 and took an active public role in the community,the largest selection of fine furniture in North America.
becoming its largest employer by far. The former- Paper Moon - a fine stationery store at 2003 Yonge
Davisville Post Office which was run by John DavisSt.
and later by his grandson, is still standing on the- The Bow & Arrow pub - an English style pub at 1954
northeast corner of Yonge & Davisville.Yonge St. with an extraordinary selection of
This neighbourhood located in the center has alwaysmicrobrewed beers.
been highly popular with young couples and families- Grano Restaurant - a rustic yet very elegant Italian
and singles as well for its great recreational facilities,restaurant at 2035 Yonge St. offering a very popular
large and high quality shopping districts, and aantipasto bar and special breads baked on the
surprisingly active nightlife. which includes bars, pubs,premises.
restaurants, dinner theatre, clubs, and movie theatres.South of this neighbourhood is the Mount Pleasant
Professional and business services such as banking,Cemetery, which is a place of great natural beauty
dental & health care, printing etc. are widely availablecontaining one of the finest arboretums in North
on Yonge Street between St. Clair and EglintonAmerica, large flower gardens, birds & wildlife, and
Avenues.many artistic sculptures and memorials.
Davisville's main shopping district is on Mount PleasantGetting around in Davisville is easy, there are plenty of
Road. This bunch of stores is highlighted by a largebus stops and subway stations. Toronto's highways
group of antique and collectable shops that attractand expressways are located within a twenty minute
people from all over Toronto. Home decorating stores,drive...