A Stroll Down Queen St West

Last month, two friends and I decided to take a stroll down Queen St West.

I think we spent over 5 hours just on one street, going into every store we thought was cute, captivating, neat or just plain cool.

I didn't have my SLR that day, but the iphone did just fine. Here is a picturesque description of our great day.

Some of the products they sell at the back.

This is La Merceria. It's located on Adelaide and Portland. Very cute little boutique cafe with cushion seats near the back of the store, in the front foyer and a very cute table just outside on the sidewalk.

Outside view of La Merceria

View from the back to the front.

Its very cute in here. If you are ever in the neighbourhood, definitely drop in and have a coffee if its nice outside or take a look at the amazing cute finds they carry.

We strolled into quite a few antique and furniture stores along the way on Queen Street. There were a lot of things in the stores that intriqued me, like these glass jars that had 'made in canada' engraved onto them. Thought about buying a few to hold some of my card making supplies but decided it would be too heavy for me to carry around. I should have sold my parent's 80's lighting structures and such to these stores. Oh well.

10 stores and 2 1/2 hours later, we needed to rest our feet and have a drink so we ended up at Nadege. It is right beside Trinity Park on Queen Street and it stands out because the whole store is completely white. The sell delicate pastries and special teas and treats for the go. Limited seating but it wasn't busy when we were there.

Can't remember what this was called but it was super tasty with
mousse and chocolate inside. Pin leopard print edible.

Marie Antoinette. Mini macaroons glued to this
whipped cream like mousse center.

After our statisfying our sweet tooths, we went across the street to this store that sold everything paper. I remember the last time I went to that store was almost five years ago. Time flies.
By this time, we were all getting tired and hungry, so our friend suggested we have dinner in Kensington Market at a vegetarian restaurant.

It's pretty big inside with a little section for you to
purchase specialty teas and such.

The place filled up pretty quickly. Here is a sample of the meal boxes we ordered:

Each meal comes with a soup, salad, wild rice and a spring roll. My friend ordered tofu.
I ordered the vege curry. It was pretty good. I'm the type that can eat meat and can go without meat. I do miss the Lotus Tea House more though in Waterloo. Maybe one day I can go back and have a nice lunch meal there with a pinch of nostalgia.