The Taste of the Danforth is a yearly festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in The Danforth area for a period of three days in August, spawned from the Taste of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Started in 1994, it primarily celebrates Greek food and culture, but has grown to encompass additional area cultures. Past attendance numbers have reached as high as a million people over the three day event. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... The Danforth, also known as Toronto, Ontarios Greektown, refers to the business area along Danforth Avenue between Broadview and Pape Avenues. ... The Taste of Chicago is among the most important annual public festivities in the city. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

The 13th annual festival took place August 11th-13th, 2006, between Broadview Avenue and Jones Avenue.

Food and Attractions

Greek food, such as pork, chicken and beef kabobs, souvlaki, pita, and roast quail, dominate. Other foods, particularly Thai and corn on the cob are also available. Existing stores and restaurants are also open during the festival. Souvlaki (Greek: Σουβλάκι) is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. ... Pita fried on an outdoor fire. ... Genera Coturnix Anurophasis Perdicula Ophrysia † See also Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the pheasant family Phasianidae, or in the family Odontophoridae. ... Species Zea diploperennis Zea luxurians Zea mays ssp. ...

Along the middle of the avenue games and children's rides, as well as rock climbing walls and beer and wine gardens can be found.

Access

The Taste of the Danforth can be reached by subway, via the Broadview, Chester, Pape, and Donlands stations. Bus and streetcar services to these stations may be interrupted or rerouted to other stations. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Broadview is a station on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ... Chester is a station on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ... Wall of Torontos Pape Subway station depicting its name in tile Pape is a station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. ... Donlands is a station on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ... Bus service in Toronto, Canada, started in 1921, but it was not until the creation of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in 1954 that buses become a part of public transit in the city. ... A CLRV streetcar, used on most of the TTCs streetcar routes, is seen here in downtown Toronto, shown here on the 506 route. ...

Parking spaces in the adjacent area may be difficult to find.

External links

• Official website
• Taste of the Danforth Video Online Video of the Taste of the Danforth
• Taste of the Danforth Pictures Online Pictures of Taste of the Danforth