St. Lawrence Market

Its open-plan canopied interior was modeled directly on London's Victoria Station, but if you know where to look inside today's market, you can still see traces of Toronto's original city hall, most of which was swallowed during the market's reconstruction at the turn of the 20th century (ask a merchant to point out the 19th-century façade and even the old prison). When the new market opened in 1904, before the rise of commercial refrigeration, the slightly angled floor served to facilitate cleanup after a day of live animal processing, making it easier to sweep away the grime. Today, in addition to butchers and fishmongers, you'll find purveyors of everything from old-fashioned bagels to new-wave juice cleanses. Be sure to have the famed peameal bacon sandwich at Carousel Bakery, sample some of the 38 varieties of mustard available at Kozlik's and taste ice wines from nearby town Niagara-on-the-Lake.