Perfect bowling great dining room and good coke I will come here more and try the Arcade apart…read morefrom that it a simple place with crazy slide

This place is located in Oshawa, first time here, would have never known this place existed. They…read morecelebrated their 100 years last year. This place is huge, there are rides, bowling, jungle gym and arcades. To be honest there are hardly any staff but I did see one of the workers at the tower ride sanitizing the seats in between people. Huge plus! They also have a bar and food as well, no wings. Usual pizza, fries, burgers. Overall pretty satisfied in this place. It's really nice and great to come again for sure! Rating 4.5/5

Harbourfront Centre Rink (formerly known as the Natrel…read moreRink) Once was a five star rink!!! That was before it was closed and moved. The Harbourfront Ice Skating Rink may be back but it's a mere shadow of its former self and is a completely unremarkable venue now. I had planned to skate there but when I saw where they had moved the rink and the awful condition of the ice, I was flabbergasted and changed my mind!! Everything that made the original rink unique and special was gone!! When you came to the Natrel rink you could enjoy skating around the freeform sunken edged rink all while taking in a marvellous, unobstructed view of Lake Ontario. The ice was always one of the best outdoor ice surfaces to skate on in the city as well. It was always very well maintained and a great surface for outdoor skating. Unfortunately it is now just a poor quality rectangular ice pad with a view of the underside of the highway and buildings. Oh sure they have put some lights up on the thin tree trunks to try and make it look better but it still falls short. For me the experience is ruined forever. (Unless they decide to put the rink back where it was and maintain it better). It's sad that they didn't put more thought into what actually made the rink unique in the first place and what made it a great place to skate. I had been anxiously awaiting its reopening but was sorely disappointed to see what it has become. It is comdevoid of any previous charm and is no longer a good skating venue. I will not be back!

I love this skating rink. So beautiful. Once of my favourites. Perfect place for a dateread more

The Bentway is a public space under the Gardiner Expressway. You'll see it when you drive along…read moreFort York Boulevard, between Strachan Avenue and Bathurst Street, across from the Fort York National Historic Site. I have driven by this area many times this year. I did a few times when going to Coca-Cola Coliseum for Marlies and PWHL Toronto (now Sceptres) hockey games. Last night, I passed by it heading to Queen Elizabeth Theatre for a concert. I remember when this space was used for parking during the Canadian National Exhibition (The Ex). It was affordable back in the day. You basically parked on the grass, paid for parking, and walked over to the Princess Gates. Good times. Parking for The Ex is atrocious these days. It's better to take the TTC, mainly because this parking space is gone and it's cheaper than shelling out over $30. If you are looking for parking near The Bentway, you've got a couple of Green P options: - 250 Fort York Boulevard - 800 Fleet Street Paying through the Green P app is convenient. If you need to extend your parking stay, it's easy to do through the app than physically returning to the parking machine to pay for parking. The Bentway is popular in the wintertime. It becomes a skating rink where you can rent skates, skate till your heart's content, and grab some hot chocolate. In the summertime, it becomes a rollerskating party every month. You can rent skates, grab a bite to each from food trucks, and visit a few market vendors. I am looking forward to Dominoes. It's basically a community-building activity of laying down giant dominoes along a 2.5 km path through a number of downtown neighbourhoods. They are cutting through The Bentway. The domino run is scheduled for September 22 (tomorrow). It sounds like a lot of fun! The downside is that traffic is horrible in this area. There was a concert and an Argos game at Exhibition Place yesterday. Cutting through this area to get there was painful. When there aren't a lot of activities in the area, The Bentway is a calming, fun place. Otherwise, pack some patience! (371)

A great repurposed space, I wish Chicago would do something similar…read more A communal space, adults and kids roller balding, skating, making conversation, an art exhibit, and green spaces for pets and yogis like me.

This is a really cute skate trail that's actually in the GTA! There are others in Muskoka and such,…read morebut those are such a trek. This one is also conveniently located by the Tom Graham Arena so there are facilities and parking nearby. They had an art show the day we were going so the lot was quite full on the side closest to he community center but there was still a lot of parking spots farther on. The skate trail actually has a little dedicated area for changing that's indoors or they have tables and benches outside (fingers might get cold!). It's a trail through some trees that kind of loops around so it's a lot more interesting than going around in circles. They play music as well to add to the liveliness.

Awesome skating trail! Smaller than I imagined but nevertheless still fun for an hour or two. It is…read morefree and they don't have skate rentals on site. Come in the mornings when there are less people. Many families come here with smaller children who are trying to learn too. There are no borders around the trail so be careful of skating off trail. Plenty of parking, and the Zamboni comes every 1.5hr or so.

This community centre is a busy one! Whenever I've been inside there is always a tangible bustle…read morethat gives great insight into the area and its diversity. I have swam in both the indoor and outdoor pools and they are among my favourites. The indoor one has interesting sight lines with windows on both the Dundas street side and the opposite side with its unique wedge shape. The outdoor pool is one of the old style gigantic ones where you can almost get lost in the middle of it due to the length. The library is a great place to hang out with floor to ceiling windows lining the side that faces Dundas and adjacent to the street market which popped up in the last couple of years. Winter time is fun too with one rink for public skating (no boards) and the other rink has boards and is used for ice hockey in the winter and inline ball hockey in the summer. Ryerson Public School neighbours the community centre and has a large treed field with paved areas near the school useful for playing ball or tennis against the wall. These type of community centers are what help make Toronto a great place to live!

For people living in the Dundas and Bathurst area, I would recommend checking this community centre…read moreout. For a nominal annual membership fee you have access to ESL classes, settlement courses for new Canadians, early morning Tai Chi, computer classes, cooking classes, and loads of fun stuff for kids (science club, youth volleyball, basketball drop-in, ball hockey, creative puppet making). They also offer really important services like "Emergency and Occasional Child Care" which has fees based on a sliding scale depending on family income, a peer nutrition program and parenting support for new parents. For other (still small) additional fees you can use the indoor pool and play other adult sports (badminton, weight training). Oh, and are you feeling hungry but only have $2 on you? The Greenhouse Cafe in the reception area offers a $2 menu everyday (with lots of good healthy stuff to choose from).

Formerly known as Scarborough City Hall before amalgamation, this facility opened in 1973 has been…read moreshowing it's age for a very long time. It still has Toronto city services on the 5 floors on the east wing of the Civic Centre while the Toronto District School Board occupies the 4 floors on the west wing. City of Toronto services includes: a new...the 100th Toronto Public library, a Wedding Chapel, Tax & Water, Traffic Services, City Clerk, City Planning Services, Fire Services, etc. An existing ground floor area is being renovated for a Dental Clinic (which will move from 160 Borough Drive next door that is also home to a Health Clinic). Outside, there's a waterfall and a reflecting pool which becomes a skating rinks in winter plus the surrounding Albert Campbell Square. Many City of Toronto plus community groups hold events here year round. Examples include job fairs and concerts. The Scarborough Town Centre mall and a transit hub for the TTC and GO Transit is just minutes away too!

This review is for the Albert Campbell Square. What a lovely place to get away from the hustle and…read morebustle of the Scarborough Towne Centre and Subway station. This oasis of calm is found between the Scarborough Civic Centre and Scarborough Town Centre. Came here during the lunch rush and just took a look around at the sculptures and architecture. Sat down at one of the many benches (they have many tables as well) shaded by the trees and enjoyed listening to the birds and the sound of the man made waterfall. After my moment of calm I headed to the busy Towne Centre, I was ready to face the masses.

Relatively new indoor play place in Markham! You pay for certain minutes of playtime and it…read moreincludes all the games in house. They have lockers for your valuables and you get a wristband and can designate your own username to see your score on the leaderboard. You will need to tap the wristband at each game room console before entering the game room. Games ranged from lava floors, basketball, lasers and more. They had a good variety and even have a giant floor play board near the back. Washrooms also located in the back. Just be careful the place is dim lighting. We paid around $33 after tax for 75 min of play time. Some of the games were a little laggy and there is definitely room for improvement and upgrades. But great starting point and staff were very friendly and helpful. You can also get a sticker sheet or magnet if you get over 3000 points (easy to achieve). There were also bigger gifts for higher tiers.

We were looking for outdoor rinks out on the east end of the city and this looked like a great…read moreoption. There's a parking lot available and even at noon on a sunny day, we were able to find parking really easily. If you're just dropping people off there's actually a little roundabout closer to the park side where you can drop off people. In the summer I think that part of this area is a splash pad. There were some tall colourful flowers that were there and I imagine they spray water. You can use the change rooms to put your skates on right now. They have rolled rubber walkways all the way up to the entrance/exit of the building so you can walk out in your skates. There are benches and hooks that you can use, although there are notices to advise you not to leave your belongings in there. There are also washrooms and water filling stations in these facilities. On to the skating! There's an arena with boards that is used for hockey practice and shinny - no leisure skating is done here. There's a trail that is a squiggly circle around a little bit of green space. There is the faintest hint of uphill during one of the turns which is a little different than other rinks around the city. At the top of this is conveniently some giant cut stones that you could potentially sit down at if you need to fix your skates or something like that. The Zamboni did come out once during our time there to resurface the ice which was much needed. The only annoying thing that we encountered during our skate here was that there was a ton of hockey player spillover into where people were skating. Kids were stick handling and shooting pucks back and forth which wasn't really the greatest experience. There did seem to be some City of Toronto staff on hand but they weren't able to help.

This past week, I visited McCowan District Park for some outdoor skating, and it was not very busy…read morecompared to my 2 previous visits during the Christmas and New Year break. There were maybe a dozen other skaters, leaving lots of space to skate freely. There is a standard hockey rink at the west side also, but the leisure skating takes place on a somewhat squarish trail, about 10ft wide with a few extra turns, and a wider space with some large stones for seating at the north end towards the railway tracks. The ice surface has been good and smooth each time, and seems to be well-maintained. I also read online that the skating areas were recently renovated. I have noticed that there is always a noticeable wind that blows across the eastern side where there are no buildings (or trees in the winter). There is also a building next to the trail with a changing area and washrooms, and there is always 1 or more staff members on the trail itself. In addition to the skating, there is a children's playground that also looks fairly new and a soccer field (with possibly a second field at the far end of the park) and a decent-sized parking lot near to McCowan Road. The area itself is rather quiet and isolated, with only a few industrial buildings in the distance and a residential neighbourhood across the street. Overall, I like the skating trail, and this is one of the few parks in Scarborough that offers outdoor skating.