{"id":47649,"date":"2014-02-04T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=47649"},"modified":"2014-12-21T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T00:51:26","slug":"the-most-beautiful-dairy-queen-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/04\/the-most-beautiful-dairy-queen-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While exploring the neighbourhoods along Broadview north of the Danforth last week, I stumbled upon what may be the most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Perched on a ridge above Pottery Road, the DQ overlooks the Don Valley, affording a perfect view of Toronto&#8217;s skyline poking out of the forests along the Valley&#8217;s western bank.<\/p>\n<p>Come summer time, the restaurant&#8217;s picnic tables will be a great spot to enjoy a sundae or Blizzard while thinking about the forests, highways, towers and rivers that make up Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/IMG_2588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-47654\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/IMG_2588-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"by Daniel Rotsztain\" width=\"294\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/IMG_2588-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/IMG_2588-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/IMG_2588-705x940.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though many would think of the intersection of Broadview and Pottery Road as being part of downtown Toronto, this Dairy Queen reveals the area&#8217;s very suburban DNA (and Pottery Road&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2008\/01\/old_pottery_roa\/\" target=\"_blank\">history goes back even further<\/a>). Surrounded by wide streets and parking lots, this cliffside DQ is a piece of the suburbs on the border of pre-amalgamation Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-47656\" title=\"DQ\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dq-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"by Daniel Rotsztain\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dq-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dq-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Dq-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it happens, Broadview and Pottery Road are part of Ward 29, where a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Toronto_mayoral_election_results_by_ward_2010.PNG\" target=\"_blank\">healthy majority of the residents<\/a> did not vote for Rob Ford in the 2010 municipal election.\u00a0But it doesn&#8217;t matter to me whether this part of town is urban or suburban, Ford-land or Latte-ville &#8212; what matters is whether I can get there easily on the TTC. I live at another end of town, but I&#8217;m excited for the summer, when I&#8217;ll make the trek to Broadview Station, walk a few minutes north, and enjoy a Blizzard while taking in great views of the city.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel is the Urban Geographer. Check out his <a href=\"http:\/\/theurbangeographer.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>\u00a0or say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theurbangeog\" target=\"_blank\">hello<\/a> on Twitter!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While exploring the neighbourhoods along Broadview north of the Danforth last week, I stumbled upon what may be the most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto. Perched on a ridge above Pottery Road, the DQ overlooks the Don Valley, affording a perfect view of Toronto&#8217;s skyline poking out of the forests along the Valley&#8217;s western bank.<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/04\/the-most-beautiful-dairy-queen-in-toronto\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8085,"featured_media":47653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto? - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/02\/04\/the-most-beautiful-dairy-queen-in-toronto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto? - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While exploring the neighbourhoods along Broadview north of the Danforth last week, I stumbled upon what may be the most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto. 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