Taste of the Danforth

Taste of the Danforth is a yearly festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Greektown area along Danforth Avenue for a period of three days in August. Started in 1994, it celebrates Greek food and culture. Past attendance numbers have reached as high as a million people over the three day event. It is approaching its 20th year.


Some of the crowds that fill the Danforth each year for the Taste of the Danforth . Past attendance numbers have reached as high as a million people over the three day event.


Greek food is definitely the attraction with such favourites as pork, chicken, and beef souvlaki, and roast quail.

The School de Samba Drum Carnaval put on a lively show this year's Taste of the Danforth with colourful samba dancers and thrilling pounding of drums, was a great crowd pleaser at this years festival


Taste of the Danforth is an annual celebration of Greek culture and a tribute to the numbers of Hellenic citizens who lived and worked in the area



More? See History | Bloor Street Viaduct | About the Danforth.