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Friday February 1st 2013

Toronto World Cup Fever

June 11 is the kickoff date for World Cup soccer in South Africa. This will be an amazing World Cup held in a country that has gone through a lot in the past decade. Soccer fans all around the world are anxiously waiting for this event. Preparations are underway across many bars and restaurants in Toronto to attract the fans. Of-course this will not help our traffic in Toronto. The G20 Summit is on June 28 and 29 will be overlapping this event, not to mention the extensive number of road works. The second round of the World Cup with the remaining 16 teams will start on June 26. It is definitely worthwhile to keep track of the schedule for the games before deciding your traveling route.

CBCSports.ca will broadcast and stream all games live on TV. Rogers will be charging $5 a month for those who want to access company’s mobile steamining app on iPhone, Blackberry and Andriod phones. There will also be a one-time charge of $10 to access the World Cup games on your phone. Your money is better spent on a few more drinks and a taxi ride instead.

English Pubs
Duke of Gloucester, 649 Yonge St, Toronto, ON
Scallywags Address 11 St. Clair W, Toronto, ON
Artful Dodger, 12 Isabella St., Toronto, ON, M4Y 1N1
Bow and Arrow, 1954 Yonge St., Toronto, ON, M4S 1Z4
Fox and Fiddle, 106 John St., Toronto, ON, M5V 2E1
Hemingway’s Restaurant, 142 Cumberland St., Toronto, ON, M5R1A8
Jack Russell, 27 Wellesley E., Toronto, ON
Anywhere Lounge, 856 College St., Toronto, ON
Wayne Gretzky’s, 99 Blue Jays Way (at Wellington St. W.), Toronto, ON
The Loose Moose, 146 Front St. W. (at York St.), Toronto, ON

Portuguese, Spanish Bars
Cervejaria Downtown Bar and Grill, 842 College St., Toronto, ON, M6H1A2

Portuguese and Brazil Bars
Portuguese Sporting Club, 1650 Dupont St., Toronto, ON
Cervejaria Downtown Bar-Grill, 842 College St., Toronto, ON M6H1A2
Acores Continente Soccer Club,1576 Dundas St. W, Toronto, ON

Spanish Bar
Club Hispano, 3465 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON, M6S 2S5
Hemingway’s Restaurant, 142 Cumberland St., Toronto, ON M5R1A8

European Bar
Blue Nites, 1136 College St., Toronto, ON
Elite Sports Café, 1288 Dundas W., Toronto, ON

Italian and Spanish Bars
Eurosport Bar, 3392 Lakeshore Blvd. Toronto, ON, M8W 1M9

Scottish Pub
Mad Monty’s, 2655 Yonge St., Toronto, ON

Latin American Bar
Motivos, 1042 Saint Clair Avenue, Toronto

International Bars
Renna’s Sports Bar, 30 Beverly Hills Drive, North York, ON
Sports Centre Café, 49 St. Clair Ave. W. (at Avenue Rd.), Toronto, ON
The Lounge
WEGZ Stadium Bar, 2601 Rutherford Rd. (at Keele), Vaughan

TheNetherlands Bar
Betty’s on King East. Especially for the Dutch

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