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| - Sherway Gardens is a long-time fan favourite of mine. I grew up in Toronto and my parents were from the Lakeshore (Mimico and Alderwood respectively) so I've always had a soft spot for this part of town--a thoroughly working class old-Canadian type part of town. Sherway Gardens is a little piece of glam amidst the post-industrial dreariness that characterizes some parts of southern Etobicoke.
Sherway wasn't always this way, I remember a downward trend in the late 1990s after Eaton's left and frumpy Sears took over. Things were bleak. It seems that Sherway has experienced a real renaissance in the last half-decade. This place has it all! A small (but sufficient) Holt Renfrew, a well-stocked Bay, a better-than average Sears, Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, an excellent outpost of Lululemon (with some of the best sales associates I've encountered in the GTA for a Lulu), funky kitchen shops (Le Creuset being a new addition) and Williams-Sonoma, a gigantic Victoria's Secret for all you angel-worshippers, Kiehl's, Sephora, Scotch and Soda, Coach, Michael Kors, LEGO, a comparably massive GAP/GAP Kids, Sporting Life (the best athletics shop in town), and a foot court that makes all other mall food courts look like absolute rubbish (save, perhaps, for the new Urban Eatery at the Eaton Centre but still, that's underground). The food court is situated under a tent-like structure with tall palms trees and birds flying around (hopefully nowhere near the food ;)). The food court has all the staples: a McDonalds, Timmy Ho's, Pizza Nova, Cultures, Hero Burger (my fav!), a Korean joint, Taco Bell, Subway, Thai Express, etc. etc.
This mall attracts the 'upper-crust' which is a decidedly good thing. You never feel like you're gonna be swarmed, or walking to your car in the parking lot is risky business. The teen quotient is definitely lower than Eaton Centre, Yorkdale, STC which is FABULOUS. Those tweens make me gag.
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