One of my favourite Vietnamese restaurants in the city is in Parkdale, so I made a walking tour out of it. There are many rows of lowrise homes to see and some interesting shops along Roncesvalles. Pardale first appeared in the Toronto City Directory in 1878 with more than have the people listed being working class folks, succh as labourers, carpenters, railway workers, bakers, and a milkman. There were 2 general stores on Queen Street.