Okay, time for a hotel amenities tour, and we'll start with the lobby of course.
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The glass bridge - seen both above and below - is made of single pieces of glass spanning the whole lobby.
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Hirsch Bedner Associates, with 13 offices across the globe, is responsible for the interior design, while hundreds of pieces of art throughout the Ritz were chosen and commissioned exclusively from Canadian artists.
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We'll take those stairs up a floor, and then another, to the ballroom level.
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The ballroom can be partitioned in halves, in quarters, and in eighths. Below is a quarter of the whole room.
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Light fixtures throughout the hotel are interesting, and are particularly grand in the ballrooms.
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Above the ballroom is the spa and recreation level.
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The extensive spa includes many facilities that we haven't pictured here, but we do have shots of the gym...
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..and the pool. A hot tub sits in a corner of the room.
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Let's head back downstairs and check out the food and drink offerings. We'll start with the Deq bar at the south side of the building. Deq's back patio with its wood pizza oven will operate in the warm weather, while the interior is cozy, with nooks and crannies to settle into.
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Of particular note in Deq is the prosciutto bar, serving fantastic Pingue products from Niagara.
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Another main floor bar is located of the lobby. The Toca Bar (Toca stands for Toronto Canada) features a tapas-style menu and raw bar.
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Above Toca Bar is Toca itself.
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Toca features a cheese cave stocked by the legendary Cheese Boutique in the South Kingsway.
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Toca also features a semi-open kitchen...
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which is fully open to those who might book the chef's table hidden in the heart of the kitchen.
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And that's it - we return to the lobby to end our visit.
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