7 fun things to do in Toronto before summer ends to make the most of what's left

I love Toronto in the summer , but I don't think you need me to tell you to go up the CN Tower or catch the ferry to the Toronto Islands.

They're classics for a reason, but some of the best things to do in Toronto in the summer go beyond the usual tourist attractions.

For me, it's the slightly more spontaneous plans that make the season memorable - watching a movie under the stars, finally trying that patio you've walked past a hundred times or checking out a ridiculous pop-up that'll quietly disappear by September.

Unfortunately, we've now reached that horrible point in August when every warm evening feels like it comes with a countdown clock.

So, before summer in Toronto officially slips away and we all start pretending we're excited about fall — although, truthfully, I'm not pretending — here are my top seven things to do in Toronto before the season ends.

Get an ice cream sandwich at Mandy's See on Instagram Mandy's is already one of my favourite summer lunch spots.

The salads are fresh and colourful, every location is ridiculously cute and eating a giant bowl of vegetables somehow makes me feel like the picture of summer health.

But this summer, there's another reason to stop by on weekends — and it has absolutely nothing to do with salad.

Mandy's is serving a nostalgic ice cream sandwich made with vanilla ice cream squished between two chocolate chip cookies and rolled in rainbow sprinkles.

Honestly, this is exactly the kind of food I want during the final weeks of summer.

Nothing sophisticated or reinvented — just the childhood joy of a giant ice cream sandwich covered in sprinkles.

I'd make an afternoon of it and head to the Mandy's in Toronto's Distillery District at 359 Front St.

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Grab an ice cream sandwich, wander the cobblestone streets and pretend you're on a European vacation rather than approximately 15 minutes from Union Station.