Which bars did you go to?, i never go downtown any more, too much of a hassle to get parking and pay out the ass for it in some areas, plus i find Toronto to be quite overrated, it smells bad down there, especially in the summer.
Seems like especially when my bestfriend and i go there, we attract bums and dudes asking us if we want to buy some chronic or whatever lol!, i remember years back, my buddy and i were walking down Queen West just past Spadina on our way to Velvet Underground and this bum asked us for change and we said sorry no, then as we get about five feet away from him he yells at us "well ____ you then!!" my buddy replies "what muthaf@#%er?" and pulls out a toonie and whips it off the bum's head, your welcome!!!...yea thats one of my many downtown tales.