Weekend need-to-know: Super Bowl parties take over Toronto

There is no limit to spots where you can catch the Super Bowl this weekend in Toronto with food specials, draws and even an immersive football field.

Here are some of the events you can check out this weekend:

Super Bowl watch parties

The Big Game is this weekend and there are lots of spots throughout Toronto to catch the Super Bowl surrounded by fellow fans.

Here are some of the spots you can catch the Kansas Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles:

• Sportsnet Grill – Food and drink specials will be available along with a draw to win a field-view room to watch the Blue Jays or two tickets to see the Maple Leafs
• Rebel – The 45,000 square-foot space will be transformed into a giant viewing party. You can watch the game on an 85 foot screen and a state-of-the-art sound system. Tickets are required, but women can enter for free.
• The Rec Room – You can play some games of your own while watching the Super Bowl along with food, trivia and prizes.
• Illuminarium Toronto – The closest you’ll get to being on the field is at Illuminarium’s immersive football field.
• Real Sports – Real Sports will show the big game on their giant 39-foot screen.
• The Pint – All-you-can-eat wings or all-you-can-eat ribs for $30 along with $28 Bud and Bud Light buckets and a DJ from 5 p.m. is what The Pint is offering for the big game.

The game starts at 6:30 p.m. Most events are free to attend but reservations are recommended.

APIK Fest Mississauga

Ski and snowboard athletes will be taking to Celebration Square to compete for a huge prize pool for the APIK Fest Mississauga.

There will be ski and snowboard competitions at an urban snowpark that is over 11 metres tall and 86 metres in length with six different types of rails. The prize pool will be $100,000.

Snowskate demos and lessons and DJ sets will be happening all afternoon.

More details about the competitions can be found on their website.

The Winter Chocolate Show

Chocolate lovers and makers come together at the Winter Chocolate Show happening this year at the Toronto Reference Library.

There will be a variety of artisanal chocolate makers and chocolatiers and an opportunity to learn the history of chocolate and discover new flavour combinations.

It’s taking place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase here.

Winterlicious

This weekend is the last weekend to take advantage of the annual City of Toronto program with more than 220 restaurants across the city participating this season in Winterlicious.

The foodie event offers three-course fixed price lunch and dinner menus, ranging from $20 to $75. Winterlicious runs until Feb. 13. Click here for restaurants and reservation details.

TTC/GO closures

No TTC/GO closures this weekend

Road closures

Gardiner Expressway closure

As part of the long-term construction plan on the Gardiner Expressway, one westbound lane and one eastbound lane are closed between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue. The eastbound on-ramp from Lake Shore Boulevard at Jameson Avenue is also closed.

Weekend closures

Don Valley Parkway – Pedestrian Bridges Rehabilitation 

From 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, to 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, the Don Valley Parkway northbound will be reduced to one lane from south of Dundas Street East to north of Gerrard Street for cleaning and maintenance.

The northbound Don Valley Parkway on-ramps from Dundas Street East, Queen Street and Eastern Avenue will be closed during this time to accommodate the rehabilitation work of the Gerrard Street East, Dundas Street East and Riverdale Pedestrian Bridges

Temporary closures

• Spadina Avenue streetcars have been replaced by buses between Spadina Station and Queens Quay, and until the end of the year, there will be no 510 service between Spadina Station and Union Station. Commuters wishing to travel onwards to Union from Queens Quay will need to transfer to a 509 streetcar.
• The Yonge and Bloor intersection will be reduced to a single lane until 2025 for condo construction and sewer installation.
• University Avenue will be reduced to a single lane in both directions between College Street and Queen Street West to complete several infrastructure projects for the next several months.
• Yonge Street is reduced to a single lane both ways between Wellington and King for underground work at the TTC’s King Station to add new elevators and make it an accessible station. Construction is expected to continue into 2026.
• Queen Street is fully closed to traffic between Bay and Victoria Streets to accommodate work on a new station for the Ontario Line subway. The closure is scheduled to last until 2027, at least four-and-a-half years.
• Eglinton Avenue West is reduced to a single lane east of Islington and west of Scarlett Road due to tunnelling work related to the multi-year Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project.
• Lane restrictions on Bayview Avenue between Roehampton Avenue and Armistice Drive while the city completes road resurfacing, curb and sidewalk replacement, and traffic signal and pedestrian upgrades. One northbound lane is currently closed on Bayview Avenue between Kilgour Road and Roehampton Avenue.
• Cherry Street remains closed south of Polson Pier due to maintenance on the Ship Channel Lift Bridge (Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge). Road users are able to access the Port of Toronto and Cherry Beach via Unwin Avenue. 
• From Sunday, January 12 until the spring, one northbound lane on the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) from the Eastern Avenue on-ramp to Queen Street East will be closed to accommodate work for the Eastern/Adelaide Bridges Rehabilitation Project. One eastbound and one westbound lane on Eastern Avenue will be closed between Sumach Street and Broadview Avenue. One eastbound lane on Adelaide Street will be closed between Sumach Street and Eastern Avenue. 
• Lake Shore Boulevard is down to a single lane through Strachan, from Fort York Blvd to Ontario Place Blvd. Toronto Hydro is installing new electrical systems for the Ontario Place reconstruction and expansion. The lane restrictions will be in place until April 1st, 2025.
• Queens Park Crescent is reduced to a single lane south of Bloor as part of the TTC’s Easier Access Program at Museum Station. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2025.

For full traffic updates, click here.