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Bar Neon / Bar
Bar Neon is one of those places that's just irrefutably cool. It's part the fantastic mural that spans the length of the bar, custom created by local artist Jeff Garcia....
1602 Dundas West / Bar
No Name McGee's may have been the name of choice the night we went, but the bar at 1602 Dundas St. West has not yet been officially named. For now,...
The Loft / Bar
The Loft is an inconspicuous and friendly lounge, located right above Statlers restaurant in the heart of the Village on Church Street. If you stopped by a week ago, you...
The Grape Lounge / Lounge
The Grape has been open for 56 days on a strip of Bathurst and Dupont notoriously absent of a bar scene. Steps away from the Vesta Lunch, The Grape's biggest...
Cold Tea / Bar
Cold Tea is modeled on the principle that a good thing is hard to find. This new Kensington bar is hidden at the back of the unassuming Kensington Mall through...
The Peacok / Bar
The Peacok is a dark and narrow hallway situated in the remains of beloved King West establishment The Underground Garage. Unlike the Garage, which wore its dive bar status proudly...
Gladstone Melody Bar / Karaoke
The Gladstone Melody Bar, for me, has always been that place I visit once a month to bask in communal Simpsons nerdom. But as of this past Monday, it will...
Art and Drinks / Bar
Art and Drinks is an aptly named gallery-lounge hybrid borne from the imagination of Canadian composer/musician/artist John Oswald. On Dundas West at Palmerston Avenue, the lounge opened last week for...
SPiN Toronto / Bar
SPiN Toronto has quietly opened on King West, bringing the game of ping pong out from rec rooms across the nation. When I first spoke to Ryan Fisher about his...
Cocktail Bar / Bar
Cocktail Bar may not be the fine dining restaurant initially expected from Black Hoof owner Jen Agg but it does deliver the well-crafted cocktails of which she has become famous,...
The Hoxton / Lounge
The Hoxton is the new club and event venue occupying what was Sixty-9 on lower Bathurst. The velvet curtains, antique-esque mirrors and stripper pole (alas) have all been taken away,...
Coco Rogue / Lounge
Coco Rogue is a new chocolate lounge at Yonge and Eglinton geared to the well-to-do after-dinner crowd. This stretch of Yonge lost its lone strip club not too long ago,...
Screen Lounge / Lounge
Screen Lounge is a sleek and sophisticated new lounge and rooftop patio, brought to you by the owners of Fran's Restaurant. Yes you read that right, and no, don't expect...
Placebo / Live Music
Placebo looks like the "children's discovery room" or whatever those kiddie zones are called at the museum. There are plush couches at one end of the room and seats made...
Poetry Jazz Cafe / Bar
Poetry Jazz Cafe is not a cafe, nor is it a poetry club. There's no appreciative snapping, subtle allegories, or hushed, whispered words between friends. Rather, Poetry Jazz Cafe a...
No One Writes to the Colonel / Bar
No One Writes to the Colonel feels just like a 70's throwback lounge, but more homey than groovy, and laid-back than swank. First off, it's in a house, formerly a...
Fountain Enterprises / Bar
Fountain Enterprises is more of a gallery with a liquor license than a bar with local art on its walls. It began, though, as just a gallery, opened by OCAD...
Detour Bar / Bar
Detour is the latest addition to Kensington Market's bar scene, and the best way I can think of describe it is this: imagine that Beetlejuice bought a seedy cowboy bar,...
Stirling Room / Lounge
Stirling Room is an upscale Distillery District party with modern variations on a classical structure. Owners Albert Rishes and Simo Korac, industry graduates of Toronto's Club District, are on a...
Boutique Bar / Bar
Boutique Bar is a stylish Church and Wellesley cocktail bar with tasty drinks and a great patio area. Owner Julien Salomone brings a wealth of experience from France, the US...
Cafe Awtash / Hookah Bar
Cafe Awtash is a calm and comfortable hookah bar that recently opened at the corner of College and Bathurst street. It's one of the few spots in the area where...
Bistro 422 / Bar
Bistro 422 is a College and Bathurst Streets dive that many know of but few remember. Some details that will refresh your memory, though, might be; mixed drink pitchers, a...
Cherry Colas / Bar
Cherry Colas Rock & Roll Cabaret Lounge is a hellish new spot with loud music and louder people. On Bathurst just North of Queen, co-owner Glenn Hughes, a former promoter...
Hole in the Wall / Bar
The Hole in the Wall is a watering hole with live music and standard drinks. Open seven days a week, it's one of the original spots in the Junction where...
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- The Red Light All I know is I went there for the first time and I saw chillin' atmosphere and heard Herbie and the Headhunters and I was happy.
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- Paaeez I absolutely love it here. I've noticed that they throw on only one or two servers at night though, which is why the service is slow. Those poor girls are...
- The Monarch Tavern The Monarch is now open downstairs at 8am till 6pm for espresso drinks,baked goods and lunch.
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- Goodnight well... good athmosphere. good genuine people and good music. It could bw a bir more electro, minimal beats cause I think that would be more appropriate for the venue and...
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- 3 Speed The last time I ate at 3-speed will probably be my last. Since the menu hasn't changed since they opened, and it's rather lackluster to begin with, I ordered a...
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- Unlovable All I want is to get cheaply intoxicated in a dimly lit room ravaged by nostalgic trash that reminds me of my broken childhood because I look better in the...
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- 1602 Dundas St. West I really wanted to like this place but it's yet another west end bar that serves the crappiest, most unimaginative wine available. I would never buy Jackson Triggs at the...
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