Bars
Lounge Bars
Bars
1812 Bar in the Thompson Hotel / King West
1812 Bar in the Thompson Hotel is presumably so named for its proximity to Victoria Memorial Square, a King West cemetery turned park in which many of that war's casualties...
2Cats Cocktail Lounge / King West
2Cats is a cocktail lounge located on King West, and equidistance between For Your Eyes Only and The One that Got Away World Famous Fish House, resulting in a Bermuda...
Andy Poolhall / Little Italy
Michael, the owner of Andy Poolhall, boasts that they had one of the first gay-friendly nights off the Church St. strip (at what used to be Ciao Edie's) in the...
Brant House / King West
A favourite among the Bay Street crowd, Brant House is big and brash. Expect bouncers at the door who'll refuse your entry if you're not wearing the right shoes. Dinner,...
Bunda Lounge / Dundas West
Bunda Lounge is a new nightspot near Dundas and Ossington that is definitely more loungy than its neighbours. While most of the drinking dens in the area tend to cater...
Charlie's Gallery / Annex
Charlie's Gallery on Harbord fits in perfectly with the area's mellow vibe - where its line-up of adorable restaurants and bars, but low-key atmosphere, make it feel like an inverse,...
Comrade / Riverside
The Comrade is totally a friendly, laidback, neighbourhood watering hole. It just happens to be so stylish that I don't think I should even be allowed in here in my...
Crown Bar and Lounge / King West
Crown Bar and Lounge may be situated on a King, but does it have the jewels necessary for it to truly become Toronto royalty? I arrived at Crown right around...
Cube Nightclub / Queen West
Cube Nightclub is a canvas. A pulsating, high-ceilinged, mirrored canvas, but a mere canvas nonetheless. For those who miss Ultra, Cube will be welcome news - it is its replacement,...
Drake Sky Yard / West Queen West
The Drake Sky Yard is prime drinking, eating and lounging real estate in the summer. It gets packed early, especially on weekends. A full lunch and dinner menu is available...
Faces Nightclub / Queen West
Faces Nightclub is a three story club on Richmond Street in the Club District that has massive ceilings and an outdoor patio. They strongly recommend table and bottle service so...
Foundation Room / King East
Foundation Room is a long-standing lounge at the foot of Church Street. Hours of operation here are irregular at best but it usually features DJs spinning house, hip hop or...
Jezebel / Ossington
Jezebel Burlesque club is a great idea in theory. Until I went, I had no reservations about Ossington's burgeoning transformation into a destination strip, and a titillating concept bar like...
Li'ly / Little Italy
Li'ly is a self-described resto-lounge in Little Italy. Except plenty of martinis and live DJs every Friday and Saturday night....
Locus 144 / Liberty Village
Locus 144 is a new Liberty Village bar that opened a few weeks ago near the walkway behind Brazen Head in the Liberty Market Building. Co-owner Cassius Williams, The protégé of...
LoKi Lounge / King West
LoKi Lounge is a long time fixture on King West that features regular DJ nights and an extensive bottle service menu....
Our House / Ossington
Our House is the newest lounge to hit Lower Ossington. With windows blocked by heavy drapes, minimal furniture to allow for max capacity, DJs and occasional cover charges, all indications...
Paaeez / Little Italy
Paaeez is a rather minimalist hookah bar and martini lounge right in the middle of Little Italy. ...
Parkdale Drink / Parkdale
This ain't your grandmother's Parkdale. With its swank leather club chairs and floor to ceiling waterfall, the newly-opened Parkdale Drink brings a little highbrow to the just-west-of-Dufferin area. But...
Play / West Queen West
Play on Queen is the first level of the infamous Wicked. (Second floor is for members only.) If Wicked is Lust in Dante's inferno, Play is perfect as its predecessor,...
Pravda Vodka Bar / King East
Pravda Vodka Bar is a Russian themed bar on Wellington that stocks more Vodka varieties than anywhere else in Toronto. ...
Roof Lounge / Yorkville
With its leather chairs and dark suede walls, the Roof Lounge still has that air of Rat Pack celebrity glamour that harkens back to its 1950's heyday. Situated on the...
Roosevelt Room / King West
The Roosevelt Room might be the most punk-rock thing to come to Toronto in ages. If punk is about open defiance, well, what could be more in-your-face than opening an...
Screen Lounge / Yonge & College
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...
Skylounge / Yorkville
The Intercontinental Hotel's Skylounge isn't actually in the sky as its name might suggest, but the huge heated patio with it's trendy designer sofas is pleasing none the less. ...
Stirling Room / Distillery District
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...
Suba Nightclub / Little Italy
If you go to Suba Nightclub at College and Spadina, you should go after midnight and you should be young and it will also probably be helpful if you are...
Suits Lobby Lounge / Financial District
Suits Lobby Lounge is nothing if not convenient. Nestled in the corner of the Trump Tower lobby, it makes for an ideal place for a post-work cocktail for the Bay...
The Grape Lounge / Annex
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...
The Hoxton / King West
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,...
Toika Lounge / Queen West
Toika Lounge is located at 471 Richmond Street just west of Spadina. The music is mainly Hip-Hop, R&B, soul, and house depending on the DJ or event going on....
Touche / Little Italy
Touche is a somewhat swank martini bar on College St with plush seating, decent cocktails and a small front patio....
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