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Hits & Misses / Music Store
Hits & Misses shows that punk's not dead as the walls of 45s will remind you that punk was a singles medium first and foremost. The vinyl revival means that...
Come As You Are / Sex Stores
Come As You Are (CAYA) has been Toronto's cooperative sex store for over 15 years, though now, it's offering its organic lubes and Fun Factory Dukes from a little further...
Sonic Boom (Annex) / Music Store
Sonic Boom, Toronto's biggest independent record shop, can now be found on Bathurst just south of Bloor, less than a minute-long walk from its former location. As promised back in...
Sonic Boom (Kensington) / Music Store
Sonic Boom records recently announced they were vacating the premises at 512 Bloor West, to be replaced by not one but two new locations. While the store in the...
Blacksmith Cycle / Bike Shops
Blacksmith Cycle is one of those stores that's bound to attract people who just want to talk about bikes. That's not to say that customers won't also purchase what the...
Cycle Couture / Bike Shops
Cycle Couture is the type of bike shop that could only open in a city that's at least somewhat cycling friendly. Even if our bike lane infrastructure isn't where it...
Cycle Shoppe / Bike Shops
The Cycle Shoppe is the older sibling of Cyclemotive, and has been located in and around Queen and Bathurst for 20 years. Unlike the newer shop which is larger and...
Duke's Cycle / Bike Shops
Duke's Cycle is back at 625 Queen Street West — where it belongs. After a six-alarm fire destroyed it and nearby buildings in 2008, it's been a long and expensive...
Speakeasy Tattoo / Tattoo Parlours
Speakeasy Tattoo puts you at ease when you enter. No pretense -- just art, a fluffy Pomeranian named Wilma and traditional-style tattoos. And as I make myself comfortable in the...
Cyclemotive / Bike Shops
Cyclemotive is one of those bike stores where you get a bit of everything. Affiliated with the older Cycle Shoppe on Queen West, this larger space around the corner on...
Racer Sportif / Bike Shops
Racer Sportif is one of Toronto's oldest high-end bike shops, specializing in performance road, track and mountain bike sales. Located just east of Runnymede on Bloor, the long, narrow store...
Liberty Street Cyclery / Bike Shops
Liberty Street Cyclery is a small shop that specializes in speedy repairs and custom builds. Opened by Ed Tsui last spring, the space has a casual everyone-knows-your-name type vibe, which...
Wheels of Bloor / Bike Shops
Wheels of Bloor is where to go if you're a road cyclist looking to buy a dream bike. Although not the only shop in Toronto that carries bikes that cost...
Black Line Studio / Tattoo Parlours
Black Line Studio, as soon as you enter, exudes a different vibe than your average run-of-the-mill tattoo joint. For one, the window display is stuffed with local artwork. And upon...
Broadway Cycle / Bike Shops
Broadway Cycle differs from many of the other stores I've been visiting in that it doesn't try to cater to only one type of cyclist. Instead of targeting urban utility...
Riders Cycle and Board / Bike Shops
Riders Cycle and Board is your quintessential neighbourhood bike shop, right down to the full service coffee bar that entices locals to linger and talk shop with owners Jeff Ubalde...
The Bike Joint / Bike Shops
The Bike Joint is where you go when your beater bike needs fixing. Don't get me wrong, the store can handle all sorts of bikes, but it really comes into...
Urbane Cyclist / Bike Shops
Urbane Cyclist is the reigning champion in our best bike stores post, and for good reason. Over the 14 years the store has been open, it has attracted a loyal...
Curbside Cycle / Bike Shops
Curbside Cycle does indeed have its roots on the curb, when owner Don Watterson first set up shop outside of the Brunswick House over 15 years ago. If this were...
Archive Tattoo Studio / Tattoo Parlours
Archive Tattoo Studio dates all the way back to 2008. When I first meet David Glantz, the head honcho at Archive, he's knee-deep on a customer's leg sleeve. And he...
Sweet Pete's / Bike Shops
Sweet Pete's main bike shop occupies a huge 4000 square foot space on Bloor in between Dufferin and Lansdowne. A former Loblaws grocery store many moons ago, its current tenant...
Tat-A-Rama Tattoo Shop / Tattoo Parlours
Tat-A-Rama, more than any of the other tattoo shops we've checked out, has a history. Opening its doors for the first time in '87, many of Toronto's top tattoo artists...
Sal's Tattoo & Barber Shop / Tattoo Parlours
Sal's Tattoo & Barber Shop doesn't cut hair. They used to, a while back, but not any longer. There's just an antiquated barber's chair that sits alone in the front...
Imperial Tattoo / Tattoo Parlours
Imperial Tattoo is found in an unassuming black building directly across from CAMH on Queen, just a smidgen north on Ossington. Like most of the city's top custom tattoo joints,...
Seven Crowns Tattoo / Tattoo Parlours
Seven Crowns Tattoo is your definition custom ink shop. Not your typical storefront shop on Queen or Bloor. Nor is it downtown like some of the other shops we've checked...
TCB Tattoos / Tattoo Parlours
TCB Tattoos has walls that are splashed with art. And tattoo designs. That's the first thing I notice. Second thing I notice is that it's a narrow store, but this...
New Tribe Tattoo / Tattoo Parlours
New Tribe Tattoo is hard to miss. Sitting across from MuchMusic on Queen West, New Tribe is a 4,000 sq. ft. body art kingdom. And with six full-time tattoo artists,...
Planet of Sound / Music Store
Planet of Sound is not your typical big box stereo store. Here, it's all about the quality. And as I stare at my black Crosley record player -- admittedly from...
Passage Tattoo Parlour / Tattoo Parlours
Passage Tattoo Parlour. If you're not looking for it, you will miss it. Nestled in the thick of the Village, firmly planted on Church St., its only storefront is an...
Pearl Harbor Gift Shop / Tattoo Parlours
Pearl Harbor Gift Shop draws inspiration from Japanese and American WWII-era art and design. Officially open since May 1st, it's a light, open and inspiring space to have one of...
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- Sonic Boom (Annex) Liked the old location better but not their fault. Staff are a bit grumpy sometimes and so serious. I have found many great cds here and still think its the best...
- Bikes on Wheels These guys don't even know how to fix a flat tire. Totally rude idiots! Got a great deal on a bike but their service department is a night mare.
- Pearl Harbor Gift Shop hi bill! great shop,i'll visit next time im in t.o.
- Second Vinyl I have some classical in great condition that I'm willing to sell. contact me if interested.
- Passage Tattoo Parlour purchase pq dvd to iphone with low price pq dvd to iphone online
- Kops Records I love Kops. I've been there a few times and the staff have actually taken the time I ask my name and introduce themselves. Makes me feel right at home.
- Cosmos Records My spouse and I stumbled over here different website and thought I should check things out.
- Rotate This if you want, I'll write you articles. Copywriter looking for work
- Hits & Misses You are my role models. Thanks for the article
- West Side Cycle Blog moved out in chrome
- Hit Camera The owner needs better customer service skills.
- Passage Tattoo Parlour I think body art is a fantastic way for artists and people to express their inner thoughts. It takes great skill to be a tattoist, not only a good drawer,...
- Helmutt's Pet Supply HI, MY NAME IS NUNZIO RICHARD DRAGO AND I WILL BE TURNING 40. DON'T LET SHANE CROWLY BY ANYMORE FISH FOR HIS TANK PIRRIOD UNDERSTAND ME IF HE GET MAD LOSES...
- Second Vinyl Looks like this store's moved... http://www.secondvinyl.com/Contact.htm
- My Dog's Daycare I wanted to extend my sincere thanks to everyone at My Dogs Daycare. On my first visit, I took my very senior black lab Caleb (18 years old...
- Racer Sportif I have to say this is the only bicycle shop I will go to. I have been cycling for almost 30 years and I have been bying from these...
- Curbside Cycle I bought my Devinci Oslo there in the spring and I had great service, both from the guy who helped me pick out the bike and the woman who rang...
- West Side Cycle Terrible service, rude, arrogant. Take your money up Roncesvalles to Set me Free, I did.
- Riders Cycle and Board This place is ok. If you want good stuff they don't have it. If you want no frills it rocks. I go to Bathurst Cycle for what I need.
- Broadway Cycle hey candace I don't think anyone spammed the comment section. looks like a posting error to me. like maybe someone clicked send 1 too many times on a slow...
- Passage Tattoo Parlour check this link, how to rip audio from dvd suprisely online
- FY Ink Tattoos I am the owner of this studio and if you have any questions or want to get a hold of us the phone number is 416-792-5670
- Hits & Misses Hey Alex, I'm not absolutely sure, but the store likely has the records you're looking for. In any case, if the store doesn't have them, Pete will find a way to...
- Hits & Misses Hey, do you know if they have classic metal albums like early Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. If not do you know which store in Toronto might have those?...
- Downtown Camera funland, long gone. And the camera store too... a bit further up is Aden I believe.
- Racer Sportif I have never been to the Bloor location but ended up considering a Scott bike at the Oakville store after considering one or two other brands at Cyclepath and Gears...
- Duke's Cycle Although, the new building is a lot nicer and architecturally appropriate than I was expecting from post-fire construction, even if the brick should have been red. Abraham's isn't bad either!...
- Duke's Cycle i find it weird that some people are commenting here as if they were addressing Duke's directly. This is blogTO, not a bike shop. I also find it weird to...
- Seven Crowns Tattoo Morgan did a Tribal Tiger Claw on my right calf, superb work, i will be back for more from this establishment! Fantastic and friendly work!
- Pearl Harbor Gift Shop I have been getting tattoos from Bill Baker since his days at Tatarama. He is a brilliant artist. Anyone that he decides to work with is clearly greatly talented as well....
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