Popular Toronto bowling alley restaurant is expanding to more locations

The Ballroom Bowl has long been the only place in Toronto's downtown core where you can grab a drink, a bite, and bowl to your heart's content, but some exciting new expansion plans will soon give patrons two more locations in the city to practice their strike at.

In an exclusive to Retail Insider this week, the venue's owner revealed that to add to their 23,500 square foot, two-storey space in the Entertainment District, they are opening a new outpost in Yorkville later this month, to be followed by one at Yonge-Dundas Square at the end of next year.

The new spots will differ in feel from the OG Ballroom that has graced John Street for 13 years, each reflecting their respective neighbourhoods.

The Yorkville location — announced earlier this year for 1 Bloor Street East, taking over the defunct McEwan Fine Foods space — is slated to feel more bougie with additional VIP options, and the Yonge-Dundas one, more industrial and urban.

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These new openings will add 38,500 square feet to the company's Toronto footprint, with the Yonge and Bloor location being slightly smaller than John Street at 20,000 square feet, and Yonge-Dundas, 25 per cent smaller than that.

The next step will be going national with the brand, which has been understandably popular for all types of parties and group outings, while still keeping the focus on the GTA.

Along with bowling and private events, Ballroom has live bands, DJs, karaoke nights, a games room, and 50+ flatscreens and projectors for sports viewing.