The Dance Cave
529 Bloor St. West
416.532.1598
I’m pretty sure The Dance Cave has been around since before dirt. It’s situated above famed live-music venue, Lee’s Palace, and it’s about the same footage and layout-a big square, but without a stage for bands.
It’s got that late-80s boho Queen St. vibe that the Bamboo had and the Horseshoe [...]
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294 College Street
2nd Floor
416.832.3933
In the 90s there was an illegal after hours above the paint store on the corner of College and Spadina. I only mention it because every time I go to Studio Gallery (also on the second floor on College, but a few door down) I think of that space.
It’s an alternative gallery [...]
The skins on Flo’s Diner are these: it was
a gorgeous 50s diner in the heart of Yorkville on a corner lot. It WAS where that stupid condo that’s also the Roots is now and the corner was on a parking lot which is now that park fail.
Flo’s had to move to the second floor of [...]
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been lusting after the olden days hard lately.
And Watusi’s got that sensibility on lock.
From the shared meals, which further encourage throwbacks like conversation to the cute way all the wait staff dress like 60s stewardesses, Watsusi’s totally Mad Men fun.
With cocktail names like: Skinny Bitch, Slow Screw [...]
Marben is a bit of a glitch as far as restaurants and bars inthe King St West neighborhood go.
You’d think it was stuck up cause it’s on Wellington and it’s really damn nice inside, not to mention the food is super high end.
But no dice, it’s actually mad cool.
Wellington is one of those secret streets [...]
Show & Tell Gallery has to have the best location in the city (1162 Dundas St. West).
Ossington is the new awesome in Toronto no matter how much west enders bitch about it being over run with the dreaded Liberty Village crowd.
The strip between Dundas and Queen is filled with sexy little resto-bars mixed in with [...]
At first, I wasn’t into the Big Fat Burrito - I was integrally against it.
It had that chain-resto stink on it and in ‘the market’!
No way, no how. I would never go.
And then it grew on me.
It became a neighborhood joint like any other and I never saw another so I decided to give it a whirl.
The [...]
In the middle of Kensington market, on Augusta is the Hungary Thai.
It’s owned by two lovely women, one who cooks and one who waits tables. They have a small TV, a small patio and basement bathrooms that are single stall and also…pretty small.
The basic concept here is Thai food and Hungarian, which only sounds gross [...]
There are two sides to most everything…
1) By day, 751 is pure pub all re-deep fried McCain French fries and hot wings with the UFC playing from one of several flat screen TVs throughout.
2) At night, 751 turns into a bunch of one-off theme parties.
My favourite is probably “Slow Jams” and “Motown Party” both put [...]
Ronnnie’a Local 069 is hands down my fav bar in Kensington Market.
It’s got it all:
skids
rockers
hippies
trust fun kids
hipsters, and
a lot of the people who actually work in the market.
In the summer, time they have this big shared seating beach-table patio in the front and it’s impossible to ever get a seat, but everyone just kinda squishes. [...]
The Bright Pearl is nestled in the heart of Chinatown.
It’s a 350-seater restaurant open for Lunch and dinner and it books out for banquets; absolutely, hands-down my favourite place for weekend dim sum. A real urban treat.
The crowd at The Bright Pearl is bustling and diverse. From first generation Chinese-Canadians to families, downtown kids, 20-somethings [...]
