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47 Milky Way
A few steps south of Queen West and down a graffiti-strewn alley, this space is purposely rough and ready – perfect for installing art that’...
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Art History
1080 Queen St W
If two art fiends ransacked first an eccentric granny's cottage and then her bohemian grandkids' art studio, and lovingly filled a city shop&n...
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BLACK PUG DMK
1712 Queen St W
Daisuke Kono’s Parkdale vintage shop is a lively mishmash of found and refashioned furnishings, antique typewriters, wall clocks and desk f...
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Bar_One
924 Queen St W
The entrance to Bar_One is lined with mosaic tiles, adding a touch of retro warmth to this intimate and sophisticated bar-restaurant that's been a local...
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Bookhou
798 Dundas St W
This is cute and crafty local design at it best – with an emphasis on family friendly. A mobile of hand-laminated maple veneer birds...
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Casalife
171 East Liberty St, Unit #170
Condo-dwellers looking to make the most of their space go to Casalife. The focus here is on sustainably-made, modern, multi-purpose furniture. Th...
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Drake Hotel General Store
1144 Queen St W
This gift-and-tchotchke outpost of the Drake Hotel has just the right mix of quirky and kitschy treasures. Campy cabin meets cool city on the she...
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Forever Interiors
2903 Dundas St W
Not far from fellow reclaim outlets Smash and Post & Beam, Forever Interiors owner, Martin Scott, is doing his own thing. Discarded goods that he sa...
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Inabstracto
1160 Queen St W
Owner Kate Eisen’s passion for varied materials and mid-century modern furniture and design is well-displayed here, with an extensive colle...
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Industrial Storm
1099 Queen St W
Gary Flaherty and Hanson Tan produce furniture with urban edge and attention to detail, sketching on the spot as customers describe their dream f...
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Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
1086 and 1080 Queen St W
It’s hard to believe dealer Katharine Mulherin is celebrating her 10th anniversary on the Queen West strip. She first opened BUSGallery in 1998, o...
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LSD Lighting Solutions
99 SUDBURY ST, UNIT #105
Proprietor Dino Chantziaras prides himself on being ahead of the pack when it comes to LED lighting and lighting design. LSD caters solely to des...
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Luflic
34 Noble St, Suite 101
Luflic means lovely in Old English. That’s exactly what you can expect from furniture designers Brent Cordner and Dave Kral: inventive and memorab...
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MJÖLK
2959 DUNDAS ST W
Call it gentrification or an urban renaissance, traffic is definitely picking up in the once dry and deserted Junction neighbourhood, and Mjölk has...
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MKG127
127 Ossington Ave
Named after owner Michael Klein and the street number of his tiny storefront gallery, MKG127 is one of several start-up galleries leading the contempora...
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Made
867A Dundas St W
Toronto’s coolly intellectual shoppers head here for rustic Canadian-designed ready-made and made-to-order furniture, such as the Brothe...
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Maro
135 Liberty St
Maro, by the restaurateurs who brought you Brant House and Brassaii, leans more toward the club end of the supper club continuum. Designers Marc Kyriacou a...
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Median Contemporary
1142 Queen St. W.
Not much at this new pop-up gallery is an easy sell, but that’s part of the idea behind it. Co-owners and artists Rui Pim...
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Mildred's Temple Kitchen
85 Hanna Ave
Polished concrete floors and ottomans crafted from paper and non-woven textiles (from Vancouver’s Molo) are the main ornaments at the newly re-loc...
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Nyood
1096 Queen St W
Opulent high ceilings and stainless steel doors at Nyood (pronounced nude) set the mood for this resto/nightclub, where owner Hanif Harji and chef Roger...
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OCAD Professional Gallery
100 McCaul St
The Ontario College of Art & Design’s Professional Gallery, housed beside the landmark campus building designed by British architect Will Also...
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Odd Fellows
936 Queen St W
On the Castor Design site, Castor principal and Odd Fellows co-own...
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Olga Korper Gallery
17 Morrow Ave
Since 1989, the Olga Korper Gallery has been located in the out-of-the-way Morrow Avenue complex, an old red-brick factory in the western end of the cit...
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Paramour
94 OSSINGTON AVE
Let’s get this out of the way: Ossington Avenue’s Paramour is already a classic. If you are a woman wearing fur and delicate gloves or a man...
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Peak Gallery
23 Morrow Ave
Peak Gallery exhibits an eclectic but well-selected mix of artists working in various media and owner Zack Pospieszynski is well respected for the suppo...
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Post & Beam Reclamation
2869 Dundas St W
More salvage yard than antique store, this shop is crammed to its early-20th-century gills with one-of-a-kind building materials (oak beams, soli...
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School Bakery & Cafe
70 FRASER AVE
Designed by exec chef Brad Moore, this black brick “schoolhouse” in Liberty Village channels David Lee Roth’s “Hot for...
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Smash
2880 Dundas St W
Vintage chairs and signage, industrial desks, and lighting fixtures fill this giant reclaim emporium run by Paul Mercer, who salvages finds from ...
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Stephen Bulger Gallery
1026 Queen St W
For more than a decade, this Queen West storefront gallery (with an elegant renovation by Hariri Pontarini Architects) has presented the best of photojo...
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Studio Brillantine
1518 Queen St West
Studio Brillantine’s range of comic-strip trinkets and modernist home and lifestyle accessories – everything from watches to S&P ...
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The Floor Studio Inc.
171 East Liberty St, Unit #136
The same family that owns Madeira Hardwood Floors in Woodbridge, Ontario, runs this high-ceilinged showroom. It’s perfect for browsing samples of ...
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The Hoof Cafe
923 DUNDAS ST W
The Black Hoof’s hip younger sibling serves up carnivorous brunch and bar snacks such as suckling pig benny, pigtails and grits in a quaint space ...
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West Elm
109 Atlantic Ave
A division of Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco’s West Elm is like the hipper sibling and is designed to attract apartment- and cond...
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