Avenue & Davenport
AT Design Group
5 MACPHERSON AVE
This shop is located in a charming century-old coach house in Rosedale, just off of Yonge Street. Inside is an eclectic mix of elegant and unusual de...
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BASIA HOME
163 DUPONT ST
After designing interiors for Fortune 500 companies, Basia Polowska opened her own fashion and accessories boutique in 2006 and then a home decor shop a...
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BMV on Bloor
471 Bloor St W
Selling used and remaindered titles, BMV is notable for its helpful staff and some laughably cheap deals on coffee table art books. The three-floor stor...
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Bar Mercurio
270 Bloor St W
Straightforward Italian dishes, top-notch wood-fired pizzas and an impressive wine list have kept BM in the good books for many years. $$$ ...
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Bauhaus Doors
165 Avenue Rd
This is a company that understands that the first cue to your home’s style is its entrance: Bauhaus’ own front window is actually a gigantic...
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Belle Epoque
1066 YONGE ST
Although its name recalls French country, the owners of BE, Andrew Dymecki and Kathryn Botsford, focus on edgy Euro. The shop’s furnishi...
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Binns
1055 Bay St
The Binns family has been in the kitchen-and-bath biz for five decades. Whether you’re installing a new Kohle...
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C5
ROM, 100 Queen's Pk
Housed in the Royal Ontario Museum, C5's asymmetrical space is by Daniel Libeskind, the black-and-white interior by II by IV. In other words, don't get ...
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Deco-Tile
362 Davenport Rd
Vintage-inspired modern classics, like subway tile, hexagons and penny rounds, share space with more traditional options for tile – like la...
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Dekla
1220 Yonge St
Scavolini is the Fiat of kitchen systems – classic, timeless, contemporary and superbly engineered – and in Toronto it’s f...
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Designers Walk
168 Bedford Rd
Designers Walk is a collection of showrooms housed in five buildings at Davenport and Bedford and visited mostly by architects and interior de...
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European Hardwood Flooring Centre
920 Yonge St
European is the exclusive Toronto retailer of Listone Giordano, a brand of engineered hardwood known for its quality and range of exotic wood spe...
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Fresh on Bloor
326 Bloor St W
Don't mistake Fresh for its progenitor Juice for Life, or "Hippie Shake" as it's been called. Gone are the old hanging ferns and the dream cat...
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Gardiner Museum
111 Queen's Park
Located at the corner of Avenue and Bloor, just across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner will always be dwarfed by its neighbour&rs...
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Hollace Cluny
1070 Yonge St
Owner Susan Fowlie keeps the mix fresh at her Yonge and Summerhill shop by switching up pieces every few weeks and doing complete revamps twice yearly. ...
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Inquisitivekid
178 1/2 Davenport Rd
From a wooden windmill to the hand-painted farm animals and simple shape blocks for the budding builder, it’s all about quality at this toy and...
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Interior Elements
255 Davenport Rd
Divided into bedroom, bath, home office and kitchen areas, this showroom is a shrine to high-end Italian design. Major players include the Poliform ...
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Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner
111 Queen's Park
The Gardiner Museum’s patrons can’t seem to get enough of Jamie Kennedy’s resto, open for lunch and Friday evenings. Like the building...
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John Paul & Co.
122-124 Avenue Rd
More mini-mansion than showroom, this 418-square-metre shop is devoted to Italian luxe labels: Fendi Casa and Missoni Home, along with sel...
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Kiosk
672 Dupont St
This is the city’s exclusive retailer of Ligne Roset, the French furniture line known for interesting collaborations. Among the latest appe...
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Le Petit Castor
1118 Yonge St
This is the very archetype of what could become a new breed of eatery – the Canadian bistro. Understated by intention, Bradley ...
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Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building, U of T
144 College St
Sir Norman Foster completed the University of Toronto’s pharmacy building in 2006 – the British architect’s first in Canada. Given tha...
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Live Organic Food Bar
264 Dupont St
Dedicated to nutrition and digestion, cooked foods follow macrobiotic principles, and raw dishes (nothing is heated above 46C) are inventive. $ ...
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Mille Luce Designs
890 Yonge St
This high-tech custom lighting showroom specializes in mood lighting for any environment – indoors and out. Options range from the subtle (...
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Morrison Hall University of Toronto
75 St George St
Situated on a former parking lot, Zeidler Partnership Architects’ undergraduate residence, Morrison Hall, makes the most of its slender site. Lowe...
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Opus
37 Prince Arthur Ave
Opus wows local residents and visitors with its staggering wine list of some 45,000 bottles, which rest in the cellar below the restaurant. $$$$...
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Plan B Office
195 Davenport Rd
This impeccably dressed showroom is best known for Vitra, the Swiss manufacturer of mid-century designs by Eames, Nelson, Panton, Noguchi and Jac...
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Relative Space/Floorworks
365 Dupont St
Two divisions of the same company take up this roomy showroom. Relative Space – which also operates a location in New York’s East Village &n...
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Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Architect Daniel Libeskind’s extension to the Royal Ontario Museum has been under critical siege since the moment plans were unveiled in 2002. Man...
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South Hill Home
200 Dupont St
This home furnishings store carries a wide range of tailored seating, but their standout items are accessories that run to the more exotic...
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Studiocasa+
Designers Walk BLDG #2, 326 Davenport RD
Italian kitchen manufacturer Modulnova, known for its seductive minimalist cabinetry and refinement. Studiocasa+ also carries Italian-designed...
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Tendex
247 Davenport Rd
Everything carried in this midtown showroom is exclusive, represented by the high-end European lines Draenert, Viteo, FSM, R&oum...
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Terrence Donnelly Centre, U of T
160 College St
The faculties of medicine, pharmacy, applied science and engineering have access to state-of-the-art laboratory facilities in the University of Toronto&...
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The Gracious Living Centre
287 Davenport Rd
Kitchen and bathroom vignettes in this showroom bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary: not too modern, but not fussy either. Much o...
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The Royal Conservatory
TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning
A new star has been added to Bloor West’s walk of architectural fame – a jaunty strip that includes within a few blocks the KPMB-designed Ga...
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Vienna Douglas
677 Dupont St
Designer and owner Brian Dragonette is inspired by the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Josef Hoffmann, but his art deco–influenced bathroom ...
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W Studio
160 PEARS AVE, DESIGNERS WALK, Bldg #5, STE #310
Owner Alan Pourvakil considers his rugs to be “art for the fifth wall,” and W Studio’s carpets are heirloom-quality. Hand-woven...
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WorkShop
80 BLOOR ST W CONCOURSE LEVEL
Thanks to an underground location and the sound of trains passing through Bay station, the clacking of high heels along Bloor West goes unheard at WorkS...
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Y&Co.
247 Davenport Rd, Suite 301
Originally conceived as a way to inject fresh energy into carpeting, Y&Co – best known for its sisal rug and David Hicks’ ...
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