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The Horseshoe Tavern A live music bar on at 370 Queen Street West (near Spadina Avenue). As you can see from the photo on the left, it has a small street frontage, easy to miss. Has been around for over 50 years and has hosted
famous artists including The Rolling Stones, Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Bryan Adams, Willie Nelson, Big Sugar, Cowboy Junkies, Stompin Tom Connors, Los Lobos, Sloan, Spirit of the West, Everclear, Foo Fighters.
The Rivoli located at 334 Queen Street West (between Spadina Avenue and Peter Street). In the photo at the right it has a blue and yellow awning extending out over the sidewalk.
Features a little something for everyone. A live music venue. Art shows in the dining room. Martini bar Has a pool hall too. Check out their online menu.
The el Mocambo famous Toronto landmark (remember Margaret Trudeau and The Rolling Stones back in the 70's) located at 464 Spadina Avenue just south of College Street.
Fetish Masquerade At the Reverb, 651 Queen Street West (south east corner of Bathurst and Queen), doors open at 10pm. This event seems to be held on the 3rd Saturday of each month but check the website to be sure.
Madam X is currently holding a Fetish Night at a public, licensed nightclub called the afterlife, at 250 Adelaide Street West in downtown Toronto on the last Tuesday of every month. The party begins at 9:30 PM and runs till 3:00 AM. $10.00 cover charge. Strict fetish dress code in effect. Leather, PVC, Latex, Lingerie, Cross-dress, Military, Infant wear and Costumes permitted. No street clothes. Change rooms are provided. Bondage props are available and role-play is encouraged.
The Bovine Sex Club at 542 Queen Street West (east of Bathurst), out of the nightclub district and in the trendy part of Queen Street West. Check their site for upcoming events.
Savage Garden at 550 Queen Street West (east of Bathurst). See their website for events.
The entertainment district in Toronto has theaters (Royal Alexandra and Princess of Wales), comedy clubs (The Second City and Yuk Yuk's), restaurants and night clubs of all descriptions. The photo above of is the Mink Nightclub at 150 Pearl Street, you can locate other nightclubs here. There is also the Paramount Toronto (see photo above), a $30 million dollar entertainment center at Richmond and John Streets. The entertainment district extends from University Avenue in the east to Spadina in the west to Front street in the south and north to Queen Street. The district really took off in the early '90's when the Skydome and the Princess of Wales theatre opened. Now there are many nightclubs and bistros, some large some small; tucked into quiet side streets. Unfortunately the TTC does not run accessible routes into this district. There MAY be accessiblity via THE PATH from Queen and Union Station subway stations on the Yonge street line. There is an accessible route from Union Station subway station to Metro Hall near King and John Streets, however, this route may be open only during business hours since it is through some of the big office towers. Also, several of the doors are not equipped for automatic opening, so if you use a wheelchair you might have to get someone to hold it open for you. On the plus side, if you go during the day there is plenty of upscale shops and food courts with accessible washrooms. From the Union Station subway go north through the Royal Bank Plaza continue on to the Toronto Dominion Centre then to the Standard Life Centre and then to 145 King Street West. From here you can move through the St. Andrew subway station (this station is NOT accessible at the train level) to Roy Thompson Hall to Metro Centre and Metro Hall. Take the elevator to ground level and exit onto King Street.
For a source of excellent advice with the latest news on the Toronto Club scene see ClubCrawlers.
Looking for a restaurant in Toronto or the GTA? Try Menu Palace which bills itself as "Toronto's Ultimate Restaurant & Hospitality Guide." You can find restaurants anywhere in the area, along with menus. For restaurants in the entertainment district only use this link.
Here is a shot of Roy Thompson Hall from King Street in the Entertainment District with part of the CN tower visible behind it. You can see the other side of this building in the CBC webcam image above (photo taken looking in a southwest direction from the north side of King Street).