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West Queen West, Toronto Shopping Guide

A map some of the coolest independent shops in West Queen West, Toronto.

69 Vintage

What's the difference between a store and a gallery? Stores stock, galleries curate. 69 Vintage is clearly a vintage gallery. Eschewing the "more is more" philosophy of the...

Boutique Le Trou

To visit Boutique Le Trou is to get a sense of what fine Canadian clothing is really about. An abstract display will get your attention, a gallery setting will put you in the right mood, and...

Cabaret

For all those who think vintage clothing means polyester button-downs and bell-bottoms. For all those that think of John Travolta leisure suits as the typical vintage suit. Meet Cabaret. The...

Commute Home

Your commute home never looked so good. Commute Home deals in the modern furniture of your dreams. Chic accessories and art pieces abound, but the stars of the show are their custom-built tables,...

Comrags

Other designers may get your attention with bright colors, bold patterns or salacious cuts. The clothing of Comrags is equal parts modern lines, attractive fit and careful construction. The...

Delphic

Like all good urban clothing shops, Delphic does a beautiful job of mixing the local with the international, the up-and-coming with the established. Menswear comes from Sweden, jeans come from...

Dexterity

We like intricate, traditionally crafted furniture shaped by thousands of years of history and culture as much as the next person, but in the case of Asian furniture sometimes we feel like saying...

Girl Friday

After gray suits, black trousers and white shirts during the week, Girl Friday will start you weekend in style. Purses in bright stripes, dresses with cute prints, colorful flip-flops, black...

In Abstracto

Rest assured that the furniture and accessories at In Abstracto are quite real. The shop features mid-century modern furnishings at their best--not as rarefied design icons but as fully functional...

Jalan

The rub with buying anything Asian in a Western country is authenticity. Yes, your table was made in China but so was my alarm clock. Would the piece ever be seen in a proper Chinese home? That...

Klaxon Howl

Reader Suggested: Klaxon Howl is Toronto's most unique menswear store to date. The warm, brick-and-wood "barrack" style environment contains carefully selected vintage military pieces from various...

Magic Pony

There was a time when being an artist meant canvas and oils, marble and chisels. That was then. Magic Pony is now. The store and gallery is a showcase of young, creative people and the work they...

Meg

Featuring the designs of Meghan Kinney, Meg offers a complete, fun and completely fun wardrobe for women. There everything from impeccably cut slacks to lacy tops, tweed suits to a multitude of...

Morba

Typically as a store runs out of space, they expand. At Morba, they've perfected the art of structurally sound stacking. Chairs are piled on top of more chairs, furniture is stacked to the...

Nearly Naked

When you're nearly naked what you are wearing is all the more important. Nearly Naked understands this notion quite well. A departure from lingerie stores that are all intricate lace or satin,...

Quasi Modo

With modern furniture and accessories going in so many different directions (organic, industrial, or space-age; metal, wood, or plastic) it's hard to point at one aesthetic and say...

Rotate This

Rotate this. That's an order. In a politically correct world where critisizing anything is anathema, Rotate This is CD/vinyl shopping with an opinion, an opinion apparent as much in the stock...

Spectacle

At Spectacle, we spied a saleswoman trying to convince a man to buy some ultra-hip red glasses. "They look so great on you," she said (she was right). But homeboy wasn't having it....

Studio Brillantine

Design stores with fun stuff to look at are so passé. At Studio Brillantine, the design items look right back at you. Tin-Tin grins back at your from a tall glass, funny faces meet your gaze from...

Studio Deluxe

Studio Deluxe is proof positive that luxury need not only appear in fancy dresses and tailored suits. The boutique is stocked with street-ready wares that are luxurious in their own way....

Stylegarage

Does you home's style need a tune up? Try the Stylegarage. The tasteful furniture store offers its own line of furniture and accessories emphasizing premium materials and careful...

The Paper Place

That's The Paper Place, with an emphasis on the "The," as in once you walk inside you really wont consider getting fine paper from anywhere else. Opened in 1982 as The Japanese...

Token

Available by the dozens: tokens of your appreciateion. Token has an uncanny eye for the types of objects take make perfect gifts. Color and pattern are front and center here. Journals and wallets...

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