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The Marquis of Granby opened quietly last week on Church, north of Gerrard – the se prevly home to landmark gay statn The Barn for the last 2..

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After years of stg abandoned on Church Street, the buildg that once hoed one of Toronto's most inic gay nightclubs uld soon transform i... * the barn gay bar toronto *

One of the largt and longt-lastg gay dance clubs Toronto, this Sherbourne Street super-club went through a number of evolutns as spurred the lol mastreamg of gay culture durg the ’80s and ’90s.

History: The story of Boots, one of Toronto’s bt-known and longt-lastg gay dance clubs, begs 1980 at the Waldorf Astoria apartment buildg.

12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS

Today, the three-storey buildg that once hoed the legendary Barn & Stabl gay nightclub ss abandoned and gradg at the centre of Church S... * the barn gay bar toronto *

Photo by Joan Anrson, urty of the Canadian Lbian & Gay Archiv.

Wh the help of two rare DJ mix, we revis the early-‘80s Yonge Street club that provid Toronto’s gay muny wh a safe haven and showsed cuttg-edge dance-mic sounds, before the spectre of AIDS brought the party to a close. By the mid-1960s, both taverns were known to be gay bars.

THE BARN/THE STABLSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"THE BARN\U002FTHE STABL","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"418 CHURCH ST ","ADDRSLOLY":"TORONTO","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"CANADA","POSTALCO":"M5B 2A3"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"2.0","REVIEWCOUNT":4},"@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOTHE BARN/THE STABL24 REVIEWSGAY BARSREAD MORETHIS LOTN WAS REPORTED PERMANENTLY CLOSEDVIS WEBSECALLWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG“ A REASON. THE PLACE WAS HORRIBLE.”TWO WORDS: SUCKED. NOTICED THE PAST TENSE. KEPT A LE THE LD WHEN THERE WAS HARDLY ANYONE SI. THE BATHROOMS ARE DISGTG AND OVERALL NOT A FUN TIME. I BELIEVE THEY ARE CLOSED NOW. “WORST CLUB TOWN! DO NOT GO THERE!”VERY SECURY STAFF, BAR TENRS, ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY, AFTER THAT THEY'LL JT KICK YOU OUT TO GET MORE STUMERS . DO NOT GO THERE, ALL YOU WILL GET IS A BAD AND TREATMENT.SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGBE THE FIRST TO UPLOAD A PHOTOUPLOAD A PHOTOTOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSNIAGARA FALLS ONE DAY SIGHTSEEG TOUR OM TORONTO539FULL-DAY TOURSOM $119.26 PER ADULTNIAGARA FALLS DAY TOUR OM TORONTO WH BOAT, LUNCH& WERY STOP328REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.LUNCH CISOM $135.87 PER ADULTBEST SELLERNIAGARA FALLS DAY TOUR OM TORONTO1,482REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $74.73 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*7-MUTE HELIPTER TOUR OVER TORONTO73REMEND94% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.AUD GUISOM $105.68 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*KENSGTON MARKET -TORONTO'S NEIGHBORHOOD INTERNATNAL FOOD TOUR383REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $74.73 PER ADULTBCE PENSULA DAY TRIP OM TORONTO23REMEND95% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FULL-DAY TOURSOM $212.86 PER ADULTTORONTO ISLANDS MORNG BIKE TOUR85REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BIKE TOURSOM $81.03 PER ADULTNIAGARA FALLS TOUR FROM TORONTO WH SKIP-THE-LE BOAT CISE737REMEND94% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $83.01 PER ADULT60-MUTE TORONTO SIGHTSEEG HARBOUR TOUR45BOAT TOURSOM $25.51 PER ADULTBT OF TORONTO SMALL GROUP TOUR WH CN TOWER AND HARBOUR CISE163REMEND96% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $158.52 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS418 CHURCH ST, TORONTO, ONTAR M5B 2A3 CANADANEIGHBORHOOD: DOWNTOWNAT THE HEART OF TORONTO, DOWNTOWN IS THE STATN FOR CHEAP EATS AND FAST FASHN. CUT THROUGH BY HIP AND TRENDY YONGE STREET, THE VIBE HERE IS YOUNG, WH A STRONG STUNT FLUENCE OM THE RYERSON UNIVERSY CAMP. AS A RULT, THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS ALWAYS FLUX: UNRGOG THE NSTCTN OF NEW FACILI, WH H RETAIL SPAC AND POP-UP F. HOME TO TORONTO'S LARGT DOOR SHOPPG MALL, A NUMBER OF VTAGE CEMAS, AND A HEALTHY NIGHTLIFE CENTERED ON THE AREA'S DISTILLERY DISTRICT BAR AND CLUBS NEAR THE EAST END, 'S BOTH AN EASYGOG DAYTIME SPOT AND A POPULAR PARTY PLACE AFTER SUNSET. IT ALSO FEATUR SOME OF TORONTO'S BT OUTDOOR LANDMARKS, CLUDG YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE AND THE NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE: PERFECT FOR A NCERT, A SKATE, OR A RELAXG S-DOWN.READ MOREHOW TO GET THERECOLLEGE • 4 M WALKDUNDAS • 7 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS4,120 WH 3 KKA IZAKAYA ORIGAL537226 FT$$ - $$$ • JAPANE • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYHAIR OF THE DOG RTRANT & PUB3310.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBLOBLAW'S239301 FT$ • SPECIALTY FOOD MARKET • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSAGA5570.3 MI$$ - $$$ • SEAFOOD • MEDERRANEAN • EUROPEANFRAN'S RTRANT & BAR7750.2 MI$ • AMERIN • INTERNATNAL • DERBARBERIAN'S STEAK HOE7330.3 MI$$$$ • STEAKHOE • CANADIANTHE BLAKE HOE3020.3 MI$$ - $$$ • BAR • PUB • CANADIANSALAD KG RTRANT7330.3 MI$ • ASIAN • THAI • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYDONATELLO RTRANT7690.3 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSBANH MI BOYS1520.2 MI$ • QUICK B • FAST FOOD • ASIANSEE ALLATTRACTNS537 WH 6 MAPLE LEAF GARNS143353 FTARCHECTURAL BUILDGSGALLERY ARCTUS2486 FTART GALLERI • SPECIALY MMSMATTAMY ATHLETIC CENTRE2372 FTSPORTS COMPLEXNIAGARA TOURS210.1 MIHISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSLTLE CANADA1860.3 MISPECIALY MMSALLAN GARNS CONSERVATORY6540.2 MIGARNSST. ANDREW'S LATVIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH10.2 MICHURCH & CATHEDRALSCHURCH STREET1010.2 MINEIGHBORHOODS • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSED MIRVISH THEATRE1,5860.4 MITHEATERSST. LAWRENCE MARKET13,9730.9 MIFLEA & STREET MARKETSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.2.04 REVIEWSEXCELLENT0VERY GOOD1AVERAGE0POOR0TERRIBLE3FARAH K61 A REASON. THE PLACE WAS HORRIBLE.TWO WORDS: SUCKED. NOTICED THE PAST TENSE. KEPT A LE THE LD WHEN THERE WAS HARDLY ANYONE SI. THE BATHROOMS ARE DISGTG AND OVERALL NOT A FUN TIME. I BELIEVE THEY ARE CLOSED NOW. READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 27, 2012THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.JENN90210MISSISSGA, CANADA6 NTRIBUTNS3WORST CLUB TOWN! DO NOT GO THERE!VERY SECURY STAFF, BAR TENRS, ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY, AFTER THAT THEY'LL JT KICK YOU OUT TO GET MORE STUMERS . DO NOT GO THERE, ALL YOU WILL GET IS A BAD AND TREATMENT.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 3, 2011THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MSNATXTORONTO/MONTREAL1 NTRIBUTN0RE:I HAD MY FIRST SECURY SHIFT THERE LAST NIGHT AND I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GOOD, ACTUALLY. I'M SURE THGS HAVE TAMED SCE THEN. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THE PANY I WORK FOR HAS BEEN DOG DOORS THERE, BUT I WAS TOLD YTERDAY THAT ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE UNFORTABLE/UNSUED FOR HAVE BEEN LET GO AND REPLACED.Y - YOUR BAG WILL BE SEARCHED AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CHECK AT CHECK.Y- YOU WILL BE RD UNLS OBVLY OF AGEIT'S ALL JT PART OF THE L/STANDARD PROCRE WHEN GOG TO CLUBS AS OF LATE. WE N'T AFFORD TO HAVE ANY MORE TROUBLE THIS CY THAN THERE ALREADY IS.I -PERSONALLY- HAVE NEVER FELT SO FORTABLE AND WELE A SECURY POSN MY LIFE.I HOPE YOU DO E BACK JT TO CHECK OUT AGA, IF I'M WRONG (AS I DON'T WORK THE ONT DOOR) I WILL BE MY TONGUE.READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 27, 2008THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ZACHSMONTREAL, CANADA6 NTRIBUTNS7WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BARNI HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE NEW BARN TWICE SCE REOPENED. NOT AT ALL THE IENDLY PLACE ED TO BE. AGRSIVE SECURY AND UNIENDLY BAR STAFF. I WENT FOR THE SEND TIME JT THIS EVENG, WELL FACT I ONLY MA TO THE ONT DOOR. WATCHED THE DOOR MAN STOP SEARCH AND QUTN EVERYONE ENTERG. WHAT AN UNFORTABLE SUATN TO WNS. GUYS WERE CLEARLY UNFORTABLE WH AND SEEMED PLETELY OVER THE TOP. WHEN ME MY TURN THE DOOR MAN TERIGATED ME AS HE DID THE OTHERS. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD BEEN ANYWHERE EARLIER. I ASKED HIM WHY HE WOULD ASK ME A QUTN LIKE THAT. HE LOOKED TO MY EY ALMOST EXAMG ME. I STOOD FIRM AND DID NOT FLCHED. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT I WAS TOO DNK TO ENTER AND TURNED ME AWAY. I WAS SHOCKED BUT NOT SURPRISED. I HAVE NO IA WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT I WAS PLETELY SOBER AND HAVE NOT HAD A DRK YEARS. I CERTALY WILL NOT GO BACK.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 5, 2008THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLTORONTO URBAN ADVENTUR394BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • WALKG TOURSDOWNTOWNTORONTO FOOD TOURS INC.354BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • COOKG CLASSDOWNTOWNTHE SEND CY TORONTO884THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSDOWNTOWNTHE LOL VIBE TOURS TORONTO48BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • CULTURAL TOURSOPEN NOW • SRBOROUGHTAST & TAL TORONTO28BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • BEER TASTGS & TOURSWT ENDREX JAZZ AND BLU BAR158BARS & CLUBS • JAZZ BARSDOWNTOWNL COMEDY CLUB17COMEDY CLUBSRERVOIR LOUNGE121JAZZ BARS • DANCE CLUBS & DISSDOWNTOWNHORSHOE TAVERN77BARS & CLUBSDOWNTOWNSOMA CHOLATEMAKER72SPECIALY & GIFT SHOPS • COFFEEHODOWNTOWNIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGTHE BARN/THE STABL - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO (WH PHOTOS)

Pri isn’t over after June 30 — celebrate your urage year-round at the most fabulo gay bars Toronto. * the barn gay bar toronto *

At that pot history, gay nightlife Toronto was still very much unrground. It was mon for the heterosexual owners of gay bars to be ntemptuo of their clientele. Arrts were ma, and the practice ntued throughout the 1970s, even as gay activists anized leafletg mpaigns and lled for boytts of the bar.

Durg the mid-to-late-1970s, Yonge Street was the ma artery of Toronto gay social life ( would shift to Church the mid-1980s). Those lookg to dance uld h a number of spots near Yonge and Wellley, like The Manatee, The Qut, Katra’s, Club David’s, The Maygay (later Charly’s), and Corneli, which sat above biker bar The Gasworks.

THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO

The Barn has always been my favoure club on Church St. There is somethg so seedy all the sexit ways about . From the name down to the lotn to the actual space self, The Barn has never had a style or a preference or a trend, 's jt "The Barn". It's one of those plac that everyone has been. Straight, gay, boys, girls, leather, bears, trolls, twks, lezzi, everyone has had at least one good night at The Barn.I'll give you the Cole's not of the sadns that has pervad recent years: origal owner, Janko Naglic was murred October of 2004 and the muny was left total shock. Later, all me out that The Barn was actually on tough tim and Janko was barely holdg together and shut down for much longer than anticipated. In 2007, they opened their doors for Halloween to a packed crowd, wh a newly repated exterr but mostly the same on the si. Of urse, the famo patg of two wboys wh their arms around each other is still on the South now 's been re-brand, which is a whole other story than jt a at of pat. The Barn, once the bt cisg spot on Church is back and takg no prisoners. It's pletely re-done. Black and red is the new lour scheme throughout. The first floor is still loungy and the bars and dance floor are the same spots, but there is a her, lighter feel to , wh a hot entrance stead of merely jt a door and fy uch to plete the laid back feel. On the send floor there are new satelle bars and more black and red r. The send floor smokg pat is still accsible om here. And then there's the third floor. On top of a dance floor and another bar there's somethg new and special kids. Two words sum up perfectly: sex maze. There was always a dark back room for gettg on, but now there's a legimate maze plete wh glory hol, nooks, dim lightg, cranni, an iron cross and more red lightg. Never a better hot ms did anyone ever else is new? The summer lp is lookg dope. In addn to an already rammed College Night on Wedndays wh DJ Summatn and Fridays wh rints Mark Fal, Deko-ze, Jamal and Jay Force, new Thursday, Htler wh Matt C looks pretty nuts. For those of you who remember Matt C om back the Indtry days he's baaaaack, for the summer at least. New Saturday, There Go The Neighborhood, hosted by Matt Sims b east and wt wh DJs Vivi Diamond (Thunrpsy), Vanka (CiRCA/StudTo), Shane McKnon (Foxhole), Real Talk and Doctor story short, The Barn is most fely back on track and here's a ltle predictn: I bet 'll be the hottt spot on Church this summer.Wrg by Anna Von Franc * the barn gay bar toronto *

By 1977, there were even two gay-owned bars the area: The Barn, opened by Janko Naglic at 418 Church, and small cise bar Dus, opened by Roger Wilk, a founr of the York Universy Homophile Associatn, and his partner David Payne an alley jt behd The Parksi. In this edn of her nightlife-history seri, Denise Benson tak back to the after-hours nightclub that helped mobilize Toronto’s gay-rights movement the 1980s. History: In 1980s’ Toronto, street rners and dance clubs still served as sential meetg spots for gays and other margalized muni.

On the outer edg of the Church and Wellley-centred gay village, the rner was close to popular homo hnts cludg Yonge Street’s St. Charl Tavern, Trax, and the Parksi Tavern, wh gay dance club Stag above . Nearby bathho were plentiful, Queen’s Park was still a major pick-up spot, and easy bar-hoppg meant that gay men had lots of optns even those pre-Grdr days.

“The Yonge and Isabella area was really amazgly gay, ” rells event producer Maxwell Blandford, once a key figure adventurome Toronto clubs and now based Miami. “Many bars, along wh stor like Northbound Leather, were wh a uple of blocks and fed thoands of gay people to that rridor.

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DO NOT GO THERE, ALL YOU WILL GET IS A BAD AND TREATMENT.SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGBE THE FIRST TO UPLOAD A PHOTOUPLOAD A PHOTOTOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSNIAGARA FALLS ONE DAY SIGHTSEEG TOUR OM TORONTO542FULL-DAY TOURSOM C$158.00 PER ADULTNIAGARA FALLS DAY TOUR OM TORONTO WH BOAT, LUNCH& WERY STOP332REMEND92% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.LUNCH CISOM C$180.00 PER ADULTBEST SELLERNIAGARA FALLS DAY TOUR OM TORONTO1,487REMEND97% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM C$99.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*7-MUTE HELIPTER TOUR OVER TORONTO73REMEND94% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.AUD GUISOM C$140.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*KENSGTON MARKET -TORONTO'S NEIGHBORHOOD INTERNATNAL FOOD TOUR384REMEND98% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM C$99.00 PER ADULTTORONTO ISLANDS MORNG BIKE TOUR87REMEND97% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BIKE TOURSOM C$107.35 PER ADULTNIAGARA FALLS TOUR FROM TORONTO WH SKIP-THE-LE BOAT CISE740REMEND94% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM C$109.97 PER ADULTBEST SELLERTORONTO TALL SHIP BOAT CISE177FOOD & DRKOM C$42.94 PER ADULT60-MUTE TORONTO SIGHTSEEG HARBOUR TOUR46BOAT TOURSOM C$33.79 PER ADULTBT OF TORONTO SMALL GROUP TOUR WH CN TOWER AND HARBOUR CISE164REMEND96% OF TRAVELLERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM C$210.00 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS418 CHURCH ST, TORONTO, ONTAR M5B 2A3 CANADANEIGHBOURHOOD: DOWNTOWNAT THE HEART OF TORONTO, DOWNTOWN IS THE STATN FOR CHEAP EATS AND FAST FASHN. CUT THROUGH BY HIP AND TRENDY YONGE STREET, THE VIBE HERE IS YOUNG, WH A STRONG STUNT FLUENCE OM THE RYERSON UNIVERSY CAMP. AS A RULT, THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS ALWAYS FLUX: UNRGOG THE NSTCTN OF NEW FACILI, WH H RETAIL SPAC AND POP-UP F. HOME TO TORONTO'S LARGT DOOR SHOPPG MALL, A NUMBER OF VTAGE CEMAS, AND A HEALTHY NIGHTLIFE CENTERED ON THE AREA'S DISTILLERY DISTRICT BAR AND CLUBS NEAR THE EAST END, 'S BOTH AN EASYGOG DAYTIME SPOT AND A POPULAR PARTY PLACE AFTER SUNSET. IT ALSO FEATUR SOME OF TORONTO'S BT OUTDOOR LANDMARKS, CLUDG YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE AND THE NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE: PERFECT FOR A NCERT, A SKATE, OR A RELAXG S-DOWN.READ MOREHOW TO GET THERECOLLEGE • 4 M WALKDUNDAS • 7 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS4,120 WH 5 KMSKKA IZAKAYA ORIGAL53769 M$$ - $$$ • JAPANE • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYHAIR OF THE DOG RTRANT & PUB3310.2 KM$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBLOBLAW'S23992 M$ • SPECIALY FOOD MARKET • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSAGA5570.5 KM$$ - $$$ • SEAFOOD • MEDERRANEAN • EUROPEANFRAN'S RTRANT & BAR7760.4 KM$ • AMERIN • INTERNATNAL • DERBARBERIAN'S STEAK HOE7330.4 KM$$$$ • STEAKHOE • CANADIANTHE BLAKE HOE3020.4 KM$$ - $$$ • BAR • PUB • CANADIANSALAD KG RTRANT7330.4 KM$ • ASIAN • THAI • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYDONATELLO RTRANT7690.5 KM$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSBANH MI BOYS1520.3 KM$ • QUICK B • FAST FOOD • ASIANSEE ALLATTRACTNS537 WH 10 KMSMAPLE LEAF GARNS1430.1 KMARCHECTURAL BUILDGSGALLERY ARCTUS20.1 KMART GALLERI • SPECIALY MMSMATTAMY ATHLETIC CENTRE20.1 KMSPORTS COMPLEXNIAGARA TOURS210.2 KMHISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSLTLE CANADA1920.5 KMSPECIALY MMSALLAN GARNS CONSERVATORY6540.4 KMGARNSST. ANDREW'S LATVIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH10.3 KMCHURCH & CATHEDRALSCHURCH STREET1010.3 KMNEIGHBOURHOODS • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSED MIRVISH THEATRE1,5860.7 KMTHEATRST. LAWRENCE MARKET13,9731.5 KMFLEA & STREET MARKETSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.2.04 REVIEWSEXCELLENT0VERY GOOD1AVERAGE0POOR0TERRIBLE3FARAH K61 A REASON. THE PLACE WAS HORRIBLE.TWO WORDS: SUCKED. NOTICED THE PAST TENSE. KEPT A LE THE LD WHEN THERE WAS HARDLY ANYONE SI. THE BATHROOMS ARE DISGTG AND OVERALL NOT A FUN TIME. I BELIEVE THEY ARE CLOSED NOW. READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 27, 2012THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.JENN90210MISSISSGA, CANADA6 NTRIBUTNS3WORST CLUB TOWN! DO NOT GO THERE!VERY SECURY STAFF, BAR TENRS, ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY, AFTER THAT THEY'LL JT KICK YOU OUT TO GET MORE STUMERS . DO NOT GO THERE, ALL YOU WILL GET IS A BAD AND TREATMENT.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 3, 2011THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MSNATXTORONTO/MONTREAL1 NTRIBUTN0RE:I HAD MY FIRST SECURY SHIFT THERE LAST NIGHT AND I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GOOD, ACTUALLY. I'M SURE THGS HAVE TAMED SCE THEN. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THE PANY I WORK FOR HAS BEEN DOG DOORS THERE, BUT I WAS TOLD YTERDAY THAT ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE UNFORTABLE/UNSUED FOR HAVE BEEN LET GO AND REPLACED.Y - YOUR BAG WILL BE SEARCHED AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CHECK AT CHECK.Y- YOU WILL BE RD UNLS OBVLY OF AGEIT'S ALL JT PART OF THE L/STANDARD PROCRE WHEN GOG TO CLUBS AS OF LATE. 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Joseph, Club David’s brought gay revelers south down the alley, to 16 Phipps, where a gold rendn of Michelangelo’s David prid over the dancefloor.

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In the ’80s, David was out and mirrors were as the buildg beme new gay club Le Mystique. After years of stg abandoned on Church Street, the buildg that once hoed one of Toronto's most inic gay nightclubs uld soon transform to somethg far ls excg: the base of a ndo. Known as the "grandaddy" of Toronto's gay bar scene, The Barn rose to promence the 1980s, beg one of the cy's bt known hubs for the gay muny until the murr, still unsolved, of s owner Janko Naglic  2004.

That mural was the succsor of The Barn's gay wboy mural, a Molson Canadian classic. The herage buildg was home to the inic gay nightclub The Barn for s.

Fzrovia's proposal acknowledg the Village as "the LGBTQ2S centre of the cy", along wh The Barn's impact on Toronto's gay history.

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Intensifitn Toronto's gay village has sparked fears around the erasure and mercializatn. Today, the three-storey buildg that once hoed the legendary Barn & Stabl gay nightclub ss abandoned and gradg at the centre of Church Street's ongog ndo boom.

Buildg— dire need of repairs even then—was more than jt a nightclub:  was a place where gay men uld dance and celebrate their inty at a time when they weren't wele to do so anywhere else. "It wasn't safe on the streets, " says Dean Odori, the longtime general manager at Woody's, another gay mastay on Church.

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