Woody's will be serving late (Image: Neal Jennings)
Of all the fun associated with Pride—the parade, the wild outfits, the half-naked people littering the streets—call us jaded, but our favourite part is getting our drink on until 4 a.m. Like in recent years, most of the festivities will be split between Church Street and Parkdale, but this year, Queen West will be a whole lot quieter as homo hipster hot spot Wrongbar (and host of such major Pride events as Big Primpin’ and the Will Munro memorial Vazaleen) was denied a late licence—surprising news, as it was allowed to stay open late two weekends ago for NXNE. Here, the bars officially licensed to stay open until 4 a.m., from Thursday July 1 through to Sunday July 4:
The Barn
414–418 Church St.
416-593-9696
Byzantium
499 Church St.
416-922-3859
Crews and Tango’s Restaurant and Bar
508–510 Church St.
416-972-1662
Empire Restaurant and Lounge
50 Cumberland St.
416-840-8440
Fire on the East Side
6 Gloucester St.
416-960-3473
Footwork
425 Adelaide St. W.
416-913-3488
Fuzion House
580 Church St.
416-944-9888
Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. W.
416-531-4635
Goodhandy’s
120 Church St.
416-706-4237
O’Grady’s Restaurant
518 Church St.
416-323-2822
Opera House Dining Theatre
737 Queen St. E.
416-466-0313
Remington’s Men of Steel
379 Yonge St.
416-977-2160
Slack’s Restaurant and Bar
562 Church St.
416-928-2151
Voglie Ristorante and Bar
582 Church St.
416-929-9108
Woody’s on Church
467 Church St.
416-972-0887
Zelda’s at Living Well
692 Yonge St.
416-922-2526
Zipperz Bar
72 Carlton St.
416-921-0066
Approved only until 2:45, licensed for indoor areas only:
Annex Wreck Room
794 Bathurst St.
416-536-0346
You can thank Parkdale City Councillor Gord Perks for blocking Wrongbar’s extended license during Pride Toronto. Unfortunately Perks seems to think that gays living in Parkdale are not worthy or important enough to be allowed to celebrate Pride in their own neighbourhood.
July 2, 2010 at 2:12 pm | by Parkdale Shame