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The Ossington has finally arrived. We’ll drink to that By Courtney Shea
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Nearly two years in the making, the (fashionably late) Ossington has joined the party. While various roadblocks—snags with the building permits and liquor licence among them—kept the eagerly anticipated local in a state of limbo throughout 2007, all that extra time had its advantages. “The nice thing about taking so long is that you have a chance to find all kinds of cool shit,” says photographer and co-owner Ben Rahn, who bought the space with business partner Andrew Salem. Both men are indigenous to Toronto’s notoriously cliquey arts scene, which should give them a lanky leg up on the booming strip’s many (many, many) other bars.
The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave., 416-850-0161. Monday to Sunday, 5 p.m.–2 a.m.
Photography: Jessica Eaton
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