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The Social
- 1100 Queen St. W. (at Dovercourt Rd.) • View on map »
- 416-532-4474
- http://www.thesocial.ca/
The decor consists of a long limestone bar, rough brick walls and a concrete floor. There are no frills here, just sassy bar staff and a “Welfare” sign emblazoned across one wall—actually an art piece titled “Welfare Allegory for the Death of Parkdale (As We Know It).” The crowd is a bit of everything, from Ukrainian ballerinas to strange men with handlebar moustaches. Neighbourhood impresarios Jesse Girard, Chris Watson and Richard Lambert have won over the art crowd; music darlings Feist, M.I.A. and Franz Ferdinand, as well as Johnny Knoxville, have been known to hang out here, too.
1100 Queen St. W. (at Dovercourt Rd.)
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