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Unit
- 1198 Queen St. W. (at Gladstone Ave.) • View on map »
- 416-537-6646
- http://unitbar.wordpress.com/
The denizens of Queen West have yet another place to kick up their Converse. Adorned with an assortment of urban objets d’art and groovy garage sale finds—a bar fashioned from a gym floor, a vintage roulette wheel—Unit is the latest love child of the Drake-Gladstone baby boom. Once a saloon favoured by local railroad workers, the address now attracts a different sort of chain gang—the sidewalk-populating du Maurier–puffing variety. The lack of draft may cause momentary malaise, but after a guava martini ($9) or two—a juicy blend of vodka, guava nectar and sweet vermouth—even the burliest of beer drinkers will be toasting the joys of gentrification. Closed Sunday to Tuesday.
- Open Wednesday to Saturday
1198 Queen St. W. (at Gladstone Ave.)
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