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Ministry of the Interior

  • 80 Ossington Ave. (at Queen St. W.) • View on map »
  • 416-533-6684
Ministry of the Interior Ossington’s hipster-fication was complete when this temple to iconic design opened with a smug sigh. The store’s look is part garage band (concrete floors, patchwork ceiling), part museum of curiosities (vitrines hold sculptural flatware by Tse-Tse). Furnishings tend to make a statement, usually with a smack of nostalgia: white enamelled wall clocks from Established & Sons ($419–$1,753) combine old-school fonts to a vaguely ’70s effect; recycled plastic picnic table and bench sets ($400–$1,500) by Brooklyn-based Jason Miller feature messages typically carved into its city park brethren. A dose of practicality comes in the form of bed sheets by Dwell ($232–$270) in pretty graphic patterns.
Hours:
Tu–Sa 10–6, Su noon–5
Location
  • map marker #1
    80 Ossington Ave. (at Queen St. W.)
  • 416-533-6684

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