Parkdale.
There, I said. it. The dirty P work. Sure, the village’s name still conjures up images of drugs dealers and derelicts, and rightly so. They’re still here.
But the truth of the matter is that for the last several years, gentrification and the pressures from a booze-soaked business explosion in the West Queen West and Ossington Avenue areas have pushed people and their parties under the bridge at Dufferin.
Opened in late 2009 by three veterans of the Toronto bar and nightlife scene, Francesca Zielinski, Julian Reyes and Duarte Carr, Blondie’s has quickly made a name for itself, in large part to doing two very different things very well.
During the day, Blondie’s joins the ranks of area coffeehouse counterparts Salvador Darling turning out perfectly timed espresso-based beverages in the front of the bar’s space.
As the nine to five day ends, the space comes alive to the sounds of a rotating selection of DJs and party nights, often quickly packing people onto the intimate leather couches under the glow of antler chandeliers.
1387 Queen St. W.
416-532-7410
