[AlbertC]

The Adrenaline Toronto tattoo parlour at 239 Queen St W will be closing on Sept 15, 2025 after around 20 years at the location:

Popular Queen St. W. tattoo shop Adrenaline to close next month

Artists at Adrenaline Toronto will tattoo and pierce their last clients on Sept. 15

www.torontotoday.ca

 

[Towered]

Expo Vintage Clothing at 1978 Dundas St W (the article had quoted the wrong address) will be closing at the end of October as the property has been operating without a valid business license approved by the city. They plan to transition the space into a takeout pizza joint in the short time and then into a permanent restaurant, bar and concert venue later on:

Expo Vintage, popular west end clothing shop, closing in October

The by-the-pound vintage store will transition into a pizza joint and concert venue, the owner says

www.torontotoday.ca

I like Expo quite a bit, but they have a store just a few blocks to the east from there, and the new business sounds like it will be a better fit for the space.

 

[AlbertC]

William's Shoe Store at 750 Queen St W has closed after 75 years in business:

Iconic Toronto family-run shoe store closed for good after 75 years

More than seven decades after opening, Toronto footwear institution William's Shoe Store has shuttered its doors on Queen Street West for good. Belov…

www.blogto.com

 

[AlbertC]

The Velvet Underground live music venue at 508 Queen St W are closing at the end of October 2025 when their lease expires

Toronto live music venue The Velvet Underground set to close its doors

Another downtown Toronto live music venue is closing its doors. The Velvet Underground on Queen Street West said in a social media post that it will close at the end of October once its lease runs out. “While we’re closing this door, we’re grateful for the countless nights filled with music and...

toronto.citynews.ca

 

[Richard White]

The Velvet Underground live music venue at 508 Queen St W are closing at the end of October 2025 when their lease expires

Toronto live music venue The Velvet Underground set to close its doors

Another downtown Toronto live music venue is closing its doors. The Velvet Underground on Queen Street West said in a social media post that it will close at the end of October once its lease runs out. “While we’re closing this door, we’re grateful for the countless nights filled with music and...

toronto.citynews.ca

At least we still have the Bovine Sex Club?

 

[Towered]

The Velvet Underground live music venue at 508 Queen St W are closing at the end of October 2025 when their lease expires

Toronto live music venue The Velvet Underground set to close its doors

Another downtown Toronto live music venue is closing its doors. The Velvet Underground on Queen Street West said in a social media post that it will close at the end of October once its lease runs out. “While we’re closing this door, we’re grateful for the countless nights filled with music and...

toronto.citynews.ca

Meh. It lost its soul once the LiveNation suits took over 10 years ago.

 

[Richard White]

Sobeys at 1255 the Queensway will be closing as of November 1st.

 

[soundmuseum]

I just noticed that at The Tenor building (10 Dundas St. E), Freedom Mobile, Blaze Pizza and Wine Rack have all closed on the street level along Dundas near Victoria.

 

[deerparker]

I just noticed that at The Tenor building (10 Dundas St. E), Freedom Mobile, Blaze Pizza and Wine Rack have all closed on the street level along Dundas near Victoria.

Blaze has shuttered most of its Canadian locations. The Wine Rack has closed many downtown stores, including Corktown, St. Lawrence, and Regent Park.

 

[Towered]

I just noticed that at The Tenor building (10 Dundas St. E), Freedom Mobile, Blaze Pizza and Wine Rack have all closed on the street level along Dundas near Victoria.

After the closure of the injection site next door - how ironic.

 

[TossYourJacket]

I just noticed that at The Tenor building (10 Dundas St. E), Freedom Mobile, Blaze Pizza and Wine Rack have all closed on the street level along Dundas near Victoria.

I feel like the owners of the Tenor have been aiming for a pretty aggressive re-alignment of that building's offerings, so I'd guess this is the latest part of those changes, especially since it's all of the street level stores along Dundas, rather than them organically closing 1 by 1. Related to that, I'd guess Winners is also almost certainly gone from the Tenor when their lease runs out (which is probably why they opened a store in the Eaton Centre).

As an aside, I've been told that this specific Wine Rack was a nightmare for shoplifting and security incidents (as in most likely the worst location across the chain), so that one closing isn't at all a surprise. Honestly surprised it didn't happen sooner. Given the location it was probably one of those "high risk, high reward" situations.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I feel like the owners of the Tenor have been aiming for a pretty aggressive re-alignment of that building's offerings, so I'd guess this is the latest part of those changes, especially since it's all of the street level stores along Dundas, rather than them organically closing 1 by 1. Related to that, I'd guess Winners is also almost certainly gone from the Tenor when their lease runs out (which is probably why they opened a store in the Eaton Centre).

As an aside, I've been told that this specific Wine Rack was a nightmare for shoplifting and security incidents (as in most likely the worst location across the chain), so that one closing isn't at all a surprise. Honestly surprised it didn't happen sooner. Given the location it was probably one of those "high risk, high reward" situations.

I can't imagine the LCBO at the Atrium is any better in that regard.

AoD

 

[Bayer]

I can't imagine the LCBO at the Atrium is any better in that regard.

AoD

I used to go there a few years ago; they often had a policeman instead of a security guard in late afternoons. But this is common. There is a staff member I know well at the Manulife LCBO, and one day I saw her washing the floor; a man had taken off with a bunch of bottles after relieving himself all over the floor. And the other day, a disturbed man talking loudly to himself followed me in, quickly walked around the store, knocked over a bottle of gin, and then just left (without stealing anything this time).

 

[Richard White]

I can't imagine the LCBO at the Atrium is any better in that regard.

AoD

When I was a wee lad of only 20 years I worked at the Pickle Barrel atrium and saw first hand how bad the atrium LCBO can be.

I once saw someone who appeared to have some level of issue try and fight the police there. That went over as well as you would imagine.

 

[ShonTron]

I can't imagine the LCBO at the Atrium is any better in that regard.

AoD

The Atrium LCBO has better exit control than many other locations simply because of its layout. You really can’t exit very easily without going through the cashiers. I have seen theft at other locations but never at that one, despite much of the clientele.

As for the Dundas/Victoria corner of 10 Dundas East, that would be an attractive location for a large fast casual restaurant, especially with the TMU expansion and the additional residents moving in just to the east.