Queen West Neighbourhood Shopping

Queen West shopping has been synonymous with hip since Canadian designers and cool indie boutiques set up shop in the eighties.

Though it’s gotten more commercial and the more influential fashion has move further west (and east!) this area is still big with the twenty something crowd.

This strip of Toronto shopping is crammed full of mall stores, street kids, teens waiting for a glimpse of their favourite pop star in front of Much Music and tourists. 

In the summer the portion of Queen, west from University to Spadina will be full of people and you better show up early if you are looking for a table on the patio of any of the famous bars (the Rivoli or the Horseshoe anyone?)

Further west you will find the fashion district with fabric, buttons and bead stores. Then even further west you enter the art and design district and then Parkdale where many of the independent boutiques have re-emerged.

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New Era El Mundo John Fluevog - shoes Tribal Rhythm HMV Softmoc Showroom Aritzia Lemor Claires Eko Stacey Zang Mendocino Lush Costa Blanca Bedo Fashion Crimes Stylelab vacant Le Chateau Lululemon Fraiche Spoof Crocs French Connection Guess Ardene Get Outside Shoes LL Next Door Due West H&M vacant Borderline Clic Klack EB Games Te Koop Steve’s Music Store vacant (guess moved) Kheils

Club Monaco B2 Marcato Little Burgandy Dr. Martens Addidas Katie Oakley Payless Gap Roots Silver snail Csquared Mac cosmetics Nike Bikini Bay vacant Jcy House The Good Health Sirens Aldo Zara Quicksilver Footlocker Goovy So Hip it Hurts Brimz - hats Drama Queen Novesa London Change Rudsak Specs & Specs Scarpino Boomer Noise Bang On Lavish and Squalor Cards and Presents Kops Records

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