The Green Room

You can’t consider yourself a Toronto-ist unless you have been to the green room. Friday late in the evening me and a group of my friends all of which I get to see quiet rarely, headed over to a bar that the two spoke so highly of the whole night. I couldn’t understand their amazement until later.

This bar is owned by the same people as The Java House and the Red Room.

The bar is located at 296 Brunswick Avenue right off Spadina and Bloor.  This bar unlike most bars, however, has the main entrance located in a back alley, not on the main street.

There is sufficient seating, both patio (no roof, but umbrellas), and indoor seating area. Since the patio area was packed, we opted to sit inside, so this review will only touch on that part of the bar. The decor is very different from most bars in the hip Toronto. Seating is mostly old cushioned chairs, or sofa’s. Tables are old and scrabbled with graffiti, adding more to the bar’s hippy atmosphere.

The staff is nice, albeit a bit slow at time – no wonder though, the bar was packed most of the night. Prices for drinks are reasonable, pitcher prices varying between $12.75 to $19.

Washroom facilities are filthy, but that’s what you get with mostly under thirty clientele. In summary, this bar has to be one of the must-go-to spots in Toronto, so if you haven’t been there yet, head over – who cares if it’s monday…

The same night we went to the Green Room, I was outdrank, passed out asleep on the Eglinton bus, and woke up in farmland Missisauga at 5 am. Has to be one of the most shocking experiences for a while… Damn you, Green Room! We will meet again…

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