Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Taverns

Address: 12 Clinton Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Monarch tavern
Notes: Tavern has been in operation (in one form or another) at least since 1927.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Annex Gleaner 2000 Dec. 2

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Address: 466 Dovercourt Road
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Matador


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Toronto Life 1993 June 8-9 27

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Address: 467 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Red Lion


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jarvis Street : a story of triumph and tragedy 1980 n/a 185-8

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Address: 393 King Street East
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Derby Tavern

Dates
Building completed 1846-1847
Demolished 1988

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 Aug. 4
Toronto Star 1989 Aug. ? 19th

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Address: 5 King Street West
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Nag's Head Tavern
Notes: Facade to become part of the condominium complex at 1 King Street West.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. r1 Sat. 19th
Toronto Star 2001 Aug. P9 Sat. 11th
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. R2 20th
Toronto Star 2000 Oct. M1+ Sat. 7th

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Address: 469 King Street West
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Temple Bar


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Toronto Star 2001 Oct P9 Sat 27th

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Address: 600 King Street West
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Rotterdam Brewing Co.

Dates
Building completed 1890s
Altered c1988

Architects: Kearns Mancini Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 Feb. 26-27 34 2

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Address: 667 King Street West
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Wheat Sheaf Tavern
Notes: Established c.1848 or earlier, the Wheat Sheaf is the oldest continually operating tavern in Toronto.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1987 apRIL 56
Toronto Star 1997 July BE9 Sun. 13th
Toronto Star 1997 July L1,L7 Sat. 5th

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Address: 423 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Taverns
Notes: Original owner: Charles Moore. Original tennant, Thomas Bridgewater, operated a tavern on the ground floor.

Dates
Building completed 1862
Demolished 1990

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1991 May 17

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Address: 650 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Boom Boom Room
Notes: Actual street address was 650b Queen Street West. Occupied the basement and first floors of the Heartbreak Hotel.

Dates
Building completed 1989

Architects: Kearns Mancini Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 Sept. 40-42 34 9

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Address: 732 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Sanctuary Vampire Sex Bar
Notes: Club closed July 1, 2000.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. D1 Wed. 16th

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Address: 14 Roncesvalles Avenue
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Edgewater Hotel

Dates
Building completed 1938

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Mutations 1993 MAy 48

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Address: 0 Steeles Avenue
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Green Bush Inn
Notes: Tavern, situated near Yonge and Steeles, initally known as the Green Bush Inn, and renamed the Steeles Hotel. Reportedly one of the meeting places of Upper Canada rebels during the 1834 Rebellion.

Dates
Building completed c1830

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Telegram 1969 March ? 15th

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Address: 0 Winchester Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Don Vale House

Dates
Building completed 1848
Demolished c.1976

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 57-58

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Address: 201 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Colonial Tavern
Notes: Occupied nos. 201-203 Yonge Street. Formerly the site of the Scholes Hotel (until 1948). A fire destroyed to 70 year-old building in 1960. A new Colonial Tavern on the same site was degined by architect Bruce Etherington and was a simple two-storey rectangular box. Demolished in 1988. The site remained empty until the Mercer Union Gallery sponsored the erection of a temporary site-specific artwork by Japanese Artist Tadashi Kawamata (see instance #3 at the same address).

Dates
Design conceived 1888
Altered 1948-facade
Demolished 1960;1988

Architects: Dick David
English Jay
Etherington A. Bruce
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kawamata: Toronto Project 1989 1989 n/a 37-43
Toronto Calendar Magazine 1974 April 37

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Address: 225 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Silver Rail
Notes: Occupied the ground floor corner of the Ryrie Building. Opened in 1947, the Silver Rail became Ontario's first licenced coctail lounge.

Dates
Officially opened 1947

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1998 Sept 162 32 12
Toronto Star 1998 June B3 23rd

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Address: 817 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Morrissey Tavern
Notes: Replaced by a condominium. SEE: 20 Collier St.

Dates
Demolished Feb 2001

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
National Post 2001 Feb. N14 Sat. 10th
Toronto 1989 Mar. 26-27 3 12
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. P2 Sat. 10th

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Address: 3885 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Jolly Miller Tavern

Dates
Building completed c1850s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bayview Post 2000 Jan. 4
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 April 52 79 3