As the final chapter is written on a trilogy of Toronto indie bookstores, it may not seem like the time is right to launch yet another one. But after just three months of plotting, Peter Sellers and David Newel have done just that. As of this fall, Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, a shop that [...]

Sonic Boom, the Annex music store famed for its large selection and elaborate window displays, is being forced out of its old space on Bloor Street so a dollar store can move in. Now, in a fitting bit of turnabout, it's opened a second location in a vacant space in Kensington Market that was most recently—yes—a dollar store.

Future site of the West Queen West mission to Rosedale. The Drake Hotel is not quite a country of its own yet, but it will soon open its first embassy—in Rosedale. The hotel that arguably launched West Queen West as we know it will open a second, even smaller location of its General Store near [...]