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Ist List: Meet/Meat Markets # 1
1. The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St W)
Wait a second…Isn’t this a hip music venue that serves that nice fresh fruit salad? Yes to the music venue, and doubly so to the fresh fruit salad. But the Drake’s hipster appeal is not the reason that there’s a ginormous line every weekend – that’s more so because of the luv-hungry 905ers go there to get lucky. Perhaps it’s just the dichotomy between the Drake Underground (the aforementioned hip music venue) and the two upper levels, but the West Queen West establishment looks like it’s become the new home to the most obvious and abhorrent pick-up moves in the city. O.C. wannabes try everything from grabbing the arm of a passing lady to spewing lines about having a bit role in Jerry Maguire (“You may remember me from the airport scene…”). We’d wish you good luck there tonight, but if you can get in, there’s really not much luck needed.