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Yes, Atelier, near King and Brant, is open and currently hot, but no, you can't go. The so swank it's schwank spot is angling itself as an upscale, private resto-lounge; a place to knock back a few cocktails and chill to DJ thumps in a pleb-free ambiance.
It's neither a public venue nor a traditional members' club. Atelier is an exclusive room for local and visiting A-listers, suit über-bosses, and select hangers-on. Biometric technology, rather than a VIP pass or Pin, is used at the door to recognize members for admittance.
Atelier's partnership – designers/cofounders Marc Kyriacou, John Tsoumaris, Michael King and Antonio S. Tadrissi - possess an enviable resto-bar-biz pedigree. Just tell yourself that you don't need Atelier anyways. Feel better? I thought not.
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Atelier
508 King Street West, Toronto, ON
416-214-9198
King West
Venue:
Restaurant, Lounge
Hours:
Price Range:
$$$$ (expensive)
Payment:
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THE BUZZ
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7 Reader Reviews | your bar fuckign sucks
1. Anthony Tsipolous's Review :: February 07, 2010 Anthony Tsipolous's Rating: 1 Stars |
This venue was a complete disappointment. The clubs down time consists of Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings; their days of operation. Attend the various events this club puts out if you seek connections with people who made the same mistake that you did! Save your time and money and skip out on the Atelier experience :)
2. Anonymous's Review :: August 26, 2009 Anonymous's Rating: 1 Stars |
this is not a place to spend a sat nite...awful....its all washed out, let down wanna-be's and alot of greasy try hard guys, trust me , dont waste the time.
3. Me2u's Review :: February 09, 2009 Me2u's Rating: Stars |
I went on a Thursday night and while I reckon that the ambiance was quite nice, I thought the crowd was rather unimpressive. It ranged from "young and phony" to "old enough to be your grandpa".
Any hot ladies? I think I may have seen one and she was sitting with me... If you read the numerous reviews, you'd think the crowd is super duper hot but in reality it was ok at best.
4. Anonymous's Review :: December 24, 2007 |
I went on a Thursday night and while I reckon that the ambiance was quite nice, I thought the crowd was rather unimpressive. It ranged from "young and phony" to "old enough to be your grandpa".
Any hot ladies? I think I may have seen one and she was sitting with me... If you read the numerous reviews, you'd think the crowd is super duper hot but in reality it was ok at best.
5. Mark's Review :: December 24, 2007 Mark's Rating: 2 Stars |
This place is not very cool. It is all the "industry" types who think they are important because they work for a magazine or have a coloumn. The people are all in the midst of a midlife crisis and have a hard time getting babysiters to watch their kids while they sip $20 glasses of Prosecco. Didn't try the food but apparently David Adjey has something to do with it so it should be good albeit extremely pretentious.
6. Anonymous's Review :: October 14, 2007 |
This place is not very cool. It is all the "industry" types who think they are important because they work for a magazine or have a coloumn. The people are all in the midst of a midlife crisis and have a hard time getting babysiters to watch their kids while they sip $20 glasses of Prosecco. Didn't try the food but apparently David Adjey has something to do with it so it should be good albeit extremely pretentious.
7. Kool Guy's Review :: October 14, 2007 Kool Guy's Rating: 1 Stars |
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