Milk [Toronto] – Where else can one find an edamame growing kit, a heart shaped egg cooker and a graffiti cocktail shaker under one roof?
Treasure hunters looking for kitschy cool wares can revel in the assortment found at The Drake General Store. Run by the hotelier and marketing gurus of the hip Drake Hotel, the General Store has three shops in Toronto. The shop at 1011 Yonge Street in the affluent neighbourhood of Rosedale has been designed as a museum souvenir shop slash flee market. Antique bookshelves, recycled fixtures and shabby-chic vintage tables are cluttered with cookbooks, home decorations, and quirky kitchen bits. If you need to stock up on basic items like shaving cream or feel like wearing a mustache for the day, The General Store caters to any requirement. Impressively laid out with design in mind, all the items are stamped with uniqueness and personality. A hardy, rugged twill briefcase will fit a cozy picnic blanket and a flask of coco, while the delicately knitted cigarette figurine, Monsieur Le Pouf, will entertain many for hours at your next at-home soiree. Just be sure to not light up on this one!
You will be thrown into a tailspin of nostalgia at the Drake General Store. Generally speaking, it will bring out the playfulness in anyone.
The Drake General Store
Locations:
Queen – 1144 Queen Street West
Rosedale – 1011 Yonge Street
Bathurst – 82A Bathurst Street
Open: See http://www.drakegeneralstore.ca/pages/hours for selected hours
[image: The Drake General Store]