2. Cibo Wine Bar
The Miami-based Cibo Wine Bar is slated to open a King West Village location in May. The menu will feature modern and classic Italian dishes and an extensive wine list. The 8,000-square-foot space will offer private dining areas for business and social events, with room for as many as 24 guests on the main dining level. The private lower level will open late summer and seat 150 or holds 250 for receptions. Weekday buyouts may be available.
Photo: Michael Stavaridis
6. MuvBar
MuvBar, the new addition to the financial district’s Marché Brookfield Place, opened in January. The space is available for buyout and holds 100 people for receptions. Located just within the Marché restaurant, the cosmopolitan space features brick walls, a purple-lit bar, and liquor bottles that hang from the ceiling.
Photo: Marché Restaurants Canada Ltd.
7. Storys Building
The Storys Building, a raw event space, completed renovations to the third and fourth floors in early April. Each level received lighter wood-paneled flooring and new heating and cooling units. Both floors seat 150 banquet style or hold 200 for receptions. Updates to the Parlour on the first floor are scheduled for completion in May. The 93-seat space will be prohibition-themed, featuring handcrafted cocktails and menu items.
Photo: Courtesy of Storys Building
8. The Loose Moose
The Loose Moose, a downtown sports bar, reopened in February after an interior renovation and revamped food and drink menus. It accommodates 314 people, and when combined with sister live music bar the Antler Room located below, can fit 800. The location offers 54 varieties of draught beer that are mixed into beer cocktails. The renovation created two peninsulas at the bar and seating at large communal tables with mismatched chairs and banquettes of vintage theatre seats.
Photo: Courtesy of the Loose Moose
9. Que Supper Club
Scheduled to open by early April, Que Supper Club is a two-story venue with a private event space. The first-floor restaurant, which seats 130, will serve barbecue, kebabs, and other Portuguese-style dishes. The upper level is available for private events of as many as 200 people. Both levels will be available for buyout. Late nights on Friday and Saturday, the entire space will be converted into a dance club with standing room for 2,500.
Photo: Courtesy of Que Supper Club
10. Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
Following a renovation, the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives offers several spaces for events. The Courthouse holds as many as 100 people with its theatre-style setup. A glass-enclosed lounge in the former Hydro Building—now an art gallery—has its own bar and provides downtown views. It has room for receptions of as many as 40 guests. The former Peel County Jail’s exercise yard is now a garden, featuring a surrounding 20-foot stone wall.
Photo: Azure Blue Photography
