[PHOTO] The Drake Hotel

[rfmcdonald]

The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen Street West is a boutique hotel of note located just down the street from my first residence in Toronto and a couple of blocks east of Dufferin Street. Once a flophouse, five years ago the Drake was reopened as one of the places to go in Toronto, as a centre for art and music and high culture and rooftop patio parties featuring the likes of Woody Harrelson. Me, I remember the place mainly for the coffee-and-scone breakfast that I bought up there from a friendly dreadlocked woman before I took the streetcar to work.

The Drake from the east
Originally uploaded by rfmcdpei

The Drake from the west
Originally uploaded by rfmcdpei