Best record store on my Toronto visit. Great selection for everyone. Friendly person on the counter…read moreand knows his records. I will definitely return when i visit again

The best record store in Toronto. The vinyl selection is well curated. I found Japanese pressings…read moreand jazz, international music, and even some old Edison sound recordings. Amazing! The jazz section is not only organized by artists but also by instruments. Also appreciate that the classical music is actually showcased and not just thrown in the discount bin, as with other record stores. Staff is also super friendly and offered to help with any questions.

What a great used record shop! It was very easy to get to in the trolley system from the…read morelake/downtown area. The selection had many titles that I have not been able to find at other locations. The attendant was super informative and helpful. He saw what I was looking for and made great recommendations. The prices seem reasonable and comparable to other shops I visited. I will definitely visit again.

Possibly the fanciest, spacious, and tidiest record store in Toronto. Store is well-designed and…read moreyou can find something to your taste, no matter your music genre preferences. If you are into CD's, cassettes, and their respective players, they have them too! I picked up a new copy of the Cult of the Lamb vinyl here, which I've never seen anywhere else. Also picked up the Beatle's Magical Mystery Tour vinyl - solid track list. The staff is not as friendly as other record stores and there are a lot of unwelcoming "you're on camera" type signs literally everywhere, which really threw off the vibe of the store (I mean is this necessary?). However, the vinyl selection is great and reasonably priced, and I appreciate that they grade the used vinyls for quality as well.

I thought I was buying two new LPs but instead it was used. Wrote to inquire about it but owner did…read morenot reply. Cannot trust the online purchase.

What can I say . Place is legendary . Strip to Toronto isn't complete without a stop here …read more Great records and dj equipment my go to . Thank you for your years of dedication and service

This is a great place to find old (and some new) DVD, Blu-ray, CD, records. DVDs are 3 for $10 and…read moreBlu-ray are 3 for $15. Have the store is dedicated to records. Everything looks in good condition. They also have some old record players and VHS TO DVD transfer service.

This place is kindof a mess…read more The records aren't well organized at all. Everything starting with the same letter is all jumbled together. So if you're looking for Bowie, his records will be scattered throughout the "B" section. That's okay I guess if you've got all day to browse, but the records are also packed in super tight. So browsing, usually a pleasure, becomes a real chore. Another bummer, there is little to no current music here.

If you ever have an hour to kill, BVM Books is the absolute perfect spot to just lose track of…read moretime. The guy working the counter is super chill and welcoming, which instantly sets a great vibe the second you walk in. Honestly, the selection is insane.. they have a ton of brand-new books for basically a fraction of the regular price, so you always end up walking out with some incredible, unexpected finds. It's easily one of my favorite places to slow down and just browse whenever I'm in the area.

Great place with low prices for books. I don't remember getting a good buying rate for the books I…read morebrought in eons ago, but I appreciate that I could pick up some cheap books for my kids!

Great record store that you can easily get to by public transportation. It gets a little tight when…read morebusy but there is a great selection of vinyl. My next visit to Toronto will include a revisit to Kops.

Organized and clean record store with nice staff and competitive prices. It's easy to dig through…read moreold records here, but if you are looking for newer records, they have them featured too. They also have a basement, but if you miss this, most of the stuff worth browsing through is upstairs. I also appreciated the feature for Canadian music artists. I picked up a few vintage records here.

Easily one of my favourite places to nerd out at. And DEFINITELY my favourite place to nerd out at…read morein the GTA. Legends has extremely competitive pricing (Games Workshop stuff usually 20% off!) and a very nice selection of board games, comic books, cards, minatures, and geeky merch (I definitely picked up a Rainbow Dash mug on my last visit here.) If they don't have something that you have your eye on, you can connect with them to see if they will order it for you (which they likely will, if they can!) Really flexible hours of operation, open late many nights of the week, and there are constantly events occuring here. They have a fairly large, well-lit, and clean gaming space in the back. Customer service here is quite friendly. I'd HIGHLY reccomend checking out Legends if you are in/around the Vaughan area to get your geek on :).

Legends is my go-to store for all my tabletop games. It's so close to my house that it's almost…read moredangerous. The first time I came here I left with 3 games! It's like Walmart lol you go in for one thing and leave with 10. There's a pretty good selection of board games, both popular and obscure. If they don't have what you're looking for they'll gladly order it for you and give you a call when it comes in. The guys who work there are all very nice and very knowledgeable. The first time I came, I was still fairly new to tabletop gaming so I wasn't sure what to get. I had my eyes set on Agricola but after talking to the associate I realized I wasn't ready for such a heavy euro game just yet. The associate asked us what we liked and then basically went through their entire collection with us, pointing out and explaining various games that he thought would appeal to us. You don't get customer service like that anymore! All the games are also much cheaper than you would find at Chapters or Mastermind Games. They've also got tons of other nerd stuff like comic books, figurines, and superhero paraphernalia. The store is located in the back of the plaza so it's difficult to find if you don't know where to look.

smartly and so as to invoke only pleasure, does Paradise Bound, pipe lovely tunes into the street…read morefor curious passersby to become enchanted. speakers attached to the outer building (which if youll permit me, fittingly resembles a large old-style jukebox), send out music to reel you in beyond their simple sandwich box out front. (the extravagant pleasure of this music reminds me of a similar time when i lived in nyc and awoke to sounds of a jazz band playing on the flatbed of a truck outside my first floor apartment window. people in the neighbourhood gathered around with lawn chairs, sitting on stoops, swaying the the melodies. it was lovely.) take a walk up a flight of stairs and slink into a corridor of a space which combines mostly vinyl records and books and then some cds, dvds and vhs as its wares. at the back of the store youll find a few shelves of books forming an arc around what visually appears to be the centrepiece of the the archives which is its turntable. it is at this turntable where you can, as has become the custom, listen to a record of your choosing before you buy it. i am a newcomer, of sorts, to records, in that i, like many other people of my age and older, left the cumbersome size of records for the more compact tape and its successors that came. so i grew up listening to records, damning a scratch on my favorite songs, terrorizing my mother when i was two to play the same sesame street fever record over and over and over again and probably discovering music in general through my parents collection. so it was with that history that i approached the guy at the front to ask him why people have stuck with and are slowly flocking back to the vinyl experience. though i still would have lots of research to do to fully understand the mechanics, he parlayed the fact that there is much more detail recorded onto records and the transferring of that original sound loses some of that detail along the way. it has sparked an itch in me to be sure. for the time being though, i enjoyed snapping photos of cool album covers that adorned the wall or the wooden cases of port that now held all the records for sale. i challenged myself with purchasing the largest compact book ive ever touched (the count of monte cristo). god help me for being so bold.

I have been attending and purchasing records for about 25 years and never felt uncomfortable in…read moreone. Until now. This is still a decent store. I guess the online ordering is the owners priority. ...everyone has douchenozzle days.

Amazing selection of new and used records, plus a huge amount of books! And excellent service,…read moretoo. I sold my records here, and will be back to buy and sell!

An amazing and delightful shop full of great finds - books AND records!!! Really great prices and…read moresuper friendly, knowledgable owners!

I love a good video store. Bay Street survived the devastation of the industry by Blockbuster and…read moreits ilk and the slow diminishment of the physical media industry by publishers pushing their own streaming services. It's good! And the staff are friendly! Toronto has two great video shops (you can also visit Eyesore for a similar experience) and I am had we've got these two hanging in in the 21st century. You can find a variety of deep cuts and the newest from Criterion, Shout!, or Arrow. You can find films at a variety of price points. The good stuff will be a bit pricy but, seriously. Treat yo'self. They also rent films too and offer free ones too. And they have a membership card to save you down the road.

This store is where you find DVDs that you cannot find elsewhere. (Like literally every Shakespeare…read moreDVD ever made) There are some that are irreplaceable that are for rent. Be especially careful with those! They do note that they will charge you for replacement. The customer service is very good. 100% recommendation.