Beautiful high quality products. Ordered some gifts for a friend who lives in the area and was sent…read morean email saying one of the products was slightly warped and she gave me a larger size at no extra cost! She also wrote a hand written note which made me so happy since I could not write and send one myself with the gift. Everything was beautifully wrapped, the owner Jacqueline was extremely kind. I will definitely be coming back here when I visit my friend in Toronto!

So unexpected as you enter this gem of a store! Exciting and colorful and priced so well. The…read moreowner is both knowledgeable and helpful. Treat yourself to a visit - you're guaranteed to end up purchasing something!

Wonderful and wide choice of goods, great and pleasant service! Terrific cards and comestibles,…read moreclothing and jewellery.

Love this cute shop with a variety of fun and unique items. My go to place to purchase special…read moregifts for family,y and friends. Support local and the shop supports tons of Canadian artists, creators, and makers.

I bought gloves from here. They were 9.99 and I waited to buy them since the owner seemed friendly…read moreand said he was closing the shop so I wanted to help and waited till his shipment arrived. It was about 2 weeks that I waited and then eventually bought the gloves. I have several pairs as any other Canadian on the street (and another pair that works with the iphone screens) so I didnt use the pair I bought for several weeks. However, when I did use them, I noticed tears along each of the finger and holes...so basically useless....I called the owner (JD) and told him that these gloves tore on my first use. He became agitated and said its been over a month and it didnt matter if I was using them for the first time, and didnt even agree for me to bring it in so I could show them. In fact, he started hurling racial slurs at me..I have never ever heard or seen someone get so agitated esp since he seemed so friendly in the beginning. Its only 9.99 but its a matter of principle to at least be nice to a customer and decline politely. Im glad such shops are moving out of my neighborhood. Good riddens. PS: It does not deserve 1 star by the way!

I was really impressed with The Arts Market. I was asking how this place worked, and it is not a…read morecommission store. It's a place where different people rent out sections or shelves of the stores to sell their items. They, then, get all of the profit from those sales. I purchased a number of 3D printed items, which were adorable, and multi-coloured, beyond what I would have been able to print out on my own. For five dollars each, they were a steal. There are a also a number of different jewelry sections, as well as some retro toys and comic books. Everything about this place and how it works was very charming to me. I'll have to go back in the future to see how the different booths / shops rotate.

I visited Arts Market after work today. I had an order to pick up. I also ended up getting more…read moreitems. Figures! This store is on the north side of Danforth Avenue, a few steps away from Glebemount Avenue. I used to visit this area often when Queenie's Cards had a physical store. It was nice being back in this neighbourhood. Parking on a side street is your cheapest, free option. I parked across the street on Aldridge Aveune. It was cool seeing a lot of houses with Halloween decorations. I crossed the street at the lights. There is a ramp to get in and out of this store. I was welcomed by Rosie, who used to work at Queenie's Cards. It was nice seeing a familiar face. She let me know that there's merchandise downstairs, as well as the main floor that we were on. It's a long flight of stairs to get to and from the floors. You're out of luck if you're looking for an elevator, as stores in this neighbourhood have been around for many decades. You basically have beautiful items made by artisans for sale in this venue. Rosie had doodles that come to life in the form of pins, hats, and stickers, for instance. I saw everything from handmade soy candles, to an old 101 Dalmatians touchtone phone. In the basement, I saw an Aladdin thermos that I had as a teenager. It was wild reliving my hot foods past! I loved browsing around this store. I ultimately picked up an eight-pack of Squishmallows plush ornaments, a glass bubble for my air plants, and a cute frog sticker from Rosie's collection. I don't know who crafted the glass bubble, but it's gorgeous. I paid with a credit card. I tapped and all was great. I didn't bother getting a paper bag. I ended up carrying everything to my car that was steps away. It was nice being in this venue. I look forward to returning and doing more shopping damage. Rosie is a talented artist. She was wearing a SkyDome sweater. I was so envious of her awesome find. If you are looking for a gift, this place is for you. You can also get a ton of gift cards. Everything in this store was up my alley. (414)

Really, really disappointed with Midoco right now. I bought a fine-tipped marker that was a shade…read moretoo blue for a project and brought it back a day later (unused) and they refused to let me exchange it for another shade (of the same brand). Midoco, it's not underwear, it's a marker and unused. I don't care what your "policy" says, I returned it a day and a half later and this is how you treat your customers? Do yourself a favour and walk another few minutes West of the Midoco on Queen. Go to Above Ground, they're 100x better in terms of stock and prices. I wish I had gone there first too, would've saved myself a lot of hassle and bad feelings over one blue marker.

This is the only place in T.O. that I have seen stocking Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks and that alone…read moreis worth the trek out to The Beach. These notebooks are like "tricked out" Moleskines. They rock numbered pages, are available in grid, graph, lined and blank, have stickers to help organize, have a table of contents page and feature high quality paper (though less impressive than Rhodia). Leuchtturm's website shows no international distributors outside Europe[1] and you can't even find a mention of Leuchtturm on Midoco's website. But none of this matters, because I am telling you: you can find these fine notebooks here. Get one. They also stock a wide array of other (lesser) notebooks, pens, craft paper, markers, art supplies for adults and children and creative gifts for the hard-to-shop-for in your life. If this store has a failing, it's the cramped layout. They have placed all the desireable items (including the Leuchtturms) within 12 feet of the cash register. There's always a gaggle of people near the entrance. Expect to find yourself apologizing and saying "excuse me" a lot when you visit. But also expect to find some cool stuff, and possibly spend way too long here. Obligatory Title Pun: It's OKEY, MI-DOKEY. (So lame, I know.) Menu Readability: I really don't care for rounded sans-serif ultra-modern lettering, and the Midoco wordmark is no exception. Need to mention: This store is superior to the Bloor street store. What this place teaches me about myself: I'm obsessed with notebooks. Help me, please. _____ [1] I hear they are distributed by Kikkerland in the U.S. I don't think this is the case in Canada or we would have seen more of these notebooks by now.