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The Bovine Sex Club

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queen west, downtown, alexandra park
Activity:
dance, hang out, socialize, listen to music, live music
Venue type:
bar
Scene:
goth, small, casual, laid back, open late
Food/Drink:
beer, mixed drinks
Music:
heavy metal, goth, industrial, dance, dj
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The Bovine Sex Club
542 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 2B5

416-504-4239

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  1. Nusrat Jahan wrote on March 10, 2010:

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    According to the owner:
    The Bovine Sex Club – or simply ‘The Bovine’ as its regulars call it, has been a mainstay of Toronto’s underground music and bar scene since 1991. It announces itself with a tangle of rusting old bicycles above the doorway, a taste of a surreal, post-apocalyptic junkyard aesthetic of which there is much more inside. To call the Bovine’s interior “décor” would be like calling its menu ‘cuisine’: slightly missing the point. It looks intimidating, but the club aims to be a friendly hangout for a wide range of ages and musical tastes, from 19 years old to 65, and from emo to hardcore. If its style is a snarl, its service is a twinkle in the eye.
    Where the Bands Go To Drink
    The Bovine has always been closely connected to both local and international music scenes. Local bands hang out here and famous groups often congregate for drinks at the bar when traveling through town. It’s definitely a musician’s and music lover’s scene.
    No Dance Floor, No Dance Music
    The Bovine does not aspire to be a Richmond West meat market. Yes, its focus is music – but it doesn’t want to be a dance club and has no dance floor. Open every night of the week, it tends to attract different crowds on different nights. Just as the bands like to drink here, a lot of them play here, too. You never know what night of the week that there is going to be live music, or what style it is going to be.
    Drinks: Yes. Food: Maybe
    The Bovine shares an owner with Shanghai Cowgirl next door, and particularly hungry patrons are invited to order in from there. The food is classic diner: burgers, fries and comfort food staples. Drinks-wise, there are 5 beers on tap, and the bar sells more Jagermeister than any other bar in Canada.

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