Sneaky Dee's
|
| |
| Address | 431 College Street |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°39′23″N 79°24′27″W / 43.656295°N 79.407431°WCoordinates: 43°39′23″N 79°24′27″W / 43.656295°N 79.407431°W |
| Type | Nightclub |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, indie rock |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Website | |
| sneaky-dees.com | |
Sneaky Dee's is a bar and Mexican restaurant on the south-east corner of the College and Bathurst intersection in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its original location was on Bloor Street west of Bathurst, but it moved to its present location in 1990.
'Sneaks' is a well-known local venue for alternative culture and indie rock, attracting a diverse crowd of writers, artists, serious music fans, and contemporary hipsters. Sneaky Dee's was home to the long-running Wavelength Music Arts Projects[1] on Sunday nights, and the popular monthly Trampoline Hall Lecture Series until October 2009 when both series moved to The Garrison. Many well-known bands have played at the venue, including Kids on TV, Real Zombies Never Die, The Dirty Projectors, Feist, The Barcelona Pavilion, Owen Pallett, Pup, Comeback Kid, Cancer Bats, The Flatliners, Gob, Nails, Living With Lions, Broken Social Scene and Republic of Safety. The restaurant was also featured in the graphic novels of the same series Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, and Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe, the fourth and fifth books in Bryan Lee O'Malley's acclaimed Scott Pilgrim series. The restaurant's menu has a Tex-mex theme.
It was also a known hangout for anti-fascist and Anti-Racist Action (ARA) activists in the early 1990s, and was the scene of a brawl between them and rival organization Heritage Front after the vandalizing of a white supremacist's house in the east end.[2]
References
- ↑ Carraway, Kate (10 September 2009). "So Long Sneaky Dee's; enter The Garrison.". Eye Weekly Toronto. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ↑ Jack Lakey, "2 sides battle on College St. after house trashed", Toronto Star, 13 June 1993.