Glad Day Bookshop
Book shop Bar Restaurant
The world's oldest LGBTQ Bookstore, established in 1970 in Toronto. Glad Day Bookshop is the oldest LGBTQ bookstore in the world. Serving the queer community since 1970, we specialize in offering the widest possible selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans literature, both in and out of print, as well as magazines and novelties.
Glad Day is also COFFEE SHOP, RESTAURANT & BAR serving fair trade, local, handcrafted and delicious drinks. Update description
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Andrés Ignacio T. 2018-03-12Great place to hang out at any point of the day. Drag Brunch Sundays is always a great time and host Erin always kills it as one of the best...
MsCharlie R. 2017-05-11This is a gem of a store for the queers in this city. It's not fancy, but the coffee's great, the food is delicious (except they don't serve food on...
Sarah B. 2018-07-05We loved this place! A great collection of books, good food, good coffee, and wonderful service. An overall awesome experience! A definite place to...
Kira A. 2018-07-03I was here during Pride and it was pretty packed. I don't have a place like this where I'm from so I was really excited to see all the books that are...
Vincent P. 2018-06-26Friendliest staff, great book selection and most importantly a great social space with lots of events.
Ruby Wendylin M. 2018-06-18Happy Pride 2018. Great event last night.
Arno Du P. 2018-06-12Such an amazing atmosphere, great mimosa’s and fantastic show! This is a must see for anyone on a Sunday!!!’
Marvin G. 2018-05-29Absolutely beautiful, light reading and some coffee and drinks works well together. Love the different events definitely recommend this to everyone...
Ruby H. 2018-05-22Just the name Glad Day brings memories of our early PFLAG meetings...we always recommended the store to supplement our little in house library...
Annie Bear B. 2018-05-21For all those books about us that you won't find at that other place. Lots of shows and lots of fun! A comfortable place.
Macpherson T. 2018-04-02Ever Sunday golden girls marathon and delicious cocktail
Cyril C. 2018-03-26The food here is almost surprisingly good! The kitchen turns out excellent food for a reasonable price. Drag brunch is great and everybody is welcome.
Lari N. 2018-03-12It was amazing, the book launch was awesome, we really enjoyed it! The food was really good as well! A nice little place
Deepak K. 2018-03-08The food is so delicious and the staff so friendly. Happy space.
Rebecca Rebs L. 2017-12-28Thank you for stocking queer YA romance. Some novels, as well as a copy of the Triangle Program zine, were perfect gifts for my tween.
Andrew M. 2017-11-23I had the incredible opportunity of hosting a fantastic charity event for Rainbow Railroad at Glad Day Bookshop on the 22nd of November. The Glad Day...
Pamela Sloan B. 2017-11-04Everything about this place is amazing. The books, the staff, the atmosphere, the food and drinks, the events - both during the day and the night....
Jamar Levi M. 2017-10-13It's a cute little book shop. I will definitely visit again.
Cris B. 2017-10-09I went here for drag brunch on Sunday and also one time for regular lunch. The food was great (I got the classic vegan breakfast this time but I don't...
Lora L. 2017-10-09The brunch is amazing - the drag performances are great and it's nice being able to have a show with your meal. I have also attended several dance...
Popularity of Glad Day Bookshop
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Glad Day Bookshop has a total of 10111 visitors (checkins) and 13499 likes.
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