Your friendly gayborhood Zipperz, serving you drinks, drag and dancing every single night of the week. In a perfect world, every Toronto neighbourhood should have one.
I am actually only well-versed with Zipperz on Wednesday nights (yes, I go out on Wednesdays... also on Mondays!) for their weekly Drag King events and young lesbians galore. While the regular Zipperz draws in the older gents to meet and mingle, each Wednesday night it is turned into an estrogen fest with traces of T.
Confused who a drag king is? A female-identified person who dresses up in male attire (and sometimes trans folks too) to lip-synch and dance to radio hits (usually with male vocals - think along the lines of LMFAO). It is not usually a flashy glam show like the drag queens, but with a bit of an open mind you'll be having fun in no time. I've brought my straight friends (men and women) here on numerous occasions and everyone ends up having a gay ol' time.
From time to time, they host a Search for Kingdom where several newbie Kings will perform for a good time. Always ends up in a packed house... definitely worth catching one of those!
Bonus: average priced drinks ($6 domestic) and no cover charge!
Just say Emily sent you ;)
(Just kidding, they don't know my name)