The Gladstone Hotel is a hotel and cafe by day and a bar and private event space by night.
I have thrown many parties with the Gladstone, in fact, I started Pink Mafia's flagship party, Sport Pig in their 250 person ballroom. The Melody bar has karaoke on the weekend and it gets pretty packed.
The story goes like this: It was a grungy hotel and halfway house that got revamped into an artist-designed boutique hotel shortly after The Drake Hotel broke the redesign cherry on West Queen West.
It's a lot more local feeling and down tempo. The bartenders who were there when it was a hole are still at the Melody bar and they host a plethora of art exhibits, community/art based events and they do Rockstar Hotel MMVAs every year as well.
It's a great stop for a drink and the rooms are cute and cheap.
Plus, they have a real cowboy who works the elevator. Cute for a quirky getaway anytime.