rude. condescending. stay away from this store. if you want to buy a book/record, go anywhere but…read moreto this store. staff yelled (literally) at me or saying is this all in the sci-fi category, saying "you're not paying attention". then I remembered an encounter 10 years earlier when asking about a record, same condescension. like as a customer I was intruding somehow. never shop here. any place is better.

After going from bookstore to bookstore trying to find F Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of…read moreBenjamin Button" (yes, I know the movie version is coming out) I was almost ready to give up....but then SHE SAID BOOM! And I found it. What a great book/CD/DVD/vinyl store! My only complaint? I wanted to stay. But there were no seats....so it's sorta an in-and-out concept. But hey, I got what I came for so no complaints....

What a wonderful little bookstore- very well curated!…read more We were visiting from Vancouver and stumbled across this gem. It's feels like it's in an old house. The staff are relaxed, in letting people browse and look at the cat. We took my son there after a terrible experience at Meow Cafe down the street. We were able to interact with Mabel the lovely tabby cat and we bought two great books plus a sticker book that was recommended by the staff and we love. They also have excellent stickers books. Well worth going to with your little one! Hopefully this bookstore will be here in the future as we will certainly be putting it on our next visit list! Well done Mabel!

I really loved this book store it is amazing, the staff was also extremely knowledgeable about…read moretheir books and they found exactly what I needed.

I love a good music store. Such stores are few and far between, mainly due to a shift in how we…read morelisten to music. We are more into streaming it than physically owning a copy in some form, be it digitally as music files, or on a CD or record. Frankly, I've adopted both methods. I stream music wherever I have a wifi connection. However, at home, my music collection is a combination of digital files from my years being an iPod fan (the best device to go on a road trip and bring your own music without thinking about data charges), and playing albums on my record or CD player. I was recently in Leslieville, waiting for a pizza order. It would take thirty minutes for the pizza to bake. You can't rush a good thing. I decided to take a stroll around the area. I found In the Groove. I was first elated to see a music store full of records (vinyl to those who like that hip term), CDs, cassettes, and more. My heart sank when I saw that this store was closing for good. Wait a minute, though. A man walked out of the store. Is it really closed? I stood in front of the store and read every posted sign. The closing date was January 31st, 2023. It was February. I looked at the other sign that said that the closing sale was held over. Yes! I still had mixed emotions. It's always sad to see a music store close. I went in to check it out. I am the type that I can spend hours in a music store, looking at everything and ending up buying some good albums to add to my collection. I only had fifteen minutes before I had to leave and fetch dinner. It was the best fifteen minutes and I made it count. A man behind the counter said hi to me. We would later trade first names. I got Sheldon's business card, who is the owner of this fine business for 25 years. He lives in Richmond Hill. We both talked about how it does take a bit of time to get to Leslieville from York region. I found two albums that caught my attention. The first was Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger. It's a classic. It was my first cassette tape purchase in my life. I still have it. I want to return and get the record version. There were two copies of the album in the store. What I settled for instead was Peter Cetera's Solitude Solitaire. I have always enjoyed listening to his music, either with Chicago or his solo work. I oddly did not own anything by him until I decided to get this album. The downside was that I did not come prepared with cash. Sheldon said that he had disconnected his payment machine the prior month and only accepts cash. He let me know that there was an ATM machine down the road. He asked how much the album in my hand was. It was going for $8. He was generous to offer it for $5 if I had cash. If you know me, it is rare that I have cash on hand. I had a $5 and a twoonie. So rare. He didn't want the latter. He was fine with $5. I got a $5 album from a generous man. He saw that love for music that we both shared. His kind gesture meant a lot. Besides being a music lover, Sheldon is a professional photographer. He told me that he has loved what he has done over the years. The pandemic caused him to lose a ton of money having his store closed. Although he originally had the end of January as his closing date, he is playing it by ear and will decided at the end of this month whether he is done for good. I need to drop again by before it shutters for good. I am hoping that his store is still around a bit longer. It's a gem, with 45 and 78 RPM records that I still need to explore. Part of me wishes that I had found this store sooner. However, I'm glad that I did recently. I met a nice man behind the business who sold me an album than now has more meaning than meets the eye. (45)

Sheldon is super friendly and chatty. I didn't find anything that I wanted, but my friend joyfully…read morebrowsed the plethora of records and ended up taking four home. While he was browsing, Sheldon kept me entertained, and another regular customer came in and joined the conversation. I can see why the other reviewers found him too busy to help since he's so chatty, but it's fine to interrupt him. He's just that neighborhood shopkeeper that enjoys chatting with customers, not necessary the corporate employee who maintains professionalism at all times. Stop by and find a good record, or just go chat with Sheldon.

This is one of the best record stores I've ever been to. The staff is amazingly knowledgeable. I…read morecan bring up and artist or album be it rock, jazz or blues (my particular favourites) and they will not only know what I'm talking about, but they'll recommend similar stuff that is always bang on! If they don't have something they'll do their best to get it in. The prices are quite fair and reasonable too. Highly recommend!

Nice big store. Well organized with a huge selection of new and used vinyl and CDs. The staff was…read moresuper friendly and chatty. See usually these shops are run by unfriendly gruffy types. They never acknowledge you or offer help. I was shocked. Shocked I tell you at how welcoming and nice the staff here was from the moment I walked in. Helpfully and friendly. If you're shopping for records in Toronto I highly recommend dead dog records

Eclectic vinyl shop. Everything from hip hop, to Classic reggae to metal to Jazz and more…read more Prices are marked by the sticker, flea market style, but likely slightly negotiable. Take your time to browse through the selection. I found a rare hard to find album and I'm glad that I randomly popped in to snatch it up at a very reasonable price. I must say that some records range from $5 to over 100. Most records are used. The owner is pretty cool and the shop has been around for over 10 years. Green p parking right along the relatively mellow Toronto street.

Rad little curated record store that I just so happened to spend the most I have ever spent on a…read morerecord.. AKA MAMA SAID Lenny Kravitz original British pressing! So many tears my wallet Cried.. The store is cool and has stuff from all over the world! Lots of cool imports and things I have never seen anywhere else! The guy working was rad and thought I might be into the Sex Pistols box set.. Had to tell him they are not my band.. They did have a nice selection of records for 5 bucks a piece too, found some Randy Newman records back there that everyone should own! So head there and buy them..

Nice selection of used records, and at decent prices…read more Owner is friendly and will take the time to speak with you with any questions you may have. It's nice to see these used book and record stores in the neighbourhood. I will definitely shop here again.

Among my top three used book stores in Toronto. Fun collection of books, cds, cassettes, vinyl. It…read moreis not insanely big but it has a great collection. And the staff is amazing. I keep getting my Wodehouse from there every week. And the prices are so much better than most places. That includes new music tshirts. Highly recommended.

A great selection of new and used books. The back has tons of first edition and signed books which…read morewould be excellent gifts for a bibliophile.

Who doesn't love a good book?…read more A Good Read has new, used, rare and kids books. The price point is kind of all over the place, but given all of the goodness they've packed in the shelves, it makes sense. Beyond books, they also have a few gifty knick knacks for the adorkable pals in your life (think Shakespeare stuffed toys, etc).

I did not enjoy my visit to this store. I was there in the past and remembered why i have not been…read moreback. The owner has books way over priced. On this visit he was not helpful. I was looking for specific books to complete my run. He was too concerned with bagging and boarding books at his counter. I asked what he had and what the prices of those books were but he would not tell me. Instead he said it would take him a while to finish doing what he was doing and that i should check "over there" to see the ones in his case. I would have liked to see what he had and if he really wanted to make a sale he would have showed me the key books he had right there at the cash. Not a friendly owner and the store is a mess. I would not recommend this store. There are better options out there.

The owner of this place is super nice and knowledgable. It's unfortunate that the location is so…read moresmall so they don't have ALL the new comics, but they have most of the major ones. Decent selection of boardgames and graphic novels too. It's definitely one of my more preferred comic stores to visit. Plus they will order anything they can for you no problem, and if you want a holding box...it's something like $10 a year.