Street Style: 18 looks at the bartenders and servers of Dundas West
Street Style: 18 looks at the bartenders and servers of Dundas West
The spate of new bars and restaurants on Dundas West has turned the area into a magnet for the young and stylish (although the odd Portuguese sports bar or garage still bravely sticks it out against the tide of gentrification). On a recent Friday afternoon, we stopped by to check out what the new tribe of bartenders, servers and restaurant managers wear for a long night of drink-slinging and order-taking. Alongside the ubiquitous skinny jeans, we found plenty to like: a Ryan Gosling-like hair flop, a pair of floral-print ankle boots, polka dots worn two ways. The staff at the Lakeview, which has an all-black dress code, still found subtle ways to express their personal style (a blue tanktop under a sheer blouse, a pair of deliberately mismatched ear spacers). Most of the other joints on the strip are steadfastly anti-uniform—though everyone we talked to agreed there’s one unbending requirement: comfortable shoes.
Click here to see the style of the bartenders and servers of Dundas West »
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. On a recent Friday afternoon, we stopped by to check out what the new tribe of bartenders, servers and restaurant managers wear for a long night of drink-slinging and order-taking. Alongside the ubiquitous skinny jeans, we found plenty to like: a Ryan Gosling-like hair flop, a pair of floral-print ankle boots, polka dots worn two ways. The staff at the Lakeview, which has an all-black dress code, still found subtle ways to express their personal style (a blue tanktop under a sheer blouse, a pair of deliberately mismatched ear spacers). Most of the other joints on the strip are steadfastly anti-uniform—though everyone we talked to agreed there’s one unbending requirement: comfortable shoes.
Click here to see the style of the bartenders and servers of Dundas West »
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#7 looks like Ryan Gosling. Sort of..
Errrrrrrr… are thiese some of the most mediocre outfits I have ever seen or is it just me?
How uninteresting.
Why aren’t there names and where they work? Who’s and where’s the cutie in the red checked shirt?
Christ this is embarrassing.
I enjoy the tokenism.
Gheez, these people were photographed at work, presumably without warning – cut them some slack!
LOL@ tokenism
Who cares!!
PLEASE shave the beards! It is so over-played and not appetizing to be served by Grizzly Adams.
Many of the bartenders and servers choose to wear boring, simple t-shirts. I think I would be more interested to buy drinks from someone in a little bit more interesting outfit. A little bit more color and personality would be fun. I also find it so boring that many restaurants and bars force their servers to wear the same outfit. I personally rather go to a place where personality is allowed to be shown even on the job.