The Free Times Cafe is a live music venue and restaurant in
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
The cafe was purchased by Judy Perly in 1980. The restaurant serves a menu of Jewish, Middle Eastern and Canadian food as well as all-day breakfast. The restaurant also has live music nightly and has featured singer-songwriters and performers such as
Ron Sexsmith,
Emm Gryner,
Sarah Slean,
Jack Carty, Keith Jolie,
Esthero,
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Early history
Founding member Mark Marczyk met bartender and musician Michael Louis Johnson in 2009 afte ...
,
Lorne Ryder,
Rehan Dalal,
Erik Bleich,
Jory Nash
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,
Glen Hornblast,
Laura Fernandez
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,
Kat Goldman
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Biography
Kat Goldman grew up in Toronto, Ontario. She began her career as a singer-songwriter while attending university in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1990s. She began ...
, Jason Fowler and
Liam Titcomb. There is an
open stage
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on Monday nights.
Bob Snider
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Snider grew up in Toronto and later moved to Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon returning to Toronto in the 1980s, he befriended Bob Wiseman and other songwriters in the Toronto open stages at Fat ...
's ''
Live at the Free Times Cafe'' was recorded at the venue.
References
Restaurants in Toronto
Tourist attractions in Toronto
Restaurants established in 1980
Music venues in Toronto
Nightclubs in Toronto
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