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Roach-O-Rama
Category: Shopping Tobacco Shops Tobacco Shops
204 Augusta AvenueToronto, ON M5T 2L6
Neighbourhood: Kensington Market
(416) 203-6990
- Hours:
Mon 11 am - 8 pm
Tue-Thu 11 am - 11 pm
Fri-Sun 11 am - 12 am
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Dogs Allowed:
- No
5 reviews for Roach-O-Rama
5 reviews in English
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Review from Meena A.
9/11/2011
This place is my one stop shop for everything stoner related. The staff are true gems. Whether you are a pro buying seeds (they sell seeds at the right time of year) or a noob trying to impress your girlfriend, they will take the time to explain every product, hows it's used and most importantly - you never feel like you're asking a stupid question.
My faves are the gift packs they have. They range in price from $5 to upwards of a $100 and they are definitely the best deal in the house. You can get a bong or pipe, papers and a blunt wrap for $15, all rolled up in assorted holiday wrap, of course. I can't count the number of times I've been running late for a friend's birthday and grabbed one of these on the go.
Also, one of the girls who works here is an amazing artist. Her wood burnings hang at the back of the store, they're fairly priced at $50-$80 and she does commissions as well. Please patronize her, I don't know of anyone more deserving in Toronto. -
Review from Monica F.
6/13/2011
Decent selection of paraphernalia but prices are a little steep compared to other head shops in and around the city. I also think they sell Salvia. But I am by no means promoting it. Infact, I discourage it. Not fun. Anyways................
Don't get me started on the Hot Box Cafe. Save yoursef the money and go smoke on a bench in the park. Way better atmosphere too, not all sketchy. That said, ROR is an integral part of Kensington Market and I hope it doesn't go anywhere!! It's always nice to have it around if needed.
Extra star for their "serving potheads since.....uh, I forget" slogan and free stickers that seem to pop up everywhere. -
Review from Matty K.
Toronto, ON
8/15/2008
Yes it's true, everyone is legally and safely smoking weed at the back patio, the "Hotbox Cafe" where it is possible to dream the revolution(s) amongst your favorite evolutionary or involutionary new best friends, at tea-time, which is approximately at 4:20, which is actually all the time since this is the place where time is no more and sometimes, if only for a brief moment, you can spot the, or a, "son of man" while devouring sandwiches more ferociously with each passing minute, due to "munchies" which last for hours at a time.
Do not study for your exams here.
Do not expect cops to show up, because they know about this place, it is legal. The only rules are: NO DEALING and don't sit all day without purchasing anything.
Also at this location: various events, art shows, colorful hemp attire, bong and plant accessories...and hub information about the weed culture, locally and universally.
super secret: From 54 or 56 Kensington Avenue, it is possible to get to the roof of the building which makes the giant wall in the back patio.
From there, you can observe or throw leaves at the stoners.Listed in: Kensington Market
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Review from Vanessa G.
Toronto, ON
9/22/2008
Ah, just one more thing I love about this big old country; shoddy regulation of marijuana laws. That means that Roach-o-rama can serve its clientele the finest bud this side of BC without being handcuffed and thrown into a cruiser (right after a Tim Hortons run).
And where else would such a place be but in Kensington Market or course! Located in the middle of the most magical place in Toronto, Roach-o-Rama serves the city's pot heads vegetarian and meat filled meals as well as smoothies and some other "baked" goods.
They also sell all your smoking needs in-store, like bongs, grinders, pipes, papers, hilarious t-shirts and weed related paraphernalia and hemp everything. Be warned: There are very serious rules about the Hot Box Cafe - like patronize the store politely by buying something, don't sell weed and don't bring in minors - things that pot heads sometimes forget. -
Review from Todd V.
Toronto, ON
10/31/2008
Let me just make one big point clear. I don't smoke a lot of weed. If you're a cop reading this, I don't smoke any. Not being big on the weed myself, it's not to say that I don't have the opportunity to see others enjoying the odd spliff, baking an illicit biscuit, or going to buy some paraphernalia. In the times that I've been with folks that have done such, they have repeatedly told me that this place is one of the better places in Toronto for pro-hemp stuff. Wow, this totally sounds like one of those, "It's not me, it's my...erm...friends" reviews.
Found in the front of the Hot Box Café (http://www.yelp.ca/biz...), there is a wide array of items that will help you on your mary-j-way. Roaches (as the name would indicate), bongs, hemp clothing, activist t-shirts, and all your other basic gear can be found here. What else would you expect from a place in Kensington Market?
Specialties
Hot box cafe is torontos first and funnest pot cafe and head shop. We believe in the normalization of cannabis. This means it's time to come out of the grow closet and treat marijuana as the normal part of life, that it is for 17 percent of canadians.
Our cafe offers a wide variety of munchies and pasties. At night Hot box transforms into the after dark, a night lounge vibe for stoners. Enjoy our specially made smart bar, all legal and designed to increase your stone.
Tuesday: hot box unplugged open mic
Wednesday: hump day a gay 4.20 positive evening
Thursday: stoner comedy
Friday: big spliff Italy reggae vibes
Saturday: dub step n splits
Sunday: live jazz
History
Established in 2000
Starting out on a side street Roach-O-Rama opened as one stoners dream. Pipes binge n rolling papers.
We moved into our location on Baldwin st, in beloved Kensington. With the addition of Hot box cafe in 2003.
Over the last decade we have seen what a difference an open and friendly environment has made in our customers lives. People of all walks of life, relaxing and socializing openly as cannabis lovers.
