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The Film Buff East
Categories: Shopping Books, Mags, Music and Video DVD & Video Game Rental Food Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt DVD & Video Game Rental, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt [Edit]
1380 Queen St EToronto, ON M4L 1C9
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
(416) 465-4324
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 3 pm - 10 pm
Sat 12 pm - 10 pm
Sun 2 pm - 10 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for The Film Buff East
7 reviews in English
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Review from Jessica W.
Toronto, ON
7/5/2011
One of those local joints that make me miss living in this 'hood.
Was reminded of its awesomeness while in the area on the weekend. Stopped in for one of the delicious aforementioned ice cream cones -- these guys give you what amounts to a double scoop at some fancier places. Really tasty flavours at a great price (they didn't have my favourite on hand, watermelon with chocolate cookie pieces, but the pomegranate sorbet was stupendous nonetheless).
Enjoyed perusing the new additions by the door, too. What's great about this place is that while they do carry blockbuster new releases, the strength of the collection is the indie, artsie, alternative, foreign, canadian and television material. It feels like a curated collection of offerings, but with no pretense and no holier-than-thou film snobs behind the counter judging your picks (on the contrary, the staff here has always been incredibly laid back and friendly). -
Review from Natalie T.
East York, ON
11/3/2011
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It's a video store. So film buffs. However, they sell ice cream inside. So I want to talk about the ice cream and how much I love that they put vintage movie posters over some of the bins in the ice cream cooler.
I ATE
Espresso ice cream. Though it may not be "authentic" (shut up, ice cream snobs), it's certainly worth the price. We paid $2.38 for a heaping scoop and I got my caffeine fix for the day!
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Video stores really ought to be selling ice cream with local movie rentals (or burritos). The hybrid food/movie rental trend is *so* underrated.Listed in: 30 Day Challenge, Leslieville
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Review from Ryan F.
Toronto, ON
5/12/2009
An excellent place for a ice cream cone. Delicious, generous, low price. They have their own private brand of ice cream prepared by Maypole Ice Cream in Etobicoke. Brilliantly absurd names for the ice cream like Crunchy Frog for chocolate mint. Yes, I caught the Monty Python reference. Still, though.
Apparently they also make available discs that somehow magically contain movies that can be played in a special contraption player that predates the internet. -
Review from Jenny T.
7/17/2010
I pass by this place everyday going to and coming from work and I think I might cancel my http://Zip.ca membership permanently if their movie rental service is even just half as good as their drinks and ice cream.
Their service is friendly, helpful and quick. This is especially important when I'm waiting for the streetcar to come by. I'm really writing this review though because of their fantastic ice cream. They have a handful of flavours and I tried the crunchy frog flavour, which is chocolate mint. It reminds me of Ben & Jerry's crunchy chocolate bits and it was super hard and did not melt easily like cheap ice cream does. I'm very impressed! -
Review from Kathleen C.
Montréal, QC
1/1/2010
Terrific selection of art movies and documentaries, updated weekly. Fresh and very reasonably priced ice cream (about half the price of some fancier ice cream shops) and very good espresso.
Scott, the owner, writes a 'zine with his reviews, look for it on the counter.
Our whole family loves The Buff! One or another of us is there nearly every day. -
Review from Kat F.
Updated - 10/1/2009 8 Check-ins Here
Cheesecake ice cream with blackberry jam swirl at 9:50pm on a Wednesday. Fuck yes!
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8/18/2009
Ice cream. Amazing flavours of it. About ten of them with fun, cheeky names, among them, Atomic… Read more »
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Review from Jimi S.
ON
11/17/2008 2 photos
film buff has another location on the other end of the city at roncesvalles and from what i remember its just as great as this one. if you decide that youd like to focus on the works of one director say, you just have to stroll over to the director section which has well known directors movies all in one spot. or perhaps you enjoy exercising your tongue while you search for flicks. this problem is solved by the ice cream that you can purchase while you are there. they are two ideas that are not obviously related, but seem to work just fine together. just cuz, i guess.
what attracts me the most to this place, though, is its selection of obscure, indie and foreign movies. not that i want to watch those all the time, but i know where to go when i want it. the staff are friendly enough, and you get the sense that they are working there for the access to free movies and not for the money they are going to walk away with. (not claiming slave labour here, but i think you dig the gist.)
