Village Vinyl Music Emporium & Café is a unique and very special kind of record store, described as a fusion of a contemporary psyche with a vintage ethos. It may appear small outside but that’s deceiving. It is sleekly designed and outfitted so that shopping its extensive and varied selection of recorded music is both a pleasure and an adventure.
Housed in a century old building with original tin ceiling, brick wall and wooden floors it’s a sanctuary for both the casual and the serious music lover/collector. Keith (Keefer) and Karyn are your friendly welcoming and non ‘genre prejudiced’ owner/operators. Keefer possesses a lifelong love affair with music and is an avid vinyl collector himself. In fact, when he immigrated from England to Canada all he brought with him were his records. He embraces all genres of music and thrives on discovering new talent and musical stylings. His music knowledge is respected, highly regarded and greatly appreciated by their customers.
Having both worked previously in consumer goods industries they understand how important excellent customer service, great product selection and presentation are to retail success. If they don’t have what you are looking for, they will try and get it for you. Village Vinyl aspires to be both a destination store and a local favorite for the audiophile, the experienced collector, the new collector and the casual music lover.
The business has been firmly rooted in its community of Lakeshore Village since it opened in 2012. Village Vinyl has brought free live music events to the neighborhood, managed the live music presentations at area festivals and sponsored a variety of local charitable efforts. As such it has won the ‘Gem of the Lakeshore’ award twice and has been honoured twice with LAMP’s ‘Business Award of Merit’ for being a ‘community champion’.
The shop is situated in southwest Toronto and is easily accessed by highway, main roads or transit from downtown Toronto, the GTHA and southern Ontario. Parking is steps away and always plentiful.
