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Toronto to get a table-flipping emporium

There’s nothing more cathartic than flipping over a table in a fit of rage – except, of course, for the fact that it so rarely gets to happen outside of the movies. That’s about to change, thanks to Ye Olde Dandy’s, a “mystery room and table flippery” about to open at Broadview and Gerrard.

The “mystery room” portion, explains co-creator and artist Matti McLean, is a twist on the escape room phenomenon that’s sweeping Toronto. Like a real-life game of Clue, you’ll get to find items and speak to actors in the room to uncover the details of a murder mystery.

But their bread and butter, McLean explains, will be the ability to take all your frustrations out on a table – and whatever happens to be on it.

“If you want to just flip the table, it’s $5,” he says. “But of course, you want to flip it with cool stuff on it.” It’s $10 if you want to knock over a board game (you’ve got options, including Life, Trivial Pursuit and Catan), while $15 gets you the opportunity to destroy a carefully-built Lego structure. 

Anything breakable starts at $20, including tea parties or children’s birthday parties. You also have the opportunity to BYO-flip, in case you’d like to bring a stack of forms from the office.

If you’ve got an appetite for destruction, they’re hosting a launch party on June 5. Though the Gerrard location is meant to be a pop-up, they’ll move somewhere more permanent at the end of the summer if their concept proves to be a smashing success.

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