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Toronto Then & Now: Buffy Sainte-Marie and The Purple Onion
The Purple Onion Coffee House was a music venue located at 35 Avenue Road in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto. It operated from 1960 to 1965 and was one of the first coffee houses to be opened in the Yorkville area, the artistic heart of Toronto in the 1960s. The Purple Onion preceded Toronto’s well-known…