bar no phone

Toronto bar wants you to leave your phone at home

If you're tired of feeling alone in a crowded bar while those around Tinder, Instagram and tweet away, you should probably check outTake It Offline, a device-free event happening soon in Toronto.

Track & Field Bar, the College Street bar that lets you indulge your inner octogenarian with games of shuffleboard and bocce ball, will be home to a no-phones-allowed night on September 24. Tickets are currentlyavailablefor $10.

"The biggest motivator was the realization that cellphones have become our social security blanket," writes Amanda Kwok via email. She's organizing the event with friend Kate Jaczko.

Kwok notes that according to aHarris/Decima poll for CIBC, the average 25 to 34-year-old Canadian checks their phone more than seven times per hour. The two women were startled by this stat and wanted to do something about it.

While breaking the smartphone habit may challenging, what better way to unplug than with a round of drinks and lawn games? Alongside those Track & Field staples, Take It Offline will entertain you with a magician, a bracelet making station and a communal art mural. If you decide to go, don't forget to leave your phone at home or alternatively, check it at the door.

Would you attend the Take It Offline event? Let us know in the comments.


拉test Videos



拉test Videos


加入谈话Loadcomments

拉test in Tech

Video game described as 'masochist craze' features the TTC because of course it does

Here are the two most exciting startups from Toronto's Collision tech conference

Toronto is getting a new entertainment complex unlike anything it has seen before

Toronto tech company known as homegrown success story lays off huge portion of its staff

An Ontario internet provider was just put up for sale and even non-customers are fuming

Netflix has quietly removed its basic streaming plan from Canada

Samsung Experience Store at Toronto Eaton Centre to close permanently

Toronto just got an entire week dedicated to video games