The Granite Club

Toronto, Canada

2350 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M2L 1E4
416.449.8713 or 800.251.3698 phone
416.445.0838 fax
www.graniteclub.com

Reviewed September 2008

With the 2010 Winter Games fast approaching, you can catch the Olympic spirit now at the Granite Club of Toronto, a training ground for many past winter Olympiads. Founded by six men committed to the sport of curling, the Granite Club first opened in 1876 as a two-sheet curling and ice skating rink. Today, with a membership of 10,000, this fine club has expanded to 22 acres of playing surface extending well beyond the ice: wood (badminton, squash, exercise studios), water (two 25-meter pools), grass (lawn bowling), clay (12 tennis courts) and carpet (large fitness room, a newly renovated Grand Ballroom and several dining options).

Located in metropolitan Toronto, the Granite Club serves as a haven for families seeking award-winning cuisine, activities ranging from music lessons to theater events, and sports galore.

Ready for a loop around the Granite Club's ice skating rink? Lace up and grace (or thrash) the very rink where past Olympians Kurt Browning and Josee Chouinard trained. Sign up for dance classes, spin sessions and edge turns, or, if you're fearless, try out the jump harness. Submit any bumps and bruises to the healing hands of the Granite Club's massage therapists.

After exploring all 22 acres of the Granite Club, carve out enough time to discover Canada's largest city-home to more than 100 cultures and a thriving arts scene. Like to party? So does Toronto, which packs more than 1,000 festivals onto its annual calendar!

Go for the gold

• Ice: Eight curling sheets, iceskating rink
• Wood: Four international, one American, two doubles squash courts; four badminton courts, five bowling lanes, fitness classes
• Water: two 25-meter pools, junior "tadpool" and activity pool
• Clay: 12 tennis courts; one golf practice area under a bubble in winter
• Grass: Lawn bowling
• Carpet: State-of-the-art fitness facility
  
  

Eat like an olympian

• Fine dining room
• Granite dining room (business casual)
• The Bistro & Kitchen Gallery (casual)
• Terrace and cabana (seasonal)
• Snack Shop
• Granite Bar
• Private dining for 14-600
• Dress code details on the Web site
  
  

Rest and recover

• 14 rooms (renovated in 2007)
• The University Club (10-15 minute taxi ride)
  
  

380 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G IR6
416.597.1336 phone
416.597.2994 fax
www.universitycluboftoronto.com

For more information on Reciprocal Clubs, visit our Reciprocal Club Library on the 9th Floor or call WAC Member Services at 206.464.3068.