Midoco Art and Office Supplies

Love the myriad of items to be found here, both for arts and for fun. Prices might not be the cheapest, but they’re relatively on-​par with the going rate.

This is the only place in T.O. that I have seen stocking Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks and that alone is worth the trek out to The Beach. These notebooks are like «tricked out» Moleskines. They rock numbered pages, are available in grid, graph, lined and blank, have stickers to help organize, have a table of contents page and feature high quality paper (though less impressive than Rhodia). Leuchtturm’s website shows no international distributors outside Europe[1] and you can’t even find a mention of Leuchtturm on Midoco’s website. But none of this matters, because I am telling you: you can find these fine notebooks here. Get one.
They also stock a wide array of other (lesser) notebooks, pens, craft paper, markers, art supplies for adults and children and creative gifts for the hard-​to-​shop-​for in your life.
If this store has a failing, it’s the cramped layout. They have placed all the desireable items (including the Leuchtturms) within 12 feet of the cash register. There’s always a gaggle of people near the entrance. Expect to find yourself apologizing and saying «excuse me» a lot when you visit. But also expect to find some cool stuff, and possibly spend way too long here.
Obligatory Title Pun: It’s OKEY, MI-​DOKEY. (So lame, I know.)
Menu Readability: I really don’t care for rounded sans-​serif ultra-​modern lettering, and the Midoco wordmark is no exception.
Need to mention: This store is superior to the Bloor street store.
What this place teaches me about myself: I’m obsessed with notebooks. Help me, please.
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[1] I hear they are distributed by Kikkerland in the U.S. I don’t think this is the case in Canada or we would have seen more of these notebooks by now.

This location is much smaller than the flagship store in the Annex, but it’s got the same mishmash of stuff. You’ll find the same variety of pens, markers, pencils and other marking tools, crafts, office supplies and papers.
On my last trip, I was desperately looking for some acid-​free foam core, without having to travel all the way downtown to get it and without being overcharged at DeSerres/​Loomis up at Woodbine/​Danforth.
If you’re stuck for time in the east end looking for affordable art supplies, more often than not, Midoco will do the trick.