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Toronto’s first wet cleaning specialist · Yonge & Lawrence

Sixty years of getting it spotless.

A fashion editor would call it atelier care. The Zachos family has simply called it the job: garments cleaned in pure water, never PERC, then pressed like they matter. Because they do.

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The route finder

Valet pickup and delivery runs Tuesday and Friday. See which day is yours.

  • 60+ years family run
  • First wet cleaning specialist in Toronto
  • Miele certified
  • Tuesday and Friday valet
  • 100 percent toxic-free
A presser steams a shirt hanging on the garment rack
The press line, photographed mid-morning at 3309 Yonge.
  • 60+ years family run
  • Toronto’s first wet cleaning specialist
  • Miele certified
  • 100 percent toxic-free
No. 1 / The Services

What the house
does.

Six disciplines under one roof at 3309 Yonge. Every piece is inspected on the way in and pressed on the way out.

Wet Cleaning

The deepest clean in the gentlest medium: pure water, precise Miele machines, zero solvent.

Wash and Fold

Everyday laundry weighed in, washed, and folded square, back on your route day.

Executive Shirt Service

Collars, cuffs, and plackets pressed sharp, finished by hand where machines fall short.

Alterations and Repairs

Hems, seams, zippers, and quiet rescues, measured twice and sewn once.

Household and Linens

Duvets, drapery, and table linens returned fresh, pressed, and neatly bagged.

Wedding Gowns and Delicates

Careful hands for beadwork and silk. Gowns are cleaned, then boxed in acid-free tissue for storage.

Most dry cleaning is not dry. Ours is not dry cleaning at all.

Your closet,
on a route.

Two routes cross the neighbourhood every week, Tuesday and Friday. You never have to think about it, which is rather the point.

  1. Hang the bag

    Your personalized Glenforest garment bag goes on the door before 9 a.m. on your route day.

  2. We do the rest

    Collected, sorted, treated, cleaned, and pressed at the house on Yonge.

  3. Home, pressed

    Everything comes back on your route day, finished and ready for the closet.

Routes run Tuesday and Friday. Not sure which is yours?

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A worker folds garments in the dim pressing room
No. 2 / The Water Method

Why water
wins.

Most dry cleaning is not dry. It is a bath in petroleum-derived solvent, most often PERC, a chemical you can smell on the collar. Glenforest was the first house in Toronto to walk away from it. We clean in water, with biodegradable detergents and computer-controlled Miele machines, and the result is not a compromise: colours come back brighter, whites come back whiter, and nothing comes home smelling like a laboratory.

It is gentler on silk and wool, and easier on skin that reacts to solvent residue.

No PERC · No harsh chemicals · Ever
A cleaner inspects garments hanging at the sorting rail
Every piece is read at the rail before it is cleaned.

  1. Read the garment

    Fibre, weave, dye, buttons, and the story of the stain. Nothing is cleaned before it is understood.

  2. Spot by hand

    At the board with brush and bone, working stains out of the cloth instead of blasting them through it.

  3. Clean in water

    Miele-certified machines, exact temperatures, biodegradable detergents. One hundred percent toxic-free, every load.

  4. Finish and press

    Dried gently, blocked to shape, and pressed until it hangs the way its maker intended.

From the
floor.

Shot at the board and the bench on an ordinary Tuesday.

Hands guiding a steam iron with steam rising from the plate
Steam held for a two-count on wool.
Hands lacing the back of a wedding gown
A gown laced closed before boxing.
A hand stitching a garment with needle and thread
A repair at the bench, measured twice.

Glenforest Reserve

The counter,
bottled.

The tools our spotters actually use, packaged for home. Treat what you can; bring us the rest.

Reserve Stain Treatment Solution

The house formula for treating stains at home, before they set.

$35

Soft Spotting Brush

The brush our spotters trust: gentle on fibre, firm on stains.

$35

Reserve Starter Kit

Solution, brush, and bone: the full counter, boxed.

$110

Spotting Bone

The old-school tool for lifting a stain without spreading it.

$25

Ask at the counter, 3309 Yonge St

No. 3 / Letters

From the
neighbourhood.

“They rescued a silk blouse two other cleaners had refused to touch. It came back looking like the day I bought it.”

Margaret · Lawrence Park

Sixty years,
one family.

Glenforest has been in the Zachos family for more than sixty years, long enough to have pressed wedding gowns for the daughters of women who first brought in their own. From the same shop at Yonge and Lawrence, the house became Toronto’s first wet cleaning specialist and never looked back: Miele certified, one hundred percent toxic-free, and still small enough to know your name.

The Zachos family, Yonge & Lawrence

Two staff members carrying tall stacks of pressed white linens
Linens stacked for the Friday route.