It’s just every BIA’s living nightmare come true — a Hells Angels “shop” down the street as an added incentive to attract tourists and such like. Of course the OPP Anti-Biker Enforcement Unit thinks the shop is a really a Hells Angels club house. It is located on Carlaw Ave. in Leslieville, just a short distance from the HA clubhouse that was raided and closed a few years ago. Nonetheless, the shop appears to be legal and Paula Fletcher (Ward 14) acknowledges that. But she says the neighbors will be keeping a close eye on activities there. The Hells Angels are widely considered to be involved in organized crime. The shop is called 81 (the eighth and first letters of the alphabet are H and A) and sells T-shirts, mugs and other similar paraphernalia.
