After years of indulging themselves at a relatively discreet location east of the downtown core, Toronto's swingers are sashaying out of the closet and into the big wide open: Wicked, the city's pre-eminent hedonistic club, has carved out a visible street presence on the see-and-be-seen strip of Queen West.

Owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Shlomo and Aurora Benzion, both 34, Wicked has for the past two years operated out of a tucked-away location at the corner of Richmond and Church.

And so a move -- to a 12,000-square-foot, three-storey building west of Ossington, near the strip's trendy Drake Hotel -- was necessary. But not necessarily good for the neighbourhood -- at least, not in the minds of people who live on some of the residential streets off Queen.

"It's a dirty club," long-time Brookfield Street resident Maria Moniz, 30, shouts when asked how she perceives the club, located in what was once a Polish church.

But the Benzions say they have nothing to hide. They have been careful to make sure they are operating within the law. And to make sure that their establishment "is fun and safe," they have instituted a number of rules that are strictly enforced on-site.

"There are a few no-no's," cautions Ms. Benzion, a gregarious bottle blonde with feline eyes and a lilting French accent from her upbringing in Belgium. She is reclining on a queen-sized bed -- one of several that adorn the venue -- in front of a two-way mirror in the "voyeur room." It's one place where the club's fantasies are played out -- "both wild and mild," she says with a Cheshire Cat smile.

Down the street at the Knit Café, a cluster of women giggle over their stitching as they talk about the beds they saw rolling off a truck earlier in the day in anticipation of today's launch.

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