torontobarfly
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a friend walked by crews the other day and said he saw people inside working
good news
good news
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Church-Wellesley Village
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dt_toronto_geek
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I had a group of friends over tonight to squeeze in three or four films nominated for Best Picture Academy Awards. The plan was to hit Hero Burger in between films so we all headed over there at 1:45am but they were closed before their 3am closing time because they - are you ready for this? they ran out of food.
Everyone including me was disappointed because we had our hearts (stomach's?) set on Hero Burger but we settled for great food from A La Turque. Bottom line, I think its safe to say that Hero Burger is a smashing success if they ran out of food on a Friday night.
TwoDogs_39
Active Member
Wow, finally some positive news. I for one am excited, and I think the new openings will help bring me (and others) back to the village. My friends have told me Hero Burger is quite delicious, so I can't wait to get my beef on lol.
CREWS: I got a facebook message saying they are having a hiring session sometime next week!! Rumour has it that the place will be reopening, and as someone already mentioned, they've applied for a liquor license!! I'm sooo excited lol.
CREWS: I got a facebook message saying they are having a hiring session sometime next week!! Rumour has it that the place will be reopening, and as someone already mentioned, they've applied for a liquor license!! I'm sooo excited lol.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Haven't been yet but the menu is a little unusual witha sprinkle of Hungarian to Italian to Greek fare without leaving out a standard breakfast and brunch fare.
dt_toronto_geek
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Church-Wellesley Village Changes - Update
March 11th Update of Changes
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That mysterious south part of former Biglardi's will become a "Pizzaiolo" (amazing pizza) very soon
Former Il Fornello is now "Chi-Ko-Roo"
Former Lettieris has blown the doors off with "Hero Burgers"
Finally, Statlers will become something called "Elevate"
Finally, a little bird who would know told a friend of mine who is also trustworthy that as long as Crews gets their license they should be open sometime this spring. I could also see lights on inside behind cracks in the paper that are up in the windows so it looks like something is brewing in there. Hopefully.
A walk around the Village today shows some places have opened or are coming close to opening, others sit empty. These were all of the closed retail spaces that I could find which suggests the C+W Village isn't in all that bad of shape.
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Happily, The Church Street Diner re-opened yesterday
No movement at the old Pizza Nova space
Mamma's Shawarma Wraps has been papered up for a couple of months now
Hero Burgers is a beehive of acitity
The space above Sailor (formally Priape) is still up for lease
Zelda's space still sits empty
No piano playing at Statlers
Crews/Tango looms sadly after being closed for over a year now
Former Bigliardi's is being renovated, Pizzaiolo is coming in here along with whatever else it will take to fill that big space
March 11th Update of Changes
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.
That mysterious south part of former Biglardi's will become a "Pizzaiolo" (amazing pizza) very soon
Former Il Fornello is now "Chi-Ko-Roo"
Former Lettieris has blown the doors off with "Hero Burgers"
Finally, Statlers will become something called "Elevate"
Finally, a little bird who would know told a friend of mine who is also trustworthy that as long as Crews gets their license they should be open sometime this spring. I could also see lights on inside behind cracks in the paper that are up in the windows so it looks like something is brewing in there. Hopefully.
whatever
Senior Member
I tried it last weekend and wasn't impressed. Terrible, laughably bad service. The food ran the whole range from uncooked to overcooked, unseasoned to absolutely sopping with grease. I'm giving them a provisional pass because it might've just still been opening jitters, but it'll be at least a couple months before I give them another try.
That Hero Burger does seem to be a hit tho, other than the crowds (which is the same "problem" afflicting Guu to the south; great food but a pain in the ass to get in)
TwoDogs_39
Active Member
Wow! This is so exciting lol. Also, perhaps related to this....I was reading through FAB the other week and noticed an ad for an after-hours nightclub! It didn't give any details but I'm wondering where it might be located. I even forget the name of the establishment.
Patriot
Active Member
Glad to see the gay village is going through a rainbow rebirth.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Guu is a unique restaurant for Toronto with a substantial amount of hype behind it. I doubt the crowds will thin there at all this year.
Having Hero Burger be swamped though is a sign of an unmet demand in the area. Thinking about the nieghbourhood, the majority of fast food options are pan-Asian, shwarma or pizza. The closest (non McDonalds) burger and fries type oufit is GBC on Parliament or the Hero Burger at Yonge and King. That's a big geographic hole for burgers they are filling. There is probably enough demand for another one of the city's burger chains to move in too.
Do they stay open late?
deerparker
Active Member
I think it's going to be attached to Remington's.
JasonParis
Moderator
I was at Remmy's the other night for the first time in quite a while and got talking to one of the long-time bartenders. He never mentioned anything about a coming club, but did say that the new renovated downstairs would be having its "soft opening" this weekend.
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to_l
Active Member
Hero is open until 11 Sun-Wed, and like 3 on Thurs-Sat.
torontobarfly
New Member
upstairs of remingtons is going to be an after hours club
deerparker
Active Member
It's mentioned in this older Xtra article. There's also been an advert running in fab with a website (though I can't recall it) that has an address matching Remington's...
www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Remingtons_to_get_facelift-6857.aspx
www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Remingtons_to_get_facelift-6857.aspx