Little Italy/College Street

[AlbertC]

Trattoria Giancarlo at College & Clinton has closed after 30 years:

Italian restaurant that's been in Toronto for 30 years is closing its doors forever

Old school Italian restaurants seem to be getting hit especially hard by the pandemic, with yet another one that's been around for over 30 years cl...

www.blogto.com

 

[Towered]

Maybe Cafe Dip will join them...

 

[SunriseChampion]

I feel like I may join them.


Nah, gimme another Tim's.

 

[AlbertC]

Maybe Cafe Dip will join them...

People mainly go to Cafe Dip for drinks on their patio which may work for them once they're allowed to reopen. But then again, they're also losing a whole lot with the Euros not happening this year.

Looks like for these old school places, it comes down to whether it's more beneficial for them to just retire than hang on for the fight.

 

[AlbertC]

Grade level work being done at the NE corner of College & Grace, where the Marinella restaurant used to be at:

While the entrance of the Royal Cinema is boarded. Wonder if they're going through renovations or just extra layering during Covid measures.

 

[AlbertC]

Scaffolding up on the building at the NW corner of College & Euclid, looks like it could be for some restoration work:

 

[Towered]

Scaffolding up on the building at the NW corner of College & Euclid, looks like it could be for some restoration work:

View attachment 288951View attachment 288952

I always wanted to try out the restaurant there, Kalendar.

 

[AlbertC]

I always wanted to try out the restaurant there, Kalendar.

I've been there once for brunch. The food was within the decent/solid range. I'd say the interior decor was probably the more interesting factor though. Has some of the old-world bistro charm to it, a bit quirky but remains modest and not kitschy.

 

[Towered]

I've been there once for brunch. The food was within the decent/solid range. I'd say the interior decor was probably the more interesting factor though. Has some of the old-world bistro charm to it, a bit quirky but remains modest and not kitschy.

It was the charming Euro appearance that caught my eye!

 

[AlbertC]

Scaffolding removed for the building at College & Euclid.

Mostly consistent with how it was before, with maybe some new paint and window work:

 

[Northern Light]

Grade level work being done at the NE corner of College & Grace, where the Marinella restaurant used to be at:

View attachment 280270


While the entrance of the Royal Cinema is boarded. Wonder if they're going through renovations or just extra layering during Covid measures.

View attachment 280271

Hmmm, hope all is well there too, I love that venue.

Their website is still up, but nothing current on it I could see.

Their social media channels have been inactive since summer.

The only building permit for the site is signage related, upper level and dates to the tail end of 2019, so unlikely to be related to anything seen in the pic.

 

[SunriseChampion]

I always wanted to try out the restaurant there, Kalendar.

Looks like 'calendar' in Czech/Slovak

Is it.....?

 

[SunriseChampion]

Anyone hear anything about the Metro property? I'm trippin about Revival closing after Mod Club did...RIP Mod Club.

 

[Towered]

Looks like 'calendar' in Czech/Slovak

Is it.....?

No idea!

 

[Towered]

Anyone hear anything about the Metro property? I'm trippin about Revival closing after Mod Club did...RIP Mod Club.

I'm actually very surprised that such a suburban plaza in the heart of a very hip, urban downtown street like College has managed to escape the ever-present Sauron-esque gaze of ravenous developers...