androiduk
Senior Member
I believe there's a new Starbucks going in at the northwest corner of Church & Gerrard.
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Restaurant Comings & Goings
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androiduk
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Nice to see Timmy's is keeping the kitschy sign thing going, there's not nearly enough of this stuff around anymore. I really miss the Big Boy and Ronald McDonald statues.
khris
Senior Member
I miss that stuff too. Where did you find that?
androiduk
Senior Member
^ Yonge just south of Cranbrooke. The one below is near Danforth & Carlaw.
Towered
Senior Member
The Gourmet Burger Company heads to the wild west...(Etobicoke).....
843 Kipling Avenue (roughly at Advance, just a bit south of Dundas.
Yeah, that place was empty for years and before that it briefly served as a skeezy Polish "dance club", where upon entry (the one and only time I went there) some asshole at the door asked me if I was a guy or a chick. Before that it was Solid Gold II, a strip club. There used to be quite a few strip clubs in this part of Etobicoke, but alas, they have all disappeared, and thanks to a pathetic, totally out of date prudish attitude at city hall in the form of a joke by-law, no new ones are allowed to open.
adma
Superstar
Though one wonders if strip clubs, like streetwalkers, are a quasi-anachronism these days.
Anyway, there are a few of those Tim's-cup signs around (a conspicuous one being on Yonge N of Bloor).
That Boop's practically a paradoxical echo of the original Dixie Lee mascot
Anyway, there are a few of those Tim's-cup signs around (a conspicuous one being on Yonge N of Bloor).
That Boop's practically a paradoxical echo of the original Dixie Lee mascot
androiduk
Senior Member
Brand new Fran's on Front near Yonge. This chain was almost dead about 10 years ago, nice to see them fight back.
khris
Senior Member
Great! A new place to get breakfast. Although the Victoria Street location is basically the same distance from me. I wish there was a breakfast/diner place like this in the entertainment district.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Their near death was deserved. The food quality had deteriorated while the prices kept rising. A predictable result when you have 100 items on the menu.
They also faced a lot more late night competition with the proliferation of Shwarma shops which often stay open late.
I haven't been in one for about 3 years, when I stopped in for a 3am breakfast. Have they improved at all?
urbandreamer
recession proof
Salt has opened on Ossington--looks swank.
Another new bar/cafe has opened on Bloor West at Havelock (2 blocks east of Dufferin), called Drift. Very nice new hangout for me. Info here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=143647549000259&ref=mf
Another coffee shop, with a twist--board games?--is about to open at Bloor and Markham: Snakes & Lattes: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toron...ages/Toronto-ON/Snakes-Lattes/109653945732837
Another new bar/cafe has opened on Bloor West at Havelock (2 blocks east of Dufferin), called Drift. Very nice new hangout for me. Info here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=143647549000259&ref=mf
Another coffee shop, with a twist--board games?--is about to open at Bloor and Markham: Snakes & Lattes: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toron...ages/Toronto-ON/Snakes-Lattes/109653945732837
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JasonParis
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The excellent Ravi Soups will be opening two more locations...
Toronto's soup king to expand to Leslieville, Yonge and Sheppard
Toronto's soup king to expand to Leslieville, Yonge and Sheppard
androiduk
Senior Member
Corned Beef House has finally bit the dust
adma
Superstar
That picture would make great album artwork (and title, to boot)
urbandreamer
recession proof
^You missed those great warehouse parties of the 90s I bet. Corned Beef House was a Toronto House Music specialty. 
khris
Senior Member
There's another Pizzaiolo opening on the west side of Yonge, just south of Adelaide.