St Lawrence Market

[dusk]

Look on the bright side eventually they will be over saturated and some will close down.

This many cannabis shops IS the bright side hah. I really don't mind. Like you say, the best will survive eventually.

Or getting a sandwich from Pita Land. Their beef shawarma is really good!

Not gonna lie its not bad! (at least for the core).

 

[evandyk]

Not gonna lie its not bad! (at least for the core).

Good caveat. I used to work near the airport, and the shawarma available out there is vastly superior to anything you can get downtown. It's the only thing I miss about working in the suburbs.

 

[Richard White]

This many cannabis shops IS the bright side hah. I really don't mind. Like you say, the best will survive eventually.

Yes but eventually it will be an issue. It's not like convenience stores or Starbucks. 1 or 2 shops in a local area is not a bad thing but so many in a small area known for homeless is asking for problems.

You won't believe how many homeless people are smoking drugs in the lobby of my work daily. I have to ask them to leave every couple of hours.

 

[nfitz]

Signs up for another cannabis shop in the hood, “The House of Cannabis”.

Good grief - Betty's is gone ... the eastern half?

 

[CityPainter]

Good grief - Betty's is gone ... the eastern half?

No, House of Cannabis is in the former Petite Thuet location one unit east. Betty's has been (temporarily?) subdivided with the owner opening a take-out and prepared food business called Commo that runs out of the Betty's kitchen. Presumably the other half of Betty's will re-open as a bar/patio when Covid restrictions ease.

 

[nfitz]

No, House of Cannabis is in the former Petite Thuet location one unit east. Betty's has been (temporarily?) subdivided with the owner opening a take-out and prepared food business called Commo that runs out of the Betty's kitchen. Presumably the other half of Betty's will re-open as a bar/patio when Covid restrictions ease.

Yeah, it was the Commo I could see in that photo. Hopefully it reopens ... or there's be no washrooms!

 

[dusk]

I'd love to see a more animated king street east between Jarvis and Parliament.

Obviously Covid has made things complicated but the location of the strip in the city, significant architecture, and access to transit would make it an ideal cafe, restaurant, and boutique scene. I know we have Poet, Neo, Ardo, and a few others but in my opinion there are still too many stores that are either shuttered (king and george) and furniture stores.

Thoughts?

 

[evandyk]

I'd love to see a more animated king street east between Jarvis and Parliament.

Obviously Covid has made things complicated but the location of the strip in the city, significant architecture, and access to transit would make it an ideal cafe, restaurant, and boutique scene. I know we have Poet, Neo, Ardo, and a few others but in my opinion there are still too many stores that are either shuttered (king and george) and furniture stores.

Thoughts?

I wonder if there is fear that every block is going to be redeveloped over the next few years. Because I agree that their could be a lot more there. Several thousand people moving into the St. Lawrence and Time & Space Towers over the next few years should help.

But all of St. Lawrence seems to have a challenge supporting restaurant and retail. It's quite short on options, given the overall population density.

 

[DSC]

I wonder if there is fear that every block is going to be redeveloped over the next few years. Because I agree that their could be a lot more there. Several thousand people moving into the St. Lawrence and Time & Space Towers over the next few years should help.

But all of St. Lawrence seems to have a challenge supporting restaurant and retail. It's quite short on options, given the overall population density.

Yes, there's a huge difference between King West and King East. We have lived in King East for 20 years and, though the population has grown a great deal, we still live in a rather 'sleepy' neighbourhood.

 

[evandyk]

Yes, there's a huge difference between King West and King East. We have lived in King East for 20 years and, though the population has grown a great deal, we still live in a rather 'sleepy' neighbourhood.

We moved here so we could have space for the baby, and it's ideal for that. It's not like we were going to restaurants anyways. But hopefully when there's no pandemic and he's big enough to take to restaurants, we'll have a few more options to choose from one day.

 

[dusk]

King East certainly doesn’t need to become King West but the sleepiness of it seems odd to me truthfully. There is so much potential. I’m curious how the strip looks in about 5 years once quite a few developments wrap up, COVID is in the distant past, etc.

 

[deerparker]

Scheffler's Deli in the market is 'temporarily closed'. The signage didn't indicate a reopening date.

 

[evandyk]

I think they closed last Friday, so it'll probably not be before next Friday. Maybe Wednesday at the earliest.

 

[evandyk]

I was at the market today, and it looks like someone read the riot act to the merchants about masks. They were all wearing standardized masks, other than a few people wearing double masks. Not a single bare nose spotted!

 

[DSC]

I was at the market today, and it looks like someone read the riot act to the merchants about masks. They were all wearing standardized masks, other than a few people wearing double masks. Not a single bare nose spotted!

I shop there several times a week and have not seen unmasked people for weeks and one customer who rushed past the "greeter" at entrance without a mask was escorted out by a security guard the other day.