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Christmas season has started at The Well, with seasonal decorations installed and a stalls for a Christmas Market set up.

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The yurt is back:

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Other notes: The construction material staging area by the car loop area is finally gone - the area is all cleaned up and completely open.

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View from Draper Street - the east/west walkway is open, with some final clean up activities on the sides.

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Not familiar with the detailed plans for The Well, but this looks like it might be a day care area in final stages of preparation:

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I believe that The National is actually on the lower level. We’ll find out tomorrow!
 
rdaner said:
I believe that The National is actually on the lower level. We’ll find out tomorrow!
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Its both, alongside the national there might be upwards of 10 more stalls opening up on the other side of sweetie pie.
That area has yet to open.
The retail brochure hasnt been updated in a year but heres some screenshots of what to expect:
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It would be an absolute GODSEND if a second holiday market began at the Well, to alleviate pressure on the Distillery Winter Village. For a city of 3MM people plus the additional 2MM+ in the GTA, having one central holiday market is an absolute failing of meeting our needs.

The fact that there's ticketed entry and you're still pushing through crowd crush throngs of people in the distillery just to pay $10 for a hot chocolate should be a sign that the city can sustain a second formal market.

Cities smaller than Toronto have more holiday markets - Cologne in Germany has seven, all with different themes. The DWV has sat on its laurels for too long and become completely uncompetitive - I sincerely hope this micro market at the Well is a massive success and grows into something to rival the DWV and force its organizers to do better.
 
Vanalla said:
It would be an absolute GODSEND if a second holiday market began at the Well, to alleviate pressure on the Distillery Winter Village. For a city of 3MM people plus the additional 2MM+ in the GTA, having one central holiday market is an absolute failing of meeting our needs.

The fact that there's ticketed entry and you're still pushing through crowd crush throngs of people in the distillery just to pay $10 for a hot chocolate should be a sign that the city can sustain a second formal market.

Cities smaller than Toronto have more holiday markets - Cologne in Germany has seven, all with different themes. The DWV has sat on its laurels for too long and become completely uncompetitive - I sincerely hope this micro market at the Well is a massive success and grows into something to rival the DWV and force its organizers to do better.
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Excellent point of view and analysis.
I generally avoid the Distillery Xmas market because of capacity and parking issues.
 
Vanalla said:
It would be an absolute GODSEND if a second holiday market began at the Well, to alleviate pressure on the Distillery Winter Village. For a city of 3MM people plus the additional 2MM+ in the GTA, having one central holiday market is an absolute failing of meeting our needs.

The fact that there's ticketed entry and you're still pushing through crowd crush throngs of people in the distillery just to pay $10 for a hot chocolate should be a sign that the city can sustain a second formal market.

Cities smaller than Toronto have more holiday markets - Cologne in Germany has seven, all with different themes. The DWV has sat on its laurels for too long and become completely uncompetitive - I sincerely hope this micro market at the Well is a massive success and grows into something to rival the DWV and force its organizers to do better.
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It's so insanely crowded that it's become uncompetitive is quite the take! But I agree that there's plenty of room for a competitor so that it's not quite as crowded.
 
Vanalla said:
It would be an absolute GODSEND if a second holiday market began at the Well, to alleviate pressure on the Distillery Winter Village. For a city of 3MM people plus the additional 2MM+ in the GTA, having one central holiday market is an absolute failing of meeting our needs.

The fact that there's ticketed entry and you're still pushing through crowd crush throngs of people in the distillery just to pay $10 for a hot chocolate should be a sign that the city can sustain a second formal market.

Cities smaller than Toronto have more holiday markets - Cologne in Germany has seven, all with different themes. The DWV has sat on its laurels for too long and become completely uncompetitive - I sincerely hope this micro market at the Well is a massive success and grows into something to rival the DWV and force its organizers to do better.
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There's a Christmas market at Stackt which is very close to the Well. The St. Lawrence area would be another nice spot for a winter market. Even though it's kind of close to the Distillery, it also has an old-timey nostalgic feeling that many associate with Christmas. Not to say the Stackt to the Well corridor couldn't also be a bit of a continous market.
 
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generalcanada said:
Its both, alongside the national there might be upwards of 10 more stalls opening up on the other side of sweetie pie.
That area has yet to open.
The retail brochure hasnt been updated in a year but heres some screenshots of what to expect:
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As a follow up to this. Went to the well and the whole area beside the national is open now. Lots of seating. Absolutely nothing there. Cool little hallway moving between sweetie pie and the national.
National's opening is next week iirc

On a different note. I tried Crumbl cookies and it still pulls in long lines almost a month after opening. Its 100% worth it.
 
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