Yippee!!
Wahoo!!
The drive-thru is dead!
The drive-thru is dead!
Over the weekend of June 25th, 2005, All- Com
Realty put up a "for lease" sign on the empty
(for at least five years) storefront next to
McDonalds at St. Clair & Christie. This must
mean the fight has been won by the neighbourhood.
Congrats again to all those stalwart folks who
spent a lot of time , energy and money to keep
the "hood" neighbourly.
Now, let's hope that we get something really
nice like a cool Indian restaurant. Rona has
also heard a plea for a good fish & chip shop.
Please, Mr. Landlord, no more check-cashing
places or massage parlors!
Patio Time!
How hard is it to get a patio on St. Clair Ave?
Depends where you have your business. "Good
Ole" Joe (Mihevic, councilor - St. Paul's),
gets a patio in no time, well, after the (almost)
civil servants lose all your paperwork once
or twice.
"No-ROW" Cesar (Palacio, councilor - Davenport)
maybe yes, maybe no. Especially a side patio.
Especially for a new owner of an established
business that was a might troublesome to the
area (read residents) at one time. There are
at least four side patios in the Dufferin to
Lansdowne area, but those were allowed a long
time ago. Ah youth, the Jolly Italian patio,
Café Romeo, lots of latte macchiatos were drunk
there.
Word is that a new business or two, on St. Clair
near Christie, are going to try for the elusive
side patio. Rona's gonna keep her beady little
eyes on this to see how fast these patios go
thru.
Going, Going, Gone.
Heard this: closed
Noche
Caliente @ Arlington. Is the building sold,
for sale, what ?? Word to the wise, have deep
pockets for repairs.
The Forum Café @ Dufferin. Does the name Pizza
Pizza mean anything?
Harvey's Department Store @ Oakwood. Has he
really closed this time?
Elina's Knish Restaurant @ Crang. So sorry,
never even got there.
Violet's Café & Restaurant @ Humewood. Can anybody
say Sunset Grille?
Hope Springs Eternal
Heard this: new
Internet café @ Appleton, former site of Forum
Menswear. Across from a school, better than
a video arcade. (Oops, Rona is showing her age.)
New Ferro café @ Rushton. They're taking their
time to construct a marvel & all of yuppiedom
is panting in anticipation.
New owners of the former Circle B, now Real
Carribbean, looks like good food & poetry and
spoken word recitals. (Rona loves words.)
Sketchley Cleaners @ Bathurst has moved to another
storefront in preparation of the TD Canada Trust's
move from across the street. Condo, Condo, Construction!
Dirt! Aggravation! Road Closures?
Happenings on the Avenue
We got,
'Toronto Fiesta',
Street Festival,
Dufferin to Lansdowne July 9th, 2005
A celebration of Italian Culture.
We got,
'Salsa on St. Clair',
Street Festival,
Christie to Oakwood July16th, 2005
Hot, Hot, Hot music and good times.
We
got,
'Sounds like ... St. Clair",
Summer Music Series
Oakwood to Dufferin
Music, Music, Music out doors every Saturday
till September, 2 pm to 5pm. Music, Food, Sales!!
We got everything on St. Clair this summer!
Why don't you get some??
