artyboy123
Senior Member
I don't know why this filling combo doesn't make me wanna go "drooling". It looks like they just want to feed us cheap fillings.
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I don't know why this filling combo doesn't make me wanna go "drooling". It looks like they just want to feed us cheap fillings.
AlvinofDiaspar
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AlbertC
Superstar
This restaurant will be the flagship retail tenant found within Dream's Alleyway space here.
AlbertC
Superstar
Housecoat Coffee and Masa Deli are opening together at 985 Dovercourt Road (just south of Hallam):
www.tastetoronto.com
New espresso bar and deli set to grace Toronto's Dovercourt Village | TasteToronto
New espresso bar and deli set to grace Toronto's Dovercourt Village
www.tastetoronto.com
Richard White
Senior Member
Country Style Hungarian Restaurant is closing after 60 years.
They stated it was retirement but I suspect economic factors came into play. As of 2 years ago there were plans for the owners daughter to take over.
They stated it was retirement but I suspect economic factors came into play. As of 2 years ago there were plans for the owners daughter to take over.
Towered
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Wonderful! I bike through this intersection daily (see @DSC, I don't hate everything!)Housecoat Coffee and Masa Deli are opening together at 985 Dovercourt Road (just south of Hallam):
New espresso bar and deli set to grace Toronto's Dovercourt Village | TasteToronto
New espresso bar and deli set to grace Toronto's Dovercourt Village
Towered
Superstar
That's unfortunate since it was the last holdout of the Hungarian presence in the Annex. I went there quite a few times over the years, and I don't like seeing yet another traditional central European restaurant disappear because there seem to be so few of them downtown now...
That being said however, I haven't gone there since about 2017. My last time there I was a bit disappointed that a basic schnitzel was priced around 20 bucks, which is excessive considering that they only appear to be huge (in reality they are paper thin) and come with very bland sides. I imagine that they would have raised prices even more since then, and this is not fine dining.
If you want awesome schnitzel and goulash, go to Cafe Polonez on Roncesvalles.
evandyk
Senior Member
Once the kid is out of the house (so... another 13 years, hopefully not much more!) I would love to quit my job and do something like this.
Towered
Superstar
Me too. Corporate life is so soul sucking.
artyboy123
Senior Member
It looks like there are two new restaurants in the works.
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DaNico by Liberty Entertainment on College and Bathurst.
Another speakeasy but we lose a neighbourhood essential in the popular Ossington aka Laundromat
Google Images suggests the site was for lease on the date posted in the photo.
Now as of June 10th...
viewthevibe.com
and the speakeasy!
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DaNico by Liberty Entertainment on College and Bathurst.
Another speakeasy but we lose a neighbourhood essential in the popular Ossington aka Laundromat
Google Images suggests the site was for lease on the date posted in the photo.
Now as of June 10th...
What's going on at this Toronto laundromat?
Need to get some laundry done in The 6ix? Well unfortunately you'll have to skip out on a trip to Hollywood Coin Laundry as they are currently being used
viewthevibe.com
and the speakeasy!
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artyboy123
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Speak of the devil i came across this!
Cafe Our Hours
Cafe Our Hours is serving up nostalgia on their menu, in a space that opened in The Village just north of Church and Wellesley. "Having a great time …
www.blogto.com
""Having a great time with great people is the most valuable thing in our lives" says owner Steven, who left behind his corporate lifestyle after feeling uninspired by superficial goods and pursued Asian-inspired cafe culture instead."
However, careful what one wish for...
I poured my blood, sweat and life savings into my restaurant. Dumbest thing I've ever done
I was a foodie who figured he could run a restaurant. I couldn’t have been more wrong—and it cost me my house, my sanity and nearly my wife
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Sad but not unexpected - it is a lot of work
Jumping right in without real experience was foolish - and honestly in his boat - kinda selfish.
AoD
Speak of the devil i came across this!
Cafe Our Hours
Cafe Our Hours is serving up nostalgia on their menu, in a space that opened in The Village just north of Church and Wellesley. "Having a great time …
""Having a great time with great people is the most valuable thing in our lives" says owner Steven, who left behind his corporate lifestyle after feeling uninspired by superficial goods and pursued Asian-inspired cafe culture instead."
However, careful what one wish for...
I poured my blood, sweat and life savings into my restaurant. Dumbest thing I've ever done
I was a foodie who figured he could run a restaurant. I couldn’t have been more wrong—and it cost me my house, my sanity and nearly my wife
Jumping right in without real experience was foolish - and honestly in his boat - kinda selfish.
AoD
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evandyk
Senior Member
Oh, I don't doubt that it's risky, though a restaurant is probably much more risky than a cafe, given your startup costs and ongoing supplies/maintenance etc.
gabe
Senior Member
This is so many people. They all think owning a restaurant is easy, it's like "my wife and I throw amazing dinner parties.... let's open a restaurant" I was a server at a restaurant owned by a retried dentist. He bit off more than he could chew and lost everything, he even had to sell his house. Another young entrepreneur i knew, blew his money trying open a high-end cafe/restaurant in an old building he bought downtown. He ended up owing people millions of dollars and committed suicide. Owning a restaurant isn't as fun and easy as people think it is... Once those doors are locked at night you're still not closed.
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evandyk
Senior Member
In this particular case, thinking you could do it with $60K from your pension, which is what you're meant to retire on .... is extremely unrealistic.