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It's funny as Tim Horton's downtown all used to be 24 hours like they are in most suburbs (at least I think they still are). That's been slowly coming to an end for a decade now.

Most tims are 24 hours in the drive thru only and not all locations.

It's a safety thing.

Long gone are the days of Hooker Harvey's and 24 hour restaurants.
 
Starbucks is coming back to downtown Oakville after leaving in fall 2020. Too bad for the Second Cup across the street that took all their business
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Starbucks closing their location at 1842 Queen Street East, a couple blocks west of Woodbine, in the Beaches area:

 
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Starbucks closing their location at 1842 Queen Street East, a couple blocks west of Woodbine, in the Beaches area:


The Beaches also lost the Starbucks further east at Hammersmith in the late 2010s. Only one 'Bucks on Queen East between Leslie and Victoria Park, which is pretty wild considering the demographics of the neighbourhoods.
 
Starbucks closing their location at 1842 Queen Street East, a couple blocks west of Woodbine, in the Beaches area:

I know some tiny humans that love that location.
 
The Beaches also lost the Starbucks further east at Hammersmith in the late 2010s. Only one 'Bucks on Queen East between Leslie and Victoria Park, which is pretty wild considering the demographics of the neighbourhoods.

To be honest, the whole area is changing.

I still remember when places like Licks and Seventh Wave Bistro ruled the day there. Now it is all smaller independent shops which are struggling.
 
The Beaches faces challenges as the local population ages, and majority of the single family homes become too expensive for younger people to buy in. Higher density housing along the main throughfares may help, but overall they need more critical mass in population to sustain local businesses. The retail scene along Queen East is only a seasonal attraction for people from outside the community during the summer months.
 
The Beaches faces challenges as the local population ages, and majority of the single family homes become too expensive for younger people to buy in. Higher density housing along the main throughfares may help, but overall they need more critical mass in population to sustain local businesses. The retail scene along Queen East is only a seasonal attraction for people from outside the community during the summer months.
True - as a westender, I've always treated the Beaches as a small town summer getaway that just so happens to be within the same city 😆
 
True - as a westender, I've always treated the Beaches as a small town summer getaway that just so happens to be within the same city 😆

If they can open up a couple micro-wineries in the Beaches, we wouldn't have a need to head all the way out to Sandbanks and Prince Edward County anymore! ;)
 

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