Three of the remaining houses on Camden Street, number 7-9, and 11
Camden Street is one block south of Richmond Street, extending west from Spadina Avenue. Camden Street was created between the years 1854 and 1855. The city directory also reveals that there were no homes on the street prior to 1855. The semi-detached houses in the above photo, numbers 7-11, are three homes that remain from the days when Camden Street was completely residential. There were homes on the site prior to their construction, built in the 1870’s. but these were demolished in 1900 to build the imposing structures that are on the site today. The Toronto directory reveals that in 1900, there were four unfinished houses on the site. Three of them survive today. The house that with the postal address #15, was demolished and is now part of a parking lot
In 1901, Mrs. Sarah Beaumont lived at 9 Camden Street, and Mr. John Welch resided at 11 Camden.
Today, at 7 Camden is the Open Kitchen Restaurant. It serves excellent food, at a reasonable prices, and is very popular with office workers in the area. Its home-made soups are particularly good, as are the corned beef sandwiches. Several years ago, the food critic for the Toronto Star rated the beef ribs at the restaurant as the finest in the city.
The Open Kitchen Restaurant at #7 Camden Street.
The houses at 7-11 Camden Street, and the parking lot where #13 was located. Additions have been added to the rear of the buildings.
The doorways of numbers 9 and 11 Camden Street.
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The entrance to Camden Street from Spadina in 1921. The large warehouse building on the left is the Darling Building, which remains on the site today.
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