Lost Toronto by Doug Taylor, Pavilion Press, published January 2018. Photo King and Yonge Streets, Toronto Archives. When Old City Hall was slated for demolition
Category: Toronto’s restaurant of the past
Ed’s Warehouse Restaurant—closed in 1999
Ed’s Warehouse Restaurant on King Street West on October 9, 1981. Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, file 0067, Item 0014. In decades past, one of
History of Toronto’s Swiss Chalet
Toronto’s first Swiss Chalet on Bloor Street West, the entire block of buildings in the photo demolished in 2002. Photo from the Toronto Archives, taken
Toronto’s Silver Rail Tavern—closed 1998
The Silver Rail Tavern in the 1950s, located at 225-227 Yonge Street. Toronto Archives, F1257, S1057, item 073. The last time that I visited the
Toronto’s lost Arcadian Court Restaurant
The Arcadian Court in The Bay in 2011, photo taken from the mezzanine level by the author. The Arcadian Court in the Bay Store at
Memories of Toronto’s restaurants of the past
Dining in Toronto in past decades was far different to the culinary scene that the city now offers. When I was a boy in the
Toronto’s architectural gems—1860s houses on Elm Street—Barbarian’s Steak house
Barbarian Steak House is located at 7-9 Elm Street, a short east-west street that is two blocks north of Dundas Street West. Barbarian’s between Yonge