Anyone remember "The Great Canadian Beef Co."?, IIRC it was a restaurant located on The Esplanade and either Church or Jarvis.
or "Muddy Yorks" tavern @ Jarvis and Front?
or "Muddy Yorks" tavern @ Jarvis and Front?
Retro Toronto Thread for Nostalgia Purposes.
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FUCK YES!
Plus the big bop’s fet night, the Shanghai cowgirl at 2 am and the Vatikan
I went to the sanctuary once. Now that was an experience! And the Big Bop was cool. I never went to the monthly fetish night but did go to the monthly Dark Rave which would also get pretty interesting.FUCK YES!
Plus the big bop’s fet night, the Shanghai cowgirl at 2 am and the Vatikan
Never got to go to the Vatican though.
The food at Shanghai Cowgirl was awesome especially at 2 am. Now that it’s changed to something else, I have to go to Smokes poutine which is also good.
The Bovine is still there! It’s like a cockroach that never dies. But it is still a fun place!
Uh oh....I’m reminiscing.......
Favorite two things from Shanghai cowgirl:
1: Philly cheesesteak sandwich. Best I’ve ever had, even beat Philadelphia.
2: trashy waitresses. And the classy kind of “queen st west girl” trashy: covered in tattoos, rides a bike with a basket and will ask you to spank them on a first date.
Since in the 80's I LIVED on the dance floors of TO's club scene. Here's a quick summary of my club hangouts back then and which nights were best...
-The Twilight Zone (Sat baddest House music on the planet)
-The Copa (Sat)
-Club Z (Fridays)
-Diamond Club (Wed amazing House music)
-The Bamboo (Fri)
-Stil Life (Sat)
-Tazmanian Ballroom (Sat was like a NYC Underground House music party)
-Club FRESH aka RPM (Wed Disco night) aka Guvernment (Sat's) for you younger folk.lol
-Heaven's (Sat best Funk/R&B parties)
-Club Focus
-Spectrum on Danforth ave (long weekend Sun's)
-The Twilight Zone (Sat baddest House music on the planet)
-The Copa (Sat)
-Club Z (Fridays)
-Diamond Club (Wed amazing House music)
-The Bamboo (Fri)
-Stil Life (Sat)
-Tazmanian Ballroom (Sat was like a NYC Underground House music party)
-Club FRESH aka RPM (Wed Disco night) aka Guvernment (Sat's) for you younger folk.lol
-Heaven's (Sat best Funk/R&B parties)
-Club Focus
-Spectrum on Danforth ave (long weekend Sun's)
Drove by there on Friday just to see what's there now, but couldn't even tell which building it used to be in. Velvet Underground looked like it was done as it was all boarded up.
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After the races at Greenwood we would go across the street to the Orchard Park Hotel where some of the toughest looking women you ever saw hung out.
I remember one Friday night going to the Orchard Park and Ron Waples and Doug Brown got into an old fashioned bar brawl with each other as Brown interfered with Waples horse earlier in the night in a big stakes race. Alot of drivers used to get hammered there after the races were done for the night.
What was your favourite movie theatre?
For me:
1- The Imperial 6, loved the decor, had a friend who worked as an usher there, he would let me in for free.
2-The Uptown , first row, you could put your feet up on the stage.
3-The University, biggest screen at the time
4-The Varsity, before the renovations, pretty big screen also.
For me:
1- The Imperial 6, loved the decor, had a friend who worked as an usher there, he would let me in for free.
2-The Uptown , first row, you could put your feet up on the stage.
3-The University, biggest screen at the time
4-The Varsity, before the renovations, pretty big screen also.
I liked the “Trailer Trash Sushi” which was a griddled chicken breast sandwich on a bun. Griddled is where they grill one side and fry the other side and had a little bit of wasabi smeared on one side to give it some extra taste. The other meal I really liked was their chicken fried rice.....perfect on a cold winter night....ah...good times.Favorite two things from Shanghai cowgirl:
1: Philly cheesesteak sandwich. Best I’ve ever had, even beat Philadelphia.
2: trashy waitresses. And the classy kind of “queen st west girl” trashy: covered in tattoos, rides a bike with a basket and will ask you to spank them on a first date.
The waitresses were interesting. One was almost a Gwen Stefani look alike.
