Was the unofficial Molson's staff bar.The Wheat Sheaf.
I know it's still there, but it went from being a decent little pub to a completely shitty, soulless bar.
Was the unofficial Molson's staff bar.The Wheat Sheaf.
I know it's still there, but it went from being a decent little pub to a completely shitty, soulless bar.
Oh yeah and one of the first strip clubs in Toronto.the Lancaster was on Queensway ?
the Lancaster was on Queensway ?
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Now called the Miller Tavern.Jolly Miller at Yonge and York Mils. It is a nice restaurant now but way back it was just trays of cheap draft
Was there once. Almost got lucky. But didn't.Jolly Miller at Yonge and York Mils. It is a nice restaurant now but way back it was just trays of cheap draft
The Prince Charles on Yonge & Carlton huge gay bar.Was there once. Almost got lucky. But didn't.
Chez Moi just east of Yonge and just south of Bloor if I remember.
I see here it became a lesbian hangout, if they are talking about the same place. Might as well have been for all the luck I had there....
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why are you telling me? lolThe Prince Charles on Yonge & Carlton huge gay bar.
Not you. I remember a girl I was going out with and she had Toronto Maple Hockey tickets from her work and took me to a game at MLG so afterwards I thought I would take her for a drink.So we want to the Prince Charles. Never When we entered and sat at a table, noticed there were only guy couples there and remembered that it was a gay bar. I told the girl and we should leave but she ,being from Scotland, LOL wanted to stay and kept pointing at various people saying to me, Is he gay, are they gay?and why are pairs of men going upstairs together to the dance floor??? Never went out with her again. Too bad, the tickets were great.why are you telling me? lol
Sounds vaguely homophobic. I actually went there once and had a beer. Found the atmosphere refreshingly tranquil. People were congenial. I agree with an ex bouncer I worked with for a while. He found that bars with a high gay contingent were much more pleasant to work in. Everybody got along. Less of this....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_q8xnTbJkNot you. I remember a girl I was going out with and she had Toronto Maple Hockey tickets from her work and took me to a game at MLG so afterwards I thought I would take her for a drink.So we want to the Prince Charles. Never When we entered and sat at a table, noticed there were only guy couples there and remembered that it was a gay bar. I told the girl and we should leave but she ,being from Scotland, LOL wanted to stay and kept pointing at various people saying to me, Is he gay, are they gay?and why are pairs of men going upstairs together to the dance floor??? Never went out with her again. Too bad, the tickets were great.
Uncle Sam's in Buffalo? MIGHT be that it was closed by the time you were of age...I am an old dude. LOLAs I grew up in the Falls, there were a few iconic places here…
First there was The Bonnie (the Bonvilla) on Lundy’s lane. Trays of 75 cent half pints… 36 per tray. That was where the nights usually started. The property is a shoppers drug mart now.
Then the was Kelly’s Place. 9 cent wing night every Thur.
There was the old King Eddie…. The Pussy Willow Inn…. Uncle Sams which is now Seductions beside the Sun Downer. Malones. The Caverly…
And over the river we hit the American side every weekend. Club Exit, Late Show, Bed Rocks….
I actually never hit too many Buffalo bars.Uncle Sam's in Buffalo? MIGHT be that it was closed by the time you were of age...I am an old dude. LOL
Not homophobic at all but a fact that it was a gay bar and It did not dawn on me when I took my date for a drink who apparently never experienced going to that type of bar. She happened to be more interested in looking at the other people there than me. Never saw her again. By the way, I totally agree that gay bars were always safe places to have a drink and not worry of rights breaking out.Sounds vaguely homophobic. I actually went there once and had a beer. Found the atmosphere refreshingly tranquil. People were congenial. I agree with an ex bouncer I worked with for a while. He found that bars with a high gay contingent were much more pleasant to work in. Everybody got along. Less of this....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_q8xnTbJk
I remember at age 19 my uncle's would take me to the Parkdale Hotel on Queen St. West. We sat with 4 others at a table, waiter dropped a dozen small glasses of beer, 8 ounce glasses. Price per glass, 15 cents each, way back in 1959.Uncle Sam's in Buffalo? MIGHT be that it was closed by the time you were of age...I am an old dude. LOL
Lol That dive strip place started out as a barber shop. Used to get my hair cut there when I was a kid many moons ago. The first place I had a drink was the Cloverleaf hotel on Evans just west of the 427.Also a real dive strip place on Evans east of 427/Browns Line that changed names a few times.
And Mathesons, also a peeler spot on Matheson between Dixie and Tomken that is now an islamic centre of some sort.
And a small peeler spot in the basement of the same mall on west side of Dixie south of Matheson in same plaza where Hitch City is today.