Eateries/Restaurants you use to frequent, that are now defunct

[KittyCaterina]

Wiki says its still open
Lick's Homeburgers & Ice Cream was a Canadian restaurant chain. Only one restaurant continues to use the name Licks (in Parry Sound). The company continues to sell frozen food. It is owned by Lick's Concepts, Inc., a private company. The first Lick's opened in 1980, operated by Denise Meehan, who then turned the concept into a franchise in 1984. At its height in 2012, the chain had 30 locations,

Yeah, you repeated what I said.

That all locations in Ottawa and Toronto closed except one in Parry Sound.

Also, I have tried their frozen burgers but they don't compare to a fresh in house Lick's burger.

The store bought Lick's Guk Sauce though, is a staple in my fridge.

 

[KittyCaterina]

Lick's in Ottawa and Toronto.

I loved their Homeburger with Guk Sauce and their Taters 'n' Cream.

They shut down all locations except for one in Parry Sound.

My post.

 

[KittyCaterina]

The one at Warden and Eglinton recently changed it's name to Andy's Artisan Burgers, but everything else is the same.

Good to know!
Will have to visit and hope they still have bomb burgers and just maybe the taters 'n' cream...
Googling the menu now.

 

[escortsxxx]

My post.

My post.

Ya thanks just showing wiki agrees with you.

 

[Gntlmn1]

The Blood Street Diner
The Flying Kettle

 

[tml]

Good to know!
Will have to visit and hope they still have bomb burgers and just maybe the taters 'n' cream...
Googling the menu now.

If you try the "new place" please share your opinion of it.

 

[tml]

Forgot about the Ponderosa but it still exists in the USA or at least did. Found one by accident on a road trip.

Wiki says perhaps 300 of them exist somewhere. I loved my random visit to one in the USA. They closed in 1986 in Canada but a few where around for a while till taken over by Red Lobster.

The chain engaged Trinity Capital LLC as its financial advisor in 2016 and was sold in late 2017 to FAT Brands, the owner of Fatburger, Buffalo's Cafe, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Hurricane BTW that have a total of approximately 300 locations open and 300 under development in 32 countries

Unlikely to be the same experience as it was. However, I was a kid back then and everything seemed better when we were kids.

 

[shack]

Bobby Orr's Pizza, Keele and Finch.

 

[eddie kerr]

Bassels Restaurant, Yonge & Gerrard. Florida Tearoom and Kaye's Open Kitchen both owned by my mother back in the 1950s.

 

[art van dele]

Bistro 990
Aqua
Acrobat
Ivory
Avalon

 

[art van dele]

Kit Kat
Papas grill

 

[ogibowt]

Kit Kat
Papas grill

ah the Kit Kat.....a few times my Fav escort and i had dinner there.....we were treated like Royalty

 

[Willie Layer]

All my old faves have been listed:
Mr Greenjeans Eaton Centre
JJ Muggs (owned my my highschool friend’s family)
Tobys Good Eats (I stumbled upon one in Hamilton 2 years ago, hope it’s still there)
Mother’s Pizza
Frank Veteres
Fuddruckers Burgers (Brampton)
Lick’s beaches
Lick’s restaurant across from Eaton Centre that served amazing baby back ribs
The Organ Grinder
Lime Rickey’s

 

[funstick]

Some of mine have already been mentioned but here they are:
Mr Greenjeans @ Eaton Centre,
Lick's @ Kingston Rd & other locations,
Gingsberg & Wongs @ Chinatown,
Chi-Chi's @ multiple locations (something different back then that I could afford during student days),
Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips (@ multiple locations. Food nothing special but all you can eat specials appealed to young males on a budget),
Frank Veteres (deep dish & a stein memories),
Mothers (a hang out 4 a workplace during student years).

 

[james t kirk]

I forgot Kultura on King East around Jarvis. That place was great and incredible interior work done to it. Then something happened and it was gone. They spent millions on the interior of that restaurant. It was always busy.

Alao, Xcuti on College, now home to Dailo I believe. The owner had something great, but didn't think he had to pay people apparently. Who knows. But they were good.

 

[Riverrunner28]

"Bagel Bagel" in the Market ..... what a place!

 

[Jake2525]

Steak n’ Burger
Corkscrew (pre Frankie Tomatto)
The Fish House
The Colony Steak House

 

[eddie kerr]

Steak n’ Burger
Corkscrew (pre Frankie Tomatto)
The Fish House
The Colony Steak House

Sure do remember the Fish House on North Woodbine. Loved their free shrimp appetizers. Also the Corkscrew had a lot of great looking girls there.

 

[escortsxxx]

Sea-Hi Chinese food on Bathurst near Wilson.

Officially, it qualifies for this thread, but it will be re-opening in a month or so further north at around 7000 Bathurst.

Never been worth the trip if as good as before?

 

[Willie Layer]

Almost forgot to add:
Yung Sing Pastry Shop on Baldwin