Miningman- the King 504 streetcar stops right across the street- I live directly on Roncey above a shoe store.
St. Hubert's and Swiss Chalet- If you recall Howard Johnson's food, that's about what it's like. Just like Ho Jo back in the day, the parking lots are full on Mother's day when you take the old bag out of the home for a hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, green beans and a dessert she can eat without her teeth.
Is the Edgewater Hotel still there? That was my 'second home' while a student at the U of T. Was a semi dive back then but had a lot of fun and good memories. Lived in Parkdale back then up until the early 80's...if you were there back then we likely crossed paths. 40 years ago! Can you believe that!
Yes, the Edgewater is still there but is now a seedy Howard Johnson's hotel. A new addition to the streetcar barn behind the hotel was added a few years ago to accomodate the new streetcars. The only route that still runs the CLRVs is the Carlton 506 and there is one occasionally on Queen st. The ALRVs are gone as of 3 weeks ago but I imagine one or two are now in the Halton museum. The 505 Dundas st route is still all buses, I don't know when the new streetcars will run on it. I didn't move to Toronto until 25 years ago so no, we probably didn't meet. I live four blocks up Roncey in a good-size apartment. I've lived here in this place since 1997, the longest I've lived anywhere.
Ok thank you .. I was long gone by the 90's.
Since nobody has discussed the 'competition':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTSWrO889U
(cut to around 4:30 to miss the sometimes exhausting buildup).
Swiss Chalet is now advertising 'shawarma' rotisserie sauce, which ought to be dramatically delicious taste on poutine...
Swiss Chalet is now advertising 'shawarma' rotisserie sauce, which ought to be dramatically delicious taste on poutine... and, unlike St. Hubert which appears to be barely south of Ottawa so far, they have a couple of locations in Niagara Falls...
Word on the street is that neither BK nor McDonalds poutine is really worth getting for the price; I'm not quite honorary-Canadian enough yet to relish the squeaky-cheese thing as a necessary quality.
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