OK, so who out there remembers this Mario’s location? This is at Tecumseh and Ouellettte, in the X-Ray clinic that can’t keep a restaurant open. If we were to peel away all the layers is this underneath? This is from the 1948 Visitor’s Guide. The location is still featured in the 1954 guide book as well.
Tomorrow, we’ll look at the Ouellette Ave. location.
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the northeast corner of erie street and parent seems cursed too. this week its the Howard Diner. note: get rid of that white furniture.....'specially those chairs.
Howard Diner appears to be to related to the Howard Diner on Howard ave. (formerly Kim's Diner). I dined in the new Erie/Parent location a few weeks ago. The owner appears to have put a lot of money into the place, and I was impressed with the food, service, etc.
Allenparkpete, my wife is Jewish so I always go easy. It's just somethin I heard from a very right wing individual.
For Susan
The ice cream cone in two parts were called Mallo rolls, available in only chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. I remember my grandfather taking me for one when I visited. I can still taste those ice cream cones. They were awesome, cold and full of rich flavour.
Another cursed corner in the West End is the north-east corner of Randolph & Wyandotte. In the last 15 years it's probably been about 5 or 6 different restaurants/bars. It lasted a few years as "Buzz's" back in the early/mid 90s.
The Jewish Centre/old folks home is right across the street from the Hacienda, non? Perhaps that's why such a rumour/saying was more easily spread around -- and all it takes is one or two vocal folks to start a sort of urban myth/urban truth (they are interesting things to follow -- how these things get spread around). There are lots of box-car type restaurants that don't have that reputation, so it could be the location.
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In the late 1980s early 1990s, just as I was beginning to get a handle on culture and such, I recall associated O'Toole's with the polo/button down crowd -- I think a few people who left Windsor to go to Western, and when they returned to Windsor would go here, gave me this impression.
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Pit Martins -- early to mid 1980s memory -- my dad telling me somebody was stabbed in the bar (first association of a violent act with a specific location that I knew). My mom had worked next door at the WUC, and it was one of those places we would visit on downtown trips. Why was it called Pit Martins? Was he a hockey player?
Also I recall on labour day they would have spaghetti dinners and the proceeds would go to the Jerry Lewis telethon. There was a back room with a red-and-white striped ceiling, like a parachute.
For the poster who mentioned Man O War racing at Devonshire--indeed he did. If you go to the Chapters location at the mall there is a painting depicting that race hanging over the fireplace at the back of the store.
I know someone who has ticket stubs from the Man O' War race at Devonshire. They're in perfect condition. At some point in the past they were trying to sell them, I'm not sure about the status now.
Yes shawn, Pit is retired NHL player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_Martin
cool, i was just wondering about this place yesterday morning on my way home from work!
andrew, do we know if that original structure is still in there? i was looking at the chiminey on the south side of the building and it looked rather old...and the peak on the roof got me thinking. but if this is the original structure, then i'm alittle disappointed. that building is great, don't get me wrong, i just thought it was ALOT older.