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Knotty Pine Inn – 3067 Dougall Avenue

No date on this post card, I’m guessing late 1960’s? The caption on the back reads:

    KNOTTY PINE INN
    3067 Dougall Rd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada
    On Hwy. 3B, One Mile to Hwy. 401

    European Cuisine and Service – Fine Wines and
    Cocktails – Formal and Informal Dining Rooms.
    Open 11 A.M. to 1 A.M.
    – Excellent Wedding and Banquet Facilities –
    – For 20 to 200 Persons –
    Telephone 969-4810 – Area 519

The ad above is from the 1958 Phone Book.

Anyone remember this place? Did this become the Other Place?

Andrew

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  • I loved the Knotty Pine! The food and the atmosphere were amazing. I was so disappointed when it changed. The original rom of the Other Place was the old restaurant but then it sprawled into a gigantic food factory. Mind you The Other Place was pretty good. Spent many a Sunday brunch and one memorable New Year's Eve there but I still missed the Knotty Pine. And now even that's gone. The same people (TBQ) had the restaurant in the Holiday Inn Select on Huron Line at Malden for awhile at least but it was never the same as the Other Place.

  • I had no idea this was anything but TBQ's The Other Place. Very Interesting! Does anyone remember when it changed over from the Knotty Pine?

  • I think it must have changed over in the very late 60's/very early 70's. They had another location in Cambridge Ontario and that location lasted a little longer, probably until the early 80's. I remember people raving about it.

  • I remember going to the one in Cambridge on Fountain street. It had that staircase that went down from the front entrance to a huge loft dining area. The parking lot was next to the river. It was always busy. I don't think there was a better restaurant in Waterloo region. I wonder why they went under?? They had the best ambiance and location. Now the Cambridge one is called the Pines. http://www.pines.ca/index.html The only place that even came close to it imo was the Old Mill? restaurant with the stone facade next to the Grand River and that dam with the small falls in Elora. I never went to the Knotty Pine in Windsor, but it looks like it'd be right up there up in popularity like the one in Cambridge. Boy, does that bring back memories...

  • Ok, this may be a dumb question but the phone #... I know yo 9-4810 meant 969-4810, but how did you dial it? Sorry I started using the phone in the 1970's.

  • Ok Richie...not that dumb, I do understand the 2- ABC .... Just didn't know if you could dial directly that's all.

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