Closed, defunct, old restaurants you knew and loved
#61
Posted 02 November 2006 - 05:44 PM
#62
Posted 02 November 2006 - 05:48 PM
#63
Posted 02 November 2006 - 05:50 PM
What ever happened to Muffin Break?
I think their days were numbered when people began realizing the fat and calorie content of an average muffin were equal to a regular burger and fries.
I think the Shelbourne place was Tastee Freeze. I do remember it down at the southern end. Ve7ao, if your friend can find an old photo and post it here that would be cool. This thread is in desperate need of some images.
Yes, there were several Brownie's Fried Chicken outlets around the region. There was one in Esquimalt Road just past the rec centre in that tiny strip mall.
Paul's Crown House was an extremely cool restaurant. It's now been remodelled to death and is now the VanCity building just before Mayfair. The architecture was incredible--early 60s, indoor/outdoor rock garden, very modern and hip. You half expected Sammy, Frank and the rest of the Rat Pack to come swingin' in. It was more upscale than the cafe in Paul's Motor Inn but by looking at the cafe you can still get a sense of the style of the Crown House. In it's original condition it would have made a great retro martini bar!
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#64
Posted 02 November 2006 - 06:02 PM
#65
Posted 02 November 2006 - 06:07 PM
#66
Posted 02 November 2006 - 06:10 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#67
Posted 02 November 2006 - 06:31 PM
#68
Posted 02 November 2006 - 06:32 PM
#69
Posted 02 November 2006 - 08:41 PM
#70
Posted 02 November 2006 - 09:12 PM
For those who can't picture Holyrood House, the interior was a cross between the Empress ballroom and your elementary school gymnasium.
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#71
Posted 03 November 2006 - 09:21 AM
#72
Posted 03 November 2006 - 12:34 PM
#73
Posted 03 November 2006 - 02:22 PM
#74
Posted 03 November 2006 - 03:00 PM
^ A bit like the Princess Mary then.
Ha! Zing!
I remember a cafe part of the Princess Mary; a square counter possibly with booths along the perimeter--quite small. This would have been before the extension was built.
Yes, the remnants of the Ivanhoe's sign can still be seen--I believe it's the building the ice cream cone store is in on Gov't St.
In the late 70s it seemed that every restaurant or club had some kind of dark, window-less underground cave theme--knights of old (Ivanhoes, Olde England Inn etc.); rich, meaty ethnic German or Hungarian food with dimly-lit, rock-walled grottoes. Industrial themes were popular (The Old Forge, Spaghetti Foundry).
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#75 Guest__*
Posted 03 November 2006 - 03:29 PM
Do any of you remember Grant's Soda Fountain at the corner of Shelbourne and Hillside? Across from Al's Esso, before Al moved to Tolmie.
Tom
#76
Posted 03 November 2006 - 04:05 PM
#77
Posted 03 November 2006 - 04:19 PM
#78 Guest__*
Posted 03 November 2006 - 04:28 PM
No I don't this so. Grants was in a single level group of about 3 or 4 shops on the east side of Shelbourne. Very popular with the Students from Lansdowne Junior High School.
If I remember correctly, there was a magazine shop next door, or they sold magazines at Grants.
I think the Pharmasave was on the west side of Shelobourne in a white stucco building. Grants was wood.
Tom
#79
Posted 03 November 2006 - 04:47 PM
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#80
Posted 03 November 2006 - 08:29 PM
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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