The Mad Italian at 1581 South Bayview will be closed for ten days, ending Thursday February 3, 2011. The entire family has gone back to Italy to attend the International Convention of Gelato.
Month: January 2011
Leaside Hockey Silent Auction
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The 21st Anniversary Leaside Flames Select Tournament will run from Friday, February 11 to Sunday, February 13 this year. The Leaside Hockey Association will conduct its silent auction fundraiser in conjunction with the tournament. Drew Homewood has asked local business and others to donate gift baskets, merchandise or services to support the auction and the hockey association. Drew may be contacted at (416) 456-5114 or drewhomwood@rogers.com
South Bayview is dollar store dreaming
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As we ponder the scuttlebutt that there will soon be a dollar store on South Bayview, take this into consideration. In a recent conference call with reporters and analysts, Dollarama boss Larry Rossy said the chain will open “as many stores as possible” in coming years even if this sometimes leads to cannibalization of sales. ”We are limited by nothing, apart from the fact that every opening must be sensible.” Dollarama must consider the pending arrival of the U.S. branch of Dollar Tree, scheduled to begin this year. An entirely unconfirmed story is circulating in shops that the space now occupied by Shoppers Drug Mart will be taken by an unnamed dollar store when the drug giant moves up the street in a couple of months.
Luxury townhouses for Millwood-Rumsey
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The overgrown lot at the corner of Millwood and Rumsey Roads will soon be the site of luxury townhouses constructed by Castleton Homes, the local renovation and home building firm.
Loblaws to open 20 Joe Fresh stores
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Loblaws has announced that its Joe Fresh line will open as many as 20 stand alone stores in Canada, including its first mall-based locations. At least three of those stores will be in the Greater Toronto Area.
Black and cream theme at Homefront
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The tables have been cleared of sale and settings of Emma Bridgewater’s classic Toast and Marmalade decorate a black tablecloth. The Crow Creamer (above) last in stock was sold Wednesday morning however. Homefront today.Small shop on Millwood is leased
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The small shop at 850 Millwod Road corner Rumsey has been leased. It was a variety store. The space is full of recently delivered equipment related to a boxing gymnasium (right). Good luck to the new tenant.Brilliant Sunday a great tonic
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Sunday’s brilliant sunshine was a great tonic in spite of the cold. South Bayviewites were busy at church, shopping and in the case of this gentleman on Rolph Road, cleaning the snow from the driveway. But, of course, he wasn’t too busy to stop and chat. Thanks. Down below, a sunny day always brings out many who want to wash their cars. This was the scene at the Toronto Auto Wash at Millwood and the CPR tracks. Tea Emporium asking about space
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The Tea Emporium, 1592 South Bayview, has asked merchants on the street to provide information about any locations which may be coming vacant. The firm, which has five locations around Toronto, is looking for a space of about 700 square feet on South Bayview. Their website.
Dollar store talk may be idle chat
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It’s merely idle talk, but some people on South Bayview are saying a dollar store will take the space now occupied by Shoppers Drug Mart. This story, being told in a couple of locations, is said to trace back to a party who might well know, but then again, could merely be talking. Time will tell if this large and suitable space goes discount.
All hands on deck for Bayview phones
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Merchants on the east side of South Bayview will know that Bell service has, over the years, been spotty. The servicemen are very nice but the phones frequently failed in the face of the ancient wire system. Now with the planned arrival of Shoppers Drug Mart at their new location its “All Hands on Deck” to shape up the service. Trucks, supervisors in groups up and down the utility holes, up and down ladders and of course in and out of the premises at 1605 Bayview where Shoppers will locate. We’re told the furious work resulted in a punctured water pipe yesterday. Messy but as with most things, it was repaired. Anyway, good luck to our hard working service friends at Bell at upgrading the phones. We bid farewell to “thrifty store” Zeller’s
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The Hudson Bay company has provided a nice history of Zeller’s, the store chain which seems destined to disappear from Canadian streets after 80 years of business. Even though there is a plan to keep some Zeller’s stores operating, the writing seems to be on the wall about the end of the chain. Target stores of the U.S. has bought most of the leases and it seems likely the rest will go shortly. In 1931, a Waterloo County boy named Walter P. Zeller (left) bought the 14 Canadian stores of American retailer Schulte-United. And so was Zeller’s born. Zeller called his concept the Store for Thrifty Canadians and even during the depression his plan worked. All during WWII and into the 50s and 60s the Zeller’s concept thrived and Zeller expanded, And Zeller proved to be a good employer with an unknown at the time, a company pension plan and competitive pay..