There’s lots of discussion on the local Chit Chat Facebook page about the departure of Wiseys Pies and Bakehouse from 874 Eglinton Ave. E at Laird, the location where it was established in Canada barely two years ago. Since then the business has been a success and its founder Gary Wise and his Canadian wife Karen have moved back to Gary’s native New Zealand to participate in the Wiseys enterprise there. The business here succeeded to another New Zealander, Anthony Spinley and his wife Jen. Now we know that Wiseys will go in the direction of supplying its products to retailers rather than concentrating on its own retail stores. How long will they be at 874 Eglinton? Very recently staff was saying the end of the year but Paddy Duncan on Chit Chat says she was told March of 2017. The sad fact is Wiseys is gone from Leaside where it had offered hope for a strong business presence on Eglinton East. Read about how the Wiseys phenomenon first came to light through the pages of the South Bayview Bulldog Also see Leaside Chit Chat
