Aaron
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Sam The Chinese Food Man!!! Love it!
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wow... only one building was physically changed... the rest are all renamed except one.
(Dunno whether it was an actual Sniderman side-operation
With a bit further investigation I think I have now found the original family who anonymously found their way on to the plaque on the house at King and Berkeley.
I understand that Sea Hi on Bathurst street and House of Chan on Eglinton are under ownership of 'Jewish' owners, altho I am at work and haven't the time to cite a source to confirm. Not that you need a Chinese to run a good Chinese restaurant...![]()
The Mirvish's had a Chinese restaurant on King street for a few years too.
Does anyone remember 'Ginsberg and Wong' on McCaul street? You could get smoked meat and chow mein there.
Ginsberg & Wong was actually not bad. There used to be an excellent Italian restaurant "Tuscany" on John Street which was owned and operated by a Chinese family.
Did they move at some point to Baldwin St.? Because I used to patronize a "Tuscany" on Baldwin, run by a Chinese father and son (chef and maitre d'hotel/waiter/sommelier, respectively)? Sadly, they closed up shop a couple years ago after pops retired. Last I heard, the son (David) was consulting at a Japanese joint on King St. (opposite TIFF) to help rejuvenate the business.
Eglinton East or West, or both? Did Edo replace the Noshery or not?
Yeah, I was waiting for its presence to "register" among the young. (Dunno whether it was an actual Sniderman side-operation, or just a blatant Cloney Time affair.)
Now, that humdrum Edwardian shaft's a survivor; such is the luck of the draw...