thecharioteer
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Not to mention long-gone chains like Power Supermarkets (below pic taken on Eglinton just west of Bathurst, 1950's):
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Not to mention long-gone chains like Power Supermarkets (below pic taken on Eglinton just west of Bathurst, 1950's):
Earlscourt_Lad
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There also used to be a chain of "Roastaterias".
adma
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There also used to be a chain of "Roastaterias".
These days, that name'd more befit a Manic Coffee-type operation.
What *really* intrigues me is that tall streetcar-median beacon...
Mustapha
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There also used to be a chain of "Roastaterias".
And to the right of it, the round sign with the once common enjoinder "Lunch", which then became in the youth of some of us here... "Submarines", followed by todays "Burritos".
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Mustapha
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Not to mention long-gone chains like Power Supermarkets (below pic taken on Eglinton just west of Bathurst, 1950's):
They had a loyalty card you could get stamped and get things like a kitchen clock.
Mustapha
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Very "Buck Rogers" wasn't it?
Mustapha
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A google for "power supermarkets" returns no results. Sad - remembered and visualized here again today, but otherwise utterly and completely undocumented.
Mustapha
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February 10 addition.
Then. 356 Yonge. December 3 1950.
Now. January 2011.
Then. 356 Yonge. December 3 1950.
Now. January 2011.
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adma
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Earlscourt_Lad
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FAC33
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Now. January 2011.
Love the original with its clean marquee and what I'm guessing are vitrolite panels. I'm guessing a furniture store?
But what caught my eye is the labelscar under the billiards sign in the Now photo. Anyone know what was there before?
DTowner
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I want to go to a supermarket that has a 'sundries' section. There's a word falling out of use. Sigh.
DTowner
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And to the right of it, the round sign with the once common enjoinder "Lunch", which then became in the youth of some of us here... "Submarines", followed by todays "Burritos".
Burritos and Shawarmas.
DTowner
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February 9 addition.
Then. 364, 366 Yonge. Dec. 3, 1950, again.
Milady! Lol. Love it.
Cast_Member
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Torontoist did a history about Power supermarkets and here is the link:
www.torontoist.com/2008/11/historicist_more_power_to_your_east.php
There is also another website regarding Power:
www.taddlecreekmag.com/dupont_1
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