jdoe1369 said:
Amano recently posted their liquor licence application request, so they're slowly chugging along
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Further investigation of social media tells me that both Amano and Union Chicken had hiring fairs in the past week or two and are still moving towards November openings!
 
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What's really needed is a place where you can get a proper, Ontario-brewed craft beer. I could easily burn through a sharp Imperial IPA before getting on the train to go away for a weekend.
 
Miscreant said:
What's really needed is a place where you can get a proper, Ontario-brewed craft beer. I could easily burn through a sharp Imperial IPA before getting on the train to go away for a weekend.
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Good point. Airports are full of places to grab a drink. Why the hell not our Union Station?
 
TransitBart said:
Good point. Airports are full of places to grab a drink. Why the hell not our Union Station?
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I would have thought the answer to that was obvious.

The vast majority (by a huge margin) of users of the station are commuters who know their train schedules and arrive just in time to board their trains. No a lot of “linger here” time built in.

So the cost of building a licensed establishment is not worth it. There was one bar pre renos and there might be one or two post.....but that is it.

Airport travel, on the other hand, has a lot of waiting around time built in.
 
TOareaFan said:
I would have thought the answer to that was obvious.

The vast majority (by a huge margin) of users of the station are commuters who know their train schedules and arrive just in time to board their trains. No a lot of “linger here” time built in.

So the cost of building a licensed establishment is not worth it. There was one bar pre renos and there might be one or two post.....but that is it.

Airport travel, on the other hand, has a lot of waiting around time built in.
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Fair points. I see what you mean. But first notice that the bar that was there before, just by the old LCBO, was usually full. And it was a dump. But beyond that, we have 100k+ people moving through this station a day. We also have a lot of drop offs and pick ups. I'm virtually positive that a respectable gastropub would succeed here. Let's say you're dropping someone off for the Via and want to grab a drink together before departure; or you're picking up and decide to grab drink as you decide where to head out in the city.

It strikes me there is a good market here. But maybe the proof is in the pudding: no planned gastropub suggests I'm wrong, because where there is a market there is typically a marketer.

All I know is an Imperial Double IPA with a basket of fries sounds like a great way to prepare for my train trip.
 
Also, less rushing for trains by Lakeshore commuters than Kitchener commuters - you can always wait for the next train. Oftentimes, I have enjoyed a longer linger in downtown Toronto. Good Union amenities would still attract me as a commuter once in a while, so commuters are still in the Venn Diagram.
 
Miscreant said:
What's really needed is a place where you can get a proper, Ontario-brewed craft beer. I could easily burn through a sharp Imperial IPA before getting on the train to go away for a weekend.
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I'm hoping Union Chicken will fill this void. They are promoting craft beer on the hoarding, and their Sherway Gardens location has a reasonable selection, including a rotating Ontario craft tap.

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TOareaFan said:
I would have thought the answer to that was obvious.

The vast majority (by a huge margin) of users of the station are commuters who know their train schedules and arrive just in time to board their trains. No a lot of “linger here” time built in.

So the cost of building a licensed establishment is not worth it. There was one bar pre renos and there might be one or two post.....but that is it.

Airport travel, on the other hand, has a lot of waiting around time built in.
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There was a time in the early 1990s when I think there were 3 bars open at or around the same time. There was Commuters (?) near the LCBO, Choo-Choos a little further east, and the sports bar upstairs on the way to SkyWalk, which was mostly busy before Jays games.
 
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