"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:17:45 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I retired
December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye lunch
and
the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve nylon top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

I've seen a lot of even older places close down. Sad to see.
This surprised me:
"When liquor regulations allowed women into taverns in the early 70s,
Grant only grudgingly built a ladies washroom. To this day, women have
to walk through the kitchen, up a flight of stairs and past a walk-in
freezer to get to the bathroom."

Was Canada Islamic? Glad to see you deposed the mullahs.

--Vic


Naw....just a bit of a hard case military/shipping port town.
Taverns were no place for decent women.
Just noticed...in the 3rd picture down were a couple of former
co-employees.. MacNeil & Martin.