Student99
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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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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!
drum118
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More up on site
More up on site
TransitBart
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Lordy. Modern civilization. To heck with good coffee. It ought to be great.
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This list from the Union Station website ( http://torontounion.ca/eatshop/ ) seems to be getting longer.
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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.
raptor
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Well, there is a bar at the UP Express station
TransitBart
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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.
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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.
mdrejhon
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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.
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strookie
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Oh, is that what Ugly Dukling is going to be?
crs1026
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As a self confessed UT worrywart, I have to say - that moat skylight is going to be fantastic.
But.....a Union Station that doesn't smell like Cinnabon?
- Paul
But.....a Union Station that doesn't smell like Cinnabon?
- Paul
torman404
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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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torman404
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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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