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Witkin reported in the Toronto Star that “They pooled their savings, rented the building for about $750 a month and charged $1 club memberships and entrance fees of $1.50 to $3. [1] ” In keeping with the strict liquor laws of the day the venue did not have a liquor license and no alcoholic beverages could be served.
Cactus Club Cafe was founded in 1988 by two former Earls waiters, Richard Jaffray and Scott Morison. [1] [2] The partners started with a restaurant named "Café Cucamongas", which they sold in 1988 to fund the establishment of the Cactus Club. [1] [2] In 1996, the company expanded into Alberta during a financially challenging time period.
The Free Times Cafe is a live music venue and restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. The cafe was purchased by Judy Perly in 1980. The restaurant serves a menu of Jewish, Middle Eastern and Canadian food as well as all-day breakfast. [1]
The Rivoli is a bar, restaurant and performance space, established in 1982, on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. The club originally earned a reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, [1] and many major Canadian comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows.
From the start Khabouth envisioned Ultra as an upscale restaurant and club that attracts Toronto's moneyed crowd (real estate barons, Bay Street moguls and leveraged-buyout specialists), much like his successful Stilife club at the corner of Richmond and Duncan Street did back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [10]
The site of the Guvernment was first converted into a nightclub in 1984 as Fresh Restaurant and Nightclub by Tony and Albert Assoon, two of the four Assoon brothers who had simultaneously been running the successful and influential Twilight Zone after-hours club at 185 Richmond Street West in Toronto's Entertainment District. [2]
In March 2014 the Canadian Association for Equality was granted charitable status by the Canada Revenue Agency.In its application for charitable status, the group listed organizations such as the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, Egale Canada and the Status of Women Canada as potential participants in panel discussions and other CAFE events.
The Riverboat Coffee House was a Canadian coffeehouse located at 134 Yorkville Avenue in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It was a key venue for folk rock music and singer songwriter music made famous for featuring high-profile acts, and is considered to be "the best-known coffee house in Canada."