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Ontario Discount Department Store was a chain of discount department stores, which operated primarily in Ohio from the late 1950s into the 1980s. Ontario's parent company, Cook United, discontinued the use of the Ontario brand when it bought the Rink's Bargain Barn chain in 1981. The remaining Ontario stores were rebranded as Rink's or Cooks ...
November 5 – A fire at the Younkers Department store at the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 10 store employees. The store was closed and rebuilt a year after the fire. [110] November 5 – A fire at the Allen Motor Inn in Honesdale, Pennsylvania killed 12. [111] November 26 – Holiday Inn fire in Greece, New York. Act of arson ...
The tavern was known variously as the Henry Smith Tavern and Mountainview Inn. At the time of the Inn's popularity, the roads were made of stone and one of Ontario's first tollgates was located at the corner of Pelham Road and Fifth Street Louth.
The closing of the flagship store left two Ontario-based franchise stores in operation, one in Sarnia and one in Belleville. The Sarnia store closed in 2009; the last remnant of the Sam the Record Man retail empire was a former franchise store that remained open under the Sam the Record Man name in Belleville as an independent store until 2024 ...
The Miller Tavern is a restaurant located in a historic building at 3885 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, south of York Mills Road in the York Mills neighbourhood. [1] Originally called the York Mills Hotel and later named the Jolly Miller , the building dates from the 1850s.
The Lakeview Restaurant is a diner [3] located at 1132 Dundas Street West [4] in the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood of Toronto. [5] It was built in 1932 [6] and features a neon sign that reads "Always Open", the diner started 24-hour-a-day operations to serve shift workers at a nearby Massey Ferguson factory. [7] 24-hour opening stopped in ...
The legacy of taverns and inns is now only found in the pub names, e.g. Fitzroy Tavern, Silver Cross Tavern, Spaniards Inn, etc. The word also survives in songs such as "There is a Tavern in the Town". [4] The range and quality of pubs varies wildly throughout the UK as does the range of beers, wines, spirits and foods available.
The Great Western Hotel is the oldest purpose-built hotel in Newquay, Cornwall. [1] The hotel was originally designed by the Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail and first opened in April 1879. [2] [3] [4] The hotel is built in a prominent position overlooking Great Western Beach. The hotel has 66 rooms, some with sea-views. [5]