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Caption: Another Bill Grandin view of the Toronto location of Victoria Station Restaurant, once located at 190 Queen's Quay East (this angle looking northeast with some of the downtown office towers in the background, the previous angle looking northwest). One of those railway-themed US restaurant chains that once existed, the Toronto location featured five ex-IC boxcars and a former Southern Railway caboose. The building and equipment lasted into the late 2000's before the property was cleared for redevelopment.
Bill Grandin photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection negative.
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I remember eating at one of these in Montreal as a kid.
You can still see the old building on Google Street View. Was it painted like that in the Victoria Station era?
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