[u-u] Yonge St. Swiss Chalet

[Dan Astoorian]

I walked past our usual post-meeting restaurant (the Swiss Chalet on
Yonge St. south of Gerrard), and discovered a poster on the door:

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			  This location is now
				 CLOSED
		This location is now permanently closed.
		   Thanking all our guests for their
			years of dining with us.

					       Please take a
					      picture of this
					     poster to redeem
					     free spring rolls
					     with the purchase
					      of entree when
					    you dine in at any
					    of the 3 locations
					       listed below

	Expires: December 28, 2020

    We invite you to visit us at our next closest locations:
    * University & College (700 University Ave, M5G 1Z5 - 5 minutes)
    * Queens Quay & Reese [sic] (266 Queens Quay W, M5J 1B5 - 10 minutes)
        * Yonge & St. Clair (1560 Yonge St, M4T 2S9 - 11 minutes)
========================================================================

According to

    https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2020/11/toronto-most-popular-swiss-chalet-location-closed/

the location closed on October 26.

Good luck getting the free spring rolls now, though, given that Toronto
will be in a COVID-19 lockdown prohibiting dine-in restaurants until
December 18 at the earliest.

In any case, if and when UU ever starts meeting in person at Ryerson
again, we'll need to find a new post-meeting venue.

I'd recommend Thai on Yonge (a few steps north of the closed Swiss
Chalet), especially for those nostalgic for UU's Real Thailand days--I
believe Thai on Yonge closes at 11pm, which should be adequate for us.
The Boston Pizza at Yonge and Gerrard might also be suitable.  Or we
could engage in the time-honoured UU tradition of waiting to see if
another restaurant opens up at the address of the previous venue.

(And apparently the Pickle Barrel in the Atrium on Bay, also owned by
Cara Foods, also closed permanently on October 26.)

Regards,

-- 
Dan Astoorian, Systems Administrator
Engineering Computing Facility
University of Toronto