Looking northwest at the corner of Dundas St E and Sherbourne St in Toronto’s Garden District.
The building that once housed George’s Spaghetti House, shown in the archive photo, dates back to the 1910s. Originally an apartment building, it also featured commercial space, including a real estate office and a drugstore. In the 1940s, it became George’s Hotel, which operated until the mid-1950s. In 1956, Doug Cole opened George’s Spaghetti House, a live jazz club and popular Italian restaurant. Mr. Cole sold the venue in 1983, and George’s Spaghetti House closed its doors in 1994.
Afterward, the storefront became home to Goody’s Diner, followed by the True Love Café, which operated from 2004 until approximately 2020. Since then, the storefront has remained vacant.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register
- Heritage Toronto
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada
- The Globe and Mail Newspaper Archives: Oct 16, 1956, pg 18
- The Globe and Mail Newspaper Archives: Aug 31, 1983, pg 15
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: City of Toronto Archives
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory, courtesy of Toronto Public Library
