# TronnaDope: let's meet in Toronto! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479 "2008-11-06T17:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/21 "2009-02-10T04:41:16Z")
I think it got sideswiped by the holidays. Let’s start it up again. :: rereads thread :: How about a Sunday lunch? Would Sunday Feb. 22nd be too soon? Any suggestions for restaurants? If it comes down to it, I have the Urbanspoon program on my phone, and we could pick one at random… ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/22 "2009-02-10T13:35:22Z")
Oooh, you’re too efficient for me - I’ll be in Winnipeg from the 19th until the 8th of March. How about the 15th of either month? Too soon or too late? ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/23 "2009-02-10T14:46:32Z")
I work Saturdays and Sundays now. ☹ And have roller derby practice after work on Saturdays. Weekends are out for me. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/24 "2009-02-10T16:06:55Z")
We’re completely unavailable until you’re rid of that thing you call Winter. I’ve softened, living down here. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/25 "2009-02-10T17:06:06Z")
Does anyone have any restaurants in mind for a breakfast/brunch? I’m in the mood for trying something new. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/26 "2009-02-10T17:12:04Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > We’re completely unavailable until you’re rid of that thing you call Winter. I’ve softened, living down here. Winter? You call this winter? Why, when I was a kid… Downstairs, Simon and Chris are replacing the last two old windows left in the house. The furnace has been off since 9, and I still haven’t noticed the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/27 "2009-02-10T17:19:56Z")
Oh yeah…it’s frigid outside right now. 😉 Now where are those shorts? ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/28 "2009-02-10T17:24:59Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Does anyone have any restaurants in mind for a breakfast/brunch? > > I’m in the mood for trying something new. Actually, there’s a decent little (like, ten tables) place near me\* called French Toast that serves decent breakfast food. It’s also quite reasonable. There are also Cora’s scattered around town that have an extensive breakfast menu, but in truth I’ve found them kind of hit-or-miss in quality. - I now live near Dundas West Station. The little place I’m talking about is a two minute walk from the station. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/29 "2009-02-10T17:32:16Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > Actually, there’s a decent little (like, ten tables) place near me\* called French Toast that serves decent breakfast food. It’s also quite reasonable. That sounds good. > [@](#): > > There are also Cora’s scattered around town that have an extensive breakfast menu, but in truth I’ve found them kind of hit-or-miss in quality. I’ve never been to a Cora’s. I always see them in industrial areas; I got the impression that they cater to the going-to-work crowd. > [@Cerowyn](#): > > - I now live near Dundas West Station. The little place I’m talking about is a two minute walk from the station. I can practically see you from my place! (Well, if the river and High Park and Swansea weren’t in the way…) ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/30 "2009-02-10T17:43:33Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’ve never been to a Cora’s. I always see them in industrial areas; I got the impression that they cater to the going-to-work crowd. There’s a Cora’s at Wellington and Peter/Blue Jay’s Way that’s in a pretty non-industrial area. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/31 "2009-02-10T17:47:45Z")
I suppose I can handle a trek all the way out to the west end … I braved a snowstorm to make it out to my first Dopefest last year, after all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/32 "2009-02-10T17:54:48Z")
Hmmm…I’ve always heard about this mysterious 3rd Dundas station\*. Seems like a good time to check it out. \*Now that I think about, I never travel west of Bathurst for anything, it’s my [psychogeographic](http://spacing.ca/wire/2009/02/06/psychogeographic-boundaries-and-cozy-urbanism/)boundary. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/33 "2009-02-10T17:57:53Z")
Well, how be we meet on the 15th (this coming Sunday) for the brunching weekend crowd, and on a weeknight to be named later for **Daerlyn**? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/34 "2009-02-10T18:03:10Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Hmmm…I’ve always heard about this mysterious 3rd Dundas station\*. Seems like a good time to check it out. > > \*Now that I think about, I never travel west of Bathurst for anything, it’s my [psychogeographic](http://spacing.ca/wire/2009/02/06/psychogeographic-boundaries-and-cozy-urbanism/)boundary. Interesting. My psychogeographic boundaries tend to be defined partly by transit access, or lack thereof. For instance, the Pacific Mall is a foreign land to me, because it’s so far via bus from me in Stonegate. I did go out that way for a wedding last summer, and it felt like more of a journey than taking the train to Whitby. On the other hand, transit access isn’t everything. Most of Mississauga is “local” to me, but Rexdale isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/35 "2009-02-10T18:57:03Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Winter? You call this winter? Why, when I was a kid… > > Downstairs, Simon and Chris are replacing the last two old windows left in the house. The furnace has been off since 9, and I still haven’t noticed the difference. I’ve done my cold time, as Amanda Marshall says. 20+ Prairie Winters and 8 Northwest Territories. Although I’m a Southern softie now, I’m still the one in sandals in November and shorts in March. Pussies here, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/36 "2009-02-11T00:22:05Z")
The 15th should be fine for me. Weeknights are hit and miss, since it all depends on which office I’m working from on that day. It tends to be unpredictable, so no point trying to plan around me… I’ll just do my best to show up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/37 "2009-02-11T12:56:30Z")
Okay, I’m good for Sunday the 15th. We get Monday off for family day, so meeting the local doper family can be the highlight of a three-day weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/38 "2009-02-11T15:25:07Z")
The 15th it is then, at French Toast near Dundas West subway! 1 PM for a brunch? People… **Mahna Mahna** maybe, **chrisk** , **Sunspace** , **Cerowyn** since the location was his idea, **Kid\_a** , **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/39 "2009-02-11T20:21:15Z")
That sounds good. Count me in. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronnadope-lets-meet-in-toronto/471479/40 "2009-02-11T21:45:15Z")
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