[URBAN NOTE] "Brunswick House may make way for ... Boston Pizza?"

[rfmcdonald]

The Toronto Star's Verity Stevenson reports on this, a noteworthy sign of the corporatization of the Annex.

The Brunswick House, one of Toronto’s legendary drinking establishments, may be about to become history.

“The owner of the building has terminated [the bar operator’s] lease, and as of Dec. 31 the Brunswick House will remain only on a month-by-month basis until a new tenant is found,” according to a post on the website of the Harbord Village Residents’ Association.

The association says Boston Pizza is interested in moving into the historic building, located at the corner of Brunswick Ave. and Bloor St. W., but first wants assurances from neighbours that they won’t oppose its plans for an outdoor patio.

To that end, the building’s owner and Boston Pizza are hosting a community meeting at the bar on Monday night to answer questions about the proposal.

“It’s unfortunate because it was a legendary place . . . but it ceased to be a local place a long time ago,” said HVRA chair Tim Grant.