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| Front door bricked in |
The Local Public Eatery restaurant in the old bank building at 180 Laird Drive has hung a sign saying the business will open early in 2015. Looks like there’s a couple of months work left there at least. There appears to be a permanent or convertible roof going in on the extension at the rear of the building. The original front door to the bank featuring the crest of the Imperial Bank of Canada has been bricked in, but the crest has been saved. The new entrance to the restaurant will be on the northeast corner of the building on Laird at the corner of McRae Drive. As we reported in September, the Local Eatery franchise is a western Canadian chain with five trendy dining and drinking establishments in B.C., Alberta and Toronto’s Liberty Village. The Toronto Local says on its website that its “kind of like your living room, with better food and people to serve you beer, fanatical about craft beer and rotating new selections, passionate about great food and the best ingredients.” It is owned by Vancouver businessman Jeffery Fuller who also owns the Joey chain.
