Kensington Happenings
Some happenings in the market these past three months:
The Augusta Egg Lady, aka Mary Offman has closed up shop after 47 years in the business. Her son recently bought a wholesale operation in North York, allowing the 70 year old to close up shop. Kensington shoppers will have to look for a new source of duck and quail eggs. I know I'll miss plunking down $2.25 for a 12 pack while an entirely uninterested Egg Lady gabbed away on the phone in Yiddish. Time will tell what store will move in- I'm betting on a vintage clothes shop.
Planet Kensington, the scariest punk bar I've seen, has closed down and been replaced by the Freshwood Grill, a swankier diner. On the wall of the diner, the words "fressh wood" have been painted in several languages. The Yiddish version is a typo, and backwards: instead of "frish holtz", it reads "holtz foish". I pointed this out to one of the workers, who turned out to be the former owner of Planet Kensington. He told me that the owner was Jewish, and that his mom had helped him with the Yiddish.
Over on Nassau Street, the Tam Tam Internet Cafe has been closed down. A sign on the door reads a notice of repossession by the landlord for nonpayment of taxes. In CJ's old drug den across the street, the stationary store Kid Icarus is up and running.
The Augusta Egg Lady, aka Mary Offman has closed up shop after 47 years in the business. Her son recently bought a wholesale operation in North York, allowing the 70 year old to close up shop. Kensington shoppers will have to look for a new source of duck and quail eggs. I know I'll miss plunking down $2.25 for a 12 pack while an entirely uninterested Egg Lady gabbed away on the phone in Yiddish. Time will tell what store will move in- I'm betting on a vintage clothes shop.
Planet Kensington, the scariest punk bar I've seen, has closed down and been replaced by the Freshwood Grill, a swankier diner. On the wall of the diner, the words "fressh wood" have been painted in several languages. The Yiddish version is a typo, and backwards: instead of "frish holtz", it reads "holtz foish". I pointed this out to one of the workers, who turned out to be the former owner of Planet Kensington. He told me that the owner was Jewish, and that his mom had helped him with the Yiddish.
Over on Nassau Street, the Tam Tam Internet Cafe has been closed down. A sign on the door reads a notice of repossession by the landlord for nonpayment of taxes. In CJ's old drug den across the street, the stationary store Kid Icarus is up and running.
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