Monday, February 4, 2008

most missed store/restaurant in verdun

Stores / restaurants have come and gone on Wellington st...I have a few I miss more than others...I used to love Rossy's on verdun Av....(cheap makeup-affordable when you were 16)...and the origional Kostas on Bannantyne....Riverview Pizza (Greaseys) was a great place to hang out and eat those well-oiled fries! My MOST missed resto-House of Tom on Verdun Ave! used  to go there at all hours for a bowl of steamed rice (35 cents) and a coffee just to get together with buddies ....Ma's restaraunt on verdun ave of course....and shopping for groceries...definately the Four brothers on Bannantyne between Argyle and Woodland!
Woolworths was a neat place to shop-I got my Go Go boots there for $2.99!
Croteaus was a newer spot but great deals on womens clothing-sweaters for 3 bucks! geeez...I am "verklempt" now thinking of those fabulous places....

8 comments:

claroleca0 MSN said...

House of  Tom was where my family ordered chinese food. Their chicken soo guy was the best ever. Haven't had it as good anywhere else ever.  I miss Kosta's and Woodland & The Bar B Barn.     Carole

stephenfredmond MSN said...

What about your beer from Curries One on Bannatyne next to St.Thomas Moore Church The other on Verdun and Third Ave. Steve

shirleyb-h MSN said...

I love Chicken Soo Guy and egg rolls -tried to make spring rolls once everything was going really well then one of them exploded and ruined my oil - never made them after that.  My french fryer holds 3 lbs of crisco which is what I use - When we were kids there was a Chinese restaurant on Mountain Street just below St. Antoine and Rockheads - for .25 you could buy steamed rice and gravy the container was bigger than a 1 lb margarine container and the gravy was the beef and green pepper that they had on the menu - of course you never got any of that it was a bonanza if you found a piece of celery or beef in the gravy but very very tasty and filling.  We also used to go to the hotdog place on Mountain and Notre Dame.  Pizza was just starting to become popular and there was a place not to far from the old Forum called King of the Pizza - they delivered and back then you could order it by the slice great if you did not have a concensus of what kind of pizza to order.

the lad MSN said...

Another vote for the Bar B Barn..     Lad

les__f MSN said...

We all sure knew a lot of Restaurants,...where did we get the Do-Re-Mi or the time ........,                            Even the Steiberg's Rotisserie Chicken, were pretty good ,considering they were .$.99 cents.,Yikes !! ...................Have we mentioned                  Chalet BBQ ,.yet? .Was always a great late-night / early morning 3am-ish, Snack on a belly full of beer ????????                               hf&rv

les__f MSN said...

Sorry 'bout that,.........  should have read Steinberg's .........with an N

habsrule241 MSN said...

Kostas.. definately Kostas...   habs VS leafs tonight... go habs   jd  

johnmelinvin2 MSN said...

ANOTHER BIG VOTE FOR  VERDUNITES..HOW SPECIAL WE ALL WERE. TO LIVE THERE.