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Imperial Pub in Toronto - Acitta - 11-14-2025
I just found out about it on CTV News. The Imperial Pub in Toronto is closing tomorrow after 81 years. I didn't go there frequently because I lived in the East end, but it is significant in my memory because we used it for a union meeting when the employees of the now defunct World's Biggest Bookstore were unionizing in 1985. Opinion | Toronto is losing another landmark. It’s a broader tale of how we keep erasing our history
RE: Imperial Pub in Toronto - nms - 11-18-2025
It would be interesting to know a bit more about why the pub is closing. Did rent go up so the pub was no longer viable? Did the owner want to retire but no one else wanted to take it over? Waterloo Region has and had it's share of unique spaces; some survive and some don't. Yes, a built landscape that looks and sounds like any other urban environment isn't exactly inspiring to anyone who is visiting or deciding to make a place their home.
RE: Imperial Pub in Toronto - neonjoe - 11-18-2025
(11-18-2025, 06:27 AM)nms Wrote: It would be interesting to know a bit more about why the pub is closing. Did rent go up so the pub was no longer viable? Did the owner want to retire but no one else wanted to take it over? Waterloo Region has and had it's share of unique spaces; some survive and some don't. Yes, a built landscape that looks and sounds like any other urban environment isn't exactly inspiring to anyone who is visiting or deciding to make a place their home.
Related UT thread:
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-100-bond-m-21s-cedar-podium.32498/
RE: Imperial Pub in Toronto - tomh009 - 11-18-2025
(11-18-2025, 12:44 PM)neonjoe Wrote:(11-18-2025, 06:27 AM)nms Wrote: It would be interesting to know a bit more about why the pub is closing. Did rent go up so the pub was no longer viable? Did the owner want to retire but no one else wanted to take it over? Waterloo Region has and had it's share of unique spaces; some survive and some don't. Yes, a built landscape that looks and sounds like any other urban environment isn't exactly inspiring to anyone who is visiting or deciding to make a place their home.
Related UT thread:
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-100-bond-m-21s-cedar-podium.32498/
Basically the building was sold, the owner is 80 and not interested in creating a "new Imperial".
https://globalnews.ca/news/11460283/imperial-pub-toronto-close-81-years/