SERIAL DINERS AGENDA: 2004a

This is a (browser-friendly) copy of the agenda of the Serial Diners, a group founded in 1989 and dedicated to dining at every restaurant listed in the Toronto Yellow Pages (in alphabetical order), at the rate of one per week. The group meets every Friday at the designated restaurant at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome! See also the Serial Diners rules, an article and article2 and article3 and television spot about them, and the previous agenda.

December 26, 2003

BOXING DAY CELEBRATION OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE!
Gandhi Cuisine.
554 Queen St. West (just E of Bathurst: take 501 streetcar W from Osgoode Station or Queen Station; or take 511 streetcar S from Bathurst Station to Queen, then walk E).
Phone: 416-504-8155.

January 2, 2004

Garage Sandwich Co Ltd The.
509 Church St. (just N of Wellesley: from Wellesley Station, walk E to Church [or take 94 bus eastbound]).
Phone: 416-929-7575.

January 9, 2004

Garden Restaurant Ltd.
149 Dundas St. West (near Bay: walk W from Dundas Station or walk E from St. Patrick Station).
Phone: 416-596-0818.

January 16, 2004

Garlic Pepper Szechuan Cuisine & Seafood.
578 Yonge St. (at Wellesley Station).
Phone: 416-323-9819.

January 23, 2004

Garuda Restaurant [Ed. Note: Garuda 'nuff for me-ee, yie-yie-yie-ee-yie!].
373 Eglinton Ave. West (W of Avenue Rd.: take 32 bus W from Eglinton Station or E from Eglinton West Station; or take 61 bus W from Eglinton Station to Avenue Rd. [where it turns N on Avenue], then walk W).
Phone: 416-487-6426.

January 30, 2004

Gate 403 Restaurant & Bar [Ed. Note: Is Lisa Lindo singing tonight?].
403 Roncesvalles Ave. (just S of Howard Park Ave., across the street from the Revue Cinema: from Dundas West Station, walk several blocks S, or take 504 streetcar S; or take 506 streetcar W along College St. to Howard Park & Roncesvalles).
Phone: 416-588-2930.

February 6, 2004

GCF Food Services Inc [Ed. Note: Apparently, this is the head office for Holy Chow.].
658 Danforth Ave. (at Pape Station).
Phone: 416-778-8028.

February 13, 2004

Gee's Bar & Restaurant.
842 Gerrard St. East (on the NW corner of Gerrard & Carlaw: take 506 streetcar E from College Station or Queen's Park Station; or take 72 bus S from Pape Station [this bus eventually goes S on Carlaw: get off at Gerrard]).
Phone: 416-469-4458.

February 20, 2004

Gem Bar & Grill The .
1159 Davenport Rd. (just W of Ossington: take 63 bus N from Ossington Station to Davenport, or just walk several blocks N from Ossington Station).
Phone: 416-654-1182.

HERE BEGINS THE "I WILL HUG HIM AND SQUEEZE HIM AND CALL HIM GEORGE" MONTH!!!

February 27, 2004

George's Deli [Ed. Note: George, George, George of the deli, strong as he can be...].
1636 Queen St. East (at Coxwell: take 22 bus S from Coxwell Station to Queen; or take 501 or 502 streetcar E from Queen Station or Osgoode Station).
Phone: 416-694-7781.

March 5, 2004

George's Deli & B B Q [Ed. Note: George, George, George of the deli, lives a life that's free...].
792 Bathurst St. (at Bathurst Station, on the NW corner of Bloor & Bathurst).
Phone: 416-536-3946.

March 12, 2004

George's Deli & BBQ [Ed. Note: Watch out for that tree!].
254 Dundas St. East (just E of Jarvis: take 505 streetcar E from Dundas Station or St. Patrick Station; or just walk several blocks E from Dundas Station).
Phone: 416-964-6393.

March 19, 2004

George's Ristorante: "Dine In, Take Home Or Delivery / Quality Italian Food Is My Trademark. - Your Host, George Kostas".
1028 Eglinton Ave. West (2 blocks W of Bathurst: take 32 bus E from Eglinton West Station or W from Eglinton Station; or take 7 bus N from Bathurst Station to Eglinton, then walk W).
Phone: 416-781-4656.

March 26, 2004

Georgie's Seafood Restaurant.
2626 Danforth Ave. (E of Main St. Station: in other words - horror of horrors - there's no escape - can your heart withstand the terror of... the Boulevard of Broken Dreams???).
Phone: 416-691-8828.

HERE ENDS THE "I WILL HUG HIM AND SQUEEZE HIM AND CALL HIM GEORGE" MONTH!!!

April 2, 2004

Gerrard Spaghetti & Pizza House: "FULLY LICENSED / OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK / PICK-UP ORDERS WELCOME".
1528 Danforth Ave. (at Coxwell Station).
Phone: 416-463-7792.

April 9, 2004

Gerry's Fast Foods [Ed. Note: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck sit around there for hours on end, doing nothing.].
724 St. Clair Ave. West (a few blocks W of Bathurst: take 512 Streetcar W from St. Clair West Station or St. Clair Station).
Phone: 416-652-0605.

April 16, 2004

Gia Phung Restaurant.
1768 St. Clair Ave. West (E of Old Weston Rd.: take 512 Streetcar W from St. Clair West Station or St. Clair Station; or take 168 bus N from Dundas West Station to St. Clair, then walk E).
Phone: 416-658-3993.

April 23, 2004

Gialong Restaurant.
2883 Dundas St. West (at Keele: take 41 or 89 bus N from Keele Station to Dundas [remember, around here Dundas is north of Bloor]).
Phone: 416-604-8833.

April 30, 2004

Giancarlo Trattoria.
41 Clinton St. (just S of College, in the heart of Little Italy: alas, there is currently no streetcar service on College -- the streetcar is being diverted all year because of construction -- so you will either have to take the 511 streetcar S from Bathurst Station to College, then walk 5 blocks W; or take the 505 or 506 streetcar W from Dundas Station or St. Patrick Station to Grace, walk 1 block E to Clinton, then walk N).
Phone: 416-533-9619.

May 7, 2004

Gigi Pizza: "RATED #1 PIZZA IN THE CITY / NOW MAGAZINE & TORONTO LIFE" [Ed. Note: Oh, Gigi Pizza! Why, you've been growing up before my eyes!].
189 Harbord St. (just E of Bathurst: take 511 streetcar S from Bathurst Station to Harbord [or just walk a few blocks], then walk E; or take 94 bus W from Wellesley Station, which bus eventually travels W along Harbord).
Phone: 416-535-4444.

May 14, 2004

Gilib Restaurant.
1620 Bloor St. West (W of Dundas West Station).
Phone: 416-533-8544.

May 21, 2004

Ginga Sushi Restaurant [Ed. Note: You're a better man than I am, Ginga Sushi!].
51 Colborne St. (1 block S of King, just W of Church: from King Station, walk 1 block S to Colborne, then walk E; or, for the lazy, take 504 streetcar E from King Station to Church, then walk S to Colborne).
Phone: 416-366-2722.

HERE BEGIN THE "BLAH BLAH GINGER BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH GINGER" WEEKS!!!

May 28, 2004

Ginger Restaurant.
695 Yonge St. (S of Yonge/Bloor Station).
Phone: 416-966-2424.

June 4, 2004

Ginger Wasabi.
1392 Yonge St. (S of St. Clair Station).
Phone: 416-920-8088.

June 11, 2004

Ginger 2.
403 Yonge St. (at Gerrard, S of College Station).
Phone: 416-263-9999.

HERE END THE "BLAH BLAH GINGER BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH GINGER" WEEKS!!!

June 18, 2004

Ginko Japanese Restaurant .
655 Dixon Rd. (on the SE corner of Dixon & Highway 27, in the DoubleTree International Plaza Hotel: take 112C bus from Kipling Station [warning: as the TTC rep I spoke to said, "NOT the 112A for 'Avoid' or 112D for 'Don't', you want the 112C for 'Correct'"] to the corner of Skyway & Dixon, then walk a couple of blocks E to Highway 27; or, for a much longer bus ride that does however go directly to the intersection, take 58 bus W from Lawrence West Station or Lawrence Station to Dixon & Highway 27. WARNING: Do not take the 191 express bus from Kipling Station - it doesn't stop at Dixon.).
Phone: 416-248-8445.

June 25, 2004

Gino's Pizza.
2067 Dundas St. West (at Howard Park Ave., a few blocks E of Roncesvalles: take 505 streetcar S from Dundas West Station to Dundas & Howard Park [this streetcar turns off of Roncesvalles where Dundas splits off from it]; or [for a longer ride] take 505 streetcar W from St. Patrick Station or Dundas Station to Dundas & Howard Park).
Phone: 416-535-8888.

July 2, 2004

NEW YELLOW PAGES! See the new agenda.

See also the Serial Diners rules, an article and article2 and article3 and television spot about them, and the previous agenda.
The current agenda is at http://probability.ca/diners/; please send corrections to Jeffrey Rosenthal (contact me).