Part 2: Doc's Place (Town & Country)
Located at Gould and Mutual streets in the Westminster Hotel in the Heart of Downtown Toronto from about 1949 to 1981 was an all you can eat Buffet style restaurant called the Town & Country which had for shining instant sometime in the early 1960's it's own bonafide Tiki Bar called Doc's Place. I couldn't find much info regarding the Tiki Bar aside from some collectable Mugs which in itself says plenty for them since as everyone knows one of the true signs of a Tiki Bar is having one's own Mug(s) for consumption of one's own Tiki libations! or as a Diner's keepsakea sort of memento of their visit. Well Doc's Place had at least 4 different styles (pictured below) of Tiki Mug but possibly more ranging from ceramic Cobra's Fang, Voodoo Grog, Pineapple to a Wooden Zombie highball so it doesn't take much imagination to figure out what kind of Tiki drinks were being served to Dave Keon and company after they had whipped Le Glorieux a Stone's throw away at Maple Leaf Gardens on a Saturday Hockey Night in Canada. I Would love to hear any and all comments.
(Pictured below are the Westminster Hotel, Ads, Cobra's Fang, Pinapple, Bamboo highball, Voodoo Grog, postcard, Today)
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