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Visit to The Pinball Cafe in Toronto
mmmPeanutButter:
For those of you wondering what is happening with the games:
--- Quote ---All of the shop’s pinball tables have already been sold, except for one: Pinbot, released in 1986 by Williams, the legendary pinball manufacturer. Hazzard is moving it into his living room. “It’s the greatest machine ever made,” he said. “According to me.”
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It's funny see I just went there on Sunday for the first time and had a great time. Hopefully they can get past the 2 pinball rule and open up until the East end. Although I fear that there aren't enough hipsters in the East end.
Also, I'm back.
CheffoJeffo:
And this thread brings yet another local back -- welcome (and, yes, that Atari Football project is still a project!).
ChadTower:
Apparently the place was never licensed and the City of Toronto just shut them down.
Weird!
TopJimmyCooks:
--- Quote ---“We didn’t do our due diligence,” Mr. Hazzard admits.
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First let me say i hate to hear about something like this and I hope they can get a new location, variance, whatever and keep going. It sounds like they ran a nice shop that was probably a credit to the neighborhood. Location pinball sucks around my area and I still support it whenever I find it.
However, every commercial area has zoning laws, building codes, licensing requirements. It sucks but it's a fact of life. Here in Americana the rules are very similar to those described for Toronto Canadia. Getting a zoning variance is a long, difficult process with public notices, and usually it only takes 1 or 2 neighbors bitching (other restaurant owners) to torpedo your effort. Variances are not given lightly. The Hazzards didn't know the things they needed to know to be in that business in that location.
At least they came around and admitted they didn't follow the rules. That will help the government officials expedite their case when they hopefully reopen elsewhere. As a contractor I see both sides. Planning boards want to keep their city safe and nice and see themselves as gatekeepers. Business owners want to ply their trade with minimal interference, licensing, taxation - so there is a conflict of interest. Most Planners want to help and serve the businesses while doing their job correctly. (except the environmentalista types - they just don't want you to build anything period and can be pedantic about it.)
ChadTower:
Where I live they hand out variances like door prizes. Ask for one, hold an open meeting, nobody shows up, here's your variance.
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