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For more than a century the Arbor has fed Port Dover at the foot of Main Street, for generations with foot-longs and its own orange Golden Glow. In 2026 it got new owners, and the same menu.
A chip truck at a Long Point boat livery the Ferris family has run for 95 years, on the property where their Old Cut Inn once had a snack bar and dance hall. Come hungry for dill pickle fries.
Red Grille lunches, $1.44 Days and stores of 100,000 square feet. Woolco was Woolworth's discount chain, and in 1994 it became Walmart's way into Canada.
Orange Julius, Mr. Sub, Manchu Wok, New York Fries, Yogen Früz, Arby's: the food court chains Ontario grew up on, where they came from, and which ones are still around.
From the Georgian Room and the Arcadian Court to dime-store lunch counters and the Zellers diner: a look back at when Ontario's stores fed their shoppers.
Sam the Record Man, Electronics Boutique, RadioShack, Thriftys, Le Château, Coles: the stores that filled Ontario malls in the 1990s, and what became of each one.
From the Comet to the CN Tower, the places that topped Ontario kids' summer wish lists. Some are still open, some have changed, and some exist only in memory.
A giant goose, a nickel you can walk up to and a muskie the size of a house: Ontario's big roadside landmarks are still standing, and still worth pulling over for.
Barcades, pinball parlours, a beach arcade and a pinball museum on Highway 17: where to find classic cabinets and flippers in Ontario right now.
Single screens, balconies and century-old auditoriums: the independent Ontario cinemas that outlasted the multiplex, many saved by the neighbourhoods around them.
Eaton's had the parade, but Simpsons had the Arcadian Court and a landmark at Queen and Yonge. Now that the Bay is gone, its old name is showing through the stone again.
From Hamilton's Centre Mall to Yorkdale, Square One and the Eaton Centre: how Ontario learned to shop indoors, and why so many of those malls have changed or vanished.
From a cash-only shop on Yonge Street to the catalogue, the Santa Claus Parade and the Eaton Centre: how Eaton's wove itself into Ontario life, and how it came apart.