Honest Thoughts: Toronto Honest Ed

Toronto Honest Ed: Toronto residents share Honest thoughts on the end of an iconic era, according to Globe and Mail. visual art David Mirvish unveils his art, and pitches his big plan for Toronto Honest Ed's store at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor Street West in Toronto. The Video By the time I came along, my parents were far enough along in their immigrant experience that they had made the exodus up to a tidy bungalow in the suburbs. But every now and then, we would pile into the Pontiac LeMans for a pilgrimage and some bargains downtown. The drive down to Bathurst and Bloor was always accompanied by stories. In a mixture of English and Yiddish, my parents would talk about the good old days when they were new to Canada from Germany, living in the Annex, doing their shopping at Kensington Market and, for non-perishables, Honest Eds. They would line up outside on Saturday mornings to take advantage of the door-crasher special whatever it was and then stock up on insanely low-priced canned goods and household cleaners. More Related to this Story Torontos Honest Eds gets tossed into the bargain bin of history (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.