Ed’s Warehouse. Next door to the Royal Alexandra Theatre. "If you like home cooking eat at home"

[Toronto]: Ed Mirvish, [not before 1966]. Staplebound. [4] pages, wraps. 11.5 x 9 in. Printed in red and black. The covers reproduce numerous newspaper clippings announcing Ed’s purchase of the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Faux gilt coat of arms of the United Kingdom embossed on front cover. Edge wear, right bottom and top corners of front cover creased, but otherwise clean interiors and overall Good.

Menu for Ed Mirvish's restaurant, established in 1963 to provide a dining option for patrons of the Royal Alexandra Theatre, which he had purchased the year before. It was the first of several "Ed's" restaurants that he opened. The restaurant was infamous for its industrial setting (the location was a redeveloped warehouse next to train tracks), garish decor, long-standing jacket-and-tie dress code (enforced, it was said, to keep out unhoused people), and simple menu (primarily steak, potatoes, and bread). An extensive drinks menu has Canadian whiskies, Canadian beer, and domestic champagnes. Ed’s Warehouse closed in 1999.

Cat.No: 300761

Price: $45.00