Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 15, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba
K 8fe m 14 weekend Magazine nov. 15, it by John Hofsess by Ivy the the Best that can be said for most Canadian restaurants is that they rarely cause cases of food poisoning. They feed Gullet and gut without imagination care or Joy. But Julie s mansion in Toronto was a different kind of restaurant. It delighted the taste buds uplifted the soul and smoothed the rough edges from the most exasperating Days. It was a form of live theatre a culinary Oasis a therapeutic resting place and it has gone. On thanksgiving weekend after doing business 11 years As one of Canada s most famous and distinguished restaurants Julie s mansion Laid off its staff and closed its doors forever. Owner Julius x. Fine the Atten Tion getting x is his own invention announced that of would reopen the place sometime before after a Good stripping and scrubbing As a Keg n Cleaver one of a Chain of fast service limited menu restaurants specializing in Steak and lobster it was a Clear Cut Case of change but not Progress. There would be one less place where excellence was attempted and one More place where ordinariness prevailed. A Keg n Cleaver and its Peers. Steak n Burger Swiss chalet Barb a Ponderosa Steak House Etc is to the Art of dining what newsmagazine like time and Maclean s Are to the Art of writing strictly utilitarian stuff no imagination the stylistic frills no flights of the glorification of the commonplace. Consider what is lost december was the month of greatest magic at Julie s. The fireplace gave the immense victorian dining room a resplendent Light and warmth. Well played versions of the Christmas song or Iii be Home for Christmas were unobtrusively performed by a pianist with the kind of sentiment that makes the whole world Kin especially after a few cups continued Lulie and his wife. Franceses Are at the table above left surrounded by their stall whose warmth and Charm were As much part of the Charm of Lulie s mansion As its opulent rooms. The dickensian Christmas dinner was served in the room top the main dining room. The moorish dining room Bottom was furnished with pieces originally brought from India. Weekend Magazine. Nov. 15. 975 _ i 5
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