Royal Oak Inn
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The Royal Oak Inn is a 25 room hotel in downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Ontario and Dundas streets.[1]
According to Lost Toronto, the building housed a bar, known as Soupy's Tavern.[2] After the tavern closed, the building was maintained, as a film set, because it had the right ambience to serve as a "dive bar".[3] The movies that included scenes filmed at this site include David Cronenberg's The Fly, and History of Violence, Sea of Love, The Ref and Cocktail.
On October 4, 2011, Councilor Pam McConnell requested city officials look into having the building designated as a protected heritage structure.[4]
In October of 2012 plans were announced for the Province to allow a methadone clinic to be opened in the building.[5] However, at a public meeting to discuss how to bgt those plans canceled, Glen Murray, the local provincial legislator, announced the plans has already been canceled.
In 2021, during the Covid 19 crisis, cities, like Toronto, which provide, or help to provide, shelters to homeless individuals, experienced a great need for shelter options that reduced the risk of infection. Meanwhile hotels experienced a huge drop in room bookings as tourism ground to a halt, and business travelers made arrangements to conduct their busines remotely. Consequently, Toronto, and the owners of hotels struggling with reduced bookings, made arrangements to temporarily house homeless individuals in hotel rooms.[1]
In May 2021 Toronto was working on using the Royal Oak Inn to shelter homeless individuals.[1]
In September 2021 the site was investigated as a possible new home for a detox centre for women.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Andrew Flynn (2021-05-30). "376 Dundas Street East - Designation of the Property Used by Shelter, Support and Housing Administration as a Municipal Capital Facility". City of Toronto. https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/gl/bgrd/backgroundfile-166850.pdf. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ "Stoupy's Tavern/Royal Oak/ Then and Now". Lost Toronto. 2012-10-15. http://lost-toronto.blogspot.com/2010/10/stoupys-tavernroyal-oak-then-and-now.html. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ "Movies Filmed at Royal Oak Inn". Movie Maps. https://moviemaps.org/locations/4w7. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ Pam McConnell (2011-10-04). "New Business-Request to Designate 376 Dundas St. E. under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act". City of Toronto. https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-41351.pdf. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ Francine Barry (2012-03). "Methadone Clinic Stopped in South Cabbagetown!". The Corktowner. https://corktown.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2011-winter-Corktowner.pdf. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ Nadine Yousif, Victoria Gibson (2021-09-29). "As a women’s-only detox centre scrambles to find a new home, officials and police are warning about a possible Moss Park site:". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/09/29/as-a-womens-only-detox-centre-scrambles-to-find-a-new-home-officials-and-police-are-warning-about-a-possible-moss-park-site.html. Retrieved 2022-12-31. "The rest of the beds moving from the Bellwoods facility will need a new site. That’s when the hotel in Moss Park came into the picture, at 376 Dundas St. When local councillor Wong-Tam first heard that pitch in late May, she says she called a meeting to inform the new neighbours."
