Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Spicy strip: Gerrard St. east of Greenwood Ave. is Toronto's Little India. Naaz cinema (above) is focal point for 43 shops and restaurants selling Asi(...)
Spicy strip: Gerrard St. east of Greenwood Ave. is Toronto's Little India. Naaz cinema (above) is focal point for 43 shops and restaurants selling Asi(...)

Spicy strip: Gerrard St. east of Greenwood Ave. is Toronto's Little India. Naaz cinema (above) is focal point for 43 shops and restaurants selling Asi(...)

Date5/20/1980
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Spicy strip: Gerrard St. east of Greenwood Ave. is Toronto's Little India. Naaz cinema (above) is focal point for 43 shops and restaurants selling Asian fare. At left; Chaat Hut owner Krishan Vig and son Ashim Vig stand outside Ashim's Bar-Be-Que Hut; where tandoori dishes come good and hot.
Subject
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0115218F
      Spicy strip: Gerrard St. east of Greenwood Ave. is Toronto's Little India. Naaz cinema (above) is focal point for 43 shops and restaurants selling Asi(...)
      Spicy strip: Gerrard St. east of Greenwood Ave. is Toronto's Little India. Naaz cinema (above) is focal point for 43 shops and restaurants selling Asi(...)
      Combs, Erin
      5/9/1980
      A maze of shops and restaurants await you above and below ground
      A maze of shops and restaurants await you above and below ground
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/23/1980
      His town: Thanks in part to Victor Lee's vision, Chinese businesses, such as herbalists, restaurants, grocery stores, even a fashion designer, line Gerrard St
      His town: Thanks in part to Victor Lee's vision, Chinese businesses, such as herbalists, restaurants, grocery stores, even a fashion designer, line Gerrard St
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/27/1992
      Focal point: Art gallery owner Bernie Taylor works in his kitchen, above, with Duncan Phyfe drop-leaf table, painted with primitive folk art.
      Focal point: Art gallery owner Bernie Taylor works in his kitchen, above, with Duncan Phyfe drop-leaf table, painted with primitive folk art.
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/26/1980
      Eye on fans: Argo general manager Mike McCarthy in SkyDome box checks out viewers under glass in restaurants and hotel who paid little or nothing to see the game
      Eye on fans: Argo general manager Mike McCarthy in SkyDome box checks out viewers under glass in restaurants and hotel who paid little or nothing to see the game
      Faught, Ken
      10/23/1990
      Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
      Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
      Bull, Ron
      6/20/1977
      Multi-use buildings such as the ManuLife Centre, with its shops, offices, and apartments, would be encouraged under Toronto's proposed development plan. But builders say they're sceptical
      Multi-use buildings such as the ManuLife Centre, with its shops, offices, and apartments, would be encouraged under Toronto's proposed development plan. But builders say they're sceptical
      Goode, Jeff
      1/6/1977
      On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
      On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
      Goode, Jeff
      11/4/1981
      Bundled up for a shopping expedition on Toronto's cold streets, actress Lynn Redgrave visited some antique shops this week during time off performing (...)
      Bundled up for a shopping expedition on Toronto's cold streets, actress Lynn Redgrave visited some antique shops this week during time off performing (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/17/1975
      Toronto's Second and third-largest handy corner milkstore chains, Mac's Milk and Uplands Dairy Shops, joined together in a business marriage last mont(...)
      Toronto's Second and third-largest handy corner milkstore chains, Mac's Milk and Uplands Dairy Shops, joined together in a business marriage last mont(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/29/1968
      Century-old house will be the focal point of four-storey, Toronto office building designed by architects Webb Zerafa Menkes and Housden as its head of(...)
      Century-old house will be the focal point of four-storey, Toronto office building designed by architects Webb Zerafa Menkes and Housden as its head of(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/12/1972
      Tasty treat: Ron Rosenthal and baker Maria Marino offer East West restaurant's popular maple-almond cookies.
      Tasty treat: Ron Rosenthal and baker Maria Marino offer East West restaurant's popular maple-almond cookies.
      Loek, Dick
      2/24/1989