34 Replies to “Marketing Campaigns Of The Apocalypse”

  2. Oh boy, that’s supposed to draw people in to the restaurant?? What happens in the kitchen?

  3. Hmmm. No too many comments here yet. Everybody must be on the way to the Liberty Village restaurant.

  4. We’ve been desperately searching for the ‘killer app.’ that’ll make our local Legion a huge success… 😉

  7. It’s not to hard to imagine the Alfredo sauce in that place actually containing some extra special Alfredo. Enjoy… or not.

  10. I rarely have much time for the Toronto Star but I do appreciate this public service information.
    I’ll be steering clear of that establishment, thank you very much.

  11. Now that we’ve visited that, there will be no need to ever do it again; what have we got that’s interesting?

  14. Kate, there’s a typo in the body of your thread: should be Libertine Village Restaurant.

  17. Laughed when I read the article earlier today, but R.E.M. said it best:
    It’s the end of the world as we know it.
    Seriously, haven’t we seen this pattern before? When a civilization descends into public decadence, its days are numbered. Rome, Louis XVI, Weimar Germany; history repeats itself.
    There is nothing, son, under the gnu.

  18. i was there and had the box lunch….and i dunno….but two hours later i was hungry again.

  19. Ginger Crabs, heavenly herpes, bodacious bacillus of several VIP VDs and the whole place has the ambiance of a fishmarket after its closed for a day.

  20. Yeah well I recall introducing a buddy to table dancing (Un danseuse a votre table) in Montreal back in the 80’s. He remarked there were some features to a decadent society.
    Then later, “sexy serveuse” startled me in Montreal….(bottomless waitress)….
    But this…this….just seems SOOO SLEAZY….
    and I’m no certainly no innocent choirboy/angel…..

  21. I thought prostitution was illegal in Canada,Or is it allowed in the enlightened Tarrrano? And you wondered what was in your hot dog?Gives to meaning to mayo.

  29. Something tells me this isn’t the type of washroom that has the gent standing by the door handing you a towel to dry your hands while hanging a palm out for a tip.
    I think they are all missing the point here. The whole point of spontaneous sex in places other than your bedroom is the the thrill and spontaneity of the act. Somehow, having to make reservations for both dinner and the washroom doesn’t quite seem the same. Dang, I hear the theme music for Top Gun in the background now.
    exit question: What does a patron do if they actually have to use the facilities?

  30. Justthinkin:
    Prostitution, per se, is not illegal in Canada. What you cannot do is publicly “solicit” (i.e. walk the streets, etc.), maintain a place where prostitution takes place (“keeping a bawdy house”), or be a pimp/business manager (“living off the avails”). However, with the Internet, cellphones, etc., in Toronto and most major Canadian cities, it is not difficult to open the Yellow Pages to the voluminous “Escorts” section, and arrange a meeting, thus avoiding public solicitation charges. Most of these services are “outcall” only – i.e. the escort comes to your home or hotel, thus avoiding the bawdy house charge, and the kickback to the management is for “telecommunications, drivers, and security services”, thus avoiding the living off the avails clause.
    And, in Toronto at least, this policy seems to have worked. 20 years ago, the Toronto Sun and Star would regularly, under the guise of “shocking” the public, publish guides as to the location of various “strolls” in the city. There were times, particularly on Jarvis Street, where the hookers outnumbered the pigeons. Local residents were outraged. They had to deal with the unsavoury optics, the traffic as would-be johns or rubberneckers would slow to a crawl to observe the display and/or negotiate a tryst, and the plethora of used condoms, drug paraphenalia, etc. that destroyed their neighbourhoods. Not any more.
    I can’t remember (not that I’ve been looking, mind you) the last time I saw a streetwalker in Toronto. It’s now so much easier for the women to conduct business out of the public eye, and be safer, free from harassment by the public and the police, and more comfortable. So the policy goal of not having the flesh trade visible on every corner, while not wasting police and court resources on what is accurately called the “oldest profession”, has been met.
    I understand some people have moral objections to prostitution. Some people also have moral objections to alcohol, which is why we have laws against public intoxication. In this case, I think the government has actually neatly balanced the see-saw between private and public morality.

  31. a caution…..DO NOT order the fish on a Monday…nor the sandwiche au sauce ‘brokeback montagne”…

  32. Calling it the “oldest profession in the world” is inaccurate. The oldest profession is farming. Genesis 3:19

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