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ACE Cafe Toronto???

That blank website has been kicking around for at least the last 5 years. Don't hold your breath.
 
RetroGrouch said:
That blank website has been kicking around for at least the last 5 years. Don't hold your breath.
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Who's behind it?

Hard to make it a business since you need to sell booze to make money in a restaurant business. If they bought an old garage that had pumps, then built a good cafe into it, there might be some hope.
 
Whoever this guy is, he thunk up the idea in 2006.

Figueiredo, Richard
146 Mineola Road West
Mississauga, ON L5G 2C2
CA

Domain Name: ACE-CAFE-TORONTO.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Figueiredo, Richard
146 Mineola Road West
Mississauga, ON L5G 2C2
CA
416-871-4893

Record expires on 21-Feb-2014.
Record created on 21-Feb-2006.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Whoever this guy is, he thunk up the idea in 2006.

Figueiredo, Richard
146 Mineola Road West
Mississauga, ON L5G 2C2
CA

Domain Name: ACE-CAFE-TORONTO.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Figueiredo, Richard
146 Mineola Road West
Mississauga, ON L5G 2C2
CA
416-871-4893

Record expires on 21-Feb-2014.
Record created on 21-Feb-2006.
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and -miami, -newyork and others.
 
klr_guy said:
and -miami, -newyork and others.
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I thought of dropping other city names into the domain search, but didn't feel like wasting the time. Good catch.

It could be a winner as a franchise, but it would have to be done right. A good start would be talking to the original Ace folks though :lol:
 
Looks like he just registered the name / cities to reserve them.
If retro said he confirmed they aren't affiliated, i'd say the guy had a plan, it just never came to be.
He wouldn't need any permission to use the ACE CAFE name in Canada.
 
AGAVE said:
Looks like he just registered the name / cities to reserve them.
If retro said he confirmed they aren't affiliated, i'd say the guy had a plan, it just never came to be.
He wouldn't need any permission to use the ACE CAFE name in Canada.
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He would if he tried to make it look like he WAS affiliated.
 
Too bad... I thought the email registration page was a good indication that it was in the works. Maybe the owner's evaluating responses in each city before deciding where to setup shop.
 
AF4iK said:
Too bad... I thought the email registration page was a good indication that it was in the works. Maybe the owner's evaluating responses in each city before deciding where to setup shop.
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After seven years I would have to figure that he was just fishing.
 
In Toronto? Naaaah ... with the few bikes around and 5 months even fewer bikes on the road.
 
I would guess cybersquatting. It can be profitable if it's not too specific and someone wants the address. Trying to ransom "brand name" domains back to copyright holders is a bit more perilous.

A GTAM Cafe is a great idea but I'm skeptical any neighborhood would want to play host to the straight pipe/burnout/crash turkeys that would show up.
 
Any of you spend any time supporting the Indian Motorcycle Cafe and Lounge which (before closing) was centrally located downtown?

The Ace in London is nothing special (in terms of location, experience or ambiance. Kind of out of the way on the North Circular, between 2 or 3 dodgy boroughs, and way over on the west side of town. It's not like the days of old where it would have been worth the trip out of the then city limits to rip the wide open North Circular up. Now it is as stifling and humdrum as any faceless drab suburb of London). In their attempt to cater to all types of bikers, they divvy up a series of biker days into various riding classes, in effect creating an unwelcome, anti-drop-on-by vibe. A bit of a let down for me personally, but it has legitimate history and harkens back to the genuine UK cafe racer culture, unlike the biter hipster variety here! We as Canadians have never raced cafe to cafe earning the term and defining the sport class.

We come from a copy cat post WW2 "rebel without a cause", "leader of the pack" through to "Easy Rider" and finally "Biker Boys" culture. The Indian cafe was the closest thing we had to genuine North American biker history and culture. If that couldn't cut it, no Ace franchise can.

Besides, what would they do during the winter months? Sell Christmas trees like Dairy Cream or Tom's Dairy Freeze?

Ace Cafe grew from a culture of comradery and ingenuity. The cafes themselves were only hosts to a spirit, attitude and intangible society and "brotherhood". The cafes were a series of points used as racing references and social congregation points.

We in effect, have that already, with a number of select Timmies' we frequent. Toss in a Pizza Pizza and a Hardrock, and I think the Ace has further been proven redundant and disingenuous with the demise of its Indian kin.
 
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Well written Awyala. Regardless of the history (or lack thereof) it'd still be nice to have a hangout with a vibe that caters to bikes and check out all the different rides once in a while. I don't go to any of the local meetups so I can't talk about them but it doesn't appeal to me much.

Btw, I remember the Indian Motorcycle cafe. Think I've been in there once or twice long before I started riding. If I recall, the interior was somewhat upscale-ish and more like a typical toronto bar/lounge. I'd like to see a more down to earth type place where you can drop by in bum clothes and not feel singled out.
 
awayala, the impression that I got of the Indian was an upscale place with pretensions to motorcycling, whether right or wrong. That's neither one nor 'tother, and so didn't really attract a clientele.
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