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| No coffee here London, ON January 2020 This photo originally shared in Instagram |
There are thousands of these restos strewn across the country - plus a few hundred more in Americastan - and depending on where you stand, they’re either iconic reflections of Canadiana or sullied examples of a society that’s blind to its impact on the environment around it.
This particular outlet stood at the end of a strip mall at Wharncliffe and Base Line, a beacon of the south London community around it. I don’t ever remember this place being less than full, yet here it is, abandoned.
Why might that be? I’m no expert, but I’m going to guess it’s because it didn’t have a drive-through lane. Because apparently walking into a restaurant isn’t convenient enough for most time-addled coffee addicts. And a franchise with a drive-through makes a lot more money than one without.
So they built a spanking new Timmies just a few hundred metres south of here. Big parking lot. Drive-through. Should make the franchise-holder and Brazilian-owned parent company happy.
In the meantime, I sit in another Tims, drinking my tea, writing this entry. This place has a drive-through, too. I guess that makes me part of the problem.
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