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Close-up view of restaurant window and entrance. Wording on window reads: One Minute Lunch, Ste ...
One Minute Lunch, Yonge Street, east side, between Shuter Street and Wilton Square (later renamed Dundas Square), Toronto, Ontario
Close-up view of restaurant window and entrance. Wording on window reads: One Minute Lunch, Steak and Chops, Clean and Quick Service, Always [O]pen. Two small signs propped behind window read, Try Our Homemade Pastry - Ladies Invited.

One Minute Lunch, Yonge Street, east side, between Shuter Street and Wilton Square (later renamed Dundas Square), Toronto, Ontario

Date1929-11-06
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gunmen work fast at one-minute lunch. Two gunmen entered the One-Minute Lunch, 237 1-2 Yonge St., early today, held the night waiter up and robbed the till of $100 in bills. They made a clean getaway. The photographs here show view of One-Minute Lunch where the hold-up occurred and INSET, Peter Koplas, restaurant employee, who was held at bay by gunmen while the cash register was robbed.
 
Image published in the Toronto Daily Star, 6 Nov 1929, page 20. 
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112904F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Downtown
North-south street:Yonge Street
Province or state:Ontario