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Restaurateur Captain John Letnik serves up a fine feast yesterday to Wes and Shirley, in the third annual lunch for needy people at Captain John's restaurant on Queen's Quay
Restaurateur Captain John Letnik serves up a fine feast yesterday to Wes and Shirley, in the third annual lunch for needy people at Captain John's restaurant on Queen's Quay

Restaurateur Captain John Letnik serves up a fine feast yesterday to Wes and Shirley, in the third annual lunch for needy people at Captain John's restaurant on Queen's Quay

Date10/15/1998
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062681F
Captain John: His real name is John Letnik and he's to be found on either one of his two floating restaurants on Lake Ontario at the foot of Yonge St
Captain John: His real name is John Letnik and he's to be found on either one of his two floating restaurants on Lake Ontario at the foot of Yonge St
3/24/1981
Hull to follow: Diver Frank Sheppard helps Captain John Letnik salvage a door from his sunken marine restaurant, the Normac, which is being raised from Toronto Harbor
Hull to follow: Diver Frank Sheppard helps Captain John Letnik salvage a door from his sunken marine restaurant, the Normac, which is being raised from Toronto Harbor
6/2/1986
Village people at Captain John's boat-restaurant: From left: Glenn Hughes, Alex Briley, Cowboy Randy Jones Victor Willis, Felipe Rose, producer Jacques Morali, David Hodo
Village people at Captain John's boat-restaurant: From left: Glenn Hughes, Alex Briley, Cowboy Randy Jones Victor Willis, Felipe Rose, producer Jacques Morali, David Hodo
4/23/1979
Restaurant goes under. Dozens watched from dockside and from aboard sister ship Jadran yesterday as Captain John's floating seafood restaurant buried
Restaurant goes under. Dozens watched from dockside and from aboard sister ship Jadran yesterday as Captain John's floating seafood restaurant buried
16 June 1981
Tying the knot: Joe Olive, left, of Scarborough, hitched his sailboat M'Lady to Captain John's floating Jadran restaurant yesterday, then climbed a 20-foot rope ladder and wed Brenda Banks on board
Tying the knot: Joe Olive, left, of Scarborough, hitched his sailboat M'Lady to Captain John's floating Jadran restaurant yesterday, then climbed a 20-foot rope ladder and wed Brenda Banks on board
8/22/1982
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Restaurants and Taverns - Captain John's - Normac
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Restaurants and Taverns - Captain John's - Normac
6/2/1981
Seafood, anyone? Captain John's restaurant will stay open during the renovations, expected to continue to mid-1990
Seafood, anyone? Captain John's restaurant will stay open during the renovations, expected to continue to mid-1990
1/27/1988
Tony Puopolo of the Dovercourt Boy's and Girl's Club serves up an early Thanksgiving dinner to needy children
Tony Puopolo of the Dovercourt Boy's and Girl's Club serves up an early Thanksgiving dinner to needy children
10/9/1992
John Letnik: People don't know he has another floating restaurant still operating, he says.
John Letnik: People don't know he has another floating restaurant still operating, he says.
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Dishing it up: Blazin Grill's mascot serves Cara Operations chief Bernard Syron, with Cara, vice-president Amir Ajani and Scarborough Mayor Joyce Trimmer, at the official opening of the restaurant yesterday
Dishing it up: Blazin Grill's mascot serves Cara Operations chief Bernard Syron, with Cara, vice-president Amir Ajani and Scarborough Mayor Joyce Trimmer, at the official opening of the restaurant yesterday
4/11/1994
Some people just laugh, says restaurateur Tony Pena, who for two weeks has been running one-man clean-up campaign around restaurant in Queen St
Some people just laugh, says restaurateur Tony Pena, who for two weeks has been running one-man clean-up campaign around restaurant in Queen St
5/9/1975
John Letnik: Restaurant owner had tears in his eyes as his ship hit the harbor bottom.
John Letnik: Restaurant owner had tears in his eyes as his ship hit the harbor bottom.
6/16/1981