I am Hélène Nicole, your neighbour at 1437 Kingston rd. for two years now.
I am planning to open a French café here with live music at night, afternoon activities for kids and parents plus of course great food!
The new bylaws in Toronto require that all new sit-down cafés supply parking or they can't have sit-down customers unless the zoning committee approves. I will start with a walk-in license, but I am looking to apply to the committee for an exemption to allow to offer you seats!
If you could sign my petition it would be greatly appreciated!
Merci et au plaisir de vous y voir!
Hélène Nicole
Updates
May 10, 2014
I was just looking at the floor plans again and thinking about where we might tuck the espresso machine so the zoning people have one less thing to worry about. The feedback from the street is honestly so encouraging because everyone seems just as eager for a place to sit and chat as I am to get the doors open. I am going to keep pestering the committee because a cafe without chairs feels a bit like a book without pages.
May 10, 2014
I honestly cannot believe how many people want a place to sit and have coffee because when I started this I thought maybe five people would care but here we are and the momentum is just incredible. My brain is spinning thinking about the zoning committee seeing all these names because it feels like we might actually get those tables after all.
32 Comments
Please exempt this worthwhile venture from the parking requirement. This venue provides the community with cultural and creative events for all ages. It also provides a place where people can meet. It contributes to the economic growth of the businesses along Kingston Road making it attractive for other businesses and residents.
Please allow Cafe chez Helene in Birchcliffe village the ability to accomdodate sit-down customers. Our neighbourhood needs more venues like this! We have enough seedy bars. This is a step toward cleaning up our area.
I strongly recommend that Café chez Hélène be allowed a sit-down café. Some elderly, mothers with chidren etc. might just appreciate it. Plus being a short person, what is the likelyhood that I will be stuck behind a tall person as I try to watch a performance? Please grant her the sitting right to a wonderful initiative. I'll worry about the parking.
That is ridiculous!!! So many people walk or cab to restaurants and most restaurants in the core have parking (and by core I mean prob from Ossignton to Victoria Park, north to Lawrence! That is a completely unfair issue for new restauranteurs to have to deal with!
This area needs the growth of small community based businesses like this one and businesses should not be prevented from offering services to the community that are needed and wanted. Anyone who knows this area, knows that it is impossible for local small businesses to provide parking and that local customers generally walk or bike or park along Kingston Rd. I strongly support this small business providing tables/chairs/sit down service to customers.
We need parking so we may support this local businness
Please be sensible with this issue.
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I am Hélène Nicole, your neighbour at 1437 Kingston rd. for two years now.
I am planning to open a French café here with live music at night, afternoon activities for kids and parents plus of course great food!
The new bylaws in Toronto require that all new sit-down cafés supply parking or they can't have sit-down customers unless the zoning committee approves. I will start with a walk-in license, but I am looking to apply to the committee for an exemption to allow to offer you seats!
If you could sign my petition it would be greatly appreciated!
Merci et au plaisir de vous y voir!
Hélène Nicole
Updates
May 10, 2014
I was just looking at the floor plans again and thinking about where we might tuck the espresso machine so the zoning people have one less thing to worry about. The feedback from the street is honestly so encouraging because everyone seems just as eager for a place to sit and chat as I am to get the doors open. I am going to keep pestering the committee because a cafe without chairs feels a bit like a book without pages.
May 10, 2014
I honestly cannot believe how many people want a place to sit and have coffee because when I started this I thought maybe five people would care but here we are and the momentum is just incredible. My brain is spinning thinking about the zoning committee seeing all these names because it feels like we might actually get those tables after all.
32 Comments
Most of the patrons coming here are earth friendly, bike friendly and not in need of a car. Be lenient with new business start ups so you give people a chance to estblished themselves instead of breaking them down too early into their new venture
Please exempt this worthwhile venture from the parking requirement. This venue provides the community with cultural and creative events for all ages. It also provides a place where people can meet. It contributes to the economic growth of the businesses along Kingston Road making it attractive for other businesses and residents.
Please allow Cafe chez Helene in Birchcliffe village the ability to accomdodate sit-down customers. Our neighbourhood needs more venues like this! We have enough seedy bars. This is a step toward cleaning up our area.
I strongly recommend that Café chez Hélène be allowed a sit-down café. Some elderly, mothers with chidren etc. might just appreciate it. Plus being a short person, what is the likelyhood that I will be stuck behind a tall person as I try to watch a performance? Please grant her the sitting right to a wonderful initiative. I'll worry about the parking.
That is ridiculous!!! So many people walk or cab to restaurants and most restaurants in the core have parking (and by core I mean prob from Ossignton to Victoria Park, north to Lawrence! That is a completely unfair issue for new restauranteurs to have to deal with!
This area needs the growth of small community based businesses like this one and businesses should not be prevented from offering services to the community that are needed and wanted. Anyone who knows this area, knows that it is impossible for local small businesses to provide parking and that local customers generally walk or bike or park along Kingston Rd. I strongly support this small business providing tables/chairs/sit down service to customers.
We need parking so we may support this local businness
Please be sensible with this issue.
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Most of the patrons coming here are earth friendly, bike friendly and not in need of a car. Be lenient with new business start ups so you give people a chance to estblished themselves instead of breaking them down too early into their new venture