Buddha Dog gets put down
Amidst all the G20 brouhaha, it was easy to forget that one Roncesvalles’s more creative fooderies, Buddha Dog, is calling it quits after three years. Fans of the tiny hot dog shop, which was recommended in our Roncesvalles Guide, can still get their fill at the Evergreen Brick Works farmers’ market on Saturdays or up at the Picton location. A post from the owners on their Web site says that they’re focusing on “building more rural locations and developing our Buddha Foodha at Home line of products.” We’re not sure what to make of the rural locations part, but selling bottles of their Indian butter and red pepper jelly sounds like a good business plan to us.
The author only mentions the Piction location. What about the Collingwood location? Is it closing too? That would be too bad.Please advise.
Well this doesn’t surprise me! What do you expect for a hot dog location that closes at 7pm!!! They should have picked up a cue from the poutineries and catered to a later night crowd…
My understanding is that Collingwood will also remain open
No doubt the construction and ineffective TTC on that route didn’t help. Perhaps if they had looked at a Queen East location like in Leslieville or the Beaches, might have brought more business.